1899–1900 Scottish Cup

1899–1900 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Defending champions	Celtic
Final positions
Champions	Celtic
Runner-up	Queen's Park
	← 1898–99 1900–01 →

The 1899–1900 Scottish Cup was the 27th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by holders Celtic when they beat Queen's Park in the final at the newly built Ibrox Park by a 4–3 scoreline to claim the trophy for a third time overall; it is the last major final to date for Queen's Park who were cup winners ten times in the 19th century.^[1]

Calendar

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs
First round	13 January 1900	16	32 → 16
Second round	27 January 1900	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	10 February 1900	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	10 March 1900	2	4 → 2
Final	14 May 1900	1	2 → 1

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Abercorn (2)	5 – 2	Ayr Parkhouse (NL)
Airdrieonians (2)	0 – 1	Clyde (1)
Celtic (1)	7 – 1	Bo'ness (NL)
Dundee (1)	8 – 0	Douglas Wanderers (NL)
Forfar Athletic (NL)	3 – 4	Motherwell (2)
Forres Mechanics (NL)	1 – 1	Orion (NL)
Galston (NL)	1 – 2	Partick Thistle (2)
Hamilton Academical (2)	2 – 3	Hibernian (1)
Heart of Midlothian (1)	0 – 0	St Mirren (1)
Kilmarnock (1)	2 – 0	East Stirlingshire (NL)
Maybole (NL)	4 – 2	Wishaw (NL)
Port Glasgow Athletic (2)	7 – 1	Falkirk (NL)
Queen's Park (NL)	3 – 0	Leith Athletic (2)
Rangers (1)	4 – 2	Greenock Morton (2)
St Bernard's (1)	1 – 0	Arbroath (NL)
Third Lanark (1)	5 – 1	Raith Rovers (NL)

First round replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Orion	4 – 1	Forres Mechanics
St Mirren	0 – 3	Heart of Midlothian

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee	3 –3	Clyde
Heart of Midlothian	1 – 1	Hibernian
Kilmarnock	10 – 1	Orion
Partick Thistle	2 – 1	St Bernard's
Port Glasgow Athletic	1 – 5	Celtic
Queen's Park	5 – 1	Abercorn
Rangers	12 – 0	Maybole
Third Lanark	2 – 1	Motherwell

Second round replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Clyde	0 – 3	Dundee
Hibernian	1 – 2	Heart of Midlothian

Quarter-final

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	4 – 0	Kilmarnock
Partick Thistle	1 – 6	Rangers
Queen's Park	1 – 0	Dundee
Third Lanark	1 – 2	Heart of Midlothian

Semi-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Queen's Park	2 – 1	Heart of Midlothian
Rangers	2 – 2	Celtic

Semi-final replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	4 – 0	Rangers

Final

14 May 1900

Celtic	4–3	Queen's Park
Divers Bell McMahon		Battles (o.g.) W. Stewart Christie

Ibrox Park, Govan

Attendance: 18,000^[2]^[3]

Referee: J. Walker

Teams


Celtic:
GK		Dan McArthur
RB		David Storrier
LB		Barney Battles
RH		Davie Russell
CH		Harry Marshall
LH		Willie Orr
OR		Johnny Hodge
IR		John Campbell
CF		John Divers
IL		Sandy McMahon
OL		Jack Bell


Queen's Park:
GK		David Gourlay
RB		David Stewart
LB		Archie Swann
RH		James Irons
CH		Alex Christie
LH		James Templeton
OR		William Stewart
IR		David Wilson
CF		Robert McColl
IL		Tom Kennedy
OL		Norman Hay

References

^ "James Templeton | Football Stats | No Club | Age 137 | 1899-1900 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
^ Scottish Cup Final 1900 [Celtic team], FitbaStats
^ Queen's Park v Celtic [Queen's Park team], QPFC.com

External links

Season 1899-00 Celtic [results list,including Qualifying Cup], The Beautiful Dribbling Game
Scottish Cup 1899/00, RSSSF

[1] "James Templeton | Football Stats | No Club | Age 137 | 1899-1900 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

[2] Scottish Cup Final 1900 [Celtic team], FitbaStats

[3] Queen's Park v Celtic [Queen's Park team], QPFC.com

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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 Dundee Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Rangers St Bernard's St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Abercorn Airdrieonians Ayr Hamilton Academical Leith Athletic Linthouse Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Port Glasgow Athletic
Other teams	Dumbarton Queen's Park