1911–12 British Home Championship

1911–1912 British Home Championship
Tournament details
Host country	England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Dates	10 February – 13 April 1912
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Shared: England/ Scotland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	22 (3.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Harold John Fleming and George Holley (3 goals)
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The 1911–12 British Home Championship was a football competition played between the British Home Nations during the second half of the 1911–12 season. England and Scotland shared the trophy after both beat Wales and Ireland and then drew the deciding match at Hampden Park. Ireland took third place after beating Wales in an exciting 3–2 win away in Cardiff. Wales, who came last with zero points, lost all three matches and conceded six goals.

England began the competition with a 6–1 thrashing of Ireland in Dublin, giving them the immediate advantage and making them favourites for the title, having won four of the previous five tournaments. Scotland too began with a win, a more subdued 1–0 victory over the Welsh. Scotland followed this with a 4–1 win in Belfast, briefly taking the top of the table before England joined them by beating Wales 2–0 in Wrexham. In the deciding game in Glasgow, Scotland and England played out a tough 1–1 draw. As neither side had broken the deadlock, both shared the tournament. In the final match, Wales and Ireland played a gripping game for third place, the Irish taking it by a single goal.

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England (C)	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	5
Scotland (C)	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5
Ireland	3	1	0	2	5	12	−7	2
Wales	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

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) Co-champions

Results

10 February 1912

Ireland	1 – 6	England
Mickey Hamill 35'		12', 40', 64' Harold Fleming 17' George Holley 50' Bert Freeman 85' Jock Simpson

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Alexander A. Jackson (Scotland)

2 March 1912

Scotland	1 – 0	Wales
Jimmy Quinn 87'

Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: James Mason (England)

16 March 1912

Ireland	1 – 4	Scotland
James McKnight 42' (Pen.)		8', 23' Walter Aitkenhead 60' William Reid 70' Bobby Walker

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Herbert S. Bamlett (England)

11 March 1912

Wales	0 – 2	England
		2' George Holley 41' Bert Freeman

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Tom Dougray (Scotland)

23 March 1912

Scotland	1 – 1	England
Andrew Wilson 7'		13' George Holley

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 127,307

Referee: James Mason (England)

13 April 1912

Wales	2 – 3	Ireland
30' Billy Davies 53' David Davies		61' Jack McCandless 65' Batty Brennan 85' Frank Thompson^[2]

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Herbert Bamlett (England)

References

^ "British Championship 1912". EU-Football. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
^ "Wales vs Ireland, 13 April 1912". EU-Football. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

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

[EUF-1] "British Championship 1912". EU-Football. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

[EUF2-2] "Wales vs Ireland, 13 April 1912". EU-Football. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

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