1950–51 Scottish Cup

1950–51 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Celtic
Runners-up	Motherwell

The 1950–51 Scottish Cup was the 66th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Celtic who defeated Motherwell in the final.^[1]

First round

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

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	4 – 2	East Fife
Cowdenbeath	1 – 2	Greenock Morton
Dundee United	0 – 1	Dundee
Elgin City	0 – 3	Hamilton Academical
Hibernian	5 – 0	St Mirren
Raith Rovers	1 – 0	Partick Thistle
Stenhousemuir	1 – 2	Albion Rovers

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	4 – 0	Third Lanark
Albion Rovers	0 – 2	Clyde
Celtic	4 – 0	Duns
East Stirlingshire	1 – 5	Hearts
Greenock Morton	3 – 3	Airdrieonians
Motherwell	4 – 1	Hamilton Academical
Queen's Park	1 – 3	Ayr United
Raith Rovers	5 – 2	Brechin City
Rangers	2 – 3	Hibernian
St Johnstone	1 – 3	Dundee

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	2 – 1	Greenock Morton

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	4 – 0	Clyde
Hearts	1 – 2	Celtic

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	0 – 3	Hibernian
Ayr United	2 – 2	Motherwell
Celtic	3 – 0	Aberdeen
Dundee	1 – 2	Raith Rovers

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Motherwell	2 – 1	Ayr United

Semi-finals

31 March 1951

Celtic	3–2	Raith Rovers

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 84,327

31 March 1951

Motherwell	3–2	Hibernian

Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh

Attendance: 46,000

Final

21 April 1951

Celtic	1–0	Motherwell
McPhail	Soccerbase

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 131,943

Referee: Jack Mowat^[1]

Teams


CELTIC:
GK	George Hunter
RB	Sean Fallon
LB	Alex Rollo
RH	Bobby Evans
CH	Alec Boden
LH	Joe Baillie
RW	Jock Weir
IR	Bobby Collins
CF	John McPhail
IL	Bertie Peacock
LW	Charlie Tully
Manager:
Jimmy McGrory


MOTHERWELL:
GK	John Johnston
RB	Willie Kilmarnock
LB	Archie Shaw
RH	Don McLeod
CH	Andy Paton
LH	Willie Redpath
RW	Wilson Humphries
IR	Jim Forrest
CF	Archie Kelly
IL	Jimmy Watson
LW	Johnny Aitkenhead
Manager:
George Stevenson

References

^ ^a ^b "Scottish Cup final triumph for McPhail". Glasgow Herald. 23 April 1951. Retrieved 2 November 2018 – via The Celtic Wiki.

External links

Video highlights from official Pathé News archive

[scans-1] "Scottish Cup final triumph for McPhail". Glasgow Herald. 23 April 1951. Retrieved 2 November 2018 – via The Celtic Wiki.

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division A Division B Division C Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division A	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Clyde Dundee East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Raith Rovers St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division B	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Queen of the South Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion

First round

Replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Quarter-finals

Replays

Semi-finals

Final

Teams

See also

References

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