Football tournament season
Scottish Cup The Scottish Cup trophy
Country Scotland Teams 134 Defending champions Renton Champions Queen's Park(Eighth title) Runner-up Renton Matches played 146 Goals scored 881 (6.03 per match)
The 1885–86 Scottish Cup was the 13th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. Queen's Park won the competition for the eighth time after they beat defending champions Renton 3–1 in the final.
Arbroath set a world record in the first round when they defeated Bon Accord 36–0 on 12 September 1885. The score remains a record in British senior football and globally for a match that was not fixed or thrown. Coincidentally, on the same day, Dundee Harp recorded an equally one-sided victory as they beat Aberdeen Rovers 35–0.
Round
First match date
Fixtures
Clubs
Original
Byes
Replays
First Round
5 September 1885
65
4
11
134 → 70
Second Round
3 October 1885
33
4
9
70 → 37
Third Round
24 October 1885
17
1
1
37 → 19
Fourth Round
14 November 1885
9
1
2
19 → 10
Fifth Round
5 December 1885
5
0
4
10 → 5
Quarter-finals
16 January 1886
1
3
0
5 → 4
Semi-finals
16 January 1886
2
0
0
4 → 2
Final
13 February 1886
1
0
0
2 → 1
Two teams qualified for the second round after drawing their first round replay. All 134 teams entered the competition in the first round.
Glasgow and Suburbs [ edit ] Pilgrims received a bye to the second round.
Queen's Park v St Peter's
Cambridge v Southern Athletic
Clyde v Rangers
Whitefield v Dennistoun Athletic
3rd Lanark RV v Shawlands
Thistle v Westbourne
Battlefield v Cowlairs
Partick Thistle v Granton
Northern v Linthouse
Glasgow United YMCA v Eastern Athletic
Pollokshields Athletic v Partick
St Andrew's v 10th Lanark RV
Renfrewshire district [ edit ] Johnstone v Greenock Rangers
Mearns Athletic v Woodvale
Cartvale v Morton
Renfrew v Greenock Northern
Greenock Southern v Neilston
Port Glasgow Athletic v 1st Renfrew RV
Paisley Hibernian v Thornliebank
Abercorn v St Mirren
Arthurlie v Olympic
Ayr v Maybole
Lanemark v Monkcastle
Ayr Rovers v Dalry
Hurlford v Cumnock
Kilmarnock v Annbank
Mauchline v Lugar Boswell
Dunbartonshire district [ edit ] Lenzie v Bonhill
Albion v Jamestown
Yoker v Dumbarton Union
Kirkintilloch Athletic v Renton
Helensburgh v Dumbarton Athletic
Dumbarton v Vale of Leven Wanderers
Vale of Leven v Dunbritton
Levendale v Rock
Edinburghshire district [ edit ] Hibernian v Edina
Broxburn Shamrock v Bo'ness
Norton Park v Glencairn
Heart of Midlothian v St Bernard's
West Calder v Newcastleton
Stirlingshire district [ edit ] Alloa Athletic received a bye to the second round.
East Stirlingshire v Campsie
Camelon v Falkirk
King's Park v Avondale
Grasshoppers v Grahamston
Dunipace v Campsie Central
Lanarkshire district [ edit ] Dykehead received a bye to the second round.
Alpha v Cambuslang Hibernian
Clydesdale v Tollcross
Rutherglen v Wishaw Swifts
Shettleston v Cambuslang
Albion Rovers v Drumpellier
Airdrieonians v Royal Albert
Hamilton Academical v West Benhar
Forfar Athletic v Angus
Arbroath v Bon Accord
Dundee Harp v Aberdeen Rovers
Strathmore (Arbroath) v Aberdeen
Dundee West End v Broughty
Dundee East End v Strathmore (Dundee)
Dundee Our Boys v Coupar Angus
Fife and Perthshire district [ edit ] Vale of Teith v Oban
Crieff v Dunfermline Athletic
Cowdenbeath v Breadalbane
Dunblane v Dunfermline
Queen of the South Wanderers received a bye to the second round.
5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV v Vale of Nith
Thornhill v Moffat
Glasgow and Suburbs [ edit ] Southern Athletic v Cambridge
Renfrewshire district [ edit ] Thornliebank v Paisley Hibernian
Monkcastle v Lanemark
Dunbartonshire district [ edit ] Bonhill v Lenzie
Jamestown v Albion
Dumbarton Union v Yoker
Helensburgh v Dumbarton Athletic
Edinburghshire district [ edit ] Bo'ness v Broxburn Shamrock
Heart of Midlothian v St Bernard's
Stirlingshire district [ edit ] Grahamston v Grasshoppers
Broughty v Dundee West End
Strathmore (Dundee) v Dundee East End
Notes
^ A -A protest by Southern Athletic was upheld and a replay was ordered.
^ B -A protest by Monkcastle was upheld and a replay was ordered.
