1929 British Home Championship

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The 1929 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1928/29 season. The competition was won by Scotland, who won all three matches with strong attacking football epitomised by Hughie Gallacher, who scored seven of his team's 12 goals in hat tricks over Wales and Ireland.

Both England and Scotland began strongly, England defeating the Irish at home, whilst the Scots did likewise against the Welsh in a commanding performance. England then became tournament front–runners by beating Wales away 3-2. Wales and Ireland drew 2-2 in the last game for the Welsh, a result which put both sides out of contention for tournament champion. Scotland's next match was in Ireland and the ensuing ten goal thriller made them favourites for the trophy as they put seven goals past the Irish, conceding three in return. In the final game, both England and Scotland performed strongly, but buoyed by their recent rout of the Irish in Belfast, Scotland secured the tournament with a late goal from Alec Cheyne.

[edit] Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Scotland	6	3	3	0	0	12	5	+7
England	4	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1
Wales	1	3	0	1	2	6	9	-3
Ireland	1	3	0	1	2	6	11	-5

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

[edit] Results

October 22, 1928	England	2–1	Ireland	Goodison Park, Liverpool
	Joe Hulme, Dixie Dean		Joe Bambrick	Goodison Park, Liverpool

October 24, 1928	Scotland	4–2	Wales	Ibrox Park, Glasgow
	Hugh Gallacher 3, James Dunn		Willie Davies 2	Ibrox Park, Glasgow

November 17, 1928	Wales	2–3	England	Vetch Field, Swansea
	Fred Keenor, Jack Fowler		Joe Hulme 2, Ernest Hine	Vetch Field, Swansea

February 2, 1929	Wales	2–2	Ireland	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
	Albert Mays, Freddie Warren		Jackie Mahood, Andy McCluggage	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

February 23, 1929	Ireland	3–7	Scotland	Windsor Park, Belfast
	Joe Bambrick 2, R.W.M. Rowley		Hugh Gallacher 4, Alex Jackson, Alex James	Windsor Park, Belfast