1900 Home Nations Championship

International rugby union competition 1900 Home Nations Championship 6 January - 17 March 1900 ENGIRE 1783SCOWAL 1807 WAL 1807 2 WAL 1807 (2nd title) 6 WAL 1807 Bancroft (7)ENG Gordon-Smith (7) WAL 1807 Llewellyn (2)ENG Robinson (2) 1899 1899 Home Nations Championship 1901 1901 Home Nations Championship The 1900 Home Nations Championship was the eighteenth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 6 January and 17 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. thumb|Cartoon by J.M. Staniforth: "Dame Cardiff" and "Dame Swansea" apologize to their younger sisters Llanelli and Newport for not having venues big enough to host international rugby in 1900. Table main WDL Q 2 points WAL WAL 1807 ENG ENG SCO SCO IRE IRE 1783 3 0 0 28 6 1 1 1 18 17 0 2 1 3 12 0 1 2 4 18 #ccffcc A complete 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. Matches England vs. Wales 6 January 1900 ENG 3 – 13 WAL 1807 Try: Nicholson Try: HellingsTrewCon: Bancroft (2)Pen: Bancroft Kingsholm, Gloucester AJ Turnbull (Scotland) England: Gamlin (Devonport Albion), SF Coopper (Blackheath), GW Gordon-Smith (Blackheath), AT Brettargh (Liverpool OB), Elliot Nicholson (Birkenhead Park), RHB Cattell (Moseley) capt., GH Marsden (Morley), James Baxter (Birkenhead Park), A Cockerham (Bradford Olicana), Wallace Jarman (Bristol), CT Scott (Cambridge Uni), FJ Bell (Northern), Robert William Bell (Cambridge Uni), S Reynolds (Richmond), W Cobby (Hull) Wales: Billy Bancroft (Swansea) capt., Llewellyn (Llwynypia), Dan Rees (Swansea), George Davies (Swansea), Billy Trew (Swansea), Lou Phillips (Newport), Llewellyn Lloyd (Newport), Bob Thomas (Swansea), Jere Blake (Cardiff), William Williams (Pontymister), Fred Miller (Mountain Ash), Alfred Brice (Aberavon), Jehoida Hodges (Newport), George Boots (Newport), Dick Hellings (Llwynypia) Wales vs. Scotland 27 January 1900 WAL 1807 12 – 3 SCO Try: Llewellyn (2) Nicholls Williams Try: Dykes St Helen's, Swansea A Hartley (England) Wales: Billy Bancroft (Swansea) capt., Llewellyn (Llwynypia), Gwyn Nicholls (Cardiff), George Davies (Swansea), Billy Trew (Swansea), Lou Phillips (Newport), Llewellyn Lloyd (Newport), Bob Thomas (Swansea), Jere Blake (Cardiff), William Williams (Pontymister), Fred Miller (Mountain Ash), Alfred Brice (Aberavon), Jehoida Hodges (Newport), George Boots (Newport), George Dobson (Cardiff) Scotland: Harry Rottenburg (London Scottish), John Crabbie (Edinburgh Acads), William Morrison (Edinburgh Acads), Alec Boswell Timms (Edinburgh Uni), Tom L. Scott (Langholm), Jimmy Gillespie (Edinburgh Acads), Frank Fasson (London Scottish), John Dykes (London Scottish), Graham Kerr (Edinburgh Wands), Bill McEwan (Edinburgh Acads) Tom M. Scott (Hawick), Mark Coxon Morrison (Royal HSFP) capt., Frederick Henderson (London Scottish), William Thomson (West of Scotland), David Bedell-Sivright (Cambridge Uni) England vs. Ireland 3 February 1900 ENG 15 – 4 IRE 1783 Try: Robinson (2) Gordon-SmithCon: Alexander Drop: Gordon-Smith Drop: Allison Athletic Ground, Richmond DG Findaly (Scotland) England: Gamlin (Devonport Albion), GC Robinson (Percy Park), GW Gordon-Smith (Blackheath), JT Taylor (Castleford), Elliot Nicholson (Birkenhead Park), JC Marquis (Birkenhead Park), GH Marsden (Morley), James Baxter(Birkenhead Park), JH Shooter (Morley), John Daniell (Cambridge Uni) capt., CT Scott (Cambridge Uni), H Alexander (Birkenhead Park), Robert William Bell (Cambridge Uni), S Reynolds (Richmond), Alexander Todd (Blackheath) Ireland: PE O'Brien-Butler (Monkstown), Gerry Doran (Lansdowne), C Reid (NIFC), JB Allison (Queen's Uni, Belfast), Edward Fitzhardinge Campbell (Monkstown), Louis Magee (Bective Rangers) capt., JH