1944–45 Southern League Cup (Scotland)

The 1944–45 Southern League Cup was the fifth edition of the regional war-time football tournament.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Rangers	6	5	1	0	14	5	+9	11
Hibernian	6	2	2	2	14	8	+6	6
Third Lanark	6	2	1	3	11	15	+4	5
Albion Rovers	6	0	3	3	9	20	−11	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Falkirk	6	5	0	1	14	7	+7	10
Celtic	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	6
Clyde	6	1	2	3	9	11	−2	4
Partick Thistle	6	2	0	4	7	12	−5	4

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Queen's Park	6	5	1	0	20	6	+14	11
Morton	6	3	2	1	19	13	+6	8
Hamilton Academical	6	1	2	3	11	15	−3	4
Airdrieonians	6	0	1	5	5	21	−16	1

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Motherwell	6	5	1	0	17	7	+10	11
Heart of Midlothian	6	3	2	1	12	7	+5	8
Dumbarton	6	1	2	3	11	14	−3	4
St Mirren	6	1	0	5	6	16	−10	2

Semi-finals

Rangers	3 – 0	Queen's Park	Hampden Park, Glasgow
Motherwell	1 – 0	Falkirk	Hampden Park, Glasgow

Final

12 May 1945

Motherwell	1–2	Rangers
Watson 28'		Gillick 39' Venters 58'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 69,879

Teams

Motherwell: GK John Johnston RB Willie Kilmarnock LB Archie Shaw RH Alex Millar CH Andy Paton LH Sammy Ross OR Alec Gibson IR Jimmy Watson CF Davie Mathie IL George Gillan OL Johnny McCulloch

Rangers: GK George Jenkins RB George Young LB Jock Shaw RH Adam Little CH Willie Woodburn LH Scot Symon OR Willie Waddell IR Torry Gillick CF Jimmy Smith IL Alex Venters OL Charlie Johnston

External links

• Southern League Cup at Scottish Football Historical Archive (archived version, 2015)