1891–92 British Home Championship

The 1891–92 British Home Championship was an edition of the annual international football tournament played between the British Home Nations. It was won by England who won all three games against their rivals, even though they played two games on the same day against Wales and Ireland, providing a team of amateur players for the Welsh match and professionals against Ireland, both teams forging solid 2–0 victories. Scotland came second, winning their matches against Wales and Ireland, who shared third place after drawing with one another.

England's double victories came shortly after the Welsh-Irish draw in Bangor and it gave them an immediate advantage over their opponents. The Scottish team then played their games, narrowly beating Ireland in Belfast and defeating Wales by a crushing 6–1 scoreline to equal England's points tally and become favourites. In the final match at Glasgow, England and Scotland played out a decider which England won easily, scoring four early goals to which Scotland could only reply with a single goal of their own.

Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
England	6	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7
Scotland	4	3	2	0	1	10	7	+3
Ireland	1	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3
Wales	1	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

27 February 1892

Wales	1 – 1	Ireland
Benjamin Lewis		Olphie Stanfield

Penrhyn Park, Bangor

5 March 1892

Wales	0 – 2	England
		Arthur Henfrey Rupert Sandilands

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

5 March 1892

Ireland	0 – 2	England
		Harry Daft 2

Solitude, Belfast

19 March 1892

Ireland	2 – 3	Scotland
James Williamson 42' George Gaffikin 86'		17' Alex Keillor 28' William Lambie 70' James Ellis

Solitude, Belfast

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: John Taylor (Wales)

26 March 1892

Scotland	6 – 1	Wales
William Thomson 1' James Hamilton 8', 65' John McPherson 15', 44' Davie Baird 55'		87' Benjamin Lewis

Tynecastle, Edinburgh

Attendance: 600

Referee: John Reid (Ireland)

2 April 1892

Scotland	1 – 4	England
Jack Bell 80'		1' Edgar Chadwick 20', 26' Johnny Goodall 25' Jack Southworth

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Dr. John Smith (Scotland)

References

Guy Oliver (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.

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