1929 British Home Championship

The 1929 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1928/29 season. The competition was won by Scotland, who won all three matches with strong attacking football epitomised by Hughie Gallacher, who scored seven of his team's 12 goals in hat tricks over Wales and Ireland.

Both England and Scotland began strongly, England defeating the Irish at home, whilst the Scots did likewise against the Welsh in a commanding performance. England then became tournament front–runners by beating Wales away 3-2. Wales and Ireland drew 2-2 in the last game for the Welsh, a result which put both sides out of contention for tournament champion. Scotland's next match was in Ireland and the ensuing ten goal thriller made them favourites for the trophy as they put seven goals past the Irish, conceding three in return. In the final game, both England and Scotland performed strongly, but buoyed by their recent rout of the Irish in Belfast, Scotland secured the tournament with a late goal from Alec Cheyne.

Table

The points system worked as follows:
* 2 points for a win
* 1 point for a draw

Results

footballbox
date = October 22, 1928
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 2–1
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Joe Hulme, Dixie Dean
goals2 = Joe Bambrick
stadium = Goodison Park, Liverpool----footballbox
date = October 24, 1928
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 4–2
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Hugh Gallacher 3, James Dunn
goals2 = Willie Davies 2
stadium = Ibrox Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = November 17, 1928
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 2–3
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Fred Keenor, Jack Fowler
goals2 = Joe Hulme 2, Ernest Hine
stadium = Vetch Field, Swansea----footballbox
date = February 2, 1929
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 2–2
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Albert Mays, Freddie Warren
goals2 = Jackie Mahood, Andy McCluggage
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham----footballbox
date = February 23, 1929
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 3–7
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Joe Bambrick 2, R.W.M. Rowley
goals2 = Hugh Gallacher 4, Alex Jackson, Alex James
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = April 13, 1929
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 1–0
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Alec Cheyne
goals2 =
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow

References

*cite book
author= Guy Oliver| title=The Guinness Record of World Soccer
date=1992
publisher=Guinness
id=ISBN 0-851129-54-4