1873–74 FA Cup

FA Cup 1873–74

Country

England

Dates

9 October 1873 – 14 March 1874

Teams

Defending champions

Wanderers

Champions

Oxford University

Runners-up

Royal Engineers

Matches played

Goals scored

58 (2.23 per match)

← 1872–73

1874–75 →

The Football Association Challenge Cup 1873–74 was the third staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Twenty-eight teams entered, twelve more than the previous season, although six of the twenty-eight never actually played a match.

Format

First Round: The 28 teams would play. The winners would move on

Second Round: The remaining 14 teams would play. The winner would move on

Third Round: 6 teams, with Swifts getting a bye, would play.

Semi-Final: The 4 teams would play.

Final: The two Semi-Final teams would face each other. The winner would be crowned champion

Calendar

Round	Date	Fixtures				Clubs	New entries this round
Round	Date	Original	Replays	Walkovers	Byes	Clubs	New entries this round
First round	9 October - 17 November 1873	14	2	5	0	28 → 14	28
Second round	15 November - 20 December 1873	7	2	1	0	14 → 7	none
Third round	6 December 1873 - 17 January 1874	3	1	0	1	7 → 4	none
Semi-finals	January 28 - February 28, 1874	2	0	0	0	4 → 2	none
Final	March 14, 1874	1	0	0	0	2 → 1	none

First round

Oxford University's F.A. Cup winning side of 1874.

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Marlow	0-1	Pilgrims	9 October 1873
Royal Engineers	5–0	Brondesbury	11 October 1873
Woodford Wells	3–2	Reigate Priory	11 October 1873
Swifts	1–0	Crystal Palace	18 October 1873
1st Surrey Rifles	0–0	Barnes	25 October 1873
Cambridge University	1–0	South Norwood	25 October 1873
Uxbridge	3–0	Gitanos	28 October 1873
Upton Park	0–4	Oxford University	29 October 1873
Shropshire Wanderers	0–0	Sheffield	30 October 1873
Clapham Rovers	Walkover	Amateur Athletic Club
High Wycombe	Walkover	Old Etonians
Maidenhead	Walkover	Civil Service
Trojans	Walkover	Farningham
Wanderers	Walkover	Southall

Replays

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Attendance	Date
Barnes	1–0	1st Surrey Rifles		8 November 1873
Sheffield	0–0 Sheffield won on coin toss^[1]	Shropshire Wanderers		17 November 1873

Second round

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Clapham Rovers	1–1	Cambridge University	15 November 1873
Maidenhead	1–0	High Wycombe	22 November 1873
Oxford University	2–0	Barnes	22 November 1873
Sheffield	1–0	Pilgrims	22 November 1873
Swifts	2–1	Woodford Wells	22 November 1873
Royal Engineers	2–1	Uxbridge	26 November 1873
Wanderers	Walkover	Trojans

Replays

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Attendance	Date
Clapham Rovers	1–1	Cambridge University		29 November 1873
Clapham Rovers	4–1	Cambridge University		20 December 1873

Third round

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Wanderers	1–1	Oxford University	6 December 1873
Royal Engineers	7–0	Maidenhead	10 December 1873
Clapham Rovers	2–1	Sheffield	17 January 1874
Swifts	Bye

Replay

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Attendance	Date
Oxford University	1–0	Wanderers		31 January 1874

Semi-Finals

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Attendance	Date
Royal Engineers	2–0	Swifts		28 January 1874
Oxford University	1–0	Clapham Rovers		28 February 1874

Both semi-finals were played at Kennington Oval, London.

Final

Oxford University v Royal Engineers

14 March 1874

Oxford University	2–0	Royal Engineers
Mackarness 10' Patton 20'

Kennington Oval
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Alfred Stair (Upton Park F.C.)

References

FA Cup Results Archive

↑ Only FA Cup match to be decided by coin toss; Sheffield called correctly. Collett, Mike (2003). The Complete Record of The FA Cup. p. 537. ISBN 1-899807-19-5.

FA Cup

Seasons	1871–72 1872–73 1873–74 1874–75 1875–76 1876–77 1877–78 1878–79 1879–80 1880–81 1881–82 1882–83 1883–84 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Qualifying rounds	1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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History Trophy List of finals FA Cup Third-fourth place matches Semi-finals Final referees Winning managers Non-English clubs Non-league clubs in the 5th Round

1873–74 in European football

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