1892–93 British Home Championship

The 1892–93 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations. The competition was won and dominated by England, who beat all three rival teams and scored 17 goals in just three matches. Fred Spiksley claimed four and Walter Gilliat scored a hat-trick in the competition's opening game. Scotland came second with victories over Ireland and Wales, who finished third and fourth respectively.

England began as the strongest team, scoring twelve goals in the first two games against the Irish and the Welsh with only one in reply. Scotland too began well, winning their match against Wales in Wales by 8–0 before netting another six in a rout of Ireland at home. In the final games, England and Scotland played a match in London which England easily won 5–2 to whitewash their opponents and take the trophy. In a consolation game in Belfast, Ireland beat Wales 4–3 to finish third.

The official attendance for the England v. Scotland match was 16,000; the crowd was so large that it was forced to stand in front of the journalists who were therefore prevented from seeing all of the action. Consequently, there is some dispute over the goal-scorers: although it is not credited in any of the official references, it is now generally accepted that Spiksley scored a hat-trick.^[1]

Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
England	6	3	3	0	17	3	+14
Scotland	4	3	2	1	16	6	+10
Ireland	2	3	1	2	6	15	−9
Wales	0	3	0	3	3	18	−15

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

25 February 1893

England	6 – 1	Ireland
Walter Gilliat 8', 18', 30' Gilbert Smith 43' William Winckworth 60' Rupert Sandilands 75'	[1]	9' George Gaffikin

Wellington Road, Birmingham

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Thomas R. Park (Scotland)

13 March 1893

England	6 – 0	Wales
Fred Spiksley 25', 43', 88' Billy Bassett 47' John Goodall 49' Jack Reynolds 75'	[2]

Victoria Ground, Stoke

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: John Campbell (Scotland)

18 March 1893

Wales	0 – 8	Scotland
	[3]	4', 20', 47', 89' Jake Madden 25', 30', 40' John Barker 65' William Lambie

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: William H. Stacey (England)

25 March 1893

Scotland	6 – 1	Ireland
William Sellar 10', 27' Sam Torrans 20' (o.g.) Sandy McMahon 28' James Kelly 60' James Hamilton 70'	[4]	44' George Gaffikin

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: John Taylor (Wales)

1 April 1893

England	5 – 2	Scotland
Robert Gosling 15' George Cotterill 65' Fred Spiksley 78', 80', 84'	[5] [6]	30' Tom Waddell 55' William Sellar

Athletic Ground, Richmond

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: John Charles Clegg (England)

8 April 1893

Ireland	4 – 3	Wales
Jack Peden 3 James Wilton		George Owen 2 William Owen

Solitude, Belfast

References

^ "England players: Fred Spiksley". englandfootballonline. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

Bibliography

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

[1] "England players: Fred Spiksley". englandfootballonline. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

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