1931 British Home Championship

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The 1931 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1930/31 season. The trophy was shared between England and Scotland as at the time a win was only worth two points and a draw one. Thus despite England's dominace of the opening matches, their defeat to Scotland in the final game gave the Scots a share in the victory even though it was the only game they won.

England began the tournament in commanding fashion, with heavy defeats of Ireland and Wales in their opening matches. Scotland by contrast struggled, only managing draws with both opponents and coming close to being upset in both matches. Going into the final match, England were already assured of a winners position, and only needed to draw with Scotland to take the position unopposed. However this proved beyond them as the Scots ran out 2-0 winners in Glasgow. In the competition's final match, Wales and Ireland fought a furious battle for third place, with the Welsh just edging the victory 3-2.

[edit] Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
England	4	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6
Scotland	4	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2
Wales	3	3	1	1	1	4	7	-3
Ireland	1	3	0	1	2	3	8	-5

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

[edit] Results

October 20, 1930	England	5–1	Ireland	Bramall Lane, Sheffield
	Harry Burgess 2, Jimmy Hampson, Sammy Crooks, Eric Houghton		Jimmy Dunne	Bramall Lane, Sheffield

October 25, 1930	Scotland	1–1	Wales	Ibrox Park, Glasgow
	Barney Battles		Tommy Bamford	Ibrox Park, Glasgow

November 22, 1930	Wales	0–4	England	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
			Jimmy Hampson 2, Gordon Hodgson, Joe Bradford	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

February 21, 1931	Ireland	0–0	Scotland	Windsor Park, Belfast
				Windsor Park, Belfast

March 29, 1931	Scotland	2–0	England	Hampden Park, Glasgow
	George Stevenson, Jimmy McGrory			Hampden Park, Glasgow

April 22, 1931	Wales	3–2	Ireland	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
	Charlie Phillips, Tommy Griffiths, Freddie Warren		Jimmy Dunne, R.W.M. Rowley	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham