written by John Punshon
Source: VSF Year Book 1973

Home Team		v		Away Team
Preliminary Round Date not known
Albion Rovers	6	-	2	Clayton
Brighton	4	-	2	University of Melbourne
Broadmeadows	0	-	4	Ferntree Gully
Newporr	3	-	4	Dandenong City
Rosebud	2	-	1	Springvale
South Yarra	0	-	1	Waverley
Byes: Twenty-six teams
Round One Date not known
Altona City	6	-	2	Corio
Ballarat	1	-	8	Preston Makedonia
Bayswater	3	-	0	Prahran City
Chelsea	1	-	2	Brighton
Croydon City	6	-	0	Monash University
Dandenong City	0	-	2	Park Rangers
East Melbourne Helvetic	1	-	2	Albion Rovers
Essendon City	6	-	1	Sandringham
Essendon Lions	1	-	2	Eltham
Ferntree Gully	7	-	0	Doncaster Rovers
Mooroolbark	2	-	1	Green Gully
Prahran Slavia	2	-	1	Heidelberg City
St Albans	0	-	1	Moreland
Waverley	0	-	3	Frankston City
Western Suburbs	0	-	5	Ringwood United
Yallourn	23	-	0	Rosebud
Round Two Date not known
Brighton After extra time	2	-	2	Preston Makedonia After extra time
Essendon City	1	-	2	Frankston City
Ferntree Gully	4	-	1	Croydon City
Mooroolbark After extra time	3	-	0	Bayswater
Moreland	0	-	2	Prahran Slavia
Park Rangers	1	-	2	Eltham After extra time
Ringwood United	0	-	2	Albion Rovers
Yallourn After extra time	2	-	2	Altona City After extra time
Round Two Replays Date not known
Altona City	2	-	0	Yallourn
Preston Makedonia	3	-	0	Brighton
Quarter-Finals Date not known
Altona City	3	-	1	Mooroolbark
Eltham	0	-	3	Prahran Slavia
Frankston City	5	-	1	Ferntree Gully
Preston Makedonia	1	-	2	Albion Rovers After extra time
Sem-Finals Date not known
Albion Rovers	0	-	3	Altona City
Prahran Slavia	3	-	1	Frankston City
1972 Federation Cup Final Date not known
Altona City Hans van der Poel, Craig Copley, Ian Hynds, Keith Murray, John Collins, Brian Healey, Willi Cerny, Bill Taylor, Nat Little, Mike Micevski, Bruce Roberts (Alex Straubinger 80) Goals: Scorers not known	3	-	0	Prahran Slavia Mike O'Hara, Alan Copeland, Alan Sjo, Tony Harris, H Dastey, George Train, John Howie, Bobby Kent, Jimmy Train, Stuart Gilmour, Eddie Boyd (Pat McElhenney 55)