1902 Home Nations Championship

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1902 Home Nations Championship
Date11 January – 15 March 1902
Countries England
 Ireland
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions Wales (3rd title)
Triple Crown Wales (3rd title)
Matches played6
Top point scorer(s)Wales Gabe (9)
Wales Llewellyn (9)
Top try scorer(s)Wales Gabe (3)
Wales Llewellyn (3)
1901 (Previous) (Next) 1903

The 1902 Home Nations Championship was the twentieth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 11 January and 15 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Wales won both the Championship and the Triple Crown, both for the third time in the country's history. After winning the Triple Crown the year before, Scotland disappointed by losing all three games of the 1902 tournament.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  Wales 3 3 0 0 38 13 +25 6
2  England 3 2 0 1 20 15 +5 4
3  Ireland 3 1 0 2 8 21 −13 2
4  Scotland 3 0 0 3 8 25 −17 0

Results

11 January 1902
England 8–9 Wales
London
1 February 1902
 Wales14–5 Scotland
Cardiff
8 February 1902
England 6–3 Ireland
Leicester
22 February 1902
Ireland 5–0 Scotland
Belfast
8 March 1902
Ireland 0–15 Wales
Dublin
15 March 1902
Scotland 3–6 England
Edinburgh

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

11 January 1902
 England8–9 Wales
Try: Dobson
Robinson
Con: Alexander
Try: Gabe
Osborne
Con: Strand-Jones (0/2)
Pen: Bancroft
Rectory Field, Blackheath, London
Referee: RW Jeffares (Ireland)

England:

JT Taylor (West Hartlepool), SF Coopper (Blackheath), B Oughtred (Hartlepool Rovers), PD Kendall (Birkenhead Park), G Fraser (Richmond), JJ Robinson (Headingley), TH Willcocks (Plymouth Albion), LR Tosswill (Exeter), H Alexander (Birkenhead Park) capt., Denys Dobson (Oxford Uni.), J Jewitt (Hartlepool Rovers), SG Williams (Devonport Albion
)

Wales:

)


Wales vs. Scotland

1 February 1902
 Wales14–5 Scotland
Try: Llewellyn (2)
Gabe (2)
Con: Strand-Jones
Try: Welsh
Con: Gillespie
Cardiff Arms Park Cardiff
Referee: P Gillard (England)

Wales:

)

Scotland: AW Duncan (

Clydesdale
)


England vs. Ireland

8 February 1902
 
Scotland
)

England:

John Daniell (Richmond) capt., LR Tosswill (Exeter), H Alexander (Birkenhead Park), Denys Dobson (Oxford Uni.), PF Hardwick (Percy Park), SG Williams (Devonport Albion
)

Ireland: J Fulton (

)


Ireland vs. Scotland

22 February 1902
 Ireland5–0 Scotland
Try: Gerry Doran
Con: Corley
Balmoral Showgrounds, Belfast
Referee: A. Hill (England)

Ireland: J Fulton (

NIFC
)

Scotland: AW Duncan (

Clydesdale
)


Ireland vs. Wales

8 March 1902
 
Scotland
)

Ireland: J Fulton (

NIFC
)

Wales:

)


Scotland vs. England

15 March 1902
 
Taylor
Inverleith, Edinburgh
Referee: FM Hamilton (Ireland)

Scotland: AW Duncan (

Clydesdale
)

England:

John Daniell (Richmond) capt., LR Tosswill (Exeter), Bernard Charles Hartley (Blackheath), Denys Dobson (Oxford Uni.), PF Hardwick (Percy Park), SG Williams (Devonport Albion
)

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