1892–93 British Home Championship

The 1892–93 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations. The competition was won and dominated by England, who beat all three rival teams and scored 17 goals in just three matches. Fred Spiksley claimed four and Walter Gilliat scored a hat-trick in the competition's opening game. Scotland came second with victories over Ireland and Wales, who finished third and fourth respectively.

England began as the strongest team, scoring twelve goals in the first two games against the Irish and the Welsh with only one in reply. Scotland too began well, winning their match against Wales in Wales by 8–0 before netting another six in a rout of Ireland at home. In the final games, England and Scotland played a match in London which England easily won 5–2 to whitewash their opponents and take the trophy. In a consolation game in Belfast, Ireland beat Wales 4–3 to finish third.

The official attendance for the England v. Scotland match was 16,000; the crowd was so large that it was forced to stand in front of the journalists who were therefore prevented from seeing all of the action. Consequently, there is some dispute over the goal-scorers and several sources claim that Spiksley actually scored a hat-trick, although it is not credited in any of the official references.

Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
England	6	3	3	0	17	3	+14
Scotland	4	3	2	1	16	6	+10
Ireland	2	3	1	2	6	15	−9
Wales	0	3	0	3	3	18	−15

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

England v Ireland

25 February 1893

England	6 – 1	Ireland
Walter Gilliat 3, Gilbert Smith, William Winckworth, Rupert Sandilands		George Gaffkin

Wellington Road, Birmingham

England v Wales

13 March 1893

England	6 – 0	Wales
Fred Spiksley 2, Billy Bassett, Johnny Goodall, Jack Reynolds, Joe Schofield

Victoria Ground, Stoke

Wales v Scotland

18 March 1893

Wales	0 – 8	Scotland
		Jake Madden 4, John Barker 3, William Lambie

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Scotland v Ireland

25 March 1893

Scotland	6 – 1	Ireland
William Sellar 2, Sandy McMahon, James Hamilton, James Kelly, Own Goal (Samuel Torrans)		George Gaffkin

Celtic Park, Glasgow

England v Scotland

1 April 1893

England	5 – 2	Scotland
Fred Spiksley 2, Robert Gosling, George Cotterill, Jack Reynolds		William Sellar 2

Athletic Ground, Richmond

Ireland v Wales

8 April 1893

Ireland	4 – 3	Wales
Jack Peden 3, J. M. Wilton		George Owen 2, William Owen

Solitude, 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