[1] Subscription fees from 15 of the 16 clubs that entered the competition were used to pay for the trophy for which they compete.

[2] The team reached the quarter-finals without playing a match after first round opponents Southern withdrew.

However, 3rd Lanark RV were defeated by eventual finalists Clydesdale after a second replay.

[2] During the club's early years, the team would play in red shirts and blue shorts.

Their traditional white shorts weren't introduced until 1876.