1931 British Home Championship

The 1931 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

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

Results

footballbox
date = October 20, 1930
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 5–1
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Harry Burgess 2, Jimmy Hampson, Sammy Crooks, Eric Houghton
goals2 = Jimmy Dunne
stadium = Bramall Lane, Sheffield----footballbox
date = October 25, 1930
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Barney Battles
goals2 = Tommy Bamford
stadium = Ibrox Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = November 22, 1930
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 0–4
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 =
goals2 = Jimmy Hampson 2, Gordon Hodgson, Joe Bradford
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham----footballbox
date = February 21, 1931
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 0–0
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = March 29, 1931
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = George Stevenson, Jimmy McGrory
goals2 =
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = April 22, 1931
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 3–2
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Charlie Phillips, Tommy Griffiths, Freddie Warren
goals2 = Jimmy Dunne, R.W.M. Rowley
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

References

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