Captain:

Home Grounds used:
Peel Park, Accrington

Away Grounds visited:
Turf Moor, Burnley; Blackburn Road, Oswaldtwistle; Bentgate, Haslingden; Alexandra Meadows, Blackburn; Dill Hall Lane, Enfield; Cliffe Park, Great Harwood

First XI playing record:
P 14     W 5     D 6     L 3

Click on this link for the season's First XI scorecards and results

32 players appeared in First XI matches for Accrington in 1873:
J Berry; W Boothman; W Boothman; WE Bryan; J Calvert; RG Calvert; T Calvert; WH Cronshaw; T Dobson; J Gregory; J Grimshaw; W Harris; J Haworth; G Holgate; T Holgate; J Houlker; GH Hoyle; J Lindley; F Morley; R Nuttall; J Pilkington; HJ Ramsbottom; HJ Ramsbottom; WB Rhodes; J Roberts; R Roberts; J Sanderson; J Smith; D Talbot; JW Walmsley; J Watson; F Wyld.