1890 Home Nations Championship | |||
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Date | 1 February - 15 March 1890 | ||
Countries |
England Ireland Scotland Wales | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Champions | England and Scotland | ||
Matches played | 6 | ||
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The 1890 Home Nations Championship was the eighth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 1 February and 15 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
1 | Scotland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
3 | Wales | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 |
4 | Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 |
The matches for this season were decided on goals scored. A goal was awarded for a successful conversion after a try, for a dropped goal or for a goal from mark. If a game was drawn, any unconverted tries were tallied to give a winner. If there was still no clear winner, the match was declared a draw.
1 February 1890 |
Wales | 1T – 1G 2T | Scotland |
Try: Gould | Try:
Anderson Boswell Maclagan Con: McEwan |
Cardiff Arms Park,
Cardiff Referee: A McAllister ( Ireland) |
Wales: Billy Bancroft ( Swansea), Charlie Thomas ( Newport), Arthur Gould ( Newport), Dickie Garrett ( Penarth), Percy Lloyd ( Llanelli), Evan James ( Swansea), William Stadden ( Cardiff), Frank Hill ( Cardiff) capt., Alexander Bland ( Cardiff), William Williams ( Cardiff), William Bowen ( Swansea), John Meredith ( Swansea), Walter Rice Evans ( Swansea), Jim Hannan ( Newport), Stephen Thomas ( Llanelli)
Scotland: Gregor MacGregor ( Cambridge Uni), Bill Maclagan ( London Scottish) capt., Henry Stevenson ( Edinburgh Acads), GR Wilson ( Royal HSFP), CE Orr ( West of Scotland), Darsie Anderson ( London Scottish), W Auld ( West of Scotland), JD Boswell ( West of Scotland), A Dalaglish ( Gala), A Duke ( Royal HSFP), Frederick Goodhue ( London Scottish), MC McEwan ( Edinburgh Acads), I MacIntyre (Edinburgh Wands), Robert MacMillan ( West of Scotland), JE Orr ( West of Scotland)
15 February 1890 |
England | nil – 1T | Wales |
Try: Stadden |
Crown Flatt,
Dewsbury Referee: Robert Rainie ( Scotland) |
England: William Grant Mitchell ( Richmond), Piercy Morrison ( Cambridge U.), Andrew Stoddart ( Blackheath) capt., James Valentine ( Swinton), JF Wright ( Bradford), Francis Hugh Fox ( Marlborough Nomads), Sammy Woods ( Cambridge U.), JH Dewhurst ( Richmond), Richard Budworth ( Blackheath), Frank Evershed ( Burton), JL Hickson ( Bradford), A Robinson ( Blackheath), John Rogers ( Moseley), Froude Hancock ( Blackheath), FW Lowrie ( Batley)
Wales: Billy Bancroft ( Swansea), Charlie Thomas ( Newport), Arthur Gould ( Newport) capt., Dickie Garrett ( Penarth), Percy Lloyd ( Llanelli), David Gwynn ( Swansea), William Stadden ( Cardiff), William Williams ( Cardiff), David William Evans ( Cardiff), William Bowen ( Swansea), John Meredith ( Swansea), Alexander Bland ( Cardiff), Willie Thomas ( London Welsh), Jim Hannan ( Newport), Stephen Thomas ( Llanelli)
22 February 1890 |
Scotland | 1T 1DG – nil | Ireland |
Try: Orr Drop: Boswell |
Raeburn Place,
Edinburgh Referee: HL Ashmore ( England) |
Scotland: Gregor MacGregor ( Cambridge Uni), Bill Maclagan ( London Scottish), Henry Stevenson ( Edinburgh Acads), GR Wilson ( Royal HSFP), CE Orr ( West of Scotland), Darsie Anderson ( London Scottish), JD Boswell ( West of Scotland), A Duke (Royal HSFP), Frederick Goodhue ( London Scottish), HT Ker (Glasgow Acads), MC McEwan ( Edinburgh Acads) capt., I MacIntyre (Edinburgh Wands), Robert MacMillan ( West of Scotland), DS Morton West of Scotland, JE Orr ( West of Scotland)
