# 1952–53 FA Cup qualifying rounds

The FA Cup 1952–53 is the 72nd season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down the English football league system meant that the competition started with a number of preliminary and qualifying rounds. The 30 victorious teams from the fourth round qualifying progressed to the first round proper.

## Preliminary round
### Ties

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Andover | 2–3 | Frome Town |
| 2 | Ashby Institute | 2–3 | Brigg Town |
| 3 | Aylesbury United | 4–1 | Chesham United |
| 4 | Banbury Spencer | 1–1 | Maidenhead United |
| 5 | Barking | 1–1 | Ilford |
| 6 | Barnstaple Town | 5–1 | Dartmouth United |
| 7 | Berkhamsted Town | 1–5 | Barnet |
| 8 | Betteshanger Colliery Welfare | 2–0 | Deal Town |
| 9 | Bexhill Town | 2–0 | Shoreham |
| 10 | Bexleyheath & Welling | 1–5 | Carshalton Athletic |
| 11 | Blandford United | 2–5 | Dorchester Town |
| 12 | Boldmere St Michaels | 2–2 | Rugby Town |
| 13 | Boston United | 7–1 | Barton Town |
| 14 | Brentwood & Warley | 1–3 | Dagenham |
| 15 | Calne & Harris United | 0–4 | Trowbridge Town |
| 16 | Chatham Town | 0–6 | Dover |
| 17 | Chatteris Town | 0–4 | Cambridge United |
| 18 | Clandown | 0–4 | Glastonbury |
| 19 | Corsham Town | 1–4 | Chippenham Town |
| 20 | Darlaston | 2–1 | Stourbridge |
| 21 | Dunstable Town | 2–4 | Hitchin Town |
| 22 | Earlestown | 0–2 | Prescot Cables |
| 23 | East Grinstead | 4–2 | Redhill |
| 24 | Enfield | 3–3 | Woodford Town |
| 25 | Epsom | 2–2 | Dulwich Hamlet |
| 26 | Gloucester City | 1–1 | Llanelli |
| 27 | Halesowen Town | 1–4 | Brierley Hill Alliance |
| 28 | Hanham Athletic | 0–1 | Paulton Rovers |
| 29 | Harrow Town | 1–8 | Uxbridge |
| 30 | Hastings United | 4–0 | Chichester City |
| 31 | Hayes | 6–1 | Yiewsley |
| 32 | Haywards Heath | 2–2 | Southwick |
| 33 | Horsham | 1–4 | Worthing |
| 34 | Huntley & Palmers | 4–2 | Witney Town |
| 35 | Kidderminster Harriers | 4–0 | Dudley Town |
| 36 | Kingstonian | 5–0 | Erith & Belvedere |
| 37 | Lancing Athletic | 6–6 | Eastbourne |
| 38 | Leyland Motors | 0–3 | Horwich R M I |
| 39 | Littlehampton Town | 4–3 | Bognor Regis Town |
| 40 | Llandudno | 1–1 | Bootle Athletic |
| 41 | Lockheed Leamington | 1–2 | Nuneaton Borough |
| 42 | Lytham | 2–0 | Droylsden |
| 43 | Maidstone United | 0–6 | Bromley |
| 44 | Margate | 1–4 | Gravesend & Northfleet |
| 45 | Marine | 3–3 | Ellesmere Port Town |
| 46 | Marlow | 0–8 | Headington United |
| 47 | Melksham Town | 0–2 | Warminster Town |
| 48 | Metropolitan Police | 1–5 | Wimbledon |
| 49 | Minehead | 1–4 | Bideford |
| 50 | Moor Green | 1–1 | Burton Albion |
| 51 | Newhaven | 2–4 | Ashford Town (Kent) |
| 52 | Newquay | 7–1 | Truro City |
| 53 | Newton Abbot | 1–1 | Ilfracombe Town |
| 54 | Oxford City | 1–4 | Wycombe Wanderers |
| 55 | Parliament Street Methodists | 0–6 | Linby Colliery |
| 56 | Peasedown Miners Welfare | 6–2 | Clevedon |
| 57 | Penrith | 4–4 | Burscough |
| 58 | Raleigh Athletic | 1–4 | Ransome & Marles |
| 59 | Ramsgate Athletic | 4–2 | Snowdown Colliery Welfare |
| 60 | Retford Town | 2–1 | Holbeach United |
| 61 | Runcorn | 2–2 | Bangor City |
| 62 | Rushden Town | 3–1 | Wellingborough Town |
| 63 | Salisbury | 7–1 | Welton Rovers |
| 64 | Sheppey United | 5–1 | Bowater Lloyds |
| 65 | Sittingbourne | 3–1 | Faversham Town |
| 66 | Slough Centre | 2–1 | Slough Town |
| 67 | Southall | 1–3 | Edgware Town |
| 68 | St Blazey | 3–1 | Penzance |
| 69 | Stafford Rangers | 0–1 | Bilston |
| 70 | Street | 2–0 | Bristol St George |
| 71 | Tamworth | 0–2 | Hednesford Town |
| 72 | Tavistock | 1–2 | Bridgwater Town |
| 73 | Tiverton Town | 1–2 | Taunton |
| 74 | Tunbridge Wells United | 2–1 | Canterbury City |
| 75 | Wadebridge Town | 4–5 | St Austell |
| 76 | Walton & Hersham | 0–1 | Tooting & Mitcham United |
| 77 | Windsor & Eton | 0–4 | Wealdstone |
| 78 | Woking | 4–1 | Dorking |

### Replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 4 | Maidenhead United | 3–0 | Banbury Spencer |
| 5 | Ilford | 4–2 | Barking |
| 12 | Rugby Town | 2–1 | Boldmere St Michaels |
| 24 | Woodford Town | 4–2 | Enfield |
| 25 | Dulwich Hamlet | 4–2 | Epsom |
| 26 | Llanelli | 5–0 | Gloucester City |
| 32 | Southwick | 0–1 | Haywards Heath |
| 37 | Eastbourne | 1–2 | Lancing Athletic |
| 40 | Bootle Athletic | 1–0 | Llandudno |
| 45 | Ellesmere Port Town | 2–1 | Marine |
| 50 | Burton Albion | 3–0 | Moor Green |
| 53 | Ilfracombe Town | 2–1 | Newton Abbot |
| 57 | Burscough | 3–1 | Penrith |
| 61 | Bangor City | 3–2 | Runcorn |

## 1st qualifying round
### Ties

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Alnwick Town | 4–1 | West Sleekburn Welfare |
| 2 | Amble | 0–4 | Ashington |
| 3 | Annfield Plain | 6–2 | Boldon Colliery Welfare |
| 4 | Ashford Town (Kent) | 1–3 | Hastings United |
| 5 | Ashton United | 7–2 | Skelmersdale United |
| 6 | Bangor City | 2–0 | St Helens Town |
| 7 | Barnet | 1–2 | St Albans City |
| 8 | Barnstaple Town | 1–1 | Taunton |
| 9 | Basford United | 0–1 | Boots Athletic |
| 10 | Basingstoke Town | 3–1 | Totton |
| 11 | Beccles | 3–1 | Bungay Town |
| 12 | Bedford Town | 6–0 | Potton United |
| 13 | Betteshanger Colliery Welfare | 1–2 | Ramsgate Athletic |
| 14 | Bexhill Town | 1–2 | Lancing Athletic |
| 15 | Biggleswade & District | 0–3 | Wolverton Town & B R |
| 16 | Billingham Synthonia | 3–2 | South Bank |
| 17 | Bootle Athletic | 1–1 | New Brighton |
| 18 | Boston United | 5–4 | Alford United |
| 19 | Bourne Town | 0–5 | Grantham |
| 20 | Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic | 3–0 | Poole Town |
| 21 | Bourneville Athletic | 0–2 | Rugby Town |
| 22 | Bridport | 0–2 | Dorchester Town |
| 23 | Brodsworth Main Colliery | 0–5 | Norton Woodseats |
| 24 | Bromley | 0–1 | Gravesend & Northfleet |
| 25 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 3–2 | Darlaston |
| 26 | Brunswick Institute | 0–2 | Beighton Miners Welfare |
| 27 | Brush Sports | 5–0 | Ibstock Penistone Rovers |
| 28 | Burscough | 1–0 | Lancaster City |
| 29 | Burton Albion | 1–2 | Bedworth Town |
| 30 | Bury Town | 9–1 | Leiston |
| 31 | Cambridge United | 3–1 | March Town United |
| 32 | Carshalton Athletic | 3–0 | Kingstonian |
| 33 | Cheshunt | 2–1 | Tufnell Park Edmonton |
| 34 | Chippenham United | 2–2 | Wells City |
