1894 Home Nations Championship | |||
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Date | 6 January - 17 March 1894 | ||
Countries |
England Ireland Scotland Wales | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Champions | Ireland (1st title) | ||
Triple Crown | Ireland(1st title) | ||
Matches played | 6 | ||
Top point scorer(s) | Lockwood (12) | ||
Top try scorer(s) |
Boswell (2) Lockwood (2) Lytle (2) | ||
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The 1894 Home Nations Championship was the twelfth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 6 January and 17 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 | Ireland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 6 |
2 | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 2 |
2 | Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 2 |
2 | Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 27 | −17 | 2 |
The matches for this season were decided on points scored. A try was worth three points, while converting a kicked goal from the try gave an additional two points. A dropped goal and a goal from mark were both worth four points. Penalty goals were worth three points.
6 January 1894 |
England | 24 – 3 | Wales |
Try:
Bradshaw Morfitt Lockwood Taylor Con: Lockwoood (3) Taylor GM: Taylor | Try: Parfitt |
Birkenhead Park,
Birkenhead Attendance: 7,000 Referee: James Aikman Smith ( Scotland) |
England: JF Byrne ( Moseley), F Firth ( Halifax), Charles Hooper ( Middlesex Wands.), S Morfitt ( West Hartlepool), R E Lockwood ( Heckmondwike) capt., EW Taylor ( Rockcliff), Cyril Wells ( Harlequins), F Soane ( Bath), J Hall ( North Durham), J Toothill ( Bradford), H Bradshaw ( Bramley), T Broadley ( Bingley), Harry Speed ( Castleford), William Eldon Tucker ( Cambridge U.), Alfred Allport ( Blackheath)
Wales: Billy Bancroft ( Swansea), Norman Biggs ( Cardiff), William McCutcheon ( Oldham), Arthur Gould ( Newport) capt., Conway Rees ( Llanelli), Percy Phillips ( Newport), Fred Parfitt ( Newport), Frank Mills ( Swansea), Charles Nicholl ( Llanelli), David Daniel ( Llanelli), Jim Hannan ( Newport), Frank Hill ( Cardiff), Arthur Boucher ( Newport), Tom Graham ( Newport), Wallace Watts ( Newport)
3 February 1894 |
England | 5 – 7 | Ireland |
Try:
Lockwood Con: Taylor | Try: John Lytle DG: Forrest |
Rectory Field,
Blackheath Referee: W M Douglas ( Wales) |
England: JF Byrne ( Moseley), F Firth ( Halifax), Charles Hooper ( Middlesex Wands.), S Morfitt ( West Hartlepool), R E Lockwood ( Heckmondwike) capt., EW Taylor ( Rockcliff), R Wood ( Liversedge RFC), F Soane ( Bath), J Hall ( North Durham), J Toothill ( Bradford), H Bradshaw ( Bramley), T Broadley ( Bingley), Harry Speed ( Castleford), William Eldon Tucker ( Cambridge U.), Alfred Allport ( Blackheath)
Ireland: W Sparrow ( Dublin U.), HG Wells ( Bective Rangers), S Lee ( NIFC), W Gardiner ( NIFC), Lucius Gwynn ( Dublin U.), WS Brown ( Dublin U.), Benjamin Tuke ( Bective Rangers), JN Lytle ( NIFC), Edmund Forrest ( Wanderers) capt., H Lindsay ( Dublin U.), Thomas Crean ( Wanderers), G Walmsley ( Bective Rangers), JH O'Conor ( Bective Rangers), CV Rooke ( Dublin U.), JH Lytle ( NIFC)
3 February 1894 |
Wales | 7 – 0 | Scotland |
Try:
Fitzgerald Drop: Fitzgerald |
Rodney Parade,
Newport Attendance: 20,000 Referee: EB Holmes ( England) |
Wales: Billy Bancroft ( Swansea), William Llewellyn Thomas ( Newport), Tom Pearson ( Oldham), Arthur Gould ( Newport) capt., Dai Fitzgerald ( Cardiff), Percy Phillips ( Newport), Fred Parfitt ( Newport), Frank Mills ( Swansea), Charles Nicholl ( Llanelli), David Daniel ( Llanelli), Jim Hannan ( Newport), Frank Hill ( Cardiff), Harry Day ( Newport), Tom Graham ( Newport), Wallace Watts ( Newport)
