Edinburgh Exhibition Cup

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Founded1908
RegionScotland
Teams4
Current championsScotland Rangers
Edinburgh Exhibition Cup
Founded1908
RegionScotland
Teams4
Current championsScotland Rangers

The Edinburgh Exhibition Cup was an invitational football tournament held at the Exhibition Sports Grounds, Saughton, Edinburgh in August 1908, as part of the Scottish National Exhibition event being held there during that summer.[1][2][3][4][5]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
5 August
 
 
St Bernard's 0
 
13 August
 
Rangers 1
 
Rangers 1
 
7 August
 
Dundee 1
 
Queen's Park 1
 
 
Dundee 3
 

Rangers beat Dundee on the toss of a coin.[3][6]

Details

Semi-finals

St Bernard's0 – 1Rangers
Livingstone
Exhibition Sports Grounds, Edinburgh
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: T. Robertson
Queen's Park1 – 3Dundee
Murray Fraser
MacFarlane
Exhibition Sports Grounds, Edinburgh
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: T. Robertson

Final

Rangers1 – 1Dundee
Livingstone MacFarlane
Exhibition Sports Grounds, Edinburgh
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: T. Robertson

Teams

Dundee:
GKBob Crumley
RBJack Chaplin
LBGeorge Chaplin
RHBert Lee
CHHerbert Dainty
LHBert Neal
ORJim Bellamy
IRSandy MacFarlane
CFGeorge Langlands
ILJohn 'Sailor' Hunter
OLJack Fraser
Rangers:
GKHarry Rennie
RBJimmy Sharp
LBAlex Craig
RHJimmy Gordon
CFRobert Campbell
LHJimmy Galt
ORRobert Noble
IRThomas Gilchrist
CFThomas Murray
ILGeorge Livingstone
OLAlex Smith

Earlier editions

See also

References

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