1892–93 Scottish Cup preliminary rounds

The preliminary rounds for the 1892–93 Scottish Cup took place between 3 September and 5 November 1892 to decide the 16 teams that would join the 16 exempt clubs in the first round.

A total of 162 teams entered the preliminary rounds which were open to all members of the Scottish FA.

After the completion of the four preliminary rounds which saw 914 goals scored across 143 matches, Aberdeen, Airdrieonians, Albion Rovers, Annbank, Broxburn Shamrock, Camelon, Campsie, Cowlairs, Dunblane, King's Park, Monkcastle, Motherwell, Queen of the South Wanderers, Royal Albert, Stenhousemuir and 5th Kirkcudbright RV advanced to the first round.

Format
Alongside the four semi-finalists from the previous season, 12 further teams were voted to be exempt from competing in the preliminary rounds. The names of the remaining clubs were placed into lots according to their districts and drawn into pairs. The home team would be the first team drawn unless only one of the clubs in a pair had a private ground. In the event of a draw, the second team drawn would have the choice of ground for the replay. This process was repeated for the second and third preliminary rounds. All competing clubs were placed into a single lot for the fourth preliminary round.

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Teams
At a committee meeting on 31 May 1892, the 16 teams to be exempt from the preliminary rounds were decided. By virtue of being semi-finalists in 1891–92, Celtic, Queen's Park, Rangers and Renton were the first to be exempt. Following a vote, Dumbarton, Heart of Midlothian, Leith Athletic, Kilmarnock, Clyde, 3rd Lanark RV, Abercorn, St Bernard's, St Mirren, Cambuslang, Linthouse and Northern were given an exemption from the preliminary rounds.

Glasgow and Lanarkshire district
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East of Scotland and Fife district
Raith Rovers and Edinburgh University received a bye to the second preliminary round.

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Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district
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Dunbartonshire, Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire district
Bridge of Allan received a bye to the second preliminary round.

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Forfarshire district
Johnstone Wanderers received a bye to the second preliminary round.

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Aberdeenshire district
Aberdeen received a bye to the second preliminary round.

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Northern Counties
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Perthshire district
Vale of Ruthven received a bye to the second preliminary round.

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Argyll district
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Southern Counties
Annan received a bye to the second preliminary round.

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district
Monkcastle received a bye to the third preliminary round.

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East of Scotland, Dunbartonshire, Fife and Stirlingshire district
Edinburgh University received a bye to the third preliminary round.

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Forfarshire and Perthshire district
Dundee Our Boys received a bye to the third preliminary round.

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Argyll district
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Aberdeenshire district
Orion received a bye to the third preliminary round.

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Northern Counties
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Southern Counties
5th Kirkcudbright RV received a bye to the third preliminary round.

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, Ayrshire and Argyll district
Ayr Parkhouse received a bye to the third preliminary round.

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East of Scotland, Dunbartonshire, Fifes, Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire district
Edinburgh University received a bye to the third preliminary round.

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Forfarshire and Perthshire district
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Southern Counties
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Northern Counties and Aberdeenshire district
Inverness Caledonian received a bye to the fourth preliminary round.

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Fourth preliminary round
Airdrieonians, Annbank, Camelon, Cowlairs, Dunblane and Royal Albert received a bye to the first round.