The preliminary rounds for the 1892–93 Scottish Cup took place between 3 September and 5 November 1892 to decide the 16 teams that would join the 16 exempt clubs in the first round.
A total of 162 teams entered the preliminary rounds which were open to all members of the Scottish FA.
After the completion of the four preliminary rounds which saw 914 goals scored across 143 matches, Aberdeen, Airdrieonians, Albion Rovers, Annbank, Broxburn Shamrock, Camelon, Campsie, Cowlairs, Dunblane, King's Park, Monkcastle, Motherwell, Queen of the South Wanderers, Royal Albert, Stenhousemuir and 5th Kirkcudbright RV advanced to the first round.
Format Alongside the four semi-finalists from the previous season, 12 further teams were voted to be exempt from competing in the preliminary rounds. The names of the remaining clubs were placed into lots according to their districts and drawn into pairs. The home team would be the first team drawn unless only one of the clubs in a pair had a private ground. In the event of a draw, the second team drawn would have the choice of ground for the replay. This process was repeated for the second and third preliminary rounds. All competing clubs were placed into a single lot for the fourth preliminary round.
Calendar +1892–93 Scottish Cup preliminary rounds calendarRoundDateTiesClubsOriginalByesReplaysFirst preliminary round3 September 18927777162 → 87Second preliminary round24 September 1892415787 → 47Third preliminary round15 October 1892223747 → 26Fourth preliminary round5 November 1892106026 → 16
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Teams At a committee meeting on 31 May 1892, the 16 teams to be exempt from the preliminary rounds were decided. By virtue of being semi-finalists in 1891–92, Celtic, Queen's Park, Rangers and Renton were the first to be exempt. Following a vote, Dumbarton, Heart of Midlothian, Leith Athletic, Kilmarnock, Clyde, 3rd Lanark RV, Abercorn, St Bernard's, St Mirren, Cambuslang, Linthouse and Northern were given an exemption from the preliminary rounds.
+Competing teams arranged by districtDunbartonshire, Stirlingshire and ClackmannanshireEast of Scotland and FifeForfarshireGlasgow and LanarkshireRenfrewshire and AyrshireAlloa Athletic Alva Bridge of Allan Camelon Campsie Clackmannan Clydebank Clydebank Athletic Dalmuir Thistle Denny Dunipace Duntocher Harp East Stirlingshire Falkirk Gairdoch Grangemouth Grasshoppers JamestownKilsyth Standard Kilsyth Wanderers King's Park Kirkintilloch Athletic Laurieston Levendale Methlan Park Old Kilpatrick Slamannan Slamannan Rovers Smithstone Hibs Stenhousemuir Tillicoultry Union Vale of Bannock Vale of Leven Vale of Leven WanderersAdventurers Armadale Bathgate Rovers Bo'ness Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic Broxburn Broxburn Shamrock Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic Edinburgh University Kirkcaldy Lassodie Linlithgow Athletic Lochgelly United Mossend Swifts Muirhouse Rovers Penicuik Athletic Polton Vale Raith Rovers Vale of GalaArbroath Arbroath Wanderers Brechin Dundee East End Dundee Harp Dundee Our Boys Forfar Athletic Johnstone Wanderers Kirriemuir Lochee United Montrose Strathmore Strathmore AthleticAirdriehill Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Battlefield Burnbank Swifts Carfin Hibernians Carfin Shamrock Carrington Cowlairs Dykehead Fairfield Glasgow Perthshire Glasgow Wanderers Glengowan Hamilton AcademicalHamilton Harp Kelvinside Athletic Maryhill Motherwell Partick Thistle Pollokshaws Royal Albert Shettleston Swifts Southern Athletic Summerton Athletic Thsitle United Abstainers Whifflet Shamrock Whitefield Wishaw ThistleAnnbank Arthurlie Ayr Ayr Athletic Ayr Parkhouse Beith Bute Rangers Cronberry Eglinton Cumnock Springbank Dalry Dykebar Galston Girvan Athletic Hurlford Irvine JohnstoneKilbarchan Kilbirnie Kilmarnock Athletic Lanemark Lochwinnoch Lugar Boswell Mauchline Monkcastle Morton Neilston Newmilns Port Glasgow Athletic Saltcoats Victoria Stevenston Thistle 1st Argyll RV
