The 1872–73 Football Association Challenge Cup was the second staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest national football tournament. Sixteen teams entered, one more than the previous season, although two of the sixteen never actually played a match.
In keeping with the original concept of it being a "challenge" cup, the holders, Wanderers, were given a bye all the way to the final, for which they were also allowed to select the venue. This was the only season in which the holders were granted these privileges.
Queen's Park (based in Glasgow) were given byes until the semi-finals in order to reduce the amount of travelling necessary, but then withdrew anyway when scheduled to play Oxford University, who therefore received a walkover to the final.
The final was played at Lillie Bridge, and had a morning kick-off for the only time in Cup history. The attendance was considered low, and of those who did attend, not all stayed for the whole duration of the game. This was attributed to the Oxford–Cambridge Boat Race occurring later the same day.
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1872, 1872, football, association, challenge, second, staging, england, oldest, national, football, tournament, sixteen, teams, entered, more, than, previous, season, although, sixteen, never, actually, played, match, tournament, detailscountryenglandscotlandd. The 1872 73 Football Association Challenge Cup was the second staging of the FA Cup England s oldest national football tournament Sixteen teams entered one more than the previous season although two of the sixteen never actually played a match 1872 73 FA CupTournament detailsCountryEnglandScotlandDates19 October 1872 29 March 1873Teams16Defending championsWanderersFinal positionsChampionsWanderers 2nd title Runner upOxford UniversityTournament statisticsMatches played13Goals scored35 2 69 per match 1871 721873 74 In keeping with the original concept of it being a challenge cup the holders Wanderers were given a bye all the way to the final for which they were also allowed to select the venue This was the only season in which the holders were granted these privileges Queen s Park based in Glasgow were given byes until the semi finals in order to reduce the amount of travelling necessary but then withdrew anyway when scheduled to play Oxford University who therefore received a walkover to the final Contents 1 Format 2 Calendar 3 First round 4 Second round 5 Third round 6 Fourth round 7 Semi final 8 Final 9 ReferencesFormat editFirst round Fourteen teams all except Queen s Park and defending champions Wanderers would play and the seven winners advance Second round Six teams would play the winners advancing One team would get a bye Third round The four second round winners would play The winners would advance Fourth round The two third round winners would play The winners would advance Semi final The winning team from the fourth round would face Queen s Park However this match was not needed as Queen s Park withdrew c Final The semi final winners would face Wanderers the defending champions Calendar editRound Date Fixtures Clubs New entries this round Original Replays Walkovers Byes First round 19 26 October 1872 7 0 1 2 16 9 14 Second round 23 November 7 December 1872 3 0 0 3 9 6 none Third round 9 21 December 1872 2 0 0 2 6 4 none Fourth round 3 February 1873 1 0 0 2 4 3 none Semi final none 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 Final 29 March 1873 1 0 0 0 2 1 1First round editBarnes v South Norwood 19 October 1872 1872 10 19 Barnes0 1South Norwood Civil Service v Royal Engineers 26 October 1872 1872 10 26 Civil Service0 3Royal Engineers Maidenhead v Marlow 26 October 1872 1872 10 26 Maidenhead1 0Marlow Reigate Priory v Windsor Home Park 26 October 1872 1872 10 26 Reigate Priory2 4Windsor Home Park 1st Surrey Rifles v Upton Park 26 October 1872 1872 10 26 1st Surrey Rifles2 0Upton Park Crystal Palace v Oxford University 26 October 1872 1872 10 26 Crystal Palace2 3Oxford University Clapham Rovers v Hitchin Clapham RoversWalkoverHitchinSecond round editClapham Rovers v Oxford University 23 November 1872 1872 11 23 Clapham Rovers0 3Oxford University 1st Surrey Rifles v Maidenhead 7 December 1872 1872 12 07 1st Surrey Rifles0 3Maidenhead Windsor Home Park v South Norwood 7 December 1872 1872 12 07 Windsor Home Park3 0 nb 1 South Norwood Royal Engineers v Royal EngineersBye Notes Originally played 23 November 1872 at South Norwood s ground South Norwood winning 1 0 The match was ruled as void and ordered to be replayed 1 Third round editOxford University v Royal Engineers 9 December 1872 1872 12 09 Oxford University1 0Royal Engineers Windsor Home Park v Maidenhead 21 December 1872 1872 12 21 Windsor Home Park0 1MaidenheadFourth round editOxford University v Maidenhead 3 February 1873 1873 02 03 Oxford University4 0MaidenheadSemi final editOxford University v Queen s Park Oxford UniversityWalkoverQueen s ParkFinal editMain article 1873 FA Cup final 29 March 187311 30Wanderers2 0Oxford UniversityKinnaird nbsp 27 Wollaston nbsp 80 ReportLillie BridgeAttendance either 3 000 or 150 2 Referee Alfred Stair Upton Park F C The final was played at Lillie Bridge and had a morning kick off for the only time in Cup history The attendance was considered low and of those who did attend not all stayed for the whole duration of the game This was attributed to the Oxford Cambridge Boat Race occurring later the same day References edit Results Archive Emirates FA Cup Competitions the Football Association Football contest London Daily Chronicle 3 April 1873 Archived from the original on 31 March 2024 Retrieved 22 March 2024 via British Newspaper Archive Competition Results at rsssf com Competition Results at Soccerbase Portal nbsp Association football Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1872 73 FA Cup amp oldid 1223990494, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
