1884–85 Morton F.C. season

Morton 1884–85 football season

Morton
1884–85 season
Scottish Cup	Fifth round (lost to Hibernian)
Highest home attendance	c. 4,000 v. Abercorn (27 September 1884, Scottish Cup)
← 1883–84 1885–86 →

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

Fixtures and results

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1884–85 Scottish Cup Morton v Abercorn

13 September 1884 First Round	Morton	2 – 2	Abercorn	Cappielow Park
	Fleming Barrie		Dutch McGinty

Abercorn v Morton

20 September 1884 First Round Replay	Abercorn	3 – 4	Morton	Blackstoun Park
	, ,		, , ,	Attendance: 4,000

Abercorn v Morton

27 September 1884 First Round Replay	Abercorn	2 – 2	Morton	Blackstoun Park
	Dutch ?		Nugent Walker	Attendance: 4,000

Morton v

4 October 1884 Second Round

Morton

Bye

Morton v Greenock Southern

25 October 1884 Third Round	Morton	5 – 0	Greenock Southern	Cappielow Park
	McKinnon Barrie McKendrick, ,

Wishaw Swifts v Morton

15 November 1884 Fourth Round	Wishaw Swifts	1 – 2	Morton
			? Nugent

Hibernian v Morton

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

Morton v Cartavale

1 November 1884 First Round	Morton	6 – 1	Cartavale	Cappielow Park
	Fleming McKendrick, Cameron ,

Clippens v Morton

22 November 1884 Second Round	Clippens	0 – 1	Morton	Moss Park

St. Mirren v Morton

20 December 1884 Third Round	St. Mirren	3 – 4	Morton	Westmarch
	Brown og ?		Barrie Brown, Nugent	Referee: Mr Goudie (Rangers)

Morton v Arthurlie

7 February 1885 Semi Final	Morton	2 – 2	Arthurlie	Cappielow Park
	Fleming McKendrick		Ketterson McCowat	Attendance: 4000 Referee: James Aitken (Johnstone)

Morton v Arthurlie

14 February 1885 Semi Final	Morton	2 – 2	Arthurlie	Cappielow Park
	McKendrick,		McPherson,	Attendance: 6000 Referee: Mr Bell (Renfrew)

Arthurlie v Morton

21 February 1885 Semi Final Replay	Arthurlie	1 – 1	Morton	Dunterlie Park
			Mills	Attendance: 2000 Referee: Mr J.G. Bell

Arthurlie v Morton

7 March 1885 Semi Final Replay	Arthurlie	2 – 3	Morton	Blackstoun Park
	McPherson ?		Fleming Brown Nugent	Attendance: 6000 Referee: Mr J.G. Bell

Port Glasgow Athletic v Morton

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

Morton v Greenock Northern

25 April 1885 First Round	Morton	5 – 2	Greenock Northern	Cappielow Park
	Hughes McKendrick, Fleming ?		? Barrie

Morton v Greenock Rangers

14 May 1885 Semi Final	Morton	10 – 3	Greenock Rangers	Cappielow Park
	, , , , , , , , ,		, ,

Morton v Port Glasgow Athletic

30 May 1885 Final	Morton	0 – 0	Port Glasgow Athletic	Cappielow Park
				Attendance: 5000 Referee: Mr J Nesbit (Queen's Park)

Port Glasgow Athletic v Morton

6 June 1885 Final Replay	Port Glasgow Athletic	3 – 2	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

Morton v Pilgrims

16 August 1884 Friendly	Morton	3 – 3	Pilgrims	Cappielow Park
	Aitken Campbell Hughes		, ,

Partick Thistle v Morton

23 August 1884 Friendly	Partick Thistle	4 – 2	Morton
	, , ,		,

Morton v Royal Scots Greys

30 August 1884 Friendly	Morton	9 – 1	Royal Scots Greys	Cappielow Park
	Walker, McKinnon, , Fleming, Malcolm,

Morton v Clyde

4 October 1884 Friendly	Morton	2 – 3	Clyde	Cappielow Park
	McKendrick,		, ,

Morton v Olympic

18 October 1884 Friendly	Morton	2 – 0	Olympic	Cappielow Park
	McKendrick McKinnon

Morton v Renfrew

29 November 1884 Friendly	Morton	4 – 1	Renfrew	Cappielow Park
	? McKendrick, Fleming

Morton v 1st Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers

27 December 1884 Friendly	Morton	5 – 0	1st Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers	Cappielow Park
	, , , ,

Arbroath v Morton

1 January 1885 Friendly	Arbroath	2 – 3	Morton	Gayfield Park
	,		, ,

Morton v Annbank

3 January 1885 Friendly	Morton	1 – 2	Annbank	Cappielow Park
	Nugent		,

Renfrew v Morton

10 January 1885 Friendly	Renfrew	3 – 1	Morton	Glebe Street
	, ,

Morton v Greenock Northern

17 January 1885 Friendly	Morton	2 – 2	Greenock Northern	Cappielow Park
	McKendrick McKinnon		? Barrie

Morton v Ayr

24 January 1885 Friendly	Morton	5 – 3	Ayr	Cappielow Park
	McKendrick, , Nugent Barrie		? og Lindsay

Morton v Olympic

31 January 1885 Friendly	Morton	6 – 4	Olympic	Cappielow Park
	Fleming Nugent McKenzie , ,		, , ,

1st Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers v Morton

14 March 1885 Friendly	1st Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers	2 – 1	Morton	Academy Park
	,

Morton v Hibernian

28 March 1885 Friendly	Morton	0 – 4	Hibernian	Cappielow Park
			, , ,

Morton v Pilgrims

4 April 1885 Friendly	Morton	2 – 1	Pilgrims	Cappielow Park
	,

Morton v Thornliebank

11 April 1885 Friendly	Morton	2 – 2	Thornliebank	Cappielow Park
	Lindsay Fleming		,

Morton v Greenock Southern

4 April 1885 Friendly	Morton	3 – 0	Greenock Southern	Cappielow Park
	, ,

References

Results for Morton for 1884-85, londonhearts.com. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
Morton, Historical Football Kits. Retrieved 1 January 2016.

External links

Greenock Morton FC official site

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