1884–85 British Home Championship

The 1884–85 British Home Championship was the second football tournament between the Home Nations and was, like the previous competition, won by a Scottish team which completely dominated proceedings. The English also performed well, beginning with a strong victory over Ireland but failing to capitalise on this start with 1–1 draws with Wales and Scotland. The Welsh thrashed Ireland 8–1 but were well beaten 8–2 by the Scots who won their final game in a similar scoreline against the Irish, who finished last having conceded 20 goals in three games. The Scots, who had scored 16 goals two games, would win (individually or shared) six of the first seven tournament.

Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Scotland	5	3	2	1	0	17	4	+13
England	4	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4
Wales	3	3	1	1	1	10	11	−1
Ireland	0	3	0	0	3	4	20	−16

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

England v Ireland

28 February 1885

England	4–0	Ireland
Joe Lofthouse, Charles Bambridge, Benjamin Spilsbury, James Brown

Whalley Range, Greater Manchester

Scotland v Ireland

14 March 1885

Scotland	8–2	Ireland
Alexander Higgins 3, William Turner, Alexander Barbour, W. Lamont, Robert Calderwood, John Marshall		John Gibb 2

Hampden Park, Glasgow

England v Wales

14 March 1885

England	1–1	Wales
Clement Mitchell		Job Wilding

Leamington Road, Blackburn

England v Scotland

21 March 1885

England	1–1	Scotland
Charles Bambridge		Joseph Lindsay

The Oval, London

Wales v Scotland

23 March 1885

Wales	1–8	Scotland
Robert Albert Jones		William Anderson 2, Joseph Lindsay 3, David Allan, Robert Calderwood 2

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Ireland v Wales

11 April 1885

Ireland	2–8	Wales
Alex Dill, T.B. Molyneux		Herbert Sisson 3, John Roach 2, William Owen, Tom Burke, Humphrey Jones

Ulster Cricket Ground, Belfast

References

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

British Home Championship

Football in the United Kingdom: England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Competitors	England 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 Home Nation matches since 1984