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1884–85 British Home Championship


FieldValue
tourney_name1884–85 British Home Championship
countryEngland, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
dates28 February – 11 April 1885
num_teams4
championSCO
count2
secondENG
matches6
goals37
top_scorerJoseph Lindsay (4 goals)
prevseason[1883–84](1883-84-british-home-championship)
nextseason[1885–86](1885-86-british-home-championship)

The 1884–85 British Home Championship was the second edition of the British Home Championship annual international football tournament between the British Home Nations. It was staged from 28 February to 11 April 1885. Scotland successfully defended its 1884 title. The English also performed well, beginning with a strong victory over Ireland but failed to capitalise on this start with 1–1 draws with Wales and Scotland. Wales thrashed Ireland 8–1 but were well beaten 8–2 by Scotland who won their final game in a similar scoreline against Ireland, who finished last having conceded 20 goals in three games. Scotland, who had scored 16 goals in two tournaments, would win (individually or shared) six of the first seven tournaments.

Table

Results

  • Bambridge
  • Spilsbury
  • Brown


  • Turner
  • Calderwood
  • Marshall
  • Higgins
  • Barbour


  • Anderson
  • Allan
  • Lindsay

  • Molyneux
  • Roach
  • Owen
  • Burke
  • Jones

Winning squad


NameApps/Goals by opponentTotal
WAL
IRE
ENGAppsGoals
Robert Calderwood1/21/1133
Joe Lindsay1/31/124
William Anderson1/2122
David Allan1/1121
James McAulay1120
Walter Arnott1120
Michael Paton1120
Alexander Hamilton1120
Bob Kelso1120
Sandy Higgins Sr1/313
Alexander Barbour1/111
Walter Lamont1/111
John Marshall1/111
Willie Turner1/111
Charles Campbell110
John J. Gow110
William Sellar110
William Chalmers110
Hugh McHardy110
Jimmy Niven110
John McPherson110
Hugh Wilson110
Robert P. Brown110

Notes

References

References

  1. "British Home Championship 1884–1899". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  2. "British Championships 1885".
  3. Mitchell, Andy. (2021). "The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939". Amazon.
  4. John Litster. (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players".
  5. [https://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/games/18850323.html Mon 23 Mar 1885 Wales 1 Scotland 8], London Hearts Supporters Club]
  6. [https://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/games/18850314.html Sat 14 Mar 1885 Scotland 8 Ireland 2], London Hearts Supporters Club]
  7. [https://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/games/18850321.html Sat 21 Mar 1885 England 1 Scotland 1], London Hearts Supporters Club]
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