The 1893–94 season was the 20th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview Rangers played a total of 23 competitive matches during the 1893–94 season. They finished a lowly fourth in the Scottish League Division One with only 8 wins from 18 matches.

However, the club did win the Scottish Cup after being Celtic in the final by 3–1. Hugh McCreadie opened the scoring in the 55th minute then Barker and John McPherson added to the tally in the following thirteen minutes. This was the first ever Scottish Cup final to feature Rangers versus Celtic.

Results All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish League Division One DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 12 August 1893DundeeA3–36,000Gray (3) 19 August 1893RentonH5–35,000Gray (2), Kerr, Barker, Steel 26 August 1893St Bernard'sA0–05,000 2 September 1893CelticH5–018,000Barker (3), McPherson, Gray 9 September 1893RentonA2–1Steel, Barker 23 September 1893DumbartonH4–0H.McCreadie (2), Marshall, Unknown 30 September 1893Leith AthleticA2–24,000Steel (2) 14 October 1893Heart of MidlothianA2–48,000Blyth, Gray 4 November 1893Leith AthleticH1–03,000McPherson 11 November 1893Third LanarkA2–1McPherson, Boyd 23 December 1893Third LanarkH0–35,000 20 January 1894Dumbarton A0–2 27 January 1894St MirrenA2–2Boyd, Crawford (o.g.) 24 February 1894CelticA2–310,000Gray, Barker 10 March 1894DundeeH7–23,000Boyd (2), Steel (2), Barker, A.McCreadie, Mitchell 14 April 1894Heart of MidlothianH1–24,000Boyd 2 May 1894 St Bernard'sH1–21,000Gray 21 May 1894 St MirrenH5–04,000Steel, Unknown (4)

Scottish Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 25 November 1893R1CowlairsH8–05,000McPherson (2), Boyd (3), Unknown (o.g.), H.McCreadie, Kerr 16 December 1893R2Leith AthleticH2–02,5000McPherson, Blyth 13 January 1894QFClydeA5–010,000Steel (4), McPherson 3 February 1894SFQueen's ParkH1–115,000Boyd 10 February 1894SF RplQueen's ParkA3–116,000Smith, McPherson, Steel 17 February 1894FCelticN3–117,000H.McCreadie, Barker, McPherson

Appearances PlayerPositionAppearancesGoals David HaddowGK210 Nicol SmithDF231 Jock DrummondDF230 Robert MarshallDF241 Andrew McCreadieDF241 David MitchellMF201 James SteelFW1912 Hugh McCreadieMF145 John GrayFW239 John McPhersonMF219 John BarkerMF168 Neil KerrMF72 Archibald McKenzie GK10 Bob BlythMF62 David BoydMF149 John MuirDF40 R.DrummondDF10 John JohnstoneMF10 Archie MontgomeryGK10 James DavieMF10

League table

See also 1893–94 in Scottish football 1893–94 Scottish Cup

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