1902–03 FA Cup Qualifying Rounds

The qualifying campaign for the 1902–03 FA Cup, the thirty-second staging of the world's oldest association football competition, consisted of six rounds of matches, which began on 20 September 1902 with the preliminary round. The Cup was eventually won by Bury, who beat Derby County in the final.

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.

Tournament calendar

Round	Date	Matches	Number of clubs
Preliminary round	20 September 1902	24	224→200
First qualifying round	4 October 1902	48	200→152
Second qualifying round	18 October 1902	40	152→112
Third qualifying round	1 November 1902	40	112→72
Fourth qualifying round	15 November 1902	20	72→52
Fifth qualifying round	29 November 1902	10	52→42
Intermediate round	13 December 1902	10	42→32
First round proper	7 February 1903	16	32→16
Second round proper	21 February 1903	8	16→8
Third round proper	7 March 1903	4	8→4
Semi-final	21 March 1903	2	4→2
Final	18 April 1903	1	2→1

Preliminary round

	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Darwen	2–2	Padiham	20 September 1902
1r	Padiham	2–2	Darwen	23 September 1902
1r2	Padiham	1–0	Darwen	30 September 1902
2	Leyton	3–1	West Ham Garfield	20 September 1902
3	Upton Park	4–0	Boleyn Castle	20 September 1902
4	Chatham	1–1	Maidstone United	20 September 1902
4r	Maidstone United	2–2	Chatham	29 September 1902
4r2	Maidstone United	2–0	Chatham	29 September 1902
5	Rotherham Town	2–0	Attercliffe	20 September 1902
6	Workington	0–1	Frizington White Star	20 September 1902
7	Darlington St Augustine's	1–2	Tow Law	20 September 1902
8	Leadgate Park	0–5	Darlington	20 September 1902
9	Swanscombe	W–W	Folkestone	—
10	Leytonstone	2–2	Woodford	20 September 1902
10r	Woodford	3–1	Leytonstone	25 September 1902
11	Fulham	2–0	Civil Service	20 September 1902
12	Crouch End Vampires	6–1	West Hampstead	20 September 1902
13	Trawden Forest	3–3	Bacup	20 September 1902
13r	Bacup	4–3	Trawden Forest	23 September 1902
14	Lowestoft Town	5–0	Norwich City	20 September 1902
15	Bromley	1–2	West Croydon	20 September 1902
16	Kirkley	3–1	Great Yarmouth Town	20 September 1902
17	Deptford Town	1–2	Cray Wanderers	20 September 1902
18	Willesden Town	3–3	War Office	20 September 1902
18r	War Office	1–2	Willesden Town	25 September 1902
19	Frizington Town	0–1	Moss Bay Exchange	20 September 1902
20	Apsley	7–1	Berkhamsted Town	20 September 1902
21	Bedford Queens Works	4–2	Leighton Cee Springs	20 September 1902
22	Hove	1–2	Brighton Athletic	20 September 1902
23	Chelmsford	1–0	Olympic	20 September 1902
24	Newhaven Cement Works	2–3	Hastings & St Leonards	20 September 1902

