| Final - Kennington Oval, London. | | date | Winner | score | Finalist | HT | att. | | Sat 14.03.74 | Oxford University | 2-0 | Royal Engineers | 2-0 | 2,000 |  1-0 Charles Mackarness 10' 2-0 Frederick Patton 20' Referee: Alfred Stair, Upton Park FC. | | Oxford University: Nepean, Mackarness, Burley, Green, Benson, Maddison, Ottaway, Johnson, Vidal, Patton. | Royal Engineers: Merriman, Major Marindin (c), Addison, Onslow, Von Donop, Blackburn, Rawson, Renny-Tailour, Oliver, Digby, Wood. | | The final was decided by two goals from Oxford in the first 20 minutes. The Engineers, who represented the Corps of Royal Engineers regiment of British army, were said to have missed their best back, Lieut Alfred Goodwyn, who had been posted overseas. They had spent two weeks training for the match, an innovative concept at the time. Oxford's players were not all students, as the team included Arthur H. Johnson, an ordained clergyman and Fellow of All Souls College. Oxford were able to call on their first-choice goalkeeper, Charles Nepean, who had been unable to play in the previous year's final which they lost. |
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| | | Both matches played at Kennington Oval, London. |
| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Wed 28.01.74 | Royal Engineers | 2-0 | Swifts | | | 1-0 Renny Tailyour 2-0 Renny Tailyour Venue: Kennington Oval, London. | | Sat 28.02.74 | Oxford University | 1-0 | Clapham Rovers | 1-0 | | 1-0 Vidal 10' Venue: Kennington Oval, London. Referees: J. Brockbank and RC Wolaston. |
| date | Home | score | Away | HT | | Sat 06.12.73 | Wanderers FC | 1-1 | Oxford University | 1-0 | | 1-0 Alcock 1T 1-1 Maddison 2T Venue: Kennington Oval. Referee: A. Stair. | | Sat 31.01.74 | Oxford University | 1-0 | Wanderers FC | 0-0 | | 1-0 Vidal 2T Venue: Oxford. | | Wed 10.12.73 | Maidenhead | 0-7 | Royal Engineers | | | 0-1 20' Venue: Maidenhead. | | Sat 17.01.74 | Clapham Rovers | 2-1 | Sheffield | 1-0 | | 1-0 Holden 45' 2-0 Buchanan 70' 2-1 Kirke-Smith 2T Venue: Peterborough. Referees: FC Jacomb and FJ Retson. | | | Swifts | bey |
| date | Home | score | Away | HT | | Sat 15.11.73 | Clapham Rovers | 1-1 | Cambridge University | | | Mitford Venue: Balham. | | Sat 29.11.73 | Clapham Rovers | 1-1 | Cambridge University | | | Kenrick Venue: Parkers Piece. | | Sat 20.12.73 | Clapham Rovers | 4-1 | Cambridge University | 1-0 | | 1-0 E. Field 1T 1-1 Roberts 2T 2-1 E. Field 2T 3-1 Kenrick 2T 4-1 Howard 2T Venue: Kennington Oval. Referees: Wollaston and Taylor. | | Sat 22.11.73 | Maidenhead | 1-0 | High Wycombe | | | 1-0 W. Wild. Venue: Maidenhead. | | Sat 22.11.73 | Oxford University | 2-0 | Barnes | 1-0 | | 1-0 Patton 1T 2-0 2T pen. Venue: Oxford, Ecclesall Road. | | Sat 22.11.73 | Pilgrims | 1-0 | Sheffield | 0-1 | | 0-1 H. Sorby 1T Venue: Kennington Oval. | | Sat 22.11.73 | Swifts | 2-1 | Woodford Wells | 1-1 | | 1-0 EH Bambridge 35' 1-1 R. Beachamp 2T 2-1 W. Nicholls 2T Venue: Slough (Bucks). Referee: Hubert Heron. | | Wed 26.11.73 | Uxbridge | 1-2 | Royal Engineers | 0-1 | | 0-1 Goodwyn 1T 1-1 Merriman OG 2T 1-2 Gardiner 2T Venue: Uxbridge Common. | | | Wanderers FC | w/o | Trojans | |
| date | Home | score | Away | HT | | Thu 09.10.73 | Marlow | 0-1 | Pilgrims | 0-0 | | 1-0 EW Foley 2T Venue: Hacney Downs. Referee: CW Alcock. | | Sat 11.10.73 | Royal Engineers | 5-0 | Brondesbury | 1-0 | | 3-0 Addison. Venue: Chatham Lines. Brondesbury played with players. | | Sat 11.10.73 | Woodford Wells | 3-2 | Reigate Priory | 1-0 | | 1-0 F. Fraser 10' 2-0 F. Fraser 2T 2-1 Pawle 2T 3-1 Beauchamp 2T 3-2 (Priory claimed a goal in the last minute and the sole umpire, gave it as "undecided").Venue: Lillie Bridge, Amateur Athletic Ground. Referee: Mr. Bouch, Crystal Palace. | | Sat 18.10.73 | Swifts | 1-0 | Crystal Palace | 0-0 | | 1-0 M. Jeans 2T Venue: Slough. | | Sat 25.10.73 | 1st Surrey Rifles | 0-0 | Barnes | 0-0 | | Venue: Camberwell. Start at 15:30. | | Sat 08.11.73 | Barnes | 1-0 | 1st Surrey Rifles | 1-0 | | 1-0 HA Hudson. Venue: Camberwell. | | Sat 25.10.73 | Cambridge University | 1-0 | South Norwood | 1-0 | | 1-0 Hureell 1T Venue: Oval, Kennington. Referees for their teams: Allcock and Cotton. The match started at 15:35. | | Tue 28.10.73 | Uxbridge | 3-0 | Gitanos | 1-0 | | 1-0 7' 2-0 Turner 2T 3-0 Clark 2T. Gitanos played with 8 players. | | Wed 29.10.73 | Upton Park | 0-4 | Oxford University | 0-0 | | 0-1 Ottaway 2T 0-2 Vidal 0-3 Paton 80' 0-4 Hughes 2T Venue: Kennington Ovall, Surrey Cricket Ground. Referees for their teams: Bannister and Nepean. | | Thu 30.10.73 | Shropshire Wanderers | 0-0 | Sheffield | 0-0 | | Venue: Brammal Lane. | | Mon 17.11.73 | Sheffield | 0-0 | Shropshire Wanderers | 0-0 | | Sheffield won on coin toss. Venue: Shrewsbury Racecourse. | | | Clapham Rovers | w/o | Amateur Athletic Club | | | | High Wycombe | w/o | Old Etonians | | | | Maidenhead | w/o | Civil Service | | | | Trojans | w/o | Farningham | | | | Wanderers FC | w/o | Southall | |
| Round | Date | Fixtures | Clubs | New | | Fix | Rep | WO | Byes | | First round | 09.10-17.11.1873 | 14 | 2 | 5 | | 28 → 14 | 28 | | Second round | 15.11-20.12.1873 | 7 | 2 | 1 | | 14 → 7 | | | Third round | 06.12.1873-17.01.1874 | 3 | 1 | | 1 | 7 → 4 | | | Semi-final | 28.01-28.02.1874 | 2 | | | | 4 → 2 | | | Final | 29.03.1874 | 1 | | | | 2 → 1 | |
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