1898 Home Nations Championship

International rugby union competition October 2020 April 2012 1898 Home Nations Championship 5 February – 2 April 1898 ENGIRE 1783SCOWAL 1807 not completed 5 WAL 1807 Huzzey (10) ENG Fookes (2)WAL 1807 Huzzey (2)SCO Tom Scott, (2) 1897 1897 Home Nations Championship 1899 1899 Home Nations Championship The 1898 Home Nations Championship was the sixteenth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Five matches were played between 5 February and 2 April 1898. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. For the second year running, England claimed the title solely on the fact that the other Home Nation Unions were still in bitter dispute. The Scottish Rugby Union was still aggrieved at the situation caused by the Gould Affair and decided not to participate in a match against Wales. This decision meant England led the scoring table as the winner of a Scotland vs. Wales encounter would have taken the Championship. Due to the dispute, most sources list the result of the 1898 championship as "not completed." Table thumb|right|The English side main WDL Q 2 points ENG ENG SCO SCO WAL WAL 1807 IRE 3 IRE 1783 1 1 1 23 19 1 1 0 11 3 1 0 1 18 17 1 0 2 12 25 #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. Ireland 5 February 1898 ENG 6–9 IRE 1783 Try: Robinson Pen: Byrne Try: Lindsay Magee Pen: Bulger Athletic Ground Richmond DG Findaly (Scotland) England J. F. Byrne (Moseley) capt., G.C. Robinson (Percy Park), Ernest Fookes (Sowerby Bridge), Osbert Mackie (Cambridge Uni), WL Bunting (Richmond), H Myers (Keighley), PG Jacob (Blackheath), F Jacob (Richmond), R Pierce (Liverpool), F Shaw (Cleckheaton), RF Oakes (Hartlepool Rovers), Frank Stout (Gloucester), HW Dudgeon (Richmond), JH Blacklock (Aspatria), Charles Edward Wilson (Blackheath) Ireland Pierce O'Brien-Butler (Monkstown), S Lee (NIFC) capt., Lucius Gwynn (Monkstown), Lawrence Bulger (Lansdowne), FC Purser (Dublin Uni.), Louis Magee (Bective Rangers), GG Allen (Derry), JE McIlwaine (NIFC), JH Lytle (Lansdowne), WG Byron (NIFC), M Ryan (Rockwell College), J Ryan (Rockwell College), H Lindsay (Armagh), JG Franks (Dublin Uni.), J. L. Davis (Monkstown) Ireland vs. Scotland 19 February 1898 IRE 1783 0–8 SCO Try: Tom Scott (2) Con: TM Scott Balmoral Showgrounds, Belfast ET Gurdon (England) Ireland Pierce O'Brien-Butler (Monkstown), Frederick Smithwick (Monkstown), Lucius Gwynn (Monkstown), Lawrence Bulger (Lansdowne), FC Purser (Dublin Uni.), Louis Magee (Bective Rangers), GG Allen (Derry) capt., JE McIlwaine (NIFC), JH Lytle (Lansdowne), WG Byron (NIFC), M Ryan (Rockwell College), J Ryan (Rockwell College), H Lindsay (Armagh), JG Franks (Dublin Uni.), J. L. Davis (Monkstown) Scotland: JM Reid (Edinburgh Acads), RT Neilson (West of Scotland), Edward Spencer (Clydesdale), AR Smith (Oxford Uni) capt., T Scott (Hawick), JT Mabon (Jed-Forest), M Elliot (Hawick), GC Kerr(Durham), A MacKinnon (London Scottish), MC Morrison (Royal HSFP), WMC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), TM Scott (Hawick), R Scott (Hawick), John Dykes (Clydesdale), HO Smith (Watsonians) Scotland vs. England 12 March 1898 SCO 3–3 ENG Try: McEwan Try: Royds Powderhall, Edinburgh J Dodds (Ireland) Scotland: JM Reid (Edinburgh Acads), RT Neilson (West of Scotland), TA Nelson (Oxford Uni), AR Smith (Oxford Uni) capt., T Scott (Hawick), JT Mabon (Jed-Forest), M Elliot (Hawick), GC Kerr(Durham), A MacKinnon (London Scottish), MC Morrison (Royal HSFP), WMC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), TM Scott (Hawick), R Scott (Hawick), John Dykes (Clydesdale), HO Smith (Watsonians) England J. F. Byrne (Moseley) capt., PW Stout (Gloucester), WN Pilkington (Cambridge Uni), PMR Royds (Blackheath), WL Bunting (Richmond), GT Unwin (Blackheath), Arthur Rotherham (Richmond), F Jacob (Richmond), JF Shaw (RNEC Keyham), HE Ramsden (Bingley), RF Oakes (Hartlepool Rovers), Frank Stout (Gloucester), HW Dudgeon (Richmond), JAS Davidson (Aspatria), W Ashford (Richmond) Ireland vs. Wales 18 March 1898 IRE 1783 3–11 WAL 1807 Pen: Bulger Try: DobsonHuzzeyCon: BancroftPen: Bancroft Limerick Lawn Tennis Club, Limerick AJ Turnbull (Scotland) Ireland J Fulton (NIFC), Frederick Smithwick (Monkstown), W Gardiner (NIFC) capt., Lawrence Bulger (Lansdowne), FC Purser (Dublin Uni.), Louis Magee (Bective Rangers), A Barr (Methodist C. Belfast), JE McIlwaine (NIFC), WG Byron (NIFC), M Ryan (Rockwell College), J Ryan (Rockwell College), H Lindsay (Armagh), TJ Little (Bective Rangers), JG Franks (Dublin Uni.), T McCarthy (Cork) Wales: Billy Bancroft (Swansea) capt., Viv Huzzey (Cardiff), Gwyn Nicholls (Cardiff), Pussy Jones (Cardiff), Tom Pearson (Newport), Selwyn Biggs (Cardiff), Jack Elliott (Cardiff), Hopkin Davies (Swansea), Tom Dobson (Cardiff), David Daniel (Llanelli), William Alexander (Llwynypia), George Boots (Newport), Dick Hellings (Llwynypia), Fred Cornish (Cardiff), Joseph Booth (Pontymister) England vs. Wales 2 April 1898 ENG 14–7 WAL 1807 Try: Fookes (2) Frank Stout Percy Stout Con: Byrne Try: Huzzey Drop: Huzzey Rectory Field, Blackheath 20,000 JT Magee (Ireland) England J. F. Byrne (Moseley) capt., PW Stout (Gloucester), Ernest Fookes (Sowerby Bridge), PMR Royds (Blackheath), WL Bunting (Richmond), R O'H Livesay (Blackheath), Arthur Rotherham (Richmond), F Jacob (Richmond), JF Shaw (RNEC Keyham), HE Ramsden (Bingley), RF Oakes (Hartlepool Rovers), Frank Stout (Gloucester), HW Dudgeon (Richmond), JAS Davidson (Aspatria), W Ashford (Richmond) Wales: Billy Bancroft (Swansea) capt., Viv Huzzey (Cardiff), Gwyn Nicholls (Cardiff), Pussy Jones (Cardiff), Tom Pearson (Newport), Selwyn Biggs (Cardiff), Jack Elliott (Cardiff), Hopkin Davies (Swansea), Tom Dobson (Cardiff), David Daniel (Llanelli), William Alexander (Llwynypia), George Boots (Newport), Dick Hellings (Llwynypia), Fred Cornish (Cardiff), Dai Evans (Penygraig) References 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 1897-98 Category:1897–98 in British rugby union Category:1897–98 in English rugby union rugby union rugby union Category:February 1898 in the United Kingdom Category:March 1898 in the United Kingdom Category:April 1898 in the United Kingdom Category:1897–98 in Scottish rugby union