In the competition's early years, the first few rounds were regionalised so Queen's had been drawn away to fellow Glasgow club Western and, in a tightly contested match, they won 1–0 at Regent's Park.
In the first half, Queen's Park soaked up pressure from a Renton side who elected to play the ball long and tackle hard.
Despite this, they were unable to breakdown Queen's Park who created chances for Jamie Weir, Harry McNeil and Tom Highet.
Queen's Park were on the front foot but couldn't find a breakthrough and the spectators had to wait until the last 15 minutes for the three goals.
Angus MacKinnon opened the scoring from a Weir corner before, five minutes later, McNeil ran forward and set up Highet for 2–0.
[2][18] Edinburgh newspaper The Scotsman reported after the game that the match was "an exceptionally rough one" with "charging which seems to be the speciality of the Renton men".