Ferris (Queen's Uni, Belfast), F Gardiner (NIFC), M Ryan (Rockwell College), Samuel Irwin (Queen's Uni, Belfast), CE Allen (Derry), PC Nicholson (Dublin U), Arthur Meares (Dublin U), Jim Sealy (Dublin U), JJ Coffey (Lansdowne) Ireland vs. Scotland 24 February 1900 IRE 1783 0 – 0 SCO Lansdowne Road, Dublin Dr. Badger (England) Ireland: Cecil Boyd (Dublin U), Gerry Doran (Lansdowne), BRW Doran (Lansdowne), JB Allison (Queen's Uni, Belfast), IG Davidson (NIFC), Louis Magee (Bective Rangers) capt., JH Ferris (Queen's Uni, Belfast), F Gardiner (NIFC), M Ryan (Rockwell College), ST Irwin ((Queen's Uni, Belfast), CE Allen (Liverpool), PC Nicholson (Dublin U), TJ Little (Bective Rangers), Jim Sealy (Dublin U), J Ryan (Rockwell College) Scotland: Harry Rottenburg (London Scottish), William Welsh (Edinburgh Acads), Allan Smith (London Scottish), Alec Boswell Timms (Edinburgh Uni), Tom L. Scott (Langholm), Robert Neilson (West of Scotland), Joe Mabon (Jed-Forest), John Dykes (London Scottish), Graham Kerr (Edinburgh Wands), James Greenlees (Cambridge Uni), Tom M. Scott (Hawick) capt., John Campbell (Cambridge Uni), Frederick Henderson (London Scottish), William Scott (West of Scotland), Robert Scott (Hawick) Scotland vs. England 10 March 1900 SCO 0 – 0 ENG Inverleith, Edinburgh MG Delaney (Ireland) Scotland: Harry Rottenburg (London Scottish), William Welsh (Edinburgh Acads), Allan Smith (London Scottish), George Campbell (London Scottish), Tom L. Scott (Langholm), Robert Neilson (West of Scotland), Jimmy Gillespie (Edinburgh Acads), Lewis Bell (Edinburgh Acads), Graham Kerr (Edinburgh Wands), Bill McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), Andrew MacKinnon (London Scottish), Mark Coxon Morrison (Royal HSFP) capt., Harry Smith (Watsonians), William Scott (West of Scotland), Robert Scott (Hawick) England: HT Gamlin (Devonport Albion), GC Robinson (Percy Park), GW Gordon-Smith (Blackheath), WL Bunting (Moseley), R Forrest (Wellington), JC Marquis (Birkenhead Park), GH Marsden (Morley), James Baxter (Birkenhead Park), JH Shooter (Morley), John Daniell (Cambridge Uni) capt., AFC Luxmoore (Richmond), H Alexander (Birkenhead Park), Robert William Bell (Cambridge Uni), S Reynolds (Richmond), Alexander Todd (Blackheath) Ireland vs. Wales 17 March 1900 IRE 1783 0 – 3 WAL 1807 Try: Davies Balmoral Showgrounds, Belfast AJ Turnbull (Scotland) Ireland: J Fulton (NIFC), EF Campbell (Monkstown), BRW Doran (Lansdowne), JB Allison (Queen's Uni, Belfast), IG Davidson (NIFC), Louis Magee (Bective Rangers) capt., JH Ferris (Queen's Uni, Belfast), Arthur Meares (Wanderers), M Ryan (Rockwell College), Samuel Irwin (Queen's Uni, Belfast), CE Allen (Derry), PC Nicholson (Dublin U), TJ Little (Bective Rangers), Thomas Arnold Harvey (Dublin U), J Ryan (Rockwell College) Wales: Billy Bancroft (Swansea) capt., Llewellyn (Llwynypia), Gwyn Nicholls (Cardiff), George Davies (Swansea), Billy Trew (Swansea), Lou Phillips (Newport), Selwyn Biggs (Cardiff), Bob Thomas (Swansea), Jere Blake (Cardiff), William Williams (Pontymister), Fred Miller (Mountain Ash), Alfred Brice (Aberavon), Jehoida Hodges (Newport), George Boots (Newport), Dick Hellings (Penygraig) Sources 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 2008-01-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20071230175842/http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/6nations.htm 30 December 2007 live 1899–1900 Category:1899–1900 in British rugby union Category:1899–1900 in English rugby union rugby union rugby union Category:1900 rugby union tournaments for national teams Home Nations Championship Home Nations Championship Home Nations Championship Category:1899–1900 in Scottish rugby union