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.
Despite the Football Association re-introducing a sixth qualifying round in this season's competition, the early stages of the tournament were decimated by withdrawals and forfeits caused by wartime travel restrictions and the significant loss of playing personnel to front lines in Europe.
Sixteen Southern League sides were given byes to the First Round to bring the total number of teams up to 64.
It was the last FA Cup final to be staged before competitive football was abandoned in Britain because of the First World War.