Scotland: J Rogerson (Kelvinside Acads.), GT Campbell ( London Scottish), Gregor MacGregor ( London Scottish) capt., James Gowans ( Cambridge U.), Henry Gedge ( London Scottish), JW Simpson ( Royal HSFP), William Wotherspoon ( West of Scotland), HF Menzies ( West of Scotland), JB Wright ( Watsonians), WMC McEwan ( Edinburgh Acads), A Dalgleish ( Gala), WR Gibson ( Royal HSFP), WB Cownie ( Watsonians), GT Neilson ( West of Scotland), Robert MacMillan ( London Scottish)
24 February 1894 |
Ireland | 5 – 0 | Scotland |
Try: Wells Con: John Lytle |
Lansdowne Road,
Dublin Referee: HL Ashmore ( England) |
Ireland: PJ Grant ( Bective Rangers), HG Wells ( Bective Rangers), S Lee ( NIFC), W Gardiner ( NIFC), Lucius Gwynn ( Dublin U.), WS Brown ( Dublin U.), Benjamin Tuke ( Bective Rangers), JN Lytle ( NIFC), EG Forrest ( Wanderers) capt., H Lindsay ( Dublin U.), Thomas Crean ( Wanderers), ATW Bond (Derry), JH O'Conor ( Bective Rangers), CV Rooke ( Dublin U.), JH Lytle ( NIFC)
Scotland: AWC Cameron ( Watsonians), GT Campbell ( London Scottish), Gregor MacGregor ( London Scottish), William Wotherspoon ( West of Scotland), HTS Gedge ( London Scottish), JW Simpson ( Royal HSFP), WP Donaldson ( Oxford U.), HTO Leggatt ( Watsonians), JD Boswell ( West of Scotland) capt., AH Anderson ( Glasgow Acads), A Dagleish ( Gala), WR Gibson ( Royal HSFP), WB Cownie ( Watsonians), GT Nielson ( West of Scotland), Robert MacMillan ( London Scottish)
17 March 1894 |
Scotland | 6 – 0 | England |
Try: Boswell (2) |
Raeburn Place,
Edinburgh Referee: W Wilkins ( Wales) |
Scotland: Gregor MacGregor ( London Scottish), James Gowans ( Cambridge U.), Willie Neilson ( Cambridge U.), GT Campbell ( London Scottish), HTS Gedge ( London Scottish), JW Simpson ( Royal HSFP), William Wotherspoon ( West of Scotland), HTO Leggatt ( Watsonians), JD Boswell ( West of Scotland) capt., WMC McEwan ( Edinburgh Acads), HF Menzies ( West of Scotland), WR Gibson ( Royal HSFP), WB Cownie ( Watsonians), WG Nielson (Merchiston Castle), Robert MacMillan ( London Scottish)
England: JF Byrne ( Moseley), F Firth ( Halifax), Charles Hooper ( Middlesex Wands.), S Morfitt ( West Hartlepool), Walter Jesse Jackson ( Halifax), EW Taylor ( Rockcliff) capt., Cyril Wells ( Harlequins), F Soane ( Bath), J Hall ( North Durham), William Walton ( Castleford), H Bradshaw ( Bramley), T Broadley ( Bingley), Harry Speed ( Castleford), Albert Elliott ( St. Thomas' Hosp.), Alfred Allport ( Blackheath)
10 March 1894 |
Ireland | 3 – 0 | Wales |
Pen: John Lytle |
Ulster Cricket Ground,
Belfast Referee: Robert Rainie ( Scotland) |
Ireland: PJ Grant ( Bective Rangers), R Dunlop ( NIFC), S Lee ( NIFC), W Gardiner ( NIFC), Lucius Gwynn ( Dublin U.), WS Brown ( Dublin U.), Benjamin Tuke ( Bective Rangers), JN Lytle ( NIFC), JH Lytle ( NIFC), EG Forrest ( Wanderers) capt., H Lindsay ( Dublin U.), Thomas Crean ( Wanderers), ATW Bond (Derry), JH O'Conor ( Bective Rangers), CV Rooke ( Dublin U.)
Wales: Billy Bancroft ( Swansea), Norman Biggs ( Cardiff), Tom Pearson ( Oldham), Jack Elliott ( Cardiff), Dai Fitzgerald ( Cardiff), Ralph Sweet-Escott ( Cardiff), Fred Parfitt ( Newport), Frank Mills ( Swansea), Fred Hutchinson ( Neath), David Daniel ( Llanelli), Jim Hannan ( Newport), Frank Hill ( Cardiff) capt., Harry Day ( Newport), David Nicholl ( Llanelli), Wallace Watts ( Newport)