1890 Home Nations Championship

1890 Home Nations Championship
1890 Home Nations Championship
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.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

1 February 1890

Wales	0–1	Scotland

Cardiff

15 February 1890

England	(0T) 0–0 (1T)	Wales

Dewsbury

22 February 1890

Scotland	1–0	Ireland

Edinburgh

1 March 1890

Scotland	0–1	England

Edinburgh

1 March 1890

Ireland	1–1	Wales

Dublin

15 March 1890

England	(3T) 0–0 (0T)	Ireland

London

Scoring system

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.

The matches

Wales v Scotland

1 February 1890

Gould

Try: Anderson
Boswell
Maclagan
Con: McEwan

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: A McAllister (Ireland)

Wales:

Stephen Thomas (Llanelli

)

Scotland:

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

)

England v Wales

15 February 1890

Scotland

)

England:

Moseley), Froude Hancock (Blackheath), FW Lowrie (Batley

)

Wales:

Stephen Thomas (Llanelli

)

Scotland v Ireland

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)

Ireland v Wales

1 March 1890

Thomas
Con: Bancroft

Lansdowne, Dublin
Referee: F Burnand (England)

Ireland:

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:

Jim Hannan (Newport), Tom Graham (Newport), Rowley Thomas (London Welsh

)