1890 Home Nations Championship

International rugby union competition 1890 Home Nations Championship 1 February - 15 March 1890 ENGIRE 1783SCOWAL 1807 ENG and SCO 6 1889 1889 Home Nations Championship 1891 1891 Home Nations Championship 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 main WDL Q 2 points ENG ENG SCO 1 SCO WAL WAL 1807 IRE IRE 1783 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 #ccffcc A A complete Results 1 February 1890 WAL 1807 0–1 SCO Cardiff 15 February 1890 ENG (0T) 0–0 (1T) WAL 1807 Dewsbury 22 February 1890 SCO 1–0 IRE 1783 Edinburgh 1 March 1890 SCO 0–1 ENG Edinburgh 1 March 1890 IRE 1783 1–1 WAL 1807 Dublin 15 March 1890 ENG (3T) 0–0 (0T) IRE 1783 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 WAL 1807 1T – 1G 2T SCO Try: Gould Try: Anderson Boswell Maclagan Con: McEwan Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff A McAllister (Ireland) Wales: Billy Bancroft (Swansea), Charlie Thomas (Newport), Arthur Gould (Newport), Dickie Garrett (Penarth), Percy Lloyd (Llanelli), Evan James (Swansea), William Stadden (Cardiff), Frank Hill (Cardiff) capt., Alexander Bland (Cardiff), William Williams (Cardiff), William Bowen (Swansea), John Meredith (Swansea), Walter Rice Evans (Swansea), Jim Hannan (Newport), Stephen Thomas (Llanelli) Scotland: Gregor MacGregor (Cambridge Uni), Bill Maclagan (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 ENG nil – 1T WAL 1807 Try: Stadden Crown Flatt, Dewsbury Robert Rainie (Scotland) England: William Grant Mitchell (Richmond), Piercy Morrison (Cambridge U.), Andrew Stoddart (Blackheath) capt., James Valentine (Swinton), JF Wright (Bradford), Francis Hugh Fox (Marlborough Nomads), Sammy Woods (Cambridge U.), JH Dewhurst (Richmond), Richard Budworth (Blackheath), Frank Evershed (Burton), JL Hickson (Bradford), A Robinson (Blackheath), John Rogers (Moseley), Froude Hancock (Blackheath), FW Lowrie (Batley) Wales: Billy Bancroft (Swansea), Charlie Thomas (Newport), Arthur Gould (Newport) capt., Dickie Garrett (Penarth), Percy Lloyd (Llanelli), David Gwynn (Swansea), William Stadden (Cardiff), William Williams (Cardiff), David William Evans (Cardiff), William Bowen (Swansea), John Meredith (Swansea), Alexander Bland (Cardiff), Willie Thomas (London Welsh), Jim Hannan (Newport), Stephen Thomas (Llanelli) Scotland v Ireland 22 February 1890 SCO 1T 1DG – nil IRE 1783 Try: Orr Drop: Boswell Raeburn Place, Edinburgh 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 IRE 1783 1G – 1G WAL 1807 Try: Dunlop Con: Roche Try: Thomas Con: Bancroft Lansdowne, Dublin F Burnand (England) Ireland: Dolway Walkington (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: Billy Bancroft (Swansea), Charlie Thomas (Newport), Arthur Gould (Newport) capt., Dickie Garrett (Penarth), George Thomas (Newport), David Gwynn (Swansea), Hugh Ingledew (Cardiff), Frank Hill (Cardiff), David William Evans (Cardiff), William Bowen (Swansea), Alexander Bland (Cardiff), Willie Thomas (London Welsh), Jim Hannan (Newport), Tom Graham (Newport), Rowley Thomas (London Welsh) Scotland v England 1 March 1890 SCO nil – 1G 1T ENG Try: Evershed Dyson Con: Jowett Raeburn Place, Edinburgh J Chambers (Ireland) Scotland: Gregor MacGregor (Cambridge Uni), Bill Maclagan (London Scottish) capt., Henry Stevenson (Edinburgh Acads), GR Wilson (Royal HSFP), CE Orr (West of Scotland), Darsie Anderson (London Scottish), JD Boswell (West of Scotland), A Dalglish (Gala), Frederick Goodhue (London Scottish), HT Ker (Glasgow Acads), MC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), I MacIntyre (Edinburgh Wands), Robert MacMillan (West of Scotland), DS Morton West of Scotland, JE Orr (West of Scotland) England: William Grant Mitchell (Richmond), Piercy Morrison (Cambridge U.), Randolph Aston (Cambridge U.), JW Dyson (Huddersfield), Mason Scott (Northern), Francis Hugh Fox (Marlborough Nomads), Sammy Woods (Cambridge U.), D Jowett (Heckmondwike), Frank Evershed (Burton), JL Hickson (Bradford) capt., A Robinson (Blackheath), John Rogers (Moseley), H Bedford (Morley), E Holmes (Manningham) J Toothill (Bradford) England v Ireland 15 March 1890 ENG 3T – nil IRE 1783 Try: Rogers Morrison Stoddart Rectory Field, Blackheath AR Don-Wauchope (Scotland) England: William Grant Mitchell (Richmond), Piercy Morrison (Cambridge U.), Randolph Aston (Cambridge U.), Andrew Stoddart (Blackheath) capt., Mason Scott (Northern), FW Spence (Birkenhead Park), Frank Evershed (Burton), JL Hickson (Bradford), Sammy Woods (Cambridge U.), JT Toothill (Bradford), D Jowett (Heckmondwike), John Rogers (Moseley), H Bedford (Morley), E Holmes (Manningham), A Robinson (Blackheath), Ireland: Dolway Walkington (NIFC), RW Dunlop (Dublin U.), RW Johnston (Dublin U.), T Edwards (Landsdowne), Benjamin Tuke (Bective Rangers), RG Warren (Landsdowne) capt., JN Lytle (NIFC), EG Forrest (Wanderers), J Waites (Bective Rangers), JH O'Conner (Bective Rangers), R Stevenson (Dungannon), J Roche (Wanderers), WJN Davis (Bessbrook), Victor Le Fanu (Landsdowne), LC Nash (Queen's College Cork) Bibliography Godwin Terry The International Rugby Championship 1883-1983 1984 Willows Books London 0-00-218060-X Griffiths John The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records 1987 Phoenix House London 0-460-07003-7 External links http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/6nations.htm 6 Nations History rugbyfootballhistory.com 2007-10-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20071014005615/http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/6nations.htm 14 October 2007 live 1889-90 Category:1889–90 in British rugby union Category:1889–90 in English rugby union rugby union rugby union Category:March 1890 in the United Kingdom Category:1889–90 in Scottish rugby union