April 17 2020 100 years since our 1920 Scottish Cup win
Today (April 17, 2020) marks 100 years since Kilmarnock FC won the Scottish Cup for the first time in our history.
Club historian John Livington takes us through the road to our big triumph in 1920.
1st Round – bye
2nd Round, Saturday, 7 February 1920
Alloa Athletic 0 Kilmarnock 2 (Higgins, Culley) Attendance: 10,000
Alloa: Bruce, Orrock, Henderson, Gracie, Rankine, Lamond, Young, Miller, McCaig, Rutherford, Campbell.
Killie: Blair, Hamilton, Gibson, Bagan, Shortt, Mackie, McNaught, Higgins, J.R. Smith, Culley, McPhail.
3rd Round, Saturday, 21 February 1920
Kilmarnock 4 (Hamilton, J.R. Smith 2, McPhail) Queen’s Park 1 (McAlpine) Attendance: 20,000
Killie: Blair, Hamilton, Gibson, Bagan, Shortt, Neave, McNaught, M. Smith, J.R. Smith, Culley, McPhail.
Queen’s Park: Hunter, Steel, Young, Calderwood, McKenzie, Cameron, Bell, Dixon, R.M. Morton, McAlpine, A. L. Morton.
Quarter-Finals, Saturday, 6 March 1920
Armadale 1 (Gordon) Kilmarnock 2 (J.R. Smith, Culley) Attendance: 8,000
Armadale: Robb, Dick, Kiernan, Gardner, Kirkbride, Scoullar, Spiers, Gordon, Poole, Anderson, Smith.
Killie: Blair, Hamilton, Gibson, Bagan, Shortt, Neave, McNaught, M. Smith, J.R. Smith, Culley, McPhail.
Semi –Final, Hampden Park – Saturday, 27 March 1920
Kilmarnock 3 (McPhail, J.R. Smith 2) Morton 2 (French 10, Gourlay 20) Attendance: 50,000
Killie: Blair, Hamilton, Gibson, Bagan, Shortt, Neave, McNaught, M. Smith, J.R. Smith, Culley, McPhail.
Morton: Edwards, Ormond, Ferrier, McIntyre, McGregor, Brown, McNab, Gourlay, French, Stevenson, Seymour.
Supporters head on buses to the match.
Final, Hampden Park – Saturday, 17 April 1920
Kilmarnock 3 (Culley 15, Shortt 47, J.R. Smith 60) Albion Rovers 2 (Watson 5, Hillhouse 50) Attendance: 95,000
Killie: Blair, Hamilton, Gibson, Bagan, Shortt, Neave, McNaught, M. Smith, J.R. Smith, Culley, McPhail.
Albion Rovers: Short, Penman, Bell, Wilson, Black, Ford, Ribchester, Jas. White, John White, Watson, Hillhouse.
Referee: W. Bell (Hamilton)
One report of the match.
