1899–1900 Scottish Cup

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]

1899–1900 Scottish Cup

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

Calendar

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs
First round	13 January 1900	16	32 → 16
Second round	27 January 1900	8	16 → 80
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

See also

• 1899–1900 in Scottish football