1893–94 Scottish Cup preliminary rounds

The preliminary rounds for the 1893–94 Scottish Cup took place between 30 August and 11 November 1893 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 811 goals scored across 131 matches, Airdrieonians, Albion Rovers, Arbroath, Battlefield, Black Watch, Cambuslang, Cowlairs, East Stirlingshire, Grangemouth, Hurlford, Inverness Thistle, Kilmarnock, Orion, Port Glasgow Athletic, Vale of Leven 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 30 May 1893, the 16 teams to be exempt from the preliminary rounds were decided. By virtue of being semi-finalists in 1892–93, Broxburn Shamrock, Celtic, Queen's Park and St Bernard's were the first to be exempt. Following a vote, Dumbarton, Renton, Rangers, Heart of Midlothian, St Mirren, Thistle, King's Park, Abercorn, Leith Athletic, 3rd Lanark RV, Linthouse and Clyde were given an exemption from the preliminary rounds.

Glasgow and Lanarkshire district
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Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district
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East of Scotland and Fife district
Broxburn and Edinburgh University received a bye to the second preliminary round.

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Dunbartonshire, Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire district
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Forfarshire district
Despite having merged with Dundee East End to form Dundee, Dundee Our Boys were erroneously included in the draw and received a bye to the second preliminary round.

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Aberdeenshire district
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Northern Counties
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Perthshire district
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Argyll district
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Dumfriesshire district
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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district
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East of Scotland, Fife, Dunbartonshire, 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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Argyll district
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Aberdeenshire district
Orion received a bye to the third preliminary round.

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Northern Counties district
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Southern Counties district
St Cuthbert Wanderers received a bye to the third preliminary round.

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, Ayrshire and Argyll district
Queen of the South Wanderers received a bye to the fourth preliminary round.

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

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Aberdeenshire and Northern Counties
Inverness Thistle received a bye to the fourth preliminary round.

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Forfarshire and Perthshire district
Dundee Harp received a bye to the fourth preliminary round.

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Fourth preliminary round
Airdrieonians, Arbroath, Black Watch, Cowlairs, Kilmarnock and Vale of Leven received a bye to the first round.

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