1900 Home Nations Championship

1900 Home Nations Championship
1900 Home Nations Championship
Date	6 January - 17 March 1900
Countries	England; Ireland; Scotland; Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	Wales (2nd title)
Triple Crown	Wales (2nd title)
Matches played	6
Top point scorer(s)	Bancroft (7); Gordon Smith (7)
Top try scorer(s)	Llewellyn (2); Robinson (2)
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The 1900 Home Nations Championship was the eighteenth 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.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Wales	3	3	0	0	28	6	+22	6
2	England	3	1	1	1	18	17	+1	3
3	Scotland	3	0	2	1	3	12	−9	2
4	Ireland	3	0	1	2	4	18	−14	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

6 January 1900

England	3–13	Wales

Gloucester

27 January 1900

Wales	12–3	Scotland

Swansea

3 February 1900

England	15–4	Ireland

Richmond

24 February 1900

Ireland	0–0	Scotland

Dublin

10 March 1900

Scotland	0–0	England

Edinburgh

17 March 1900

Ireland	0–3	Wales

Belfast

Scoring system

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.

The matches

England vs. Wales

6 January 1900

Scotland

)

England:

Moseley) capt., GH Marsden (Morley), James Baxter (Birkenhead Park), A Cockerham (Bradford Olicana), Wallace Jarman (Bristol), CT Scott (Cambridge Uni), FJ Bell (Northern), Robert William Bell (Cambridge Uni), S Reynolds (Richmond), W Cobby

(Hull)

Wales:

Fred Miller (Mountain Ash), Alfred Brice (Aberavon), Jehoida Hodges (Newport), George Boots (Newport), Dick Hellings (Llwynypia

)

Wales vs. Scotland

27 January 1900

St Helen's, Swansea
Referee: A Hartley (England

)

Wales:

Fred Miller (Mountain Ash), Alfred Brice (Aberavon), Jehoida Hodges (Newport), George Boots (Newport), George Dobson (Cardiff

)

Scotland: H Rottenburg (London Scottish), JE Crabbie (Edinburgh Acads), WH Morrison (Edinburgh Acads), Alec Boswell Timms (Edinburgh Uni), T Scott (Langholm), Jimmy Gillespie (Edinburgh Acads), FH Fasson (London Scottish), John Dykes (London Scottish), GC Kerr (Edingburugh Wands), WMC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads) TM Scott (Hawick), Mark Coxon Morrison (Royal HSFP) capt., FW Henderson (London Scottish), WJ Thomson (West of Scotland), David Bedell-Sivright (Cambridge Uni)

England vs. Ireland

3 February 1900

Scotland

)

England:

Alexander Todd (Blackheath

)

Ireland: PE O'Brien-Butler (

NIFC), M Ryan (Rockwell College), Samuel Irwin (Queen's Uni, Belfast), CE Allen (Derry), PC Nicholson (Dublin U), Arthur Meares (Dublin U), Jim Sealy (Dublin U), JJ Coffey (Lansdowne

)

Ireland vs. Scotland

24 February 1900

Ireland	0 – 0	Scotland

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: Dr. Badger (England)

Ireland:

NIFC), M Ryan (Rockwell College), HAS Irvine (?), CE Allen (Derry), PC Nicholson (Dublin U), TJ Little (Bective Rangers), Jim Sealy (Dublin U), J Ryan (Rockwell College

)

Scotland: H Rottenburg (London Scottish), WH Welsh (Edinburgh Acads), AR Smith (London Scottish), Alec Boswell Timms (Edinburgh Uni), T Scott (Langholm), RT Nielson (West of Scotland), JT Mabon (Jed-Forest), John Dykes (London Scottish), GC Kerr (Edingburugh Wands), James Greenlees (Cambridge Uni), TM Scott (Hawick) capt., JA Campbell (Cambridge Uni), FW Henderson (London Scottish), WP Scott (West of Scotland), R Scott (Hawick)