+Competing teams arranged by districtAberdeenshireArgyllNorthern CountiesPerthshireSouthern CountiesAberdeen Orion Stonehaven Peterhead Victoria UnitedInveraray Lochgilphead Oban Oban RangersClachnacuddin Inverness Caledonian Inverness Thistle Inverness UnionCoupar Angus Dunblane Fair City Athletic Our Boys St Johnstone Vale of Atholl Vale of RuthvenAnnan Douglas Rovers Dumfries St John's Gladstonians Mid-Annandale Moffat Newton Stewart Athletic Queen of the South Wanderers Rising Thistle St Cuthbert Wanderers Sanquhar Rangers Stranraer 5th Kirkcudbright RV
First preliminary round Glasgow and Lanarkshire district +Glasgow and Lanarkshire district first preliminary round resultsDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue3 September 1892Airdriehill5–0Burnbank SwiftsNew Monkland, Airdrie3 September 1892Hamilton Academical5–5MotherwellDouglas Park, Hamilton3 September 1892Cowlairs7–0BattlefieldGourlay Park, Glasgow3 September 1892Glasgow Perthshire2–17Wishaw ThistleKelburn Park, Glasgow3 September 1892Albion Rovers9–1Shettleston SwiftsMeadow Park, Coatbridge3 September 1892Carrington3–2DykeheadHanover Park, Glasgow3 September 1892Thistle2–4Carfin ShamrockBraehead Park, Glasgow3 September 1892Pollokshaws2–1Hamilton HarpMaxwell Park, PollokshawsRoyal Albertw/oFairfieldPartick Thistlew/oMaryhillWhitefieldw/oSummerton AthleticKelvinside Athleticw/oGlengowanSouthern Athleticw/oAirdrieoniansCarfin Hiberniansw/oWhifflet ShamrockUnited Abstainersw/oGlasgow Wanderers +Glasgow and Lanarkshire district first preliminary round replayDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue10 September 1892Motherwell3–2(protested)Hamilton AcademicalDalziel Park, Motherwell +Glasgow and Lanarkshire district first preliminary round second replayDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue17 September 1892Motherwell5–2Hamilton AcademicalDalziel Park, Motherwell
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East of Scotland and Fife district Raith Rovers and Edinburgh University received a bye to the second preliminary round. +East of Scotland and Fife district first preliminary round resultsDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue3 September 1892Vale of Gala0–10KirkcaldyHollybush, Galashiels3 September 1892Dunfermline Athletic1–4ArmadaleEast End Park, Dunfermline3 September 1892Bathgate Rovers7–1AdventurersBoghead Park, Bathgate3 September 1892Mossend Swifts2–1BroxburnMossend Park, West Calder3 September 1892Lassodie0–5CowdenbeathGreen Bank Park, Lassodie3 September 1892Linlithgow Athletic4–1Muirhouse RoversCaptain's Park, Linlithgow3 September 1892Broxburn Shamrock5–0Bonnyrigg Rose AthleticShamrock Park, Broxburn3 September 1892Bo'ness3–4Polton ValeNewtown Park, Bo'ness3 September 1892Penicuik Athletic2–2Lochgelly UnitedKirkhill Park, Penicuik +East of Scotland and Fife district first preliminary round replayDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue10 September 1892Lochgelly United7–1Penicuik AthleticSchool's Park, Lochgelly
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Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district +Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district first preliminary round resultsDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue3 September 1892Dalry0–7KilbarchanTownend Park, Dalry3 September 1892Morton7–11st Argyll RVCappielow, Greenock3 September 1892Irvine4–6Stevenston ThistleCochrane Park, Irvine3 September 1892Cumnock Springbank1–1KilbirnieNew Station Park, Cumnock3 September 1892Ayr Parkhouse4–0LanemarkBeresford Park, Ayr3 September 1892Saltcoats Victoria5–1MauchlineBrewery Park, Saltcoats3 September 1892Annbank11–2Cronberry EglintonPebble Park, Annbank3 September 1892Ayr3–1BeithSomerset Park, Ayr3 September 1892Port Glasgow Athletic5–0Kilmarnock AthleticClune Park, Port Glasgow3 September 1892Johnstone1–0HurlfordCartland Bank, Johnstone3 September 1892Dykebar0–2ArthurlieThistle Park, PaisleyGalstonw/oLochwinnochAyr Athleticw/oMonkcastleGirvan Athleticw/oNewmilnsBute Rangersw/oLugar Boswell +Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district first preliminary round replayDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue10 September 1892Kilbirnie5–1Cumnock SpringbankMilton Park, Kilbirnie
