1885 Home Nations Championship

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1885 Home Nations Championship
Date3 January - 21 February 1885
Countries 
Taylor (1)
England Payne (1)
Top try scorer(s)Wales Jordan (2)
England Hawkridge (2)
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The 1885 Home Nations Championship was the third series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, but the tournament was not completed.

The 1885 Championship was notable for the disputes occurring between the Home Nation Unions which prevented a full tournament to be completed. England and Scotland refused to face each other due to the refereeing disagreement from their 1884 encounter, and Wales and Ireland also failed to meet due to union disputes.[2] The 1885 Championship also experienced a rare replay, when the Ireland versus Scotland game at Ormeau was abandoned after bad weather stopped play. The replay was played in Scotland.[2]

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  England 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 4
2  Scotland 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 3
3  Wales 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1
4  Ireland 2 0 0 2 0 1 −1 0
Source: [3]

The matches]

Wales vs. England

3 January 1885
CP Lewis (Wales
)

Wales:

Thomas Baker Jones (Newport), Samuel Goldsworthy (Swansea), Lewis Thomas (Cardiff
)

England:

Bradford), A Rotherham (Oxford University), JH Payne (Broughton), Frank Moss (Broughton), G Harrison (Hull), AT Kemble (Liverpool), RS Kindersley (Oxford University), HJ Ryalls (New Brighton), ED Court (Blackheath), RSF Henderson (Blackheath), A Teggin (Broughton), ET Gurdon (Richmond
) capt.

Scotland vs. Wales

Source:[5]

10 January 1885
Scotland 0G – 0G Wales
Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: GR Hill (England)

Scotland

Augustus Grant-Asher, Tom Ainslie, George Robb, John Jamieson, Robert Maitland, William Peterkin, Charlie Reid
, Charles Berry, John Tod, Gordon Mitchell

Wales:

Bob Gould, D Morgan, Thomas Baker-Jones, Samuel Goldsworthy, Lewis Thomas

England vs. Ireland]

7 February 1885
Whalley Range, Manchester
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: HS Lyne (Wales
)

England:

Halifax), ET Gurdon (Richmond
) capt.

Ireland: GH Wheeler (Queen's College, Belfast), EH Greene (

NIFC), WG Rutherford (Lansdowne
) capt.

Scotland vs. Ireland

Source:[6]

7 March 1885
Scotland 1G - 0G Ireland
Try: Reid
Peterkin
ARD Wauchope
Con: Veitch
Raeburn Place, Edinburgh
Referee: HC Kelly (Ireland)

Scotland James Veitch, Bill Maclagan (capt), Henry Evans, Gardyne Maitland, ARD (Bunny) Wauchope, Patrick Wauchope, Tom Ainslie, John Brown, John Jamieson, Walter Irvine, William Peterkin, Charlie Reid, Jack Tait, John Tod, Gordon Mitchell

Ireland: Robert Morrow, Ernest Greene, John Ross, Robert Warren, Daniel Ross, D.V. Hunter, J.A. Thompson, Thomas Lyle, Frederick Moore, Thomas Shanahan, Robert Bradshaw, Arthur Forrest (capt), Harry Neill, Jack Johnston, William Hogg

References

  1. ^ Six Nations roll of honour
  2. ^ a b Godwin (1984), pg 9.
  3. ^ "Home Nations 1885: Points table". espnScrum. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Historical Rugby Milestones 1880s". RugbyFootballHistory.com. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Scotland 0G - 0G Wales (FT): Home Nations - Glasgow, 10 January 1885". ESPN. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Scotland 1G - 0G Ireland (FT): Home Nations - Edinburgh, 7 March 1885". ESPN. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  • Godwin, Terry (1984). The International Rugby Championship 1883-1983. London: Willows Books.
    ISBN 0-00-218060-X
    .

Further reading
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