1896–97 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
1896–97 season
President	John Robertson Gow
Match Secretary	William Wilton
Ground	Ibrox Park
Scottish League Division One	3rd; P18 W11 D3 L4 F64 A30
Scottish Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; John McPherson,; Tommy Hyslop (11); All: ; John McPherson (15)
	← 1895–96 1897–98 →

The 1896–97 season is the 23rd season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 22 competitive matches during the 1896–97 season. They finished third in the Scottish League Division One with a record of 11 wins from 18 matches.

The club won the Scottish Cup that season. A 5–1 victory of Dumbarton on 20 March 1897 saw them win the trophy for only the second time in the club's history.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish League Division One

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1 August 1896	St. Mirren	H	5–1	8,000	Turnbull (2), Hyslop, R.Crawford, J.Miller
22 August 1896	Third Lanark	A	1–1	15,000	Gibson
29 August 1896	Dundee	H	3–1	13,000	Hyslop, D.Crawford, Burgess (og)
5 September 1896	Hibernian	A	3–4		J.Miller (2), Turnbull
12 September 1896	Heart of Midlothian	H	5–0	14,000	R.Crawford, A.Smith, Oswald, Hyslop, J.Miller
21 September 1896	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–2	7,000	Gibson
26 September 1896	Abercorn	A	9–2		J McPherson (5), Turnbull (2), J.Miller, R.Crawford
3 October 1896	Hibernian	H	4–3	20,000	Turnbull (3), A.McCreadie
10 October 1896	Celtic	A	1–1	24,000	J .McPherson
17 October 1896	Clyde	H	2–1	4,000	J.McPherson (2)
24 October 1896	Third Lanark	H	6–1	5,000	Low (3), J.McPherson (2), Oswald
7 November 1896	St. Mirren	A	2–2		A.Smith, Mitchell
28 November 1896	Dundee	A	2–3	10,000	J.Miller, A.Smith
5 December 1896	Clyde	A	7–2	4,000	Hyslop (4), Unknown (3)
12 December 1896	Abercorn	H	6–1	2,000	Turnbull (2), Hyslop (2), A.Smith, Unknown
19 December 1896	Celtic	H	2–0	15,000	Low, J.Miller
26 December 1896	St. Bernards	A	2–3	2,000	J.Miller, Hyslop
20 February 1897	St. Bernards	H	3–2		A.Smith, J.McPherson, Russell (og)

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 January 1896	R1	Partick Thistle	A	4–2	6,000	Hyslop (2), N.Smith, N.Gibson
23 January 1896	R2	Hibernian	H	3–0	22,000	Low (2), J.McPherson
13 February 1896	QF	Dundee	A	4–0	16,000	N.Gibson, Hyslop, A.McCreadie, J.Miller
13 March 1896	SF	Greenock Morton	A	7–2	12,000	J.McPherson (2), Low, N.Gibson, J.Miller, Hyslop, A.Smith
20 March 1896	F	Dumbarton	N	5–1	15,000	J.Miller (2), Hyslop, J.McPherson, A.Smith

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
Matthew Dickie	GK	23	0
Alex Miller	DF	2	0
Jock Drummond	DF	21	0
Neilly Gibson	MF	22	5
Andrew McCreadie	DF	23	2
David Mitchell	MF	22	1
R.Crawford	MF	7	3
James Millar	FW	20	12
Peter Turnbull	FW	11	10
Tommy Hyslop	FW	22	15
Alex Smith	MF	22	7
David Crawford	DF	7	1
Nicol Smith	DF	14	1
Jimmy Oswald	FW	6	2
John McPherson	MF	14	15
Jimmy Jackson	DF	1	0
Tommy Low	MF	14	7
Hay	DF	1	0
Robert Glen	DF	1	0