1947–48 British Home Championship

1948 British Home Championship
Tournament details
Host country	United Kingdom
Dates	4 October 1947 (1947-10-04) – 10 April 1948 (1948-04-10)
Teams	4
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	England
Runners-up	Wales
Third place	Ireland
Fourth place	Scotland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	16 (2.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tommy Lawton (2) Tom Finney (2) George Lowrie (2) Samuel Smyth(2)

1947–48 British Home Championship was the second edition of this annual football tournament to be played in the post-war period. It was conducted during the 1947–48 football season between the four Home Nations of the British Isles and resulted in a victory for England for the second year in a row.

England began the competition as they finished it, with a strong win over Wales in Cardiff, whilst Scotland were defeated 2–0 by Ireland in Belfast. The second round saw Scotland again defeated, this time by Wales at their home stadium in Glasgow. England meanwhile were held 2–2 by Ireland, leaving three teams still able to win at least a share in the trophy. In the final matches, Wales put an end to Ireland's hopes with a 2–0 victory but England managed to beat Scotland to clinch the championship.

Table

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

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

Ireland v Scotland

4 October 1947

Ireland	2 – 0	Scotland
Samuel Smyth 2

Windsor Park, Belfast

Wales v England

18 October 1947

Wales	0 – 3	England
		Tom Finney, Stan Mortensen, Tommy Lawton

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Scotland v Wales

12 November 1947

Scotland	1 – 2	Wales
Andy McLaren		Trevor Ford, George Lowrie

Hampden Park, Glasgow

England v Ireland

5 November 1947

England	2 – 2	Ireland
Tommy Lawton, Wilf Mannion		Peter Doherty, Davy Walsh

Goodison Park, Liverpool

Wales v Ireland

10 March 1948

Wales	2 – 0	Ireland
George Lowrie, George Edwards

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Scotland v England

10 April 1948

Scotland	0 – 2	England
		Stan Mortensen, Tom Finney

Hampden 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