1893–94 British Home Championship

The 1893–94 British Home Championship was an edition of the annual international football tournament played between the British Home Nations. It was won by Scotland in a close competition in which neither Scotland nor England lost a game but Scotland managed to accumulate one more point than England with a victory over Ireland.

Wales and Ireland began the tournament, Wales winning the match easily 4–1 and gaining an early advantage. Ireland's second match was against England and the Irish managed to hold their opponents to a 2–2 draw in a very tough match. England recovered to beat Wales, scoring five goals, but this total was matched by Scotland in their first match. Scotland also managed to beat Ireland, the Irish again only narrowly missing out on victory, losing 1–2. In the final game of the competition England and Scotland played, Scotland only needing a draw to achieve the trophy. Despite a very strong encounter, the Scots held England to a 2–2 draw and took the tournament by a single point.

Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Scotland	5	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4
England	4	3	1	2	0	9	5	+4
Wales	2	3	1	0	2	7	11	−4
Ireland	1	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

Wales v Ireland

24 February 1894

Wales	4 – 1	Ireland
William Lewis 2, Edwin James 2		Olphie Stanfield

St Helens Rugby Ground, Swansea

Ireland v England

3 March 1894

Ireland	2 – 2	England
Olphie Stanfield, William Gibson		John Devey, Fred Spiksley

Solitude, Belfast

Wales v England

12 March 1894

Wales	1 – 5	England
Jack Bowdler		John Veitch 3, Robert Gosling, Own Goal

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Scotland v Wales

24 March 1894

Scotland	5 – 2	Wales
Davidson Berry, John Barker, Thomas Chambers, David Alexander, John Johnstone		Hugh Morris 2

Rugby Park, Kilmarnock

Ireland v Scotland

31 March 1894

Ireland	1 – 2	Scotland
Olphie Stanfield		John Taylor Own Goal (Samuel Torrens)

Solitude, Belfast

Scotland v England

7 April 1894

Scotland	2 – 2	England
William Lambie, Sandy McMahon		Johnny Goodall, Jack Reynolds

Celtic Park, Glasgow

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