The number of entrants nearly doubled from the previous season with 49 teams included in the first round draw.

[1] The cup was won for the third time by Queen's Park who defeated fellow Glasgow club 3rd Lanark RV 2–0 in the replayed final.

[2] As with the previous competitions, the third edition of the Scottish Cup took on the format of a traditional knockout tournament.

[1] For the earlier rounds, the names of competing teams were placed into lots according to their districts and drawn into pairs.

The home team for each tie was determined by the toss of a coin unless it was mutually agreed or only one of the two clubs drawn against one another had a private ground.