^ C -A protest by Dumbarton Union was upheld and a replay was ordered.
^ D -A protest by Dumbarton Athletic over the height of the goal posts was upheld and a replay was ordered.
^ E -A protest by St Bernard's was upheld and a replay was ordered.
^ F -Both teams qualified for the second round.
Sources:[ 9]
Glasgow and Suburbs [ edit ] Partick Thistle received a bye to the third round.
Queen's Park v Pilgrims
Cowlairs v Pollokshields Athletic
Clyde v Thistle
St Andrew's v Cambridge
Northern v Whitefield
Glasgow United YMCA v 3rd Lanark RV
Renfrewshire district [ edit ] Cartvale received a bye to the third round.
Renfrew v Abercorn
Johnstone v Thornliebank
Arthurlie v Woodvale
Port Glasgow Athletic v Neilston
Monkcastle v Ayr
Dalry v Lugar Boswell
Kilmarnock v Hurlford
Dunbartonshire district [ edit ] Dumbarton v Dumbarton Union
Dumbarton Athletic v Renton
Vale of Leven v Bonhill
Dumbarton Rock v Albion
Edinburghshire district [ edit ] West Calder received a bye to the third round.
Bo'ness v Norton Park
Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian
Stirlingshire district [ edit ] Grasshoppers v East Stirlingshire
King's Park v Dunipace
Falkirk v Alloa Athletic
Lanarkshire district [ edit ] Albion Rovers v Wishaw Swifts
Airdrieonians v Cambuslang Hibernian
Dykehead v Tollcross
Hamilton Academical v Cambuslang
Dundee West End v Strathmore (Arbroath)
Arbroath v Forfar Athletic
Dundee Harp v Dundee Our Boys
Dundee East End v Broughty
Fife and Perthshire [ edit ] Dunblane v Dunfermline Athletic
Vale of Teith v Cowdenbeath
Thornhill received a bye to the third round.
5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV v Queen of the South Wanderers
Renfrewshire district [ edit ] Neilston v Port Glasgow Athletic
Kilmarnock v Hurlford
Lanarkshire district [ edit ] Wishaw Swifts v Albion Rovers
Broughty v Dundee East End
Queen of the South Wanderers v 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV
Kilmarnock v Hurlford
Broughty v Dundee East End
Kilmarnock v Hurlford
Hurlford v Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock v Hurlford
Notes
^ G -A protest by Kilmarnock was upheld and a replay was ordered.
^ H -Dykehead were disqualified and Tollcross re-instated.
^ I -A protest by Queen of the South Wanderers was upheld and a replay was ordered.
^ J -A protest by Broughty was upheld and a further replay was ordered.
^ K -Kilmarnock failed to appear and a further replay was ordered.
Sources:[ 9]
[ edit ] Alloa Athletic v Partick Thistle
Cowlairs v Northern
East Stirlingshire v Queen's Park
Dumbarton v Thistle
Albion v Renton
3rd Lanark RV v St Andrew's
Vale of Leven v King's Park
Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district [ edit ] Cartvale v Port Glasgow Athletic
Dalry v Ayr
Thornliebank v Abercorn
Arthurlie v Hurlford
Lanarkshire and Edinburghshire district [ edit ] Cambuslang received a bye to the fourth round.
Wishaw Swifts v West Calder
Hibernian v Bo'ness
Airdrieonians v Tollcross
[ edit ] Strathmore (Arbroath) v Dunblane
Arbroath v Dundee East End
Dundee Harp v Vale of Teith
Queen of the South Wanderers v Thornhill
Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district [ edit ] Port Glasgow v Cartvale
Sources:[ 9]
Port Glasgow Athletic received a bye to the fifth round.
Dumbarton v Partick Thistle
Cambuslang v Wishaw Swifts
Hibernian v Arbroath
Renton v Cowlairs
Queen's Park v Airdrieonians
3rd Lanark RV v Ayr
Abercorn v Strathmore (Arbroath)
Vale of Leven v Dundee Harp
Queen of the South Wanderers v Arthurlie
Ayr v 3rd Lanark RV
3rd Lanark RV v Ayr
Notes
^ L -A protest by Ayr was upheld and a replay was ordered.
Sources:[ 9]
Renton v Vale of Leven
Arthurlie v Queen's Park
Abercorn v Cambuslang
Dumbarton v Hibernian
3rd Lanark RV v Port Glasgow Athletic
Vale of Leven v Renton
Hibernian v Dumbarton
Port Glasgow Athletic v 3rd Lanark RV
3rd Lanark RV v Port Glasgow Athletic
Sources:[ 9]
Queen's Park, Renton and 3rd Lanark RV received a bye to the semi-finals.
Hibernian v Cambuslang
Sources:[ 9]
3rd Lanark RV v Queen's Park
Hibernian v Renton
Sources:[ 9]
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