Ireland: HP Gifford ( Wanderers), RW Dunlop ( Dublin U.), RW Johnston ( Dublin U.), T Edwards ( Landsdowne), RG Warren ( Landsdowne) capt., AC McDonnell ( Dublin U.), WJN Davies (Besbrook), EF Doran ( Landsdowne), EG Forrest ( Wanderers), J Moffat (Belfast Albion), J Waites ( Bective Rangers), R Stevenson ( Dungannon), J Roche ( Wanderers), HA Richey ( Dublin U.), JH O'Conner ( Bective Rangers)
1 March 1890 |
Ireland | 1G – 1G | Wales |
Try: Dunlop Con: Roche | Try:
Thomas Con: Bancroft |
Lansdowne,
Dublin Referee: F Burnand ( England) |
Ireland: Dolway Walkington ( NIFC), RW Dunlop ( Dublin U.), RW Johnston ( Dublin U.), T Edwards ( Landsdowne), RG Warren ( Landsdowne) capt., AC McDonnell ( Dublin U.), J Moffat (Belfast Academy), HT Galbraith (Belfast Academy), J Waites ( Bective Rangers), JH O'Conner ( Bective Rangers), R Stevenson ( Dungannon), J Roche ( Wanderers), WJN Davis (Bessbrook), EF Doran ( Landsdowne), LC Nash ( Queen's College Cork)
Wales: Billy Bancroft ( Swansea), Charlie Thomas ( Newport), Arthur Gould ( Newport) capt., Dickie Garrett ( Penarth), George Thomas ( Newport), David Gwynn ( Swansea), Hugh Ingledew ( Cardiff), Frank Hill ( Cardiff), David William Evans ( Cardiff), William Bowen ( Swansea), Alexander Bland ( Cardiff), Willie Thomas ( London Welsh), Jim Hannan ( Newport), Tom Graham ( Newport), Rowley Thomas ( London Welsh)
1 March 1890 |
Scotland | nil – 1G 1T | England |
Try:
Evershed Dyson Con: Jowett |
Raeburn Place,
Edinburgh Referee: J Chambers ( Ireland) |
Scotland: Gregor MacGregor ( Cambridge Uni), Bill Maclagan ( London Scottish) capt., Henry Stevenson ( Edinburgh Acads), GR Wilson ( Royal HSFP), CE Orr ( West of Scotland), Darsie Anderson ( London Scottish), JD Boswell ( West of Scotland), A Dalglish ( Gala), Frederick Goodhue ( London Scottish), HT Ker (Glasgow Acads), MC McEwan ( Edinburgh Acads), I MacIntyre (Edinburgh Wands), Robert MacMillan ( West of Scotland), DS Morton West of Scotland, JE Orr ( West of Scotland)
England: William Grant Mitchell ( Richmond), Piercy Morrison ( Cambridge U.), Randolph Aston ( Cambridge U.), JW Dyson ( Huddersfield), Mason Scott ( Northern), Francis Hugh Fox ( Marlborough Nomads), Sammy Woods ( Cambridge U.), D Jowett ( Heckmondwike), Frank Evershed ( Burton), JL Hickson ( Bradford) capt., A Robinson ( Blackheath), John Rogers ( Moseley), H Bedford ( Morley), E Holmes ( Manningham) J Toothill ( Bradford)
15 March 1890 |
England | 3T – nil | Ireland |
Try:
Rogers Morrison Stoddart |
Rectory Field,
Blackheath Referee: AR Don-Wauchope ( Scotland) |
England: William Grant Mitchell ( Richmond), Piercy Morrison ( Cambridge U.), Randolph Aston ( Cambridge U.), Andrew Stoddart ( Blackheath) capt., Mason Scott ( Northern), FW Spence ( Birkenhead Park), Frank Evershed ( Burton), JL Hickson ( Bradford), Sammy Woods ( Cambridge U.), JT Toothill ( Bradford), D Jowett ( Heckmondwike), John Rogers ( Moseley), H Bedford ( Morley), E Holmes ( Manningham), A Robinson ( Blackheath),
Ireland: Dolway Walkington ( NIFC), RW Dunlop ( Dublin U.), RW Johnston ( Dublin U.), T Edwards ( Landsdowne), Benjamin Tuke ( Bective Rangers), RG Warren ( Landsdowne) capt., JN Lytle ( NIFC), EG Forrest ( Wanderers), J Waites ( Bective Rangers), JH O'Conner ( Bective Rangers), R Stevenson ( Dungannon), J Roche ( Wanderers), WJN Davis (Bessbrook), Victor Le Fanu ( Landsdowne), LC Nash ( Queen's College Cork)