1894 British Home Championship

The 1894 British Home Championship was an edition of the annual international football tournament played between the British Home Nations. It was won by Scotland in a close competition in which neither Scotland nor England lost a game but Scotland managed to accumalate one more point than England with a victory over Ireland.

Wales and Ireland began the tournament, Wales winning the match easily 4-1 and gaining an early advantage. Ireland's second match was against England and the Irish managed to hold their opponents to a 2-2 draw in a very tough match. England recovered to beat Wales, scoring five goals but this total was matched by Scotland in their first match. Scotland also managed to beat Ireland, the Irish again only narrowly missing out on victory, losing 1-2. In the final game of the competition England and Scotland played, Scotland only needing a draw to achieve the trophy. Despite a very strong encounter, the Scots held England to a 2-2 draw and took the tournament by a single point.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = February 24, 1894
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 4–1
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = William Lewis 2, Edwin James 2
goals2 = Olphie Stanfield
stadium = St Helens Rugby Ground, Swansea----footballbox
date = March 3, 1894
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 2–2
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Olphie Stanfield, William Gibson
goals2 = John Devey, Fred Spiksley
stadium = Solitude Ground, Belfast----footballbox
date = March 12, 1894
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 1–5
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = John Bowlder
goals2 = John Veitch 3, Robert Gosling, "Own Goal"
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham----footballbox
date = March 24, 1894
team1 = fb|WAL
score = 2–5
team2 = fb-rt|SCO
goals1 = Hugh Morris 2
goals2 = Davidson Berry, John Barker, Thomas Chambers, David Alexander, John Johnstone | stadium = Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff----footballbox
date = March 31, 1894
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 1–2
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Olphie Stanfield
goals2 = John Taylor "Own Goal" (Samuel Torrens)
stadium = Solitude Ground, Belfast----footballbox
date = April 7, 1894
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 2–2
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = William Lambie, Sandy McMahon
goals2 = Johnny Goodall, Jack Reynolds
stadium = Celtic 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