1884–85 British Home Championship

November 2021 1884–85 British Home Championship England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales 28 February – 11 April 1885 4 SCO 2 ENG 6 37 SCO Joseph Lindsay (4 goals) 1883–84 1885–86 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 main WDL complete https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bhc1884-99.html British Home Championship 1884–1899 The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 8 April 2019 http://www.scotlandfootballstats.co.uk/competitions/british-championships/1885 British Championships 1885 Scotland Football Stats 6 October 2022 SCO ENG WAL IRE CHA 2 1 0 17 4 1 2 0 6 2 1 1 1 10 11 0 0 3 4 20 SCO ENG WAL 1807 IRE C 2 1) Points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw. green1 Results 28 February 1885 ENG 4–0 IRE *Lofthouse Bambridge Spilsbury Brown Whalley Range, Greater Manchester 6,000 James McKillop (Scotland) 14 March 1885 ENG 1–1 WAL 1807 Mitchell 35 Lewis 37 Leamington Road, Blackburn 7,500 Alexander Stewart (Scotland) 14 March 1885 SCO 8–2 IRE *Lamont 10 Turner 12 Calderwood 15 Marshall 35 Higgins 51 60 70 Barbour 53 Gibb 85 90 Hampden Park, Glasgow 6,000 William Peirce Dix (England) 21 March 1885 ENG 1–1 SCO Bambridge 57 Lindsay 20 The Oval, London 8,000 John Sinclair (Ireland) 23 March 1885 WAL 1807 1–8 SCO Jones 50 *Calderwood 8 80Wales The SFA website, RSSSF website and London Hearts website credit Robert Calderwood with two goals against Wales; Andy Mitchell's book and John Litster's files assign the first of these to William Anderson (this would make a hat-trick for Anderson, completed earlier chronologically than that of Joseph Lindsay). Mitchell Andy https://www.scottishsporthistory.com/the-men-who-made-scotland.html The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939 Amazon 2021 9798513846642A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players John Litster Scottish Football Historian magazine October 2012 Anderson 20 76Wales Allan 30 Lindsay 56 84 88 Scottish FA Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 4,000 Robert M. Sloane (England) 11 April 1885 IRE 2–8 WAL 1807 *Dill 40 Molyneux 23 *Sisson 52 59 60 Roach 55 64 Owen 50 Burke 69 Jones 89 Ulster Cricket Ground, Belfast 1,500 John McDowall (Scotland) Winning squad SCO NameApps/Goals by opponentTotal WALWALMon 23 Mar 1885 Wales 1 Scotland 8, London Hearts Supporters Club] IREIRESat 14 Mar 1885 Scotland 8 Ireland 2, London Hearts Supporters Club] ENGENGSat 21 Mar 1885 England 1 Scotland 1, London Hearts Supporters Club] Apps GoalsRobert Calderwood1/2Wales1/1133WalesJoe Lindsay1/31/124William Anderson1/2Wales122WalesDavid Allan1/1121James McAulay1120Walter Arnott1120Michael Paton1120Alexander Hamilton1120Bob Kelso1120Sandy Higgins Sr1/313Alexander Barbour1/111Walter Lamont1/111John Marshall1/111Willie Turner1/111Charles Campbell110John J. Gow110William Sellar110William Chalmers110Hugh McHardy110Jimmy Niven110John McPherson110Hugh Wilson110Robert P. Brown110 Notes References Guy Oliver The Guinness Record of World Soccer 1992 Guinness 0-85112-954-4 1884–85 Home Championship Category:1884–85 in European men's international football Category:1884–85 in Scottish football Category:1884–85 in Welsh football Category:1884–85 in Irish association football