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Dunbartonshire, Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire district Bridge of Allan received a bye to the second preliminary round. +Dunbartonshire, Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire district first preliminary round resultsDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue3 September 1892Smithstone Hibs7–0Alloa AthleticHaugh Park, Kilsyth3 September 1892King's Park9–1TillicoultryForthbank Park, Stirling3 September 1892Slamannan Rovers4–6Vale of LevenThe Glebe, Slamannan3 September 1892Falkirk5–1Vale of BannockBrockville Park, Falkirk3 September 1892Dalmuir Thistle2–4GairdochCastle Park, Dalmuir3 September 1892Stenhousemuir1–0DunipaceOchilview Park, Stenhousemuir3 September 1892Kilsyth Wanderers4–0AlvaGarrel Garden, Kilsyth3 September 1892Grasshoppers3–3DennyLongcroft Park, Bonnybridge3 September 1892Kirkintilloch Athletic2–2UnionTownhead Park, Kirkintilloch3 September 1892Levendale1–1CamelonBalloch Road, Jamestown3 September 1892East Stirlingshire7–1SlamannanMerchiston Park, Bainsford3 September 1892Clackmannan4–1ClydebankChapelhill Park, ClackmannanOld Kilpatrickw/oKilsyth StandardCampsiew/oClydebank AthleticLauriestonw/oJamestownGrangemouthw/oMethlan ParkDuntocher Harpw/oVale of Leven Wanderers +Dunbartonshire, Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire district first preliminary round replaysDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue10 September 1892Denny1–1GrasshoppersHill Park, Denny10 September 1892Union6–1Kirkintilloch AthleticSt James' Park, Dumbarton10 September 1892Camelon2–2LevendaleVictoria Park, Camelon
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Forfarshire district Johnstone Wanderers received a bye to the second preliminary round. +Forfarshire district first preliminary round resultsDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue3 September 1892Dundee Harp4–3MontroseEast Dock Street, Dundee3 September 1892Dundee East End4–1Arbroath WanderersCarolina Port, Dundee3 September 1892Dundee Our Boys4–3Lochee UnitedWest Craigie Park, Dundee3 September 1892Arbroath15–0BrechinGayfield Park, Arbroath3 September 1892Strathmore3–4Strathmore AthleticLogie Park, Dundee3 September 1892Kirriemuir0–10Forfar AthleticNewton Park, Kirriemuir
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Aberdeenshire district Aberdeen received a bye to the second preliminary round. +Aberdeenshire district first preliminary round resultsDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue3 September 1892Victoria United2–7OrionChanonry Grounds, AberdeenPeterheadw/oStonehaven
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Northern Counties +Northern Counties first preliminary round resultsDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue3 September 1892Inverness Caledonian4–1Inverness ThistleCaledonian Park, Inverness3 September 1892Inverness Union4–1ClachnacuddinCemetery Road, Inverness
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Perthshire district Vale of Ruthven received a bye to the second preliminary round. +Perthshire district first preliminary round resultsDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue3 September 1892Fair City Athletic0–3St JohnstoneBalhousie Park, Perth3 September 1892Vale of Atholl3–7DunblaneRecreation Park, Pitlochry3 September 1892Our Boys5–2Coupar AngusLower Haughs, Blairgowrie
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Argyll district +Argyll district first preliminary round resultsDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue3 September 1892Inveraray6–2LochgilpheadWinterton, Inveraray3 September 1892Oban4–3Oban RangersGlencruitten Park, Oban
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Southern Counties Annan received a bye to the second preliminary round. +Southern Counties first preliminary round resultsDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue3 September 1892Queen of the South Wanderers14–2GladstoniansRecreation Grounds, Dumfries3 September 1892Newton Stewart Athletic1–65th Kirkcudbright RVHolm Park, Newton Stewart10 September 1892Rising Thistle2–6Douglas RoversInnerfield Park, LochmabenSt Cuthbert Wanderersw/oSanquhar RangersStranraerw/oMid-AnnandaleDumfries St John'sw/oMoffat
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Second preliminary round Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district Monkcastle received a bye to the third preliminary round.