First qualifying round

	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Blackpool	4–1	Black Lane Temperance	4 October 1902
2	Barrow	4–0	Moss Bay Exchange	4 October 1902
3	Shoreham	4–2	Worthing	4 October 1902
4	Sheffield	1–4	Rotherham Town	4 October 1902
5	Upton Park	2–1	Chelmsford	4 October 1902
6	Padiham	1–2	Rossendale United	4 October 1902
7	Newark	4–1	Boston	4 October 1902
8	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Wellington Town	4 October 1902
9	Stockton	1–1	Stockton St John's	4 October 1902
9r	Stockton	W–W	Stockton St John's	—
10	Whitby	3–2	Scarborough	4 October 1902
11	Norwich CEYMS	0–5	Lowestoft Town	4 October 1902
12	Tow Law	1–1	Darlington	4 October 1902
12r	Darlington	1–2	Tow Law	8 October 1902
13	Brierley Hill Alliance	W–W	Halesowen	—
14	Willington Athletic	0–3	Sunderland Royal Rovers	4 October 1902
15	Stockport County	0–1	Stalybridge Rovers	4 October 1902
16	Ilkeston Town	1–3	Belper Town	4 October 1902
17	Sittingbourne	W–W	Swanscombe	—
18	Black Diamonds	W–W	Frizington White Star	—
19	Hinckley Town	1–1	Whitwick White Cross	4 October 1902
19r	Whitwick White Cross	3–1	Hinckley Town	8 October 1902
20	Fulham	4–0	Crouch End Vampires	4 October 1902
21	Accrington Stanley	5–0	Bacup	4 October 1902
22	Oswestry United	1–0	Royal Welsh Warehouse	4 October 1902
23	Crook Town	1–1	Darlington St Hilda's	4 October 1902
23r	Darlington St Hilda's	0–2	Crook Town	8 October 1902
24	Rochdale	5–1	White Star Wanderers	4 October 1902
25	West Croydon	1–0	Godalming	4 October 1902
26	Maidstone United	2–1	Cray Wanderers	4 October 1902
27	Welshpool	1–3	Chirk	4 October 1902
28	Kirkley	4–3	King's Lynn	4 October 1902
29	Desborough Town	6–0	Raunds Town	4 October 1902
30	Bristol East	1–1	Bristol St George	4 October 1902
30r	Bristol St George	1–2	Bristol East	8 October 1902
31	Woodford	2–0	Leyton	4 October 1902
32	Grantham Avenue	2–1	Worksop Town	4 October 1902
33	Willesden Town	2–1	Hampstead	4 October 1902
34	Derby Hills Ivanhoe	2–2	Stapleford Town	4 October 1902
34r	Stapleford Town	W–W	Derby Hills Ivanhoe	—
35	Brighton & Hove Albion	14–2	Brighton Athletic	4 October 1902
36	Thornhill United	W–W	Channing Rovers	—
37	Bedford Queens Works	2–1	Apsley	4 October 1902
38	Burton United	W–W	Sutton Town	—
39	Hastings & St Leonards	4–1	St Leonards	4 October 1902
40	Irthlingborough Town	3–1	Rushden	4 October 1902
41	Tunbridge Wells	5–1	Eastbourne Old Town	4 October 1902
42	North Hants Ironworks	3–0	Freemantle	4 October 1902
43	Allsops	0–2	Newhall Red Rose	4 October 1902
44	St Helens Recreation	2–0	Earlestown	4 October 1902
45	Basingstoke	0–2	Eastleigh Athletic	4 October 1902
46	Richmond Town	1–1	Croydon Wanderers	4 October 1902
46r	Croydon Wanderers	1–3	Richmond Town	8 October 1902
47	St Helens Town	0–0	Wigan United	4 October 1902
47r	Wigan United	1–5	St Helens Town	9 October 1902
48	Luton Amateur	3–0	Wolverton Town	4 October 1902

