Victory Cup
1945-46
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See also Football during the
1939-1945 war |
A one-off
tournament to celebrate the ending of WWII. |
Victory Cup 1945-46
Preliminary
competition First round
Brechin
City v Montrose Duns
v Edinburgh City Stirling
Albion v Glasgow University Leith
Athletic v Peebles Rovers Stranraer
v Tarff Rovers Buckie
Thistle v Deveronvale Clachnacuddin
v Ross County Elgin
City v Inverness Caledonian Inverness
Thistle v Forres Mechanics Second
round East
Stirlingshire v Stirling Albion Montrose
v Forfar Athletic Wigtown
& Bladnoch v Tarff Rovers Buckie
Thistle v Peterhead Clachnacuddin
v Inverness Thistle Nairn
County v Inverness Caledonian Third
round (20 Oct 1925) East
Stirlingshire v Edinburgh City Tarff
Rovers v Peebles Rovers Inverness
Caledonian v Buckie Thistle (27
Oct 1945) Clachnacuddin
v Forfar Athletic Semi final
Tarff
Rovers v East Stirlingshire Inverness
Caledonian v Clachnacuddin Final
– 2 legs (24
November, 1 December & 2 January) Clachnacuddin
v East Stirlingshire Clachnacuddin
and East Stirlingshire both qualify for the competition proper Competition proper
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1-7 1-6 10-2 scr-wo 4-4, 5-5, 2-4 2-0 3-1 0-4 4-1 5-4 3-4 1-3 5-2 3-0 1-2 3-2 4-2 3-2 3-2 1-9 1-2 3-3, 2-2. 2-5 |
First round – 2 legs (20, 22*, 24** & 27 April 1946)
Aberdeen
v Hamilton Academical Airdrieonians
v Dumbarton Alloa
Athletic v Heart of Midlothian Arbroath
v Raith Rovers Ayr
United v Morton Clachnacuddin
v Partick Thistle Clyde
v Albion Rovers Cowdenbeath
v Queen’s Park Dundee
United v Queen of the South East
Fife v Kilmarnock Falkirk
v Motherwell Hibernian
v Dundee St
Johnstone v Celtic St
Mirren v East Stirlingshire Stenhousemuir
v Rangers Third
Lanark v Dunfermline Athletic Second
round (4
May, replays 8* & 11** May 1946) Aberdeen
v Kilmarnock Airdrieonians
v Rangers Celtic
v Queen of the South Clyde
v Morton Cowdenbeath
v Partick Thistle Falkirk
v Third Lanark Hibernian
v Heart of Midlothian Raith
Rovers v St Mirren Third
round (18
May, replays 25 May 1946) Clyde
v Aberdeen Falkirk
v Rangers Partick
Thistle v Hibernian Raith
Rovers v Celtic Semi
final (1
June, replay 4 June 1946) Hibernian
v Clyde (at
Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh) Rangers
v Celtic (at
Hampden Park, Glasgow) Final
at
Hampden Park (15 June 1946) Rangers
v Hibernian (Duncanson
2, Gillick : Aitkenhead) Rangers: Brown, Cox,
Shaw, Watkins, Young, Symon, Waddell. Gillick. Thornton, Duncanson, Caskie Hibernian: Kerr, Govan,
Shaw, Howie, Aird, Finnigan, Smith, Peat, Milne, Aitkenhead, Nutley |
2-0, 2-0** 4-0, 1-1** 3-1, 0-5** 3-4. 1-3 1-3, 2-4** 2-2, 1-7** 4-2, 2-1** 0-0, 5-3* 2-1, 1-3 2-0, 0-3 2-1, 4-2 3-0, 0-2 2-8, 0-5** 3-1, 2-2 1-4, 1-4* 1-2, 2-0 1-1, 3-0 0-4 3-0 0-0, 2-0** 1-1, 1-2* 3-2 3-1 2-1 4-2 1-1, 0-2 1-1, 0-2 0-2 2-1 0-0, 2-0 3-1 |