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The 1893–94 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 accumulate one more point than England with a victory over Ireland.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales |
| Dates | 24 February – 7 April 1894 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Scotland (7th title) |
| Runners-up |  England |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Goals scored | 29 (4.83 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Olphie Stanfield John Veitch(3 goals) |
← 1892–93 1894–95 → | |
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.
| Name | Apps/Goals by opponent | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 WAL[4] |
IRE[5] |
ENG[6] |
Apps | Goals | |
| David Alexander | 1/1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| James Blessington | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| David Crawford | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| William Lambie | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sandy McMahon | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jack Taylor | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Barker | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Davidson Berry | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Chambers | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Johnstone | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Isaac Begbie | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dan Doyle | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Gulliland | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Haddow | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Andrew McCreadie | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John McPherson | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Donald Sillars | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank Barrett | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jock Drummond | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sandy Keillor | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Longair | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Marshall | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Scott | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Stewart | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Andrew Baird | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Foyers | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Kelly | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Edward McBain | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Andy Stewart | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
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