1922–23 FA Cup

The 1922–23 FA Cup was the 48th season of the world's oldest association football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as the FA Cup). Bolton Wanderers won the competition, beating West Ham United 2–0 in the first final to be held at Wembley Stadium, London.

1922–23 FA Cup
Country England
 Wales
Defending championsHuddersfield Town
ChampionsBolton Wanderers
(1st title)
Runners-upWest Ham United

Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held at neutral venues until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played.

Calendar

The format of the FA Cup for the season had two preliminary rounds, six qualifying rounds, four proper rounds, and the semi finals and final.

RoundDate
Extra Preliminary RoundSaturday 9 September 1922
Preliminary RoundSaturday 23 September 1922
First Round QualifyingSaturday 7 October 1922
Second Round QualifyingSaturday 21 October 1922
Third Round QualifyingSaturday 4 November 1922
Fourth Round QualifyingSaturday 18 November 1922
Fifth Round QualifyingSaturday 2 December 1922
Sixth Round QualifyingSaturday 16 December 1922
First Round ProperSaturday 13 January 1923
Second Round ProperSaturday 3 February 1923
Third Round ProperSaturday 24 February 1923
Fourth Round ProperSaturday 10 March 1923
Semi-FinalsSaturday 24 March 1923
FinalSaturday 28 April 1923

First round proper

41 of the 44 clubs from the Football League First Division and Football League Second Division joined the 12 lower-league clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. Three Second Division sides, Port Vale, Stockport County and Coventry City, were entered at the fifth qualifying round, with nine of the Third Division North sides (Accrington Stanley, Ashington, Darlington, Grimsby Town, Hartlepools United, Southport, Stalybridge Celtic, Walsall and Wrexham) and Third Division South teams except Exeter City and Southend United, who were entered in the fourth qualifying round along with the rest of Division 3 North. All three sides lost in their first game. Amateur side Corinthian were given a free entry to the first round. To make the number of teams up to 64, nine Third Division South sides and only one Third Division North side were given byes to this round. These were:

32 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 13 January 1923. Twelve matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture, of which three went to another replay, and one match went to a third.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Date
1Bristol City5–1Wrexham13 January 1923
2Bury2–1Luton Town13 January 1923
3Liverpool0–0Arsenal13 January 1923
ReplayArsenal1–4Liverpool17 January 1923
4South Shields3–1Halifax Town13 January 1923
5Leicester City4–0Fulham13 January 1923
6Nottingham Forest0–0Sheffield United13 January 1923
ReplaySheffield United0–0Nottingham Forest17 January 1923
ReplayNottingham Forest1–1Sheffield United22 January 1923
ReplaySheffield United1–0Nottingham Forest23 January 1923
7Aston Villa0–1Blackburn Rovers13 January 1923
8The Wednesday3–0New Brighton13 January 1923
9West Bromwich Albion0–0Stalybridge Celtic13 January 1923
ReplayStalybridge Celtic0–2West Bromwich Albion17 January 1923
10Sunderland3–1Burnley13 January 1923
11Derby County2–0Blackpool13 January 1923
12Everton1–1Bradford Park Avenue13 January 1923
ReplayBradford Park Avenue1–0Everton17 January 1923
13Swindon Town0–0Barnsley13 January 1923
ReplayBarnsley2–0Swindon Town18 January 1923
14Newcastle United0–0Southampton13 January 1923
ReplaySouthampton3–1Newcastle United17 January 1923
15Tottenham Hotspur0–0Worksop Town13 January 1923
ReplayTottenham Hotspur9–0Worksop Town15 January 1923
16Manchester City1–2Charlton Athletic13 January 1923
17Queens Park Rangers1–0Crystal Palace13 January 1923
18Portsmouth0–0Leeds United13 January 1923
ReplayLeeds United3–1Portsmouth17 January 1923
19Brighton & Hove Albion1–1Corinthian13 January 1923
ReplayCorinthian1–1Brighton & Hove Albion17 January 1923
ReplayBrighton & Hove Albion1–0Corinthian22 January 1923
20Norwich City0–2Bolton Wanderers13 January 1923
21Plymouth Argyle0–0Notts County13 January 1923
ReplayNotts County0–1Plymouth Argyle17 January 1923
22Bradford City1–1Manchester United13 January 1923
ReplayManchester United2–0Bradford City17 January 1923
23Hull City2–3West Ham United13 January 1923
24Clapton Orient0–2Millwall13 January 1923
25Oldham Athletic0–1Middlesbrough13 January 1923
26Chelsea1–0Rotherham County13 January 1923
27Huddersfield Town2–1Birmingham13 January 1923
28Blyth Spartans0–3Stoke13 January 1923
29Cardiff City1–1Watford13 January 1923
ReplayWatford2–2Cardiff City17 January 1923
ReplayCardiff City2–1Watford22 January 1923
30Merthyr Town0–1Wolverhampton Wanderers13 January 1923
31Aberdare Athletic1–3Preston North End13 January 1923
32Wigan Borough4–1Bath City13 January 1923