| 35 | Cinderford Town | 1–1 | Cheltenham Town |
| 36 | Clacton Town | 1–1 | Romford |
| 37 | Clapton | 1–2 | Finchley |
| 38 | Clitheroe | 1–1 | Fleetwood |
| 39 | Coalville Town | 7–1 | Moira United |
| 40 | Cowes | 0–1 | Newport I O W |
| 41 | Cradley Heath | 2–2 | Bilston |
| 42 | Cramlington Welfare | 0–1 | Hexham Hearts |
| 43 | Creswell Colliery | 2–0 | Sutton Town |
| 44 | Dagenham | 2–2 | Briggs Sports |
| 45 | Dawdon Colliery Welfare | 1–2 | South Shields |
| 46 | Denaby United | 2–1 | Stocksbridge Works |
| 47 | Desborough Town | 1–4 | Corby Town |
| 48 | Diss Town | 1–4 | Lowestoft Town |
| 49 | Dover | 2–0 | Sheppey United |
| 50 | Dulwich Hamlet | 2–1 | Tooting & Mitcham United |
| 51 | Easington Colliery Welfare | 3–0 | Heaton Stannington |
| 52 | East Grinstead | 1–0 | Haywards Heath |
| 53 | Edgware Town | 2–1 | Slough Centre |
| 54 | Ellesmere Port Town | 4–0 | South Liverpool |
| 55 | Evenwood Town | 1–0 | Tow Law Town |
| 56 | Farsley Celtic | 1–0 | Ossett Town |
| 57 | Ferryhill Athletic | 7–0 | Skinnigrove Works |
| 58 | Frickley Colliery | 2–2 | Upton Colliery |
| 59 | Frome Town | 3–6 | Devizes Town |
| 60 | Gosforth & Coxlodge | 0–5 | Consett |
| 61 | Gothic | 6–0 | Wymondham Town |
| 62 | Grays Athletic | 6–2 | Harwich & Parkeston |
| 63 | Great Yarmouth Town | 13–0 | Cromer |
| 64 | Gresley Rovers | 3–1 | Gedling Colliery |
| 65 | Grimethorpe Athletic | 3–1 | Sheffield |
| 66 | Hayes | 0–3 | Uxbridge |
| 67 | Head Wrightsons | 2–0 | Bridlington Central United |
| 68 | Headington United | 4–2 | Aylesbury United |
| 69 | Hednesford Town | 1–1 | Nuneaton Borough |
| 70 | Hemel Hempstead | 6–0 | Abingdon Town |
| 71 | Hinckley Athletic | 2–3 | Whitwick Colliery |
| 72 | Hitchin Town | 5–0 | Luton Amateur |
| 73 | Horwich R M I | 5–3 | Chorley |
| 74 | Huntingdon United | 0–3 | Cambridge City |
| 75 | Ilfracombe Town | 3–0 | Bideford |
| 76 | Ilkeston Town | 7–2 | Long Eaton Town |
| 77 | Ilminster Town | 2–1 | Lymington |
| 78 | Kettering Town | 1–0 | Rushden Town |
| 79 | Kidderminster Harriers | 2–0 | Oswestry Town |
| 80 | King's Lynn | 4–1 | St Neots & District |
| 81 | Langold W M C | 2–0 | Bentley Colliery |
| 82 | Letchworth Town | 1–1 | Eton Manor |
| 83 | Linby Colliery | 3–0 | Bestwood Colliery |
| 84 | Littlehampton Town | 0–3 | Worthing |
| 85 | Lovells Athletic | 0–1 | Llanelli |
| 86 | Lye Town | 1–3 | Brierley Hill Alliance |