Second qualifying round

	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Blackpool	0–1	Rochdale	18 October 1902
2	Barrow	7–1	Black Diamonds	18 October 1902
3	Shoreham	0–12	Brighton & Hove Albion	18 October 1902
4	Walsall	0–2	Brierley Hill Alliance	18 October 1902
5	Rotherham Town	3–1	Thornhill United	18 October 1902
6	Swindon Town	5–0	Chippenham Town	18 October 1902
7	Morpeth Harriers	4–0	Shankhouse	18 October 1902
8	Belper Town	3–0	Stapleford Town	18 October 1902
9	Nantwich Town	–	Bye	—
10	Whitby	1–7	Stockton	18 October 1902
11	Poole	3–2	Weymouth	18 October 1902
12	Tow Law	1–1	Crook Town	18 October 1902
12r	Crook Town	1–1	Tow Law	22 October 1902
12r2	Tow Law (disqualified)	0–0	Crook Town	25 October 1902
13	Chesham Generals	2–0	Chesham Town	18 October 1902
14	Sittingbourne	1–2	Maidstone United	18 October 1902
15	Stalybridge Rovers	3–0	Buxton	18 October 1902
16	Wellington Town	0–3	Stafford Rangers	18 October 1902
17	Gresley Rovers	5–2	Coalville Town	18 October 1902
18	Wycombe Wanderers	0–2	Aylesbury United	18 October 1902
19	Fulham	0–0	Willesden Town	18 October 1902
19r	Fulham	5–0	Willesden Town	23 October 1902
20	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Rossendale United	18 October 1902
21	Oswestry United	1–0	Chirk	18 October 1902
22	West Croydon	2–1	Richmond Town	18 October 1902
23	Richmond Association	1–2	Southall	18 October 1902
24	Maidenhead Norfolkians	4–0	Maidenhead	18 October 1902
25	Kirkley	0–0	Lowestoft Town	18 October 1902
25r	Lowestoft Town	2–1	Kirkley	23 October 1902
26	Woodford	4–3	Upton Park	18 October 1902
27	Grantham Avenue	1–1	Newark	18 October 1902
27r	Newark	1–0	Grantham Avenue	23 October 1902
28	Royston United	0–0	Hemsworth	18 October 1902
28r	Royston United	W–W	Hemsworth	—
29	Keswick	2–0	Shaddongate United	18 October 1902
30	Bedford Queens Works	1–2	Luton Amateur	18 October 1902
31	Burton United	W–W	Newhall Red Rose	—
32	Irthlingborough Town	2–1	Desborough Town	18 October 1902
33	Tunbridge Wells	1–2	Hastings & St Leonards	18 October 1902
34	Market Harborough Town	1–4	Whitwick White Cross	18 October 1902
35	Caerphilly	1–7	Aberaman	18 October 1902
36	North Hants Ironworks	2–2	Eastleigh Athletic	18 October 1902
36r	Eastleigh Athletic	3–0	North Hants Ironworks	22 October 1902
37	Sunderland West End	3–4	Sunderland Royal Rovers	18 October 1902
38	Rhyl	–	Bye	—
39	St Helens Recreation	3–0	St Helens Town	18 October 1902
40	Glastonbury	0–2	Bristol East	18 October 1902

Third qualifying round

	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Chesterfield	6–0	Newark	1 November 1902
2	Nelson	3–3	Barrow	1 November 1902
2r	Barrow	2–0	Nelson	6 November 1902
3	South Bank	0–0	Sunderland Royal Rovers	1 November 1902
3r	Sunderland Royal Rovers	4–1	South Bank	6 November 1902
4	Southall	3–2	Aylesbury United	1 November 1902
5	Watford	1–1	Fulham	1 November 1902
5r	Fulham	3–0	Watford	6 November 1902
6	Rotherham Town	2–1	Royston United	1 November 1902
7	Crewe Alexandra	0–3	Glossop	1 November 1902
8	Oswaldtwistle Rovers	2–0	Rochdale	1 November 1902
9	Burslem Port Vale	3–1	Stalybridge Rovers	1 November 1902
10	Gainsborough Trinity	1–0	Doncaster Rovers	1 November 1902
11	Belper Town	1–4	Barnsley	1 November 1902
12	Wrexham	3–0	Nantwich	1 November 1902
13	Bishop Auckland	2–1	Morpeth Harriers	1 November 1902
14	Ilford	5–0	Hastings & St Leonards	1 November 1902
15	Tow Law	1–5	Stockton	1 November 1902
16	Brierley Hill Alliance	0–1	Stafford Rangers	1 November 1902
17	Stourbridge	7–0	Oswestry United	1 November 1902
18	Wellingborough Town	3–0	Whitwick White Cross	1 November 1902
19	Chesham Generals	2–2	Marlow	1 November 1902
19r	Marlow	2–4	Chesham Generals	6 November 1902
20	New Brompton	2–0	Clapton	1 November 1902
21	Gresley Rovers	0–1	Kettering	1 November 1902
22	Kidderminster Harriers	W–W	Hereford	—
23	Oxford City	2–2	Brentford	1 November 1902
23r	Brentford	5–4	Oxford City	5 November 1902
24	Queens Park Rangers	0–3	Luton Town	1 November 1902
25	Wallsend Park Villa	1–0	Gateshead NER	1 November 1902
26	West Croydon	1–3	Lowestoft Town	1 November 1902
27	Eastleigh Athletic	7–0	Staple Hill	1 November 1902
28	Maidstone United	3–2	Woodford	1 November 1902
29	Coventry City	3–1	Aberaman	1 November 1902
30	Maidenhead Norfolkians	2–2	Shepherd's Bush	1 November 1902
30r	Shepherd's Bush	5–1	Maidenhead Norfolkians	6 November 1902
31	Yeovil Casuals	0–4	Swindon Town	1 November 1902
32	Bristol East	1–1	Poole	1 November 1902
32r	Poole	4–3	Bristol East	5 November 1902
33	Keswick	0–3	Southport Central	1 November 1902
34	Whiteheads	6–0	Street	1 November 1902
35	Brighton & Hove Albion	5–5	Grays United	1 November 1902
35r	Grays United	0–3	Brighton & Hove Albion	5 November 1902
36	Burton United	2–0	Northampton Town	1 November 1902
37	Irtlingborough Town	0–1	Leicester Fosse	1 November 1902
38	Manchester United	7–0	Accrington Stanley	1 November 1902
39	St Helens Recreation	18–0	Rhyl	1 November 1902
40	Luton Amateur	5–0	West Norwood	1 November 1902

