1892–93 British Home Championship

The 1892–93 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations. The competition was won and dominated by England, who beat all three rival teams and scored 17 goals in just three matches. Fred Spiksley claimed four and Walter Gilliat scored a hat-trick in the competition's opening game. Scotland came second with victories over Ireland and Wales, who finished third and fourth respectively.

1892–93 British Home Championship

Tournament details
Host country	England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Dates	25 February – 8 April 1893
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	England (6th title)
Runners-up	Scotland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	42 (7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fred Spiksley (6 goals)
← 1891–92 1893–94 →

England began as the strongest team, scoring twelve goals in the first two games against the Irish and the Welsh with only one in reply. Scotland too began well, winning their match against Wales in Wales by 8–0 before netting another six in a rout of Ireland at home. In the final games, England and Scotland played a match in London which England easily won 5–2 to whitewash their opponents and take the trophy. In a consolation game in Belfast, Ireland beat Wales 4–3 to finish third.

The official attendance for the England v. Scotland match was 16,000; the crowd was so large that it was forced to stand in front of the journalists who were therefore prevented from seeing all of the action. Consequently, there is some dispute over the goal-scorers: although it is not credited in any of the official references, it is now generally accepted that Spiksley scored a hat-trick.^[1]

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England (C)	3	3	0	0	17	3	+14	6
Scotland	3	2	0	1	16	6	+10	4
Ireland	3	1	0	2	6	15	−9	2
Wales	3	0	0	3	3	18	−15	0

Source: ^[2][3]
Rules for classification: 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
(C) Champions

Results

England	6–1	Ireland
Gilliat 8', 18', 30' Smith 43' Winckworth 60' Sandilands 75'		Gaffikin 9'

25 February 1893

Wellington Road, Birmingham

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Thomas R. Park (Scotland)

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England	6–0	Wales
Spiksley 25', 43', 88' Bassett 47' Goodall 49' Reynolds 75'

13 March 1893

Victoria Ground, Stoke

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: John Campbell (Scotland)

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Wales	0–8	Scotland
		Madden 4', 20', 47', 89' Barker 25', 30', 40' Lambie 65'

18 March 1893

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: William H. Stacey (England)

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Scotland	6–1	Ireland
Sellar 10', 27' Torrans 20' (o.g.) McMahon 28' Kelly 60' Hamilton 70'		Gaffikin 44'

25 March 1893

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: John Taylor (Wales)

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England	5–2	Scotland
Gosling 15' Cotterill 65' Spiksley 78', 80', 84'		Waddell 30' Sellar 55'

1 April 1893

Athletic Ground, Richmond

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: John Charles Clegg (England)

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Ireland	4–3	Wales
Peden 5', 50', 58' Wilton 82'		Owen 34', 80' Owen 8'

8 April 1893

Solitude, Belfast

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: John Campbell (Scotland)

Winning squad

•  England

Name	Apps/Goals by opponent			Total
	WAL[4]	IRE[5]	SCO[6]	Apps	Goals
Fred Spiksley	1/3		1/3	2	6
George Cotterill		1	1/1	2	1
Billy Bassett	1/1		1	2	1
Jack Reynolds	1/1		1	2	1
A.H. Harrison		1	1	2	0
Bob Holmes	1		1	2	0
Walter Gilliat		1/3		1	3
Rupert Sandilands		1/1		1	1
Gilbert Smith		1/1		1	1
William Winckworth		1/1		1	1
Cunliffe Gosling			1/1	1	1
John Goodall	1/1			1	1
Edgar Chadwick			1	1	0
Leslie Gay			1	1	0
Johnny Holt			1	1	0
George Kinsey			1	1	0
Chris Charsley		1		1	0
Norman Cooper		1		1	0
Frederick Pelly		1		1	0
Albert Smith		1		1	0
Robert Topham		1		1	0
Tommy Clare	1			1	0
Charlie Perry	1			1	0
J.W. Sutcliffe	1			1	0
Jimmy Turner	1			1	0
Jimmy Whitehead	1			1	0
Joseph Schofield	1			1	0