1946–47 Scottish Cup

The 1946–47 Scottish Cup was the 62nd staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition, and the first edition to be completed since 1938-39 as all major football competitions in the country were halted by World War II. The Cup was won for the first time by Aberdeen, who defeated Hibernian in the final.

1946–47 Scottish Cup

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Aberdeen
Runners-up	Hibernian
← 1938–39 1947–48 →

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	2 – 1	Partick Thistle
Albion Rovers	3 – 0	Airdrieonians
Alloa Athletic	0 – 8	Hibernian
Arbroath	2 – 2	Stenhousemuir
Clachnacuddin	1 – 1	East Stirlingshire
Dundee	2 – 1	Celtic
East Fife	6 – 2	Dunfermline Athletic
Falkirk	2 – 0	Kilmarnock
Hamilton Academical	1 – 1	Third Lanark
Hearts	3 – 0	St Johnstone
Greenock Morton	4 – 0	Edinburgh City
Motherwell	3 – 0	Forfar Athletic
Peterhead	1 – 5	Ayr United
Queen of the South	3 – 4	Raith Rovers
Queen's Park	3 – 0	Dundee United
Rangers	2 – 1	Clyde
St Mirren	2 – 3	Dumbarton
Stranraer	0 – 5	Cowdenbeath

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
East Stirlingshire	5 – 1	Clachnacuddin
Stenhousemuir	0 – 2	Arbroath
Third Lanark	2 – 1	Hamilton Academical

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
East Fife	5 – 1	East Stirlingshire
Aberdeen	8 – 0	Ayr United

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Hearts	2 – 1	Cowdenbeath
Aberdeen	1 – 1	Greenock Morton
Arbroath	5 – 4	Raith Rovers
Dumbarton	2 – 0	Third Lanark
Dundee	3 – 0	Albion Rovers
East Fife	3 – 1	Queen's Park
Falkirk	0 – 0	Motherwell
Rangers	0 – 0	Hibernian

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Hibernian	2 – 0	Rangers
Greenock Morton	1 – 2	Aberdeen
Motherwell	1 – 0	Falkirk

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee	1 – 2	Aberdeen
Arbroath	2 – 1	Hearts
East Fife	0 – 2	Motherwell
Hibernian	2 – 0	Dumbarton

Semi-finals

29 March 1947

Hibernian	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Motherwell
Eddie Turnbull 18' Hugh Howie 141'		Willie Kilmarnock 57'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 48,000

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12 April 1947

Arbroath	0–2	Aberdeen
		Stan Williams 43' 70'

Dens Park, Dundee

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: M.C. Dale

Final

Main article: 1947 Scottish Cup Final

19 April 1947

Aberdeen	2–1	Hibernian
Hamilton 36' Williams 42'	Soccerbase	Cuthbertson 1'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 82,140

Referee: Robert Calder

Teams

ABERDEEN: GK George Johnstone RB Pat McKenna LB George Taylor RH Joe McLaughlin CH Frank Dunlop LH Willie Waddell RW Tony Harris IR George Hamilton CF Stan Williams IL Archie Baird LW Willie McCall Manager: Dave Halliday

HIBERNIAN: GK Jimmy Kerr RB Jock Govan LB Davie Shaw RH Hugh Howie CH Peter Aird LH Sammy Kean RW Gordon Smith IR Willie Finnigan CF John Cuthbertson IL Eddie Turnbull LW Willie Ormond Manager: Willie McCartney

See also

• 1946–47 in Scottish football
• 1946–47 Scottish League Cup