1935–36 Scottish Cup

1935–36 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Rangers
Runners-up	Third Lanark

The 1935–36 Scottish Cup was the 58th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Third Lanark in the final.^[1]

First round

Matches played 25 January 1936.

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	4 – 0	Kings Park
Albion	7 – 0	Wigtown & Bladnoch
Arbroath	1 – 3	Motherwell
Ayr United	2 – 3	St Mirren
Bo'ness	1 – 3	Airdrie
Burntisland Shipyard	2 – 2	Dumbarton
Clyde	2 – 1	Forfar Athletic
Dundee	6 – 0	Babcock & Wilcox
Dundee United	2 – 2	Alloa
Dunfermline	6 – 2	Brechin
East Stirlingshire	2 – 5	Kilmarnock
Edinburgh City	2 – 3	Cowdenbeath
Elgin City	2 – 2	Chirnside United
Galston	5 – 3	Stranraer
King's Park	6 – 1	Wick Academy
Leith Athletic	3 – 3	Buckie Thistle
Montrose	0 – 2	Falkirk
Morton	11 – 1	Blairgowrie
Peebles Rovers	3 – 3	Dalbeattie Star
Queen of the South	2 – 0	Partick Thistle
Raith Rovers	2 – 4	St Johnstone
Rangers	3– 1	East Fife
Ross County	0 – 5	St Bernard's
Stenhousemuir	1 – 0	Queen's Park
Third Lanark	2 – 0	Hearts
Vale OCOBA	1 – 3	Hibernian

Berwick Rangers were drawn to Celtic but worried that they would be unable to raise a team and the likelihood of difficult travel conditions decided to forfeit the tie and receive a payment of £120 from Celtic. In addition a friendly was arranged at Parkhead on 28 March between the teams with Celtic running out 6-0 winners.

Replays

Matches played between 29 January and 5 February 1936.

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa	1 – 1	Dundee United
Buckie Thistle	1 – 2	Leith Athletic
Chirnside United	3 – 4	Elgin City
Dalbeattie Star	1 – 0	Peebles Rovers
Dumbarton	4 – 2	Burntisland Shipyard

Second replay

Match played 3 February 1936.

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee United	2 – 1	Alloa

Second round

Matches played 8 February 1936.

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	6 – 0	Kings Park
Albion	1 – 3	Rangers
Celtic	1 – 2	St Johnstone
Clyde	4 – 1	Hibernian
Cowdenbeath	5 – 3	Dundee United
Dalbeattie Star	0 – 1	St Mirren
Dundee	2 – 1	Airdrie
Dunfermline	5 – 2	Galston
Elgin	0 – 3	Queen of the South
Falkirk	1 – 1	Kilmarnock
Morton	3 – 0	Stenhousemuir
Motherwell	3 – 0	St Bernard's
Third Lanark	2 – 0	Leith Athletic

Replay

Match played 12 February 1936.

Home team	Score	Away team
Kilmarnock	1 – 2	Falkirk

Third round

Matches played 22 February 1936.

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	1 – 1	St Johnstone
Clyde	1 – 1	Dundee
Cowdenbeath	1 – 3	Motherwell
Morton	2 – 0	Queen of the South
St Mirren	1 – 2	Rangers
Third Lanark	8 – 0	Dumbarton

Replays

Matches played 26 February 1936.

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee	0 – 3	Clyde
St Johnstone	0 – 1	Aberdeen

Quarter-finals

Matches played 7 March 1936.

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	0 – 1	Rangers
Clyde	3 – 2	Motherwell
Falkirk	5 – 0	Dunfermline
Morton	3 – 5	Third Lanark

Semi-finals

28 March 1936^[2]

Rangers	3–0	Clyde
Meiklejohn 4' McPhail 42' Main 47'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 56,243

Referee: J.M. Martin

28 March 1936^[2]

Third Lanark	3–1	Falkirk
Carabine 36' (pen.) McInnes 75' Kennedy 80'		Dawson 20'

Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

Attendance: 47,796

Referee: M.C. Hutton

Final

18 April 1936^[1]

Rangers	1–0	Third Lanark
McPhail

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 88,859

Referee: J. M. Martin

Teams


Rangers:
GK		Jerry Dawson
RB		Dougie Gray
LB		William Cheyne
RH		Davie Meiklejohn
CH		Jimmy Simpson
LH		George Brown
OR		James Fiddes
IR		Alex Venters
CF		Jimmy Smith
IL		Bob McPhail
OL		Jim Turnbull


Third Lanark:
GK		Robert Muir
RB		Jimmy Carabine
LB		Bob Hamilton
RH		James Blair
CH		Jimmy Denmark
LH		Jimmy McInnes
OR		Bobby Howe
IR		Pat Gallacher
CF		George Hay
IL		Robert Kennedy
OL		Alex Kinnaird

References

^ ^a ^b Rangers Retain Scottish Cup, The Glasgow Herald, 20 April 1936
^ ^a ^b Rangers-Third Lanark Final | Falkirk Beaten In Edinburgh | Soft Goals At Hampden, The Glasgow Herald, 30 March 1936

External links

Video highlights from official Pathé News archive

[herald36-1] Rangers Retain Scottish Cup, The Glasgow Herald, 20 April 1936

[36semis-2] Rangers-Third Lanark Final | Falkirk Beaten In Edinburgh | Soft Goals At Hampden, The Glasgow Herald, 30 March 1936

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
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Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Arbroath Ayr United Celtic Clyde Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Queen's Park Rangers St. Johnstone Third Lanark
Division Two	Alloa Athletic Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United East Fife East Stirlingshire Edinburgh City Falkirk Forfar Athletic King's Park Leith Athletic Montrose Morton Raith Rovers St Bernard's St. Mirren Stenhousemuir