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Round 1
Old Harrovians Southall FC 8-0
Romford Liverpool Ramblers 3-1
Oxford University Wednesbury Old Ath. 7-0
Royal Engineers Old Foresters 3-0
Wanderers Old Etonians 2-7
Reading Hendon 1-0
Brentford Pilgrims FC 1-3
Cambridge University Hertfordshire Rangers 2-0
Greyfriars FC Marlow FC 2-1
Clapham Rovers Finchley FC
Minerva 105th Regiment
South Norwood Leyton FC
Notts County Nottingham Forest 1-3
Remnants FC Unity FC
Panthers Runnymede
Barnes Maidenhead 1-1 4-0
Sheffield FC Grantham Town 1-1 3-1
Upton Park FC Saffron Walden Town 5-0
Forest School Rochester United 4-2
Swifts FC Hawks 2-1
Darwen Birch Manchester
Round 2
Eagley FC Darwen 0-0 1-4
Greyfriars FC Minerva 0-3
Old Harrovians Panthers 3-0
Remnants FC Pilgrims FC 6-2
Swifts FC Romford 3-1
Cambridge University South Norwood 3-0
Clapham Rovers Forest School 10-1
Royal Engineers Oxford University 0-4
Reading Old Etonians 0-1
Nottingham Forest Sheffield FC 2-0
Barnes Upton Park FC 3-2
Round 3
Clapham Rovers Cambridge University 1-0
Old Etonians Minerva 5-2
Old Harrovians Nottingham Forest 0-2
Remnants FC Darwen 2-3
Oxford University Barnes 2-1
Quarter Final
Nottingham Forest Oxford University 2-1
Clapham Rovers Swifts FC 8-1
Darwen Old Etonians 2-2 2-6
Semi-Final
Old Etonians Nottingham Forest 2-1
Final
Old Etonians Clapham Rovers 1-0