Boag does the damage

a more emphatic victory by two desperate goal-line clearances and some

fine saves by John Martin.

Airdrie, hit by injuries and a virus before the game, received a

further setback in 32 minutes when #100,000 midfielder man Gordon McLeod

limped off. Their best chance of the first half fell to Kenny Macdonald,

but he shot past.

The winner came from John Boag in 43 minutes when he shot home from 12

yards. Earlier, his powerful header had been brilliantly saved by

Martin, who also stopped Rowan Alexander's netbound effort.

Airdrie battled in the second half but became increasingly frustrated.

Calum Campbell and Derek Grant came close, while at the other end,

Alexander almost added a second.

AIRDRIE -- Martin, Lawrie, Black, Nelson, Grant, McLeod, Conn, McPhee,

Campbell, K Macdonald, I Macdonald. Substitutes -- Butler, Thomson.

MORTON -- Wylie, Collins, Pickering, Hunter, Boag, O'Hara, Ronald,

Fowler, Alexander, McInnes, Turner. Substitutes -- Robertson, McGeachy.

Referee -- B R McGinlay (Balfron).

Killie have no answer

Kilmarnock 0,

Queen of the South 1

QUEENS were deserved winners of a torrid cup-tie in front of 5623

spectators, and former Kilmarnock man Jimmy McGuire was the scoring

hero.

After a most disappointing night for Kilmarnock, manager Jim Fleeting

called a press conference in the dressing room -- and made the players

answer questions. After they had admitted that their display had been

''terrible'', he added: ''I am fed up making excuses for them. I decided

they should let people know their own views.''

Queens survived fierce early pressure before going ahead against the

run of play in 19 minutes. The goal was made by one and scored by

another of the three former Killie men in their ranks, McGuire nodding

in after Tom McDonald had headed back across goal a neat Tommy Sloan

cross.

The Doonhamers might have gone two up near half-time when Alan

McCulloch had to parry a McDonald thunderbolt from 35 yards.

Kilmarnock staged a late rally, with fine efforts by Ray Montgomery

and Robert Reilly testing Rikki Ferguson.

There was a sour ending when Kilmarnock's Fraser Davidson and Queens'

Derek Cook -- an ex-Killie man -- were sent off two minutes from time,

both having been booked earlier, as also were Queens' McDonald and Billy

Reid.

KILMARNOCK -- McCulloch, Montgomerie, MacLean, MacFarlane, Marshall,

Davidson, Reilly, Watters, Faulds, Derek Walker, Speirs. Substitutes --

Lindsay, Harkness.

QUEEN OF THE SOUTH -- Ferguson, Johnston, McDonald, Gray, Mills, Bain,

Reid, Sloan, Cook, Hetherington, McGuire. Substitutes -- Sim, Gamble.

Referee -- J A Herald (Newton Mearns).

McInnes hits the jackpot

Stranraer 1,

Queen's Park 0

WITH thousands of pounds at stake in this replay, the teams served up

a great display that kept Stair Park's biggest crowd for some years on

tenterhooks before the final whistle confirmed that Stranraer would go

to Ibrox in the next round.

There was fast end-to-end play in the early stages, and Queen's had a

slight edge. Peter McNamee sent a strong header inches wide, but

Stranraer began to take over. A superb run and cross by Ian McInnes

brought a great save from Mike Monaghan.

John Donnelly's corner kick caused panic in 37 minutes and when the

ball was cleared off the Queen's line, McInnes hammered it home.

In the opening minute of the second half Scott Cuthbertson was pulled

down by Monaghan in the box, but Derek McCutcheon hit the penalty too

straight and the keeper held it safely.

The last 10 minutes belonged to Queen's and after Ian Brown had missed

an easy chance, they had no luck when Paul O'Brien hit a great shot

against the bar.

STRANRAER -- Duffy, McNiven, Hay, Gallagher, Armour, McCutcheon,

McInnes, Cuthbertson, Lloyd, Henderson, Donnelly. Substitutes -- Ewing,

Frye.

QUEEN'S PARK -- Monaghan, Boyle, McLaughlin, McLean, McNamee, Lennox,

Caven, Armstrong, O'Brien, Hendry, Crooks. Substitutes -- Brown,

Elliott.

Referee -- R T Tait (East Kilbride).