Morton Terrace.
Greenock Morton results for 1884-85:
1885/6/6 Morton 2 - 3 Port Glasgow (abandoned) Greenock Charity Cup final replay
1885/5/30 Morton 0 - 0 Port Glasgow Greenock Charity Cup final
1885/5/14 Morton 10 - 2 Greenock Rangers Greenock Charity Cup SF
1885/4/25 Morton 5 - 2 Northern Greenock Charity Cup R1
1885/4/11 Morton 2 - 2 Thornliebank friendly
1885/3/28 Morton 0 - 4 Hibs friendly
1885/3/21 Port Glasgow 2 - 1 Morton Renfrewshire Cup final
1885/3/7 Arthurlie 3 - 2 Morton Renfrewshire Cup SF replay (check this)
1885/2/21 Arthurlie 1 - 1 Morton Renfrewshire Cup SF replay
1885/2/14 Morton 2 - 2 Arthurlie Renfrewshire Cup SF replay
1885/2/7 Morton 2 - 2 Arthurlie (protested) Renfrewshire Cup SF
1885/1/31 Morton 6 - 4 Olympic (Paisley) friendly
1884/12/20 St Mirren 3 - 4 Morton Renfrewshire Cup R3
1884/12/6 Hibs 4 - 0 Morton Scottish Cup R5
1884/11/22 Clippens 0 - 1 Morton Renfrewshire Cup R2
1884/11/15 Wishaw Swifts 1 - 2 Morton Scottish Cup R4
1884/11/1 Morton 6 - 1 Cartvale Renfrewshire Cup R1
1884/10/25 Morton 5 - 0 Southern Scottish Cup R3
1884/10/4 Morton 2 - 3 Clyde friendly
1884/10/4 bye Scottish Cup R2
1884/9/27 Abercorn 2 - 2 Morton (both qualified) Scottish Cup R1 replay
1884/9/20 Abercorn 3 - 4 Morton (protested) Scottish Cup R1 replay
1884/9/13 Morton 2 - 2 Abercorn Scottish Cup R1
1884/8/30 Morton ? - 1 Royal Scots Greys
1884/8/9 Queen's Park strollers 1st, Dumbarton strollers 2nd, Clyde 3rd Morton FC Sports
This was the first year for the Greenock and District Charity Cup, which continued until 1893-94.
(Sources: The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Scottish Cup; SFHA for the Renfrewshire Cup and the Greenock and District Charity Cup; the Glasgow Herald for friendlies.)
Greenock Morton results for 1883-84:
1884/4/26 Renton? 4 - 0 Morton? [murky and ambiguous scan]
1884/4/19 Port Glasgow 5 - 2 Morton
1884/4/12 Partick Thistle 4 - 1 Morton
1884/3/15 Johnstone 6 - 5? Morton
1884/3/8 St Mirren 3 - 2 Morton
1884/2/9 Morton 5 - 4 Third Lanark?
1884/2/2 Vale of Leven 0 - 1 Morton
1884/1/19 2nd Morton 2 - 1 2nd Cowlairs
1884/1/19 Cowlairs 2 - 2 Morton
1884/1/12 Morton 7 - 3 Southern
1883/12/15 Morton 2 - 1 Port Glasgow
1883/12/8 Cartvale 8 - 3 Morton Renfrewshire Cup R2 replay
1883/12/1 Morton 2 - 2 Cartvale Renfrewshire Cup R2
1883/11/24 Morton 1 - 3 Renton
1883/11/17 2nd Morton 6 - 1 2nd Clyde
1883/11/17 Clyde 1 - 3 Morton
1883/11/3 Morton 0 - 4 Kilmarnock Athletic Scottish Cup R3
1883/10/27 Morton 2 - 0 Johnstone
1883/10/20? Hurlford W - L Morton 2nd XI Cup R2
1883/10/20 Morton 1 - 2 Kilmarnock Athletic (protested) Scottish Cup R3
1883/10/13 Partick Thistle 2nd XI 0 - 2 Morton 2nd XI
1883/10/13 Morton 5 - 2 Partick Thistle
1883/10/6 Woodland (Paisley) 1 - 4 Morton Renfrewshire Cup R1
1883/9/29 Sir John Maxwell 1 - 5 Morton 2nd XI Cup R1
1883/9/29 Morton 5 - 1 Rangers' Swifts
1883/9/29 bye Scottish Cup R2
1883/9/22 Morton 7 - 5 Pollokshields Athletic
1883/9/8 Morton 1 - 0 Renfrew Scottish Cup R1
1883/9/1 Morton 10 - 2 Airdrieonians
Morton's path through the 2nd XI Cup is not clear, with SFHA and the Glasgow Herald offering different accounts.
The names Morton and Renton can be almost indistinguishable in a blurry newspaper scan.
(Sources: The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Scottish Cup; SFHA for the Renfrewshire Cup and 2nd XI Cup; the Glasgow Herald for friendlies and 2nd XI Cup.)
