1884–85 British Home Championship

The 1884–85 British Home Championship was the second football tournament between the Home Nations and was, like the previous competition, won by a Scottish team which completely dominated proceedings. The English also performed well, beginning with a strong victory over Ireland but failing to capitalise on this start with 1–1 draws with Wales and Scotland. The Welsh thrashed Ireland 8–1 but were well beaten 8–2 by the Scots who won their final game in a similar scoreline against the Irish, who finished last having conceded 20 goals in three games. The Scots, who had scored 16 goals two games, would win (individually or shared) six of the first seven tournament.

Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Scotland	5	3	2	1	0	17	4	+13
England	4	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4
Wales	3	3	1	1	1	10	11	−1
Ireland	0	3	0	0	3	4	20	−16

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

28 February 1885

England	4–0	Ireland
Joe Lofthouse Charles Bambridge Benjamin Spilsbury James Brown

Whalley Range, Greater Manchester

14 March 1885

Scotland	8–2	Ireland
W. Lamont 10' William Turner 12' Robert Calderwood 15' John Marshall 35' Alex Higgins 51', 60', 70' Alexander Barbour 53'		85', 90' John Gibb

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: William Pierce Dix (England)

14 March 1885

England	1–1	Wales
Clement Mitchell		Job Wilding

Leamington Road, Blackburn

21 March 1885

England	1–1	Scotland
Charles Bambridge 57'		20' Joseph Lindsay

The Oval, London

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: John Sinclair (Ireland)

23 March 1885

Wales	1–8	Scotland
Robert Albert Jones 50'	Scottish FA	8', 80' Robert Calderwood 20', 76' William Anderson 30' David Allan 56', 84', 88' Joseph Lindsay

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Robert M. Sloane (England)

11 April 1885

Ireland	2–8	Wales
Alex Dill Tom Molyneux		Herbert Sisson 3 John Roach 2 William Owen Tom Burke Humphrey Jones

Ulster Cricket Ground, Belfast

References

Guy Oliver (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.

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