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.
First round
Home Club
Score
Away Club
Attendance
Date
Royal Engineers
5–0
Brondesbury
2,148
11 October 1873
Marlow
0–1
Pilgrims
1,022
9 October 1873
Maidenhead
Walkover
Civil Service
Clapham Rovers
Walkover
Amateur Athletic Club
Upton Park
0–4
Oxford University
1,401
29 October 1873
Swifts
1–0
Crystal Palace
1,584
18 October 1873
Wanderers
Walkover
Southall
1st Surrey Rifles
0–0
Barnes
700
25 October 1873
Shropshire Wanderers
0–0
Sheffield
700
30 October 1873
Uxbridge
3–0
Gitanos
650
28 October 1873
Trojans
Walkover
Farningham
High Wycombe
Walkover
Old Etonians
Woodford Wells
3–2
Reigate Priory
600
11 October 1873
Cambridge University
1–0
South Norwood
500
25 October 1873
Replays
Home Club
Score
Away Club
Attendance
Date
Barnes
1–0
1st Surrey Rifles
1,200
8 November 1873
Sheffield
0–0 Sheffield won on coin toss
Shropshire Wanderers
800
17 November 1873
Second round
Replays
Home Club
Score
Away Club
Attendance
Date
Clapham Rovers
1–1
Cambridge University
1,410
29 November 1873
Clapham Rovers
4–1
Cambridge University
1,419
20 December 1873
Third round
Replay
Semi-Finals
Final
The Final was played at Kennington Oval , .