The 1882–83 Scottish Cup – officially the Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup – was the tenth season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. Dumbarton won the cup for the first, and so far only, time when they beat Vale of Leven 2–1 in a replayed final.
Defending champions Queen's Park were knock-out by eventual winners Dumbarton in the quarter-finals.
Calendar
As with the previous competitions, the eighth edition of the Scottish Cup took on the format of a traditional knockout tournament. For the earlier rounds, the names of competing teams were placed into lots according to their districts and drawn into pairs. The home team for each tie was determined by the toss of a coin unless it was mutually agreed or only one of the two clubs drawn against one another had a private ground. In the event of a draw, the team who lost the toss would have the choice of ground for the replay. A similar procedure was used for subsequent rounds however, any club which had received a bye in the previous round would first be drawn against one of the winners of the previous round. The names of winning teams were placed into one lot for later rounds. The choice of venue for the final matches was reserved to the Scottish Football Association.
RoundFirst match dateFixturesClubsOriginalByesReplaysFirst Round9 September 18825977125 → 67Second Round30 September 1882323667 → 36Third Round21 October 1882164436 → 22Fourth Round11 November 1882110122 → 11Fifth Round2 December 188235211 → 8Quarter-finals23 December 18824048 → 4Semi-finals24 February 18832024 → 2Final31 March 18831012 → 1
Both Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities were given byes to the third round. Four teams qualified for the second round after drawing their first round replay. Two teams qualified for the third round after drawing their second round replay. Two teams qualified for the fourth round after drawing their third round second replay.
Teams Of the 126 teams, all bar one entered the competition in the first round. Aberdeen were admitted into the competition after the first round draw and entered in the second round. AyrshireForfarshireGlasgow and SuburbsLanarkshireRenfrewshireAnnbank Ayr Beith Beith Thistle Cumnock Hurlford Kilbirnie Kilmarnock Kilmarnock Athletic Kilmarnock Portland Largs Athletic Lugar Boswell Mauchline Maybole Rankinston Mountaineers Stewarton CunninghameAberdeen Angus Arbroath Balgay Dundee East End Dundee Harp Dundee Hibernian Dundee Our Boys Dundee West End Perseverance StrathmoreAlexandra Athletic Apsley Battlefield Clyde Cowlairs Glasgow University Granton Jordanhill Luton Mavisbank Northern Partick Partick Thistle Petershill Pilgrims Pollokshields Athletic Possilpark Queen's Park Rangers South Western Thistle Whitefield 1st Lanark RV 3rd Lanark RVAirdrie Airdriehill Airdrieonians Bellshill Cambuslang Clarkston Drumpellier Hamilton Academical Holytown Plains Blue Bell Royal Albert Shotts West Benhar WishawAbercorn Arthurlie Bute Rangers Cartvale Clippens Glenpatrick Greenock Southern Johnstone Johnstone Athletic Johnstone Rovers Kilbarchan Ladyburn Lochwinnoch Morton Paisley Athletic Pollok Port Glasgow Athletic Renfrew St Mirren Sir John Maxwell Thornliebank Woodland Woodside YokerDunbartonshireEdinburghPerthshireSouthern CountiesStirlingshireAlclutha Dumbarton Jamestown Kilmaronock Thistle Renton Vale of Leven Vale of Leven HiberniansAddiewell Brunswick Dunfermline Edinburgh University Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kinleith St Bernard's West CalderCoupar Angus Dunblane Vale of Athole Vale of TeithDrumlanrig Rangers Dumfries Academicals East End Rovers Lochmaben Moffat Queen of the South Wanderers 1st Dumfries RV 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RVBreadalbane Dunipace East Stirlingshire Falkirk King's Park Lenzie Milngavie Southfield Strathblane
First round Matches Glasgow and Suburbs Apsley received a bye to the second round. Glasgow University received a bye to the third round.
Ayrshire district
Lanarkshire district
Stirlingshire district King's Park received a bye to the second round.
Forfarshire district
Renfrewshire district
Dunbartonshire district Vale of Leven received a bye to the second round.
Edinburgh district Edinburgh University received a bye to the third round.
Perthshire district
Southern Counties
Replays Ayrshire district
Lanarkshire district
Renfrewshire district
Edinburgh district
Perthshire district
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Second round Matches Glasgow and Suburbs
Ayrshire district
Lanarkshire district
Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire district Falkirk received a bye to the third round.
Forfarshire and Perthshire district
Renfrewshire district
Edinburgh district
Southern Counties
Replays Glasgow and Suburbs
Renfrewshire district
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Third round
Matches Glasgow and Lanarkshire district Glasgow University received a bye to the fourth round.
Ayrshire and Renfrewshire district Hurlford received a bye to the fourth round.
Stirlingshire, Dunbartonshire and Edinburgh district Edinburgh University and Hibernian received a bye to the fourth round.
Forfarshire and Perthshire district
Dumfriesshire district
Replays Glasgow and Lanarkshire district
Ayrshire and Renfrewshire district
Stirlingshire, Dunbartonshire and Edinburgh district
Second replay Ayrshire and Renfrewshire district
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Fourth round Matches
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Fifth Round Dumbarton, Kilmarnock Athletic, Partick Thistle, Pollokshields Athletic and 3rd Lanark RV received a bye to the quarter-finals.
Matches
Replays
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Quarter-finals
Matches
Replays
Second replay
Third replay
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Semi-finals
Matches
Replays
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Final
Replay
See also 1882–83 in Scottish football
References
External links Season 1882-83 Dumbarton [results list], The Beautiful Dribbling Game Scottish Cup 1882/83, RSSSF