1893–94 British Home Championship

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.

1893–94 British Home Championship

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)
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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.

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Scotland (C)	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4	5
England	3	1	2	0	9	5	+4	4
Wales	3	1	0	2	7	11	−4	2
Ireland	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1

Source: ^[1][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

Wales	4–1	Ireland
Lewis 55', 82' James 40' Rea 75'		Stanfield 20'

24 February 1894

St Helens Rugby Ground, Swansea

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: John Campbell(Scotland)

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Ireland	2–2	England
Stanfield 70' Gibson 83'		Devey 43' Spiksley 55'

3 March 1894

Solitude, Belfast

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Thomas Park (Scotland)

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Wales	1–5	England
Bowdler 10'		Veitch 30', 55', 80' Gosling 85' Perry 31' (o.g.)

12 March 1894

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Thomas Park(Scotland)

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Scotland	5–2	Wales
Berry 40' Barker 44' Chambers 70' Alexander 75' Johnstone 85'		Morris 15', 40'

24 March 1894

Rugby Park, Kilmarnock

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Joseph McBride (Ireland)

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Ireland	1–2	Scotland
Stanfield 65'		Torrans 25' (o.g.) Taylor 28'

31 March 1894

Solitude, Belfast

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Edward Phennah (Wales)

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Scotland	2–2	England
Lambie 7' McMahon 75'		Goodall 35' Reynolds 85'

7 April 1894

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 45,017

Referee: John Reid (Ireland)

Winning squad

•  Scotland

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