Second Round Proper

The 16 Second Round matches were played on Saturday, 3 February 1923. Five matches were drawn, with replays taking place in the following midweek fixture.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Date
1Bristol City0–3Derby County3 February 1923
2Bury3–1Stoke3 February 1923
3South Shields0–0Blackburn Rovers3 February 1923
ReplayBlackburn Rovers0–1South Shields7 February 1923
4Leicester City0–1Cardiff City3 February 1923
5The Wednesday2–1Barnsley3 February 1923
6Bolton Wanderers3–1Leeds United3 February 1923
7Wolverhampton Wanderers0–2Liverpool3 February 1923
8Middlesbrough1–1Sheffield United3 February 1923
ReplaySheffield United3–0Middlesbrough8 February 1923
9West Bromwich Albion2–1Sunderland3 February 1923
10Tottenham Hotspur4–0Manchester United3 February 1923
11Brighton & Hove Albion1–1West Ham United3 February 1923
ReplayWest Ham United1–0Brighton & Hove Albion7 February 1923
12Plymouth Argyle4–1Bradford Park Avenue3 February 1923
13Millwall0–0Huddersfield Town3 February 1923
ReplayHuddersfield Town3–0Millwall7 February 1923
14Chelsea0–0Southampton3 February 1923
ReplaySouthampton1–0Chelsea7 February 1923
15Charlton Athletic2–0Preston North End3 February 1923
16Wigan Borough2–4Queens Park Rangers3 February 1923

Third round proper

The eight Third Round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 24 February 1923. Two matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Date
1Bury0–0Southampton24 February 1923
ReplaySouthampton1–0Bury28 February 1923
2Liverpool1–2Sheffield United24 February 1923
3Derby County1–0The Wednesday24 February 1923
4Queens Park Rangers3–0South Shields24 February 1923
5West Ham United2–0Plymouth Argyle24 February 1923
6Huddersfield Town1–1Bolton Wanderers24 February 1923
ReplayBolton Wanderers1–0Huddersfield Town28 February 1923
7Cardiff City2–3Tottenham Hotspur24 February 1923
8Charlton Athletic1–0West Bromwich Albion24 February 1923

Fourth round proper

The four Fourth Round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 10 March 1923. There was one replay, between Southampton and West Ham United, played in the following midweek fixture. However, this went to a second replay, which West Ham won.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Date
1Southampton1–1West Ham United10 March 1923
ReplayWest Ham United1–1Southampton14 March 1923
ReplayWest Ham United1–0Southampton19 March 1923
2Tottenham Hotspur0–1Derby County10 March 1923
3Queens Park Rangers0–1Sheffield United10 March 1923
4Charlton Athletic0–1Bolton Wanderers10 March 1923

Semi-Finals

The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 24 March 1923. The matches ended in victories for Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United, who went on to meet in the final at Wembley.


Final

The final was held on 28 April 1923 at the original Wembley Stadium in London. It was the first football match to be played at the newly built stadium. King George V was in attendance to present the trophy to the winning team. Bolton Wanderers won the match 2–0, through goals from David Jack and Jack Smith

Match details

Bolton Wanderers2–0West Ham United
Jack  2'
Jack Smith  53'
(Report)
Attendance: 126,047 (officially)[1]
Bolton Wanderers
West Ham United

See also

References

General
Specific
  1. Thraves, Andrew. The History of the Wembley FA Cup Final. pp. 1–4.

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