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International football competition From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1899–1900 British Home Championship was an edition of the annual football tournament played between the British Home Nations. Conducted in the second half of the 1899–1900 season, it was dominated by Scotland who achieved a whitewash of their opponents by winning all three games. Wales and England shared second place, with Ireland bringing up the rear.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales |
Dates | 3 February – 7 April 1900 |
Teams | 4 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
Goals scored | 21 (3.5 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Wales and Ireland began the competition in Llandudno, the Welsh side winning 2–0 to take immediate advantage. Ireland then returned to Belfast to play Scotland, where they again lost, conceding three without reply. In Cardiff, Wales and England played out a draw giving both a chance of success in the tournament before Wales' hopes were ended by a heavy 5–2 defeat by Scotland in Aberdeen. In the final fixture Scotland were much too strong for England, dominating the match and winning 4–1 to complete three victories and win the competition.
Scotland ![]() | 5–2 | ![]() |
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Bell ![]() Wilson ![]() RC Hamilton ![]() Smith ![]() |
Scottish FA | Parry ![]() Butler ![]() |
Ireland ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Scottish FA | Campbell ![]() Smith ![]() |
Scotland ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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McColl ![]() Bell ![]() |
Steve Bloomer ![]() |
Name | Apps/Goals by opponent | Total | |||
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![]() WAL[4] |
![]() IRE[5] |
![]() ENG[6] |
Apps | Goals | |
Alex Smith | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Nicol Smith | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Bob McColl | 1 | 1/3 | 2 | 3 | |
Jack Bell | 1/1 | 1/1 | 2 | 2 | |
John Campbell | 1/2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
Neilly Gibson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Harry Rennie | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Jackie Robertson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Bobby Walker | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
David Wilson | 1/2 | 1 | 2 | ||
Bob Hamilton | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Jock Drummond | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Alex Raisbeck | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
David Crawford | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Matthew Dickie | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
James Irons | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bobby Neil | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Patrick Callaghan | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Robert Glen | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Harry Marshall | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Willie Orr | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
William Stewart | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
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