The Scottish FA Cup was played for the 18th time in 1890/91 . The most important football cup competition in Scottish club football was directed and hosted by the Scottish Football Association. He began on September 6, 1890, ended with the final on February 7, 1891 at Hampden Park of Glasgow . As the defending champion, FC Queen's Park also started the record winner of this competition, which had won against FC Vale of Leven in the final of the previous year . In this year's final of the Scottish Cup hit Heart of Midlothian on the FC Dumbarton . The Hearts reached the final for the first time in the club's history. Dumbarton for the fifth time after 1881 , 1882 , 1883 and 1887 . In 1883 the club won the final against Vale of Leven. The final won the Hearts from Edinburgh with 1-0. The first Scottish championship in the same year won the FC Dumbarton together with the Glasgow Rangers . The Hearts were sixth in the table.
1-0 Willie Mason (15th)