1922 Scottish Cup Final

1922 Scottish Cup Final
Event 1921–22 Scottish Cup
Date 15 April 1922
Venue Hampden Park, Glasgow
Referee T Dougray
Attendance 75,000

The 1922 Scottish Cup Final was played on 15 April 1922 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 44th staging of the Scottish Cup. Greenock Morton (named Morton F.C. at the time) and Rangers contested the match, Morton won the match 1–0 with Jimmy Gourlay scoring the only goal of the game in the 20th minute.

The match was hard fought, with Morton defending aggressively. Rangers captain Cunningham went off on 30 minutes with a fractured jaw and Rangers played the remainder of the game with ten men.[1] Rangers had the bulk of play and missed a number of chances to score.[1]

The victory was Greenock Morton's sole Scottish Cup victory.

Final

15 April 1922
Morton 1 – 0 Rangers
Jimmy Gourlay  20'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 75,000

Teams

MORTON:
GK Scotland Dave Edwards
DF Scotland Jock McIntyre
DF Scotland R Brown
DF Scotland Jimmy Gourlay  12'
DF Scotland Wright
MF Scotland Bob McGregor
MF Scotland Buchanan
MF Scotland Alex McNab
MF Scotland McKay
FW Scotland A Brown
FW Scotland McMinn
Manager:
Scotland Bob Cochrane
RANGERS:
GK Scotland William Robb
DF Northern Ireland Bert Manderson
DF Northern Ireland Billy McCandless
DF Scotland David Meiklejohn
DF England Arthur Dixon
MF Scotland Tommy Muirhead
MF Scotland Sandy Archibald
MF Scotland Andy Cunningham
MF Scotland Geordie Henderson
FWScotland Tommy Cairns
FW Scotland Alan Morton
Manager:
Scotland Bill Struth

External links

References

  1. 1 2 "SCOTTISH CUP FINAL - MORTON'S FIRST VICTORY", Glasgow Herald, Glasgow, p. 4, 17 April 1922
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