Fourth qualifying round

	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Southport Central	2–1	Barrow	15 November 1902
2	Luton Town	5–1	Lowestoft Town	15 November 1902
3	Gainsborough Trinity	3–0	Rotherham Town	15 November 1902
4	Swindon Town	7–1	Poole	15 November 1902
5	Stockton	1–4	Bishop Auckland	15 November 1902
6	Ilford	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	15 November 1902
7	Stourbridge	2–2	Kidderminster Harriers	15 November 1902
7r	Kidderminster Harriers	0–0	Stourbridge	19 November 1902
7r2	Stourbridge	0–2	Kidderminster Harriers	24 November 1902
8	Wellingborough Town	4–1	Leicester Fosse	15 November 1902
9	Wallsend Park Villa	0–1	Sunderland Royal Rovers	15 November 1902
10	Fulham	4–1	Luton Amateur	15 November 1902
11	Barnsley	3–2	Chesterfield	15 November 1902
12	Brentford	5–0	Southall	15 November 1902
13	Shepherd's Bush	2–0	Chesham Generals	15 November 1902
14	Maidstone United	0–3	New Brompton	15 November 1902
15	Glossop	4–0	Wrexham	15 November 1902
16	Coventry City	5–2	Stafford Rangers	15 November 1902
17	Whiteheads	3–1	Eastleigh Athletic	15 November 1902
18	Burton United	3–1	Kettering	15 November 1902
19	Manchester United	3–2	Oswaldtwistle Rovers	15 November 1902
20	St Helens Recreation	2–1	Burslem Port Vale	15 November 1902

Fifth qualifying round

	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Luton Town	6–1	Fulham	29 November 1902
2	Bishop Auckland	8–0	Sunderland Royal Rovers	29 November 1902
3	New Brompton	4–1	Ilford	29 November 1902
4	Barnsley	3–2	Gainsborough Trinity	29 November 1902
5	Brentford	2–2	Shepherd's Bush	29 November 1902
5r	Shepherd's Bush	1–1	Brentford	3 December 1902
5r2	Shepherd's Bush	0–1	Brentford	8 December 1902
6	Glossop	5–0	St Helens Recreation	29 November 1902
7	Coventry City	2–2	Kidderminster Harriers	29 November 1902
7r	Kidderminster Harriers	4–2	Coventry City	1 December 1902
8	Whiteheads	0–9	Swindon Town	29 November 1902
9	Burton United	5–1	Wellingborough Town	29 November 1902
10	Manchester United	4–1	Southport Central	29 November 1902

References

• The FA Cup results archive at TheFA.com