| 87 | Lysaghts Sports | 1–9 | Skegness Town |
| 88 | Macclesfield | 3–0 | Congleton Town |
| 89 | Maidenhead United | 2–0 | Bicester Town |
| 90 | Morecambe | 1–0 | Great Harwood |
| 91 | Mossley | 3–1 | Lytham |
| 92 | Netherfield | 5–0 | Bacup Borough |
| 93 | Newburn | 4–1 | Shankhouse |
| 94 | Newhall United | 3–2 | Matlock Town |
| 95 | Newquay | 1–3 | St Blazey |
| 96 | Northwich Victoria | 1–1 | Winsford United |
| 97 | Paulton Rovers | 2–7 | Bath City |
| 98 | Peasedown Miners Welfare | 3–0 | Radstock Town |
| 99 | Players Athletic | 8–5 | Shirebrook |
| 100 | Portland United | 3–1 | Shaftesbury |
| 101 | Prescot Cables | 1–1 | Flint Town United |
| 102 | Ransome & Marles | 1–0 | Cinderhill Colliery |
| 103 | Retford Town | 8–2 | Brigg Town |
| 104 | Rossendale United | 2–0 | Darwen |
| 105 | Ryde Sports | 3–4 | Alton Town |
| 106 | Salisbury | 4–1 | Westbury United |
| 107 | Seaham Colliery Welfare | 1–3 | Horden Colliery Welfare |
| 108 | Shildon | 0–4 | Crook Town |
| 109 | Silksworth Colliery Welfare | 7–0 | Murton Colliery Welfare |
| 110 | South Kirkby Colliery | 2–1 | Hallam |
| 111 | South Normanton Miners Welfare | 4–0 | Barwell Athletic |
| 112 | Spalding United | 1–0 | Stamford |
| 113 | Spencer Moulton | 0–3 | Chippenham Town |
| 114 | St Austell | 2–3 | Bridgwater Town |
| 115 | Stalybridge Celtic | 3–2 | Hyde United |
| 116 | Stanley United | 2–4 | Spennymoor United |
| 117 | Stonehouse | 0–1 | Ebbw Vale |
| 118 | Stowmarket | 4–0 | Thetford Town |
| 119 | Street | 1–2 | Glastonbury |
| 120 | Sutton Town (Birmingham) | 1–2 | Atherstone Town |
| 121 | Sutton United | 3–2 | Hounslow Town |
| 122 | Symingtons Recreation | 2–5 | Peterborough United |
| 123 | Tilbury | 1–0 | Ilford |
| 124 | Troedyrhiw | 3–8 | Barry Town |
| 125 | Tunbridge Wells United | 2–4 | Sittingbourne |
| 126 | Ushaw Moor | 2–0 | Chilton Athletic |
| 127 | Vauxhall Motors | 2–4 | Eynesbury Rovers |
| 128 | Warminster Town | 1–1 | Trowbridge Town |
| 129 | Wealdstone | 0–1 | Hendon |
| 130 | Whitton United | 0–4 | Sudbury Town |
| 131 | Willington | 2–4 | West Auckland Town |
| 132 | Winchester City | 1–0 | Gosport Borough Athletic |
| 133 | Wisbech Town | 3–0 | Histon Institute |
| 134 | Woking | 1–2 | Wimbledon |
| 135 | Woodford Town | 2–1 | Stevenage Town |
| 136 | Worksop Town | 3–3 | Rawmarsh Welfare |
| 137 | Wycombe Wanderers | 4–2 | Huntley & Palmers |

### Replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 8 | Taunton | 3–5 | Barnstaple Town |
| 17 | New Brighton | 1–0 | Bootle Athletic |
| 34 | Wells City | 3–1 | Chippenham United |
| 35 | Cheltenham Town | 5–0 | Cinderford Town |
| 36 | Romford | 1–3 | Clacton Town |
| 38 | Fleetwood | 1–2 | Clitheroe |
| 41 | Bilston | 3–1 | Cradley Heath |
| 44 | Briggs Sports | 0–0 | Dagenham (Abandoned in extra time) |
| 58 | Upton Colliery | 0–2 | Frickley Colliery |
| 69 | Nuneaton Borough | 2–5 | Hednesford Town |
| 82 | Eton Manor | 1–1 | Letchworth Town |
| 96 | Winsford United | 4–2 | Northwich Victoria |
| 101 | Flint Town United | 3–0 | Prescot Cables |
| 128 | Trowbridge Town | 4–1 | Warminster Town |
| 136 | Rawmarsh Welfare | 3–2 | Worksop Town |

### 2nd replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 44 | Briggs Sports | 1–3 | Dagenham |
| 82 | Letchworth Town | 0–3 | Eton Manor |

## 2nd qualifying round
### Ties

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Alnwick Town | 0–1 | Newburn |
| 2 | Ashton United | 2–1 | Horwich R M I |
| 3 | Atherstone Town | 2–0 | Rugby Town |
| 4 | Bangor City | 2–0 | New Brighton |
| 5 | Barnstaple Town | 4–2 | Bridgwater Town |
| 6 | Basingstoke Town | 2–0 | Alton Town |
| 7 | Bath City | 2–0 | Wells City |
| 8 | Beighton Miners Welfare | 6–0 | Rawmarsh Welfare |
| 9 | Billingham Synthonia | 6–1 | Head Wrightsons |
| 10 | Boots Athletic | 2–2 | Newhall United |
| 11 | Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic | 5–1 | Portland United |
| 12 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 1–0 | Bilston |
| 13 | Brush Sports | 3–1 | Coalville Town |
| 14 | Burscough | 2–4 | Netherfield |
| 15 | Bury Town | 1–1 | Stowmarket |
| 16 | Cambridge City | 3–3 | King's Lynn |
| 17 | Cambridge United | 0–0 | Wisbech Town |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 0–3 | Barry Town |
| 19 | Cheshunt | 0–1 | Eton Manor |
| 20 | Clacton Town | 6–2 | Tilbury |
| 21 | Clitheroe | 0–1 | Morecambe |
| 22 | Corby Town | 1–1 | Kettering Town |
| 23 | Creswell Colliery | 3–0 | Ransome & Marles |
| 24 | Crook Town | 1–2 | Spennymoor United |
| 25 | Dagenham | 0–1 | Grays Athletic |
| 26 | Denaby United | 1–0 | Grimethorpe Athletic |
| 27 | Devizes Town | 0–3 | Trowbridge Town |
| 28 | Dorchester Town | 6–1 | Ilminster Town |
| 29 | Dover | 5–3 | Ramsgate Athletic |
| 30 | Dulwich Hamlet | 3–3 | Wimbledon |
| 31 | Easington Colliery Welfare | 2–2 | Consett |
| 32 | East Grinstead | 0–1 | Lancing Athletic |
| 33 | Ebbw Vale | 0–3 | Llanelli |
| 34 | Ellesmere Port Town | 1–2 | Flint Town United |
| 35 | Eynesbury Rovers | 0–4 | Bedford Town |
| 36 | Ferryhill Athletic | 4–0 | Whitby Town |
| 37 | Finchley | 2–0 | Woodford Town |
| 38 | Frickley Colliery | 4–0 | South Kirkby Colliery |
| 39 | Goole Town | 3–3 | Farsley Celtic |
| 40 | Gothic | 0–5 | Great Yarmouth Town |
| 41 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 3–0 | Sittingbourne |
| 42 | Gresley Rovers | 0–5 | Ilkeston Town |
| 43 | Headington United | 2–0 | Maidenhead United |
| 44 | Hednesford Town | 0–3 | Bedworth Town |
| 45 | Hemel Hempstead | 1–2 | Wycombe Wanderers |
| 46 | Hexham Hearts | 3–5 | Ashington |
| 47 | Hitchin Town | 3–0 | Wolverton Town & B R |
| 48 | Horden Colliery Welfare | 3–0 | Blackhall Colliery Welfare |
| 49 | Ilfracombe Town | 2–0 | St Blazey |
| 50 | Kidderminster Harriers | 1–1 | Brierley Hill Alliance |
| 51 | Langold W M C | 0–4 | Norton Woodseats |
| 52 | Linby Colliery | 6–0 | Players Athletic |
| 53 | Mossley | 1–0 | Rossendale United |
| 54 | Peasedown Miners Welfare | 0–1 | Glastonbury |
| 55 | Retford Town | 1–4 | Boston United |
| 56 | Salisbury | 3–1 | Chippenham Town |
| 57 | Selby Town | 2–1 | Yorkshire Amateur |
| 58 | Sheringham | 2–2 | Beccles |
| 59 | Skegness Town | 2–0 | Grantham |
| 60 | South Normanton Miners Welfare | 3–0 | Whitwick Colliery |
| 61 | South Shields | 3–1 | Annfield Plain |
| 62 | Spalding United | 2–2 | Peterborough United |
| 63 | St Albans City | 1–1 | Hendon |
| 64 | Stalybridge Celtic | 2–2 | Altrincham |
| 65 | Sudbury Town | 4–0 | Lowestoft Town |
| 66 | Sutton United | 0–2 | Carshalton Athletic |
| 67 | Ushaw Moor | 4–1 | Silksworth Colliery Welfare |
| 68 | Uxbridge | 2–1 | Edgware Town |
| 69 | West Auckland Town | 1–2 | Evenwood Town |
| 70 | Winchester City | 1–3 | Newport I O W |
| 71 | Winsford United | 1–0 | Macclesfield |
| 72 | Worthing | 2–2 | Hastings United |

### Replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 10 | Newhall United | 0–2 | Boots Athletic |
| 15 | Stowmarket | 2–4 | Bury Town |
| 16 | King's Lynn | 5–1 | Cambridge City |
| 17 | Wisbech Town | 2–3 | Cambridge United |
| 22 | Kettering Town | 0–2 | Corby Town |
| 30 | Wimbledon | 5–2 | Dulwich Hamlet |
| 31 | Consett | 3–0 | Easington Colliery Welfare |
| 39 | Farsley Celtic | 3–4 | Goole Town |
| 50 | Brierley Hill Alliance | 1–2 | Kidderminster Harriers |
| 58 | Beccles | 2–1 | Sheringham |
| 62 | Peterborough United | 3–0 | Spalding United |
| 63 | Hendon | 3–1 | St Albans City |
| 64 | Altrincham | 2–1 | Stalybridge Celtic |
| 72 | Hastings United | 1–3 | Worthing |

## 3rd qualifying round
### Ties

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Ashton United | 2–1 | Mossley |
| 2 | Atherstone Town | 1–1 | Bedworth Town |
| 3 | Bangor City | 4–2 | Flint Town United |
| 4 | Barnstaple Town | 0–0 | Ilfracombe Town |
| 5 | Barry Town | 1–1 | Llanelli |
| 6 | Basingstoke Town | 2–4 | Newport I O W |
| 7 | Beighton Miners Welfare | 1–1 | Norton Woodseats |
| 8 | Billingham Synthonia | 5–0 | Ferryhill Athletic |
| 9 | Boston United | 3–2 | Skegness Town |
| 10 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 0–2 | Kidderminster Harriers |
| 11 | Brush Sports | 3–1 | South Normanton Miners Welfare |
| 12 | Bury Town | 3–0 | Sudbury Town |
| 13 | Cambridge United | 0–0 | King's Lynn |
| 14 | Carshalton Athletic | 3–4 | Wimbledon |
| 15 | Consett | 4–0 | South Shields |
| 16 | Corby Town | 0–0 | Peterborough United |
| 17 | Dorchester Town | 2–1 | Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic |
| 18 | Eton Manor | 0–1 | Finchley |
| 19 | Evenwood Town | 1–1 | Spennymoor United |
| 20 | Frickley Colliery | 1–1 | Denaby United |
| 21 | Glastonbury | 0–3 | Bath City |
| 22 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 2–1 | Dover |
| 23 | Grays Athletic | 2–1 | Clacton Town |
| 24 | Great Yarmouth Town | 2–1 | Beccles |
| 25 | Headington United | 6–2 | Wycombe Wanderers |
| 26 | Hendon | 3–1 | Uxbridge |
| 27 | Hitchin Town | 2–3 | Bedford Town |
| 28 | Horden Colliery Welfare | 3–1 | Ushaw Moor |
| 29 | Ilkeston Town | 4–0 | Boots Athletic |
| 30 | Lancing Athletic | 2–0 | Worthing |
| 31 | Linby Colliery | 0–0 | Creswell Colliery |
| 32 | Netherfield | 3–1 | Morecambe |
| 33 | Newburn | 1–4 | Ashington |
| 34 | Salisbury | 0–2 | Trowbridge Town |
| 35 | Selby Town | 4–1 | Goole Town |
| 36 | Winsford United | 0–1 | Altrincham |

### Replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 2 | Bedworth Town | 2–0 | Atherstone Town |
| 4 | Ilfracombe Town | 1–0 | Barnstaple Town |
| 5 | Llanelli | 3–0 | Barry Town |
| 7 | Norton Woodseats | 1–3 | Beighton Miners Welfare |
| 13 | King's Lynn | 4–0 | Cambridge United |
| 16 | Peterborough United | 5–3 | Corby Town |
| 19 | Spennymoor United | 4–1 | Evenwood Town |
| 20 | Denaby United | 3–4 | Frickley Colliery |
| 31 | Creswell Colliery | 0–0 | Linby Colliery |

### 2nd replay

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 31 | Creswell Colliery | 0–5 | Linby Colliery |

## 4th qualifying round

The teams that given byes to this round are: Bishop Auckland, Yeovil Town, Leytonstone, Guildford City, Chelmsford City, Gainsborough Trinity, Stockton, Dartford, Witton Albion, Weymouth, North Shields, Rhyl, Merthyr Tydfil, Hereford United, Scarborough, Wigan Athletic, Nelson, Worcester City, Tonbridge, Blyth Spartans, Wellington Town, Buxton, Folkestone and Gorleston

### Ties

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Ashington | 4–0 | Billingham Synthonia |
| 2 | Ashton United | 3–1 | Altrincham |
| 3 | Bath City | 3–0 | Trowbridge Town |
| 4 | Boston United | 3–2 | Frickley Colliery |
| 5 | Brush Sports | 0–1 | Hereford United |
| 6 | Buxton | 2–3 | Beighton Miners Welfare |
| 7 | Chelmsford City | 0–0 | Finchley |
| 8 | Consett | 1–3 | North Shields |
| 9 | Dartford | 0–3 | Hendon |
| 10 | Dorchester Town | 1–5 | Weymouth |
| 11 | Folkestone | 0–0 | Tonbridge |
| 12 | Gainsborough Trinity | 5–1 | Ilkeston Town |
| 13 | Gorleston | 1–4 | Leytonstone |
| 14 | Grays Athletic | 0–0 | King's Lynn |
| 15 | Great Yarmouth Town | 2–0 | Bury Town |
| 16 | Guildford City | 2–1 | Headington United |
| 17 | Horden Colliery Welfare | 2–1 | Blyth Spartans |
| 18 | Kidderminster Harriers | 1–1 | Bedworth Town |
| 19 | Lancing Athletic | 1–5 | Newport I O W |
| 20 | Llanelli | 1–0 | Ilfracombe Town |
| 21 | Nelson | 1–3 | Rhyl |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 2–1 | Bedford Town |
| 23 | Scarborough | 5–1 | Stockton |
| 24 | Selby Town | 4–2 | Linby Colliery |
| 25 | Spennymoor United | 1–1 | Bishop Auckland |
| 26 | Wellington Town | 1–0 | Worcester City |
| 27 | Wigan Athletic | 2–3 | Netherfield |
| 28 | Wimbledon | 4–2 | Gravesend & Northfleet |
| 29 | Witton Albion | 0–2 | Bangor City |
| 30 | Yeovil Town | 1–0 | Merthyr Tydfil |

### Replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 7 | Finchley | 3–0 | Chelmsford City |
| 11 | Tonbridge | 4–4 | Folkestone |
| 14 | King's Lynn | 0–2 | Grays Athletic |
| 18 | Bedworth Town | 0–2 | Kidderminster Harriers |
| 25 | Bishop Auckland | 2–1 | Spennymoor United |

### 2nd replay

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 11 | Folkestone | 0–2 | Tonbridge |

## 1952–53 FA Cup

See 1952–53 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.