1930–31 British Home Championship

The 1930-31 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.

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

Results

England v Ireland

20 October 1930

England	5 – 1	Ireland
Harry Burgess 2, Jimmy Hampson, Sammy Crooks, Eric Houghton		Jimmy Dunne

Bramall Lane, Sheffield

Scotland v Wales

25 October 1930

Scotland	1 – 1	Wales
Barney Battles		Tommy Bamford

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Wales v England

22 November 1930

Wales	0 – 4	England
		Jimmy Hampson 2, Gordon Hodgson, Joe Bradford

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Ireland v Scotland

21 February 1931

Ireland	0 – 0	Scotland

Windsor Park, Belfast

Scotland v England

29 March 1931

Scotland	2 – 0	England
George Stevenson, Jimmy McGrory

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Wales v Ireland

22 April 1931

Wales	3 – 2	Ireland
Charlie Phillips, Tommy Griffiths, Freddie Warren		Jimmy Dunne, Dick Rowley

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

References

British Home Championship 1919-20 to 1938-1939 - dates, results, tables and top scorers at RSSSF
Guy Oliver (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.

British Home Championship

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