| Final - Kennington Ovl, London | | date | Winner | score | Finalist | HT | att. | | Sat 16.03.72 | Wanderers FC | 1-0 | Royal Engineers | 0-0 | 2,000 | | 1-0 Morton Betts 15' Referee: A. Stair, Upton Park. | | Wanderers: Alcock, Bonsor, Thompson, Welch, Betts, Lubbock, Wollaston, Crake, Hooman, Bowen, Vidal. | Royal Enguneers: Capt. Merriman (c), Capt. Marindin, Lieut. Mitchell, Lieut Rich, Liet, Renny-tailour, Liet. Cotter, Liet. Goodwin, Liet. Muirhead, Liet. Addison, Liet. Bogle, Liet. Croswell. |
| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | --- 17.02.72 | Crystal Palace | 0-0 | Royal Engineers | 0-0 | 2,000 | | Kennington Oval, London. Royal Engineers played with ten men. | | --- 09.03.72 | Royal Engineers | 3-0 | Crystal Palace | | 2,000 |  Renny-Tailour 2, Mitchell. Kennington Oval, London. | | --- 05.03.72 | Queen's Park Glasgow | 0-0 | Wanderers FC | 0-0 | 2,000 | | Kennington Oval, London. Referee: T. Lloyd. Wanderers played with 10 men. Wanderers proposed 30 minutes of extra time to settle tha match, but Queens Park refused, | | | Wanderers FC | w/o | Queen's Park Glasgow | | | | Queen's Park couldn't afford to make the long trip from Glasgow a second time. |
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| | | 2 pairs with 5 teams. Queen's Park Glasgow received a bye. Wanderers FC | and Crystal Palace were allowed to advance without a replay. |
| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | --- 20.01.72 | Wanderers FC | 0-0 | Crystal Palace | 0-0 | | Venue: Clapham Commons. Both teams were allowed through the semi-finals. | | --- 27.01.72 | Royal Engineers | 3-0 | Hampstead Heathens | | | Venue: Chatham. Royal Engineers started with 9 men and halfway continued with 10. | | | Queen's Park Glasgow | bye |
| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | --- 16.12.71 | Crystal Palace | 3-0 | Maidenhead | | | 1-0 Bouch 2-0 Chenery 3-0 Lloyd Venue: Crystal Palace Park. | | --- 16.12.71 | Clapham Rovers | 0-1 | Wanderers FC | | | 0-1 Pelham. Venue: Clapham Commons. | | --- 23.12.71 | Barnes | 1-1 | Hampstead Heathens | 0-0 | | 0-1 Barker 68' 0-2 Highton 2T Venue: Barnes. Hampstead Heathens played with 10 players. | | --- 06.01.71 | Barnes | 1-0 | Hampstead Heathens | | | 0-1 GP Leach. Venue: Barnes. | | --- 10.01.71 | Hitchin | 0-5 | Royal Engineers | | | Kenningron Oval, london. Hitchin played with only 8 players. | | | Queen's Park Glasgow | w/o | Donnington School | | | The two teams couldn't agree on a date, and both were allowed to progress. Donnington School was supposedly concocted as a way of increasing the pupils; phisical fitness. |
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| | | 13 teams - 6 pairs. Hampstead Heathens received a bye. Hitchin and Crystal Palace were allowed to advance without a replay. Queen's Park Glasgow and Donnington School advanced after not agreed on a mutualy acceptable date for the game. |
| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | --- 11.11.71 | Barnes | 2-0 | Civil Service | | | 1-0 Dunnage 2-0 Weston Venue: Barnes. | | --- 11.11.71 | Hitchin | 0-0 | Crystal Palace | | | Venue: Top Field, Hitchin. Both teams advanced to second round. | | --- 11.11.71 | Maidenhead | 2-0 | Marlow | | | 1-0 Young 2-0 Young Venue: York Road, Maidenhead. | | --- 11.11.71 | Upton Park | 0-3 | Clapham Rovers | | | 1-0 Kenrick 2-0 Thompson 3-0 Kenrick Venue: West Ham, London. | | | Queen's Park Glasgow | NP | Donnington School | | | The two teams were again drawn together, and in this instance Donnington School withdrew, rather than face the cost and time of the trip to Scotland. Thr club did not enter the FA Cup again. | | | Royal Engineers | w/o | Reigate Priory | | | | Wanderers FC | w/o | Harrow Chequers | | | | Hampstead Heathens | bye |
| Round | Date | Fixtures | Clubs | New | | Fix | Rep | WO | Byes | | First round | 19-26.10.1872 | 7 | | 2 | 2 | 15 - 10 | 15 | | Second round | 23.11-07.12 1872 | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 10 - 5 | | | Third round | 09-21.12 1872 | 2 | | | 1 | 5 - 4 | | | Semi-final | 17.02-09.03 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | 4 - 2 | | | Final | 16.03.1873 | 1 | | | | 2 - 1 | |
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