Greenock Morton results for 1882-83:
1883/5/5 Port Glasgow 5 - 1 Morton
1883/4/28 Vale of Leven 4 - 0 Morton
1883/4/31 Morton 2 - 2 Southern Greenock and District Cup R2 replay
1883/3/17 Morton 2 - 2 Southern Greenock and District Cup R2
1883/2/10 Thornliebank 3 - 1 Morton Renfrewshire Cup R3
1883/1/27 Morton 6 - 3 Lyle Athletic Greenock and District Cup R1
1883/1/6 Hurlford 4 - 2 Morton 2nd XI Cup R2
1883/1/4 Hurlford 1 - 1 Morton 2nd XI
1882/12/23 Morton 2 - 1 Thornliebank (protested) RCup R2 replay
1882/12/16 Morton 0 - 0 Port Glasgow
1882/12/9 Thornliebank 1 - 3 Morton (protested) RCup R2 replay
1882/12/2 Morton 2 - 2 Thornliebank Renfrewshire Cup R2
1882/11/25 bye 2nd XI Cup R1
1882/10/28 Johnstone 2 - 1 Morton Scottish Cup R3
1882/10/x Morton 2 - 2 Johnstone Rovers (both qualified) RCup R1 replay
1882/10/14 Johnstone Rovers 2 - 2 Morton Renfrewshire Cup R1
1882/9/30 Morton 5 - 1 St Mirren Scottish Cup R2
1882/9/9 Morton 2 - 1 Johnstone Rovers Scottish Cup R1
1882/9/2 Kilbarchan 5 - 1 Morton
(Sources: The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Scottish Cup; SFHA for the Renfrewshire Cup, Greenock and District Cup and 2nd XI Cup; the Glasgow Herald for friendlies.)
Greenock Morton results for 1881-82:
1882/4/29 Morton 9 - 3 Morton 2nd XI Greenock and District Cup final
1882/4/x Morton 2nd XI vs Crescent 2nd XI or Southern 2nd XI G&D SF
1882/4/8 Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 3 Morton G&D Cup SF
1882/3/x Caledonia 2nd XI vs Morton 2nd XI G&D Cup R3
1882/3/4 Morton 4 - 0 Southern Greenock and District Cup R3
1882/2/4 Morton 3rd XI 1 - 4 Crescent 2nd XI G&D Cup R2
1882/2/4 Morton 2nd XI 1 - 0 Ladyburn 2nd XI G&D Cup R2
1882/1/28 Morton 5 - 1 Aldergrove Greenock and District Cup R2
1882/1/14 Morton vs Crescent Greenock and District Cup R1
1882/1/14 Morton 3rd XI 19 - 2 Victoria 2nd XI G&D Cup R1
1881/12/31 Port Glasgow Athletic 2nd XI 3 - 12 Morton 2nd XI G&D Cup R1
1881/11/19 2nd Abercorn 6 - 4 2nd Morton
1881/11/19 Morton 1 - 3 Abercorn
1881/11/12 Morton 3 - 3 Kilbirnie
1881/10/15 Morton 3 - 4 Johnstone Renfrewshire Cup R1
1881/9/24 2nd Clyde vs 2nd Morton [barely legible]
1881/9/10 Levern 4 - 2 Morton Scottish Cup R1
(Sources: The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Scottish Cup; SFHA for the Renfrewshire Cup and the Greenock and District Cup; the Glasgow Herald for friendlies.)
Greenock Morton results for 1880-81:
1881/4/2 Abercorn 2 - 0 Morton
1881/4/2 2nd Morton 2 - 4 2nd Abercorn
1881/3/14 Morton 3 - 1 Govan
1881/2/26 Pollok 3 - 2 Morton
1881/2/26 2nd Morton 3 - 3 2nd Pollok
1881/1/29 Morton 3 - 3 Ranger Swifts
1880/10/16 Morton 2 - 2 Johnstone
1880/10/9 Johnstone Athletic 4 - 2 Morton Renfrewshire Cup R1
1880/10/2 Abercorn 4 - 2 Morton Scottish Cup R2
1880/9/18 Morton 4 - 0 Orient
1880/9/11 Glenkilloch 2 - 3 Morton Scottish Cup R1
(Sources: The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Scottish Cup; SFHA for the Renfrewshire Cup; the Glasgow Herald for friendlies.)
Greenock Morton results for 1879-80:
1880/4/24 Morton 0 - 3 Thornliebank charity game
(Glasgow Herald, April 26, 1880, p. 5.)
Thornliebank were pretty clearly the premier club in 1879-80.
(Glasgow Herald, May 10, 1880. p.5)
1879/11/22 Morton 1 - 2 Govan friendly
1879/11/22 2nd Morton 0 - 7 2nd Govan friendly
1879/10/18 Morton 2 - 3 Arthurlie Renfrewshire Cup R1
1879/10/11 Arthurlie 9 - 3 Morton Scottish Cup R2
Wikipedia has 8 - 3.
1879/9/27 Morton 7 - 4 Netherlee Scottish Cup R1 replay
1879/9/20 Netherlee 0 - 0 Morton Scottish Cup R1
In 1879-80 Greenock Wanderers rugby club attracted much more of the Glasgow Herald's attention than Morton did.
Greenock Morton results for 1878-79:
1878/11/16 Union 5 - 0 Morton friendly
1878/9/28 Busby 3 - 1 Morton Scottish Cup R1
1878/9/7 somebody 1 - 1 Morton
Glasgow Herald, September 9, 1878, p. 7.
"Garvel Park" is very interesting. Construction of the James Watt Dock began August 1, 1878, a month before this game, on the Garvel Park Estate across the road from Cappielow. Was there a pitch laid out on land that was later excavated for the James Watt Dock?
Greenock Morton results for 1877-78:
1877/9/29 Barrhead Rangers 7 - 0 Morton Scottish Cup R1
Greenock Morton results for 1876-77:
Nothing found.
Greenock Morton results for 1875-76:
Nothing found.
Greenock Morton results for 1874-75:
Nothing found.
(Sources: The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Scottish Cup; SFHA for the Renfrewshire Cup; the Glasgow Herald for friendlies; also the Wikipedia Greenock Morton seasons articles for comparison.)
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