A subsequent meeting of an SFA committee narrowly decided to award the cup to Queen's Park rather than reorganising the final.
[1][2] Queen's Park had reached the final on six previous occasions and had gone on to lift the trophy each time, most recently in 1882.
Prior to the final, Queen's Park and Vale of Leven were the most successful teams in the competition having lifted the trophy in nine of the previous 10 seasons between them.
As "to play without these members of the team would mean certain defeat",[6] Vale appealed to the SFA on the Wednesday before the final to have the match postponed but this was refused.
[1][2] Following the decision, there were reports in the press that the SFA should be renamed the "Queen’s Park and Rangers Association" because of a perceived Glasgow bias.