1930–31 British Home Championship

The 1930–31 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1930–31 season. The trophy was shared between England and Scotland as at the time a win was only worth two points and a draw one. Thus, despite England's dominance of the opening matches, their defeat to Scotland in the final game gave the Scots a share in the victory even though it was the only game they won.

1930–31 British Home Championship

Tournament details
Host country	England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Dates	20 October 1930 – 22 April 1931
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	England  Scotland (shared)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	19 (3.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jimmy Hampson (3)
← 1929–30 1931–32 →

England began the tournament in commanding fashion, with heavy defeats of Ireland and Wales in their opening matches. Scotland by contrast struggled, only managing draws with both opponents and coming close to being upset in both matches. Going into the final match, England were already assured of a winners position, and only needed to draw with Scotland to take the position unopposed. However this proved beyond them as the Scots ran out 2–0 winners in Glasgow. In the competition's final match, Wales and Ireland fought a furious battle for third place, with the Welsh just edging the victory 3–2.

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England (C)	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	4
Scotland (C)	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	4
Wales	3	1	1	1	4	7	−3	3
Ireland	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
(C) Co-champions

Results

England	5–1	Ireland
Burgess Hampson Crooks Houghton		Dunne

20 October 1930

Bramall Lane, Sheffield

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Scotland	1–1	Wales
Battles Jr. 43'		Bamford 6'

25 October 1930

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 23,106

Referee: Charles E. Lines (England)

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Wales	0–4	England
		Hampson Hodgson Bradford

22 November 1930

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

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Ireland	0–0	Scotland

21 February 1931

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Herbert Edward Hull (England)

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Scotland	2–0	England
Stevenson 61' McGrory 64'

28 March 1931

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 131,273

Referee: Alfred James Atwood (Wales)

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Wales	3–2	Ireland
Phillips Griffiths Warren		Dunne Rowley

22 April 1931

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

References

• British Home Championship 1919-20 to 1938-1939 - dates, results, tables and top scorers at RSSSF
• Guy Oliver (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.