1887–88 British Home Championship

June 2020 1887–88 British Home Championship England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales 4 February – 7 April 1888 4 ENG 2 SCO 6 46 WAL 1807 Jack Doughty (6 goals) 1886–87 1888–89 The 1887–88 British Home Championship was the fifth edition of the annual international football tournament played between the British Home Nations. It was the first edition of the tournament in which Scotland did not at least share in the trophy and was also notable for a record flood of goals, 46 in six games, 26 of them conceded by Ireland, who suffered a disastrous competition. England began the tournament in the same vein as they finished it, winning the opening match 5–1 against Wales at the Alexandra Recreation Ground in Crewe. Wales responded to this, and to their shock defeat by Ireland the year previously with an 11–0 thrashing of the visiting Irish, a Welsh record scoreline which remains standing after 1888 03 03 years. Any hopes of a recovery for the Welsh were however dashed in their final game when Scotland administered a 5–1 beating in Edinburgh. England returned to the fray and gained revenge for their narrow defeat in the deciding match of the previous year when they in turn thrashed Scotland 5–0 in Glasgow, leaving only the weak Irish in between them and the trophy. Before this however, Ireland received another massive defeat at the hands of Scotland, who beat them 2–10 in Belfast to take second place. In the final game, England needed only a draw to secure the title but managed a win by five goals to one to take their first undisputed championship. Table main WDL n 2 ENG ENG SCO SCO WAL WAL 1807 IRE IRE 3 0 0 15 2 2 0 1 15 8 1 0 2 13 10 0 0 3 3 26 C #ccffcc C 1) Points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw. complete https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bhc1884-99.html British Home Championship 1884–1899 The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Macario Reyes Neil Morrison 1 October 1999 17 August 2019 http://www.scotlandfootballstats.co.uk/competitions/british-championships/1888 British Championships 1888 Scotland Football Stats 6 October 2022 Results 4 February 1888 ENG 5–1 WAL 1807 *Dewhurst Woodhall Lindley Goodall J. Doughty Alexandra Recreation Ground, Crewe 6,000 John Sinclair (Ireland) 3 March 1888 WAL 1807 11–0 IRE *J. Doughty R. Doughty Howell Wilding Pryce-Jones Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 2,000 Tom Hindle (England) 10 March 1888 SCO 5–1 WAL 1807 *Paul 6 Munro 30 Latta 33 75 Groves 65 J. Doughty 41 Hibernian Park, Edinburgh 8,000 John Charles Clegg (England) 17 March 1888 SCO 0–5 ENG *Lindley 32 Hodgetts 34 Dewhurst 40 49 Goodall 43 Hampden Park, Glasgow 10,000 John Sinclair (Ireland) 24 March 1888 IRE 2–10 SCO Dalton 18 24 *Dewar 5 Dickson 8 33 40 45 Breckenridge 15 Aitken 30 McCallum 53 Robert Wilson 77 o.g. Stewart 83 Oldpark Avenue, Belfast 5,000 Robert Parlane (Scotland) 7 April 1888 IRE 1–5 ENG Crone *Allen Dewhurst Lindley Ulster Cricket Ground, Belfast 7,000 James McKillop (Scotland) Winning squad ENG NameApps/Goals by opponentTotal WAL 1807WALSaturday, 4 February 1888 Wales 1 England 5, England Football Online IREIRESaturday, 7 April 1888 Ireland 1 England 5, England Football Online SCOSCOSaturday, 17 March 1888 Scotland 0 England 5, England Football Online Apps GoalsFred Dewhurst1/31/11/236Tinsley Lindley1/11/1132Dennis Hodgetts111/131Harry Allen11130John Goodall11/121George Woodhall1/1121Percy Walters1120Cecil Holden-White1120Bob Howarth1120Billy Moon1120Albert Allen1/313George Haworth1/111Frank Saunders110Charlie Mason110Bob Roberts110Albert Aldridge110Bob Holmes110Charlie Shelton110Billy Bassett110 References Guy Oliver The Guinness Record of World Soccer 1992 Guinness 0-85112-954-4 1887–88 Home Championship Category:1887–88 in European men's international football Category:1887–88 in Scottish football Category:1887–88 in Welsh football Category:1887–88 in Irish association football