1883–84 Scottish Cup

The 1883–84 Scottish Cup – officially the Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup – was the 11th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. Queen's Park won the competition for the seventh time after Vale of Leven could not field a team on the date fixed for the final due to player illness.
Reigning champions Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by neighbours Renton, becoming the first club not to make at least two successful defences of their title since its inception and beginning a contrasting sequence whereby the winners changed each season for the next 13 years, until Rangers retained the trophy in 1898.

Calendar

Edinburgh University were given a bye to the third round.
Two teams qualified for the second round after drawing their first round replay.

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Teams

All 132 teams entered the competition in the first round.

Ayrshire	Glasgow and district	Lanarkshire	Northern Counties	Renfrewshire
Annbank Ayr Beith Beith Thistle Cumnock Hurlford Kilbirnie Kilmarnock Kilmarnock Athletic Kilmarnock Portland Lugar Boswell Mauchline Maybole Stewarton Cunninghame	Alexandra Athletic Battlefield Clyde Cowlairs Dean Park Glencairn Granton Luton Mavisbank Northern Orchard Partick Partick Thistle Pilgrims Pollokshields Athletic Possilpark Queen's Park Rangers South Western Thistle Whitefield Whitehill 3rd Lanark RV	Airdrie Airdrieonians Bellshill Cambuslang Clarkston Drumpellier Hamilton Academical Plains Blue Bell Royal Albert Shettleston Tollcross Vale of Avon West Benhar	Aberdeen Angus Arbroath Balgay [Coupar Angus F.C.\|Angus F.C. (1877)\|Coupar Angus] Dundee East End Dundee Harp Dundee Hibernian Dundee Our Boys Dundee West End Perseverance Strathmore (Arbroath) Strathmore (Dundee)	Abercorn Arthurlie [Bute Rangers F.C.\|Rangers F.C.\|Bute Rangers] Caledonia Cartvale Clippens Glenpatrick Johnstone Johnstone Athletic Johnstone Rovers Kilbarchan Levern Linwood Lochwinnoch Lyle Athletic Northern (Greenock) [Greenock Greenock Morton F.C.\|Morton F.C.\|Morton] Netherlee Olympic Paisley Athletic Pollok Port Glasgow Athletic Renfrew St Mirren Sir John Maxwell Southern (Greenock) Thornliebank West End Athletic Woodland Yoker
Dunbartonshire	Edinburghshire	Perthshire	Southern Counties	Stirlingshire
Dumbarton Dunbritton Jamestown Kilmaronock Thistle Levendale Renton Vale of Leven Vale of Leven Wanderers	Brunswick Dunfermline Edina Edinburgh University Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kinleith Newcastleton St Bernard's West Calder	Breadalbane Dunblane Vale of Athole Vale of Teith	Drumlanrig Rangers East End Rovers Moffat Newton Stewart Athletic Queen of the South Wanderers Vale of Nith 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV	Alloa Athletic Campsie Dunipace East Stirlingshire Falkirk King's Park Lenzie Stenhousemuir Strathblane Tayavalla

First round

Matches

Glasgow and district

Cowlairs received a bye to the second round.

Lanarkshire district

Vale of Avon received a bye to the second round.

Edinburghshire district

Newcastleton received a bye to the second round. Edinburgh University received a bye to the third round.

Northern Counties

Coupar Angus received a bye to the second round.

Southern Counties

Drumlanrig Rangers received a bye to the second round.

Replays

Southern Counties

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Second round

Matches

Renfrewshire district

Morton received a bye to the third round.

Ayrshire district

Cumnock received a bye to the third round.

Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire district

Vale of Leven received a bye to the third round.

Lanarkshire district

Hamilton Academical received a bye to the third round.

Edinburghshire district

St Bernard's received a bye to the third round.

Replay

Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire district

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Third round

Matches

Perthshire and Northern Counties

Dunblane received a bye to the fourth round.

Glasgow, Stirlingshire and Dunbartonshire district

Pollokshields Athletic received a bye to the fourth round.

Edinburgh and Lanarkshire district

Edinburgh University and Royal Albert received a bye to the fourth round.

Replays

Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district

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Fourth round

Arthurlie received a bye to the fifth round.

Matches

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Fifth round

Battlefield, Cambuslang, Cartvale, Hibernian and Queen's Park received a bye to the quarter-finals.

Replay

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Quarter-finals

Matches

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Semi-finals

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Final

Vale of Leven did not appear for the final in protest after a request made on the Wednesday before the match was due to take place for a postponement due to bereavement, illness and injury had been refused by the Scottish FA.