1893 Home Nations Championship

1893 Home Nations Championship
1893 Home Nations Championship
Date	17 January - 11 March 1893
Countries	England; Ireland; Scotland; Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	Wales (1st title)
Triple Crown	Wales (1st title)
Matches played	6
Top point scorer(s)	Bancroft (9)
Top try scorer(s)	Marshall (3)
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The 1893 Home Nations Championship was the eleventh series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 17 January and 11 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. In winning all three matches, Wales won the Championship for the first time and also took the Triple Crown.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Wales	3	3	0	0	23	11	+12	6
2	Scotland	3	1	1	1	8	9	−1	3
3	England	3	1	0	2	15	20	−5	2
4	Ireland	3	0	1	2	0	6	−6	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

7 January 1893

Wales	12–11	England

Cardiff

4 February 1893

Ireland	0–4	England

Dublin

4 February 1893

Scotland	0–9	Wales

Edinburgh

18 February 1893

Ireland	0–0	Scotland

Belfast

4 March 1893

England	0–8	Scotland

Leeds

11 March 1893

Wales	2–0	Ireland

Llanelli

Scoring system

The matches for this season were decided on points scored. A try was worth two points, while converting a kicked goal from the try gave an additional three points. A dropped goal and a goal from mark were both worth four points. Penalty goals were worth three points.

The matches

Wales vs. England

January 7, 1893

Wales	12 – 11	England
Try: Gould (2) Biggs Con: Bancroft Pen: Bancroft		Try: Marshall (3) Lohden Con: Stoddart

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: David Morton (Scotland)

Wales: Billy Bancroft (Swansea), Norman Biggs (Cardiff), William McCutcheon (Swansea), Arthur Gould (Newport) capt., Conway Rees (Llanelli), Percy Phillips (Newport), Fred Parfitt (Newport), Frank Mills (Swansea), Charles Nicholl (Llanelli), Harry Day (Newport), Jim Hannan (Newport), Frank Hill (Cardiff), Arthur Boucher (Newport), Tom Graham (Newport), Wallace Watts (Newport)

England: Edwin Field (Cambridge U.), Andrew Stoddart (Blackheath) capt., RE Lockwood (Heckmondwike), Frederic Alderson (Hartlepool Rovers), Howard Marshall (Blackheath), FR de Winton (Blackheath), Frank Evershed (Blackheath), JH Greenwell (Rockcliff), Sammy Woods (Wellington), J Toothill (Bradford), H Bradshaw (Bramley), T Broadley (Bingley), Philip Maud (Blackheath), FC Lohden (Blackheath), William Bromet (Tadcaster)

Ireland vs. England

February 4, 1893

Ireland	0 – 4	England
		Try: Bradshaw Taylor

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: AR Don-Wauchope (Scotland)

Ireland S Gardiner (Belfast Albion), T Edwards (Limerick), S Lee (NIFC) capt., W Gardiner (NIFC), FE Davies (Lansdowne), T Thornhill (Wanderers), Robert Johnston (Wanderers), TJ Johnston (Queens Uni. Belfast), EJ Walsh (Lansdowne), H Lindsay (Dublin U.), Arthur Wallis (Wanderers), MS Egan (Garryowen), R Stevenson (Dungannon), CV Rooke (Dublin U.), JH O'Conor (Bective Rangers)

England: Edwin Field (Cambridge U.), RE Lockwood (Heckmondwike), JW Dyson (Huddersfield), T Nicholson (Rockcliff), EW Taylor (Rockcliff), H Duckett (Bradford), Frank Evershed (Blackheath), JH Greenwell (Rockcliff), Sammy Woods (Wellington) capt., J Toothill (Bradford), H Bradshaw (Bramley), Alfred Allport (Blackheath), Philip Maud (Blackheath), William Yiend (Hartlepool Rovers), William Bromet (Tadcaster)

Scotland vs. Wales

February 4, 1893

Scotland	0 – 9	Wales
		Try: Bert Gould Biggs McCutcheon Con: Bancroft

Raeburn Place, Edinburgh
Referee: WH Humphreys (England)

Scotland: AWC Cameron (Watsonians), DD Robertson (Cambridge U.), Gregor MacGregor (London Scottish), James Gowans (Cambridge U.), RC Greig (Glasgow Acads), William Wotherspoon (West of Scotland), HF Menzies (West of Scotland), Thomas Hendry (Clydesdale), GT Neilson (West of Scotland), HTO Leggatt (Watsonians), JN Millar (West of Scotland), WR Gibson (Royal HSFP), WB Cownie (Watsonians), A Dalglish (Gala), Robert MacMillan (London Scottish) capt.

