1891 British Home Championship

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The 1891 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations. Despite strong showings from all four teams, England eventually won the trophy with victories in all three games including, as at the 1890 and 1892 competitions, matches against Wales and Ireland played simultaneously. Ireland notched up one of their highest ever wins, 7-2 over Wales, but still only finished third, whilst the Welsh ran Scotland close in their encounter, but untimately scored zero points.

Scotland and Ireland began the tournament with the Scots securing a narrow win in Glasgow. They extended their lead in Wrexham despite Wales playing well and nearly taking a draw, eventually going down 3-4. England then played their double on 7 March, scoring an aggregate of 10-2 as both the amateur and professional sides easily won their games over Wales and Ireland. Ireland and Wales played for pride in their final game, Ireland routing the Welsh in Belfast and finishing five goals ahead. In the tournament decider in Blackburn, England were too strong for the Scots in a close game and the result was an England victory, giving them the trophy undisputed.

[edit] Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
England	6	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9
Scotland	4	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1
Ireland	3	3	1	1	1	9	10	-1
Wales	0	3	0	0	3	6	15	-9

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

[edit] Results

March 28, 1891	Scotland	2–1	Ireland	Celtic Park, Glasgow
	James Low, Thomas Waddell		Olphie Stanfield	Celtic Park, Glasgow

March 21, 1891	Wales	3–4	Scotland	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
	John Bowlder 2, William Owen		R. Boyd 2, James Logan, Robert Buchanan	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

March 7, 1891	England	6–1	Ireland	Molineux, Wolverhampton
	Tinsley Lindley 2, Billy Bassett, George Cotterill, Arthur Henfrey, Harry Daft		T. Whiteside	Molineux, Wolverhampton

March 7, 1891	England	4–1	Wales	Newcastle Road, Sunderland
	Johnny Goodall, Jack Southworth, Edgar Chadwick, Alf Milward		Ned Howell	Newcastle Road, Sunderland

February 7, 1891	Ireland	7–2	Wales	Ulsterville, Belfast
	William Dalton 3, Olphie Stanfield 2, George Gaffkin 2		Albert Davies, John Bowlder	Ulsterville, Belfast