Saturday September 27th 1879
Falkirk v Grasshoppers
Scottish Cup 1st Rd.
at Randyford Pk, Falkirk.
Result 4-2, [3(+1 disputed)-2]

Teams-
Falkirk
D.McNair; H.Smith & J.Richardson; Wm.Ferguson & Service; Hamilton, Neil, A.Smith, Johnstone, A.Ferguson & Leishman.

Grasshoppers
J.Anderson; Forrester & J.Paterson; A.Paterson & Crombie; Mitchell, Smith, Sutherland, Moffatt, Irvine & Dobson.

Scorers- Unknown

The usual scoreline given is Falkirk 4 Grasshoppers 2, however 'The Falkirk Herald' says that one of the Falkirk goals was disputed.

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