1893–94 British Home Championship

1893–94 British Home Championship
Tournament details
Host country	England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Dates	24 February – 7 April 1894
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Scotland (5th title)
Runners-up	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	29 (4.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	John Veitch(3 goals)
	← 1892–93 1894–95 →

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

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
(C) Champions

Results

24 February 1894

Wales	4–1	Ireland
55', 82' William Lewis 40' Edwin James 75' Jack Rea		20' Olphie Stanfield

St Helens Rugby Ground, Swansea

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: John Campbell(Scotland)

3 March 1894

Ireland	2–2	England
70' Olphie Stanfield 83'William Gibson		43' John Devey 55' Fred Spiksley

Solitude, Belfast

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Thomas Park (Scotland)

12 March 1894

Wales	1–5	England
10' Jack Bowdler		30', 55', 80' John Veitch 85' Robert Gosling 31', o.g.' Charlie Perry

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Thomas Park(Scotland)

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.) Sam Torrans 28' Jack 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

^ "British Championship 1894". eu-football.info. Retrieved 3 April 2020.

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

[EU_Football-1] "British Championship 1894". eu-football.info. Retrieved 3 April 2020.

[1]

v t e British Home Championship
Football in the United Kingdom: England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Competitors	England Ireland / Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Seasons	1883–84 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 First World War 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 Second World War 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84
Rous Cup Nations Cup Matches outside the British Home Championship