1884–85 Morton F.C. season

The 1884–85 season was Morton Football Club's eighth season in which they competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Cup.[2]

Morton
1884–85 season
Scottish CupFifth round
(lost to Hibernian)
Highest home attendancec. 4,000 v. Abercorn
(27 September 1884, Scottish Cup)[1]

Fixtures and results

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Cup

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13 September 1884 First Round Morton 2 – 2 Abercorn Cappielow Park
Fleming 
Barrie 
Dutch 
McGinty 
20 September 1884 First Round Replay Abercorn 3 – 4 [note 1] Morton Blackstoun Park
 ,  ,    ,  ,  ,   Attendance: 4,000
27 September 1884 First Round Replay Abercorn 2 – 2 [note 2] Morton Blackstoun Park
Dutch 
 ? 
Nugent 
Walker 
Attendance: 4,000
4 October 1884 Second Round Morton Bye
25 October 1884 Third Round Morton 5 – 0 Greenock Southern Cappielow Park
McKinnon 
Barrie 
McKendrick ,  ,  
15 November 1884 Fourth Round Wishaw Swifts 1 – 2 Morton
  ? 
Nugent 
6 December 1884 Fifth Round Hibernian 4 – 0 Morton Hibernian Park
McGrail 
 ? ,  ,  
1.^ An Abercorn protest was upheld and the game was ordered to be replayed.
2.^ Abercorn and Morton both qualified for the second round.

Renfrewshire Cup

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1 November 1884 First Round Morton 6 – 1 Cartavale Cappielow Park
Fleming 
McKendrick ,  
Cameron 
 ,  
 
22 November 1884 Second Round Clippens 0 – 1 Morton Moss Park
 
20 December 1884 Third Round St. Mirren 3 – 4 Morton Westmarch
Brown 
og 
 ? 
Barrie 
Brown ,  
Nugent 
Referee: Mr Goudie (Rangers)
7 February 1885 Semi Final Morton 2 – 2 [note 3] Arthurlie Cappielow Park
Fleming 
McKendrick 
Ketterson 
McCowat 
Attendance: 4000
Referee: James Aitken (Johnstone)
14 February 1885 Semi Final Morton 2 – 2 Arthurlie Cappielow Park
McKendrick ,   McPherson ,   Attendance: 6000
Referee: Mr Bell (Renfrew)
21 February 1885 Semi Final Replay Arthurlie 1 – 1 Morton Dunterlie Park
  Mills  Attendance: 2000
Referee: Mr J.G. Bell
7 March 1885 Semi Final Replay Arthurlie 2 – 3 Morton Blackstoun Park
McPherson 
 ? 
Fleming 
Brown 
Nugent 
Attendance: 6000
Referee: Mr J.G. Bell
21 March 1885 Final Port Glasgow Athletic 2 – 1 Morton Westmarch
Brown 
McCartney 
Barrie  Attendance: 8000
Referee: Mr J.G. Bell
3.^ A Morton protest was upheld and the fixture was ordered to be replayed.

Greenock Charity Cup

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25 April 1885 First Round Morton 5 – 2 Greenock Northern Cappielow Park
Hughes 
McKendrick ,  
Fleming 
 ? 
? 
Barrie 
14 May 1885 Semi Final Morton 10 – 3 Greenock Rangers Cappielow Park
 ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,    ,  ,  
30 May 1885 Final Morton 0 – 0 Port Glasgow Athletic Cappielow Park
Attendance: 5000
Referee: Mr J Nesbit (Queen's Park)
6 June 1885 Final Replay Port Glasgow Athletic 3 – 2 [note 4] Morton Bogston Park
Graham ,  ,   ? 
og 
Attendance: 7000
Referee: Mr Robertson
4.^ Game was abandoned near full time due to a pitch invasion. A replay was ordered, which Athletic declined so Morton were awarded the cup.

Friendlies

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16 August 1884 Friendly Morton 3 – 3 Pilgrims Cappielow Park
Aitken 
Campbell 
Hughes 
 ,  ,  
23 August 1884 Friendly Partick Thistle 4 – 2 Morton
 ,  ,  ,    ,  
30 August 1884 Friendly Morton 9 – 1 Royal Scots Greys Cappielow Park
Walker ,  
McKinnon ,  ,  
Fleming ,  
Malcolm ,  
 
4 October 1884 Friendly Morton 2 – 3 Clyde Cappielow Park
McKendrick ,    ,  ,  
18 October 1884 Friendly Morton 2 – 0 Olympic Cappielow Park
McKendrick 
McKinnon 
29 November 1884 Friendly Morton 4 – 1 Renfrew Cappielow Park
? 
McKendrick ,  
Fleming 
1 January 1885 Friendly Arbroath 2 – 3 Morton Gayfield Park
 ,    ,  ,  
3 January 1885 Friendly Morton 1 – 2 Annbank Cappielow Park
Nugent   ,  
10 January 1885 Friendly Renfrew 3 – 1 Morton Glebe Street
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17 January 1885 Friendly Morton 2 – 2 Greenock Northern Cappielow Park
McKendrick 
McKinnon 
? 
Barrie 
24 January 1885 Friendly Morton 5 – 3 Ayr Cappielow Park
McKendrick ,  ,  
Nugent 
Barrie 
? 
og 
Lindsay 
31 January 1885 Friendly Morton 6 – 4 Olympic Cappielow Park
Fleming 
Nugent 
McKenzie 
 ,  ,  
 ,  ,  ,  
28 March 1885 Friendly Morton 0 – 4 Hibernian Cappielow Park
 ,  ,  ,  
4 April 1885 Friendly Morton 2 – 1 Pilgrims Cappielow Park
 ,    
11 April 1885 Friendly Morton 2 – 2 Thornliebank Cappielow Park
Lindsay 
Fleming 
 ,  

References

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  1. ^ Results for Morton for 1884-85[permanent dead link], londonhearts.com. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  2. ^ Morton[permanent dead link], Historical Football Kits. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
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