1891 British Home Championship

The 1891 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations. Despite strong showings from all four teams, England eventually won the trophy with victories in all three games including, as at the 1890 and 1892 competitions, matches against Wales and Ireland played simultaneously. Ireland notched up one of their highest ever wins, 7-2 over Wales, but still only finished third, whilst the Welsh ran Scotland close in their encounter, but untimately scored zero points.

Scotland and Ireland began the tournament with the Scots securing a narrow win in Glasgow. They extended their lead in Wrexham despite Wales playing well and nearly taking a draw, eventually going down 3-4. England then played their double on 7 March, scoring an aggregate of 10-2 as both the amateur and professional sides easily won their games over Wales and Ireland. Ireland and Wales played for pride in their final game, Ireland routing the Welsh in Belfast and finishing five goals ahead. In the tournament decider in Blackburn, England were too strong for the Scots in a close game and the result was an England victory, giving them the trophy undisputed.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = March 28, 1891
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 2–1
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = James Low, Thomas Waddell
goals2 = Olphie Stanfield
stadium = Celtic Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = March 21, 1891
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 3–4
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = John Bowlder 2, William Owen
goals2 = R. Boyd 2, James Logan, Robert Buchanan
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham----footballbox
date = March 7, 1891
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 6–1
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Tinsley Lindley 2, Billy Bassett, George Cotterill, Arthur Henfrey, Harry Daft
goals2 = T. Whiteside
stadium = Molineux, Wolverhampton----footballbox
date = March 7, 1891
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 4–1
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Johnny Goodall, Jack Southworth, Edgar Chadwick, Alf Milward
goals2 = Ned Howell
stadium = Newcastle Road, Sunderland----footballbox
date = February 7, 1891
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 7–2
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = William Dalton 3, Olphie Stanfield 2, George Gaffkin 2
goals2 = Albert Davies, John Bowlder
stadium = Ulsterville, Belfast----footballbox
date = April 6, 1891
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 2–1
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Johnny Goodall, Edgar Chadwick
goals2 = Francis Watt
stadium = Ewood Park, Blackburn

References

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