Wales: Billy Bancroft (Swansea), Norman Biggs (Cardiff), William McCutcheon (Swansea), Arthur Gould (Newport) capt., Bert Gould (Newport), Percy Phillips (Newport), Fred Parfitt (Newport), Frank Mills (Swansea), Charles Nicholl (Llanelli), Harry Day (Newport), Jim Hannan (Newport), Frank Hill (Cardiff), Arthur Boucher (Newport), Tom Graham (Newport), Wallace Watts (Newport)

Ireland vs. Scotland

February 20, 1893

Ireland	0 – 0	Scotland

Ballynafeigh, Belfast
Referee: George Rowland Hill (England)

Ireland S Gardiner (Belfast Albion), LH Gwynne (Dublin U.), S Lee (NIFC) capt., W Gardiner (NIFC), FE Davies (Lansdowne), WS Brown (Dublin U.), B O'Brien (Derry), TJ Johnston (Queens Uni. Belfast), EG Forrest (Wanderers), H Lindsay (Dublin U.), H Forrest (Wanderers), JS Jameson (Lansdowne), R Stevenson (Dungannon), CV Rooke (Dublin U.), JH O'Conor (Bective Rangers)

Scotland: Henry Stevenson (Edinburgh Acads), GT Campbell (London Scottish), Gregor MacGregor (London Scottish), Willie Neilson (Cambridge U.), JW Simpson (Royal HSFP), WP Donaldson (Oxford U,), HF Menzies (West of Scotland), Thomas Hendry (Clydesdale), JM Bishop (Glasgow Acads), JD Boswell (West of Scotland) capt., D Fisher (West of Scotland), WR Gibson (Royal HSFP), WB Cownie (Watsonians), JE Orr (West of Scotland), JR Ford (Gala)

England vs. Scotland

March 4, 1893

England	0 – 8	Scotland
		Drop: Boswell Campbell

Headingley, Leeds
Referee: W Williams (Wales)

England: William Grant Mitchell (Richmond), JW Dyson (Huddersfield), Andrew Stoddart (Blackheath) capt., FP Jones (New Brighton), Cyril Wells (Cambridge U.), H Duckett (Bradford), Frank Evershed (Blackheath), F Soane (Bath), JJ Robinson (Cambridge U.), J Toothill (Bradford), H Bradshaw (Bramley), T Broadley (Bingley), Launcelot Percival (Rugby), William Yiend (Hartlepool Rovers), William Bromet (Tadcaster)

Scotland: Henry Stevenson (Edinburgh Acads), GT Campbell (London Scottish), Gregor MacGregor (London Scottish), Willie Neilson (Cambridge U.), JW Simpson (Royal HSFP), William Wotherspoon (West of Scotland), HTO Leggatt (Watsonians), Thomas Hendry (Clydesdale), RS Davidson (Royal HSFP), JD Boswell (West of Scotland) capt., TM Scott (Melrose), WR Gibson (Royal HSFP), WB Cownie (Watsonians), JE Orr (West of Scotland), Robert MacMillan (London Scottish)

Wales vs. Ireland

March 11, 1893

Wales	2 – 0	Ireland
Try: Bert Gould

Stradey Park, Llanelli
Referee: WE Humphreys (England)

Wales: Billy Bancroft (Swansea), Norman Biggs (Cardiff), William McCutcheon (Swansea), Arthur Gould (Newport) capt., Bert Gould (Newport), Percy Phillips (Newport), Fred Parfitt (Newport), Frank Mills (Swansea), Charles Nicholl (Llanelli), David Samuel (Newport), Jim Hannan (Newport), Frank Hill (Cardiff), Arthur Boucher (Newport), Tom Graham (Newport), Wallace Watts (Newport)

Ireland W Sparrow (Dublin U.), RW Dunlop (NIFC), S Lee (NIFC) capt., W Gardiner (NIFC), FE Davies (Lansdowne), WS Brown (Dublin U.), B O'Brien (Derry), TJ Johnston (Queens Uni. Belfast), EG Forrest (Wanderers), H Lindsay (Dublin U.), Arthur Wallis (Wanderers), RW Hamilton (Wanderers), R Stevenson (Dungannon), CV Rooke (Dublin U.), Andrew Clinch (Dublin U.)

External links

"6 Nations History". rugbyfootballhistory.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-19.