1893–94 British Home Championship

The 1893–94 British Home Championship was an edition of the annual international football tournament played between the British Home Nations. It was won by Scotland in a close competition in which neither Scotland nor England lost a game but Scotland managed to accumulate one more point than England with a victory over Ireland.

Wales and Ireland began the tournament, Wales winning the match easily 4–1 and gaining an early advantage. Ireland's second match was against England and the Irish managed to hold their opponents to a 2–2 draw in a very tough match. England recovered to beat Wales, scoring five goals, but this total was matched by Scotland in their first match. Scotland also managed to beat Ireland, the Irish again only narrowly missing out on victory, losing 1–2. In the final game of the competition England and Scotland played, Scotland only needing a draw to achieve the trophy. Despite a very strong encounter, the Scots held England to a 2–2 draw and took the tournament by a single point.

Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Scotland	5	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4
England	4	3	1	2	0	9	5	+4
Wales	2	3	1	0	2	7	11	−4
Ireland	1	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

24 February 1894

Wales	4–1	Ireland
William Lewis 2 Edwin James 2		Olphie Stanfield

St Helens Rugby Ground, Swansea

3 March 1894

Ireland	2–2	England
Olphie Stanfield William Gibson		John Devey Fred Spiksley

Solitude, Belfast

12 March 1894

Wales	1–5	England
Jack Bowdler		John Veitch 3 Robert Gosling Own Goal

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

24 March 1894

Scotland	5–2	Wales
Davidson Berry 40' John Barker 44' Thomas Chambers 70' David Alexander 75' John Johnstone 85'		15', 40' Hugh Morris

Rugby Park, Kilmarnock

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Joseph McBride (Ireland)

31 March 1894

Ireland	1–2	Scotland
Olphie Stanfield 65'		25' (o,g,) Samuel Torrans 28' John Taylor

Solitude, Belfast

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Edward Phennah (Wales)

7 April 1894

Scotland	2–2	England
William Lambie 7' Sandy McMahon 75'		35' Johnny Goodall 85' Jack Reynolds

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 45,017

Referee: John Reid (Ireland)

References

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

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