1923 British Home Championship

The 1923 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1922/23 season. It was won by the strongest of the Home Nations during the decade, Scotland who almost whitewashed the other three nations but ultimately were held to a 2-2 draw by England in the final, deciding match.

England and Scotland dominated the tournament, both winning their opening two matches. England began six months earlier than their opponents, defeating Ireland at home in October 1923. Scotland matched this result in their opening game in March 1924 and continued with a second victory over Wales, against whom England only managed a draw in Cardiff. In the final matches, Scotland drew with England, doing just enough to take the trophy by a single point. Ireland, playing for pride comprehensively beat Wales in the last match of the competition to come third.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = October 21, 1922
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Henry Chambers 2
goals2 =
stadium = The Hawthorns, West Bromwich----footballbox
date = March 3, 1923
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 0–1
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 =
goals2 = Andrew Wilson
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = March 5, 1923
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 2–2
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Fred Keenor, Ivor Jones
goals2 = Henry Chambers, Vic Watson
stadium = Ninian Park, Cardiff----footballbox
date = March 17, 1923
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Andrew Wilson 2
goals2 =
stadium = Love Street, Paisley----footballbox
date = April 14, 1923
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 2–2
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Andy Cunningham, Andrew Wilson
goals2 = Bob Kelly, Vic Watson
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = April 14, 1923
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 0–3
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 =
goals2 = Bobby Irvine 2, Billy Gillespie
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