1895–96 Scottish Cup

1895–96 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Defending champions	St Bernard's
Final positions
Champions	Heart of Midlothian
Runner-up	Hibernian
	← 1894–95 1896–97 →

The 1895–96 Scottish Cup was the 23rd season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. This season saw the introduction of the Scottish Qualifying Cup as a preliminary competition.

The cup was won by Heart of Midlothian when they beat Hibernian 3–1 in the final.

Calendar

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs
First round	11 November 1895	16	32 → 16
Second round	25 January 1896	8	16 → 80
Quarter-finals	8 February 1896	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	22 February 1896	2	4 → 2
Final	14 March 1896	1	2 → 1

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Annbank	3 – 2	Kilmarnock
Arbroath	5 – 0	King's Park
Ayr	3 – 2	Abercorn
Blantyre	1 – 12	Heart of Midlothian
Celtic	2 – 4	Queen's Park
Dumbarton	1 – 1	Rangers
East Stirlingshire	2 – 3	Hibernian
Lochgelly United	2 – 1	Raith Rovers *
Greenock Morton	2 – 3	Dundee
Polton Vale	0 – 3	Clyde
Port Glasgow Athletic	4 – 2	Arthurlie
Renton	1 – 0	Cowdenbeath
St Bernard's	8 – 1	Clackmannan
St Johnstone	4 – 3	Dundee Wanderers
St Mirren	7 – 0	Alloa Athletic
Third Lanark	6 – 0	Leith Athletic

Match Declared Void

First round replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Lochgelly United	2 –5	Raith Rovers
Rangers	3 – 1	Dumbarton

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Arbroath	3 –1	St Johnstone
Ayr	1 – 5	Heart of Midlothian
Hibernian	6 – 1	Raith Rovers
Queen's Park	8 – 1	Port Glasgow Athletic
Rangers	5 – 0	St Mirren
Renton	2 – 1	Clyde
St Bernard's	2 – 0	Annbank
Third Lanark	4 – 1	Dundee

Quarter-final

Home team	Score	Away team
Arbroath	0 – 4	Heart of Midlothian
Queen's Park	2 – 3	St Bernard's
Rangers	2 – 3	Hibernian
Third Lanark	3 – 3	Renton

Quarter-final replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Renton	2 – 0	Third Lanark

Semi-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Heart of Midlothian	1 – 0	St Bernard's
Hibernian	2 – 1	Renton

Final

14 March 1896

Heart of Midlothian	3–1	Hibernian
Davie Baird 3' (pen.) Alex King Willie Michael		Jo O'Neill

New Logie Green

References

External links

Season 1895-96 Heart of Midlothian [results list, including Qualifying Cup], The Beautiful Dribbling Game
Scottish Cup 1895/96, RSSSF

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Celtic Clyde Dumbarton Dundee Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Rangers St Bernard's St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Abercorn Airdrieonians Kilmarnock Leith Athletic Linthouse Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Port Glasgow Athletic Renton
Other teams	Queen's Park