1892 British Home Championship

The 1892 British Home Championship was an edition of the annual international football tournament played between the British Home Nations. It was won by England who won all three games against their rivals, even though they played two games on the same day against Wales and Ireland, providing a team of amateaur players for the Welsh match and professionals against Ireland, both teams forging solid 2-0 victories. Scotland came second, winning their matches against Wales and Ireland, who shared third place after drawing with one another.

England's double victories came shortly after the Welsh-Irish draw in Bangor and it gave them an immediate advantage over their opponents. The Scottish team then played their games, narrowly beating Ireland in Belfast and defeating Wales by a crushing 6-1 scoreline to equal England's points tally and become favourites. In the final match at Glasgow, England and Scotland played out a decider which England won easily, scoring four early goals to which Scotland could only reply with a single goal of their own.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = February 27, 1892
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = William Lewis
goals2 = Olphie Stanfield
stadium = Penryhn, Bangor----footballbox
date = March 5, 1892
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 0–2
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 =
goals2 = Arthur Henfrey, Rupert Sandilands
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham----footballbox
date = March 5, 1892
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 0–2
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 =
goals2 = Harry Daft 2
stadium = Solitude Ground, Belfast----footballbox
date = March 19, 1892
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 2–3
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = James Williamson, George Gaffkin
goals2 = Sandy McMahon, William Lambie, J. Ellis
stadium = Solitude Ground, Belfast----footballbox
date = March 26, 1892
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 6–1
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = James Hamilton 2, John McPherson 2, William Thomson, David Baird
goals2 = Benjamin Lewis
stadium = Tynecastle, Edinburgh----footballbox
date = April 2, 1892
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 1–4
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Jack Bell
goals2 = Johnny Goodall 2, Edgar Chadwick, Jack Southworth
stadium = Ibrox 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