1905 Home Nations Championship

International rugby union competition 1905 Home Nations Championship 14 January - 18 March 1905 ENGIRE 1783SCOWAL 1807 WAL 1807 4 WAL 1807 (4th title) 6 WAL 1807 Llewellyn (9)IRE 1783 Moffat (9)WAL 1807 Morgan (9) WAL 1807 Llewellyn (3)IRE 1783 Moffat (3)WAL 1807 Morgan (3) 1904 1904 Home Nations Championship 1906 1906 Home Nations Championship The 1905 Home Nations Championship was the twenty-third series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 14 January and 18 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Wales won the Championship and the Triple Crown for the fourth time. Nine months later the 1905 Wales team faced and beat the touring New Zealand team, in a match dubbed 'The Game of the Century'. Table thumb|right|The England team that played Scotland on 18 March main WDL Q 2 points WAL WAL 1807 IRE IRE 1783 SCO SCO ENG ENG 3 0 0 41 6 2 0 1 31 18 1 0 2 16 17 0 0 3 3 50 #ccffcc A complete Results 14 January 1905 WAL 1807 25–0 ENG Cardiff 4 February 1905 SCO 3–6 WAL 1807 Edinburgh 11 February 1905 IRE 1783 17–3 ENG Cork 25 February 1905 SCO 5–11 IRE 1783 Edinburgh 11 March 1905 WAL 1807 10–3 IRE 1783 Swansea 18 March 1905 ENG 0–8 SCO Richmond The matches Wales vs. England 14 January 1905 WAL 1807 25–0 ENG Try: Morgan (2) Gabe Harding Jones Llewellyn Watkins Con: Davies (2) Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff J Lefevre (Ireland) Wales: George Davies (Swansea), Teddy Morgan (London Welsh), Dan Rees (Swansea), Rhys Gabe (Llanelli), Willie Llewellyn (Newport) capt., Dicky Owen (Swansea), Dick Jones (Swansea), Jehoida Hodges (Newport), George Travers (Pill Harriers), Billy O'Neill (Cardiff), Arthur Harding (London Welsh), David Jones (Treherbert), Harry Vaughan Watkins (Llanelli), Will Joseph (Swansea), Charlie Pritchard (Newport) England: SH Irvin (Devonport Albion), SF Coopper (Blackheath), John Raphael (Oxford Uni), FH Palmer (Richmond), EW Dillon (Blackheath) FC Hulme (Birkenhead Park), WV Butcher (Bristol), TA Gibson (Northern), WLY Rogers (Blackheath), BA Hill (Blackheath), JL Mathias (Bristol), Frank Stout (Richmond) capt., Charles Joseph Newbold (Blackheath), Vincent Cartwright (Blackheath), William Cave (Blackheath) Scotland vs. Wales 4 February 1905 SCO 3–6 WAL 1807 Try: Little Try: Llewellyn (2) Inverleith, Edinburgh H Kennedy (Ireland) Scotland: WT Forrest (Hawick), JE Crabbie (Edinburgh Acads), JL Forbes (Watsonians), LM MacLeod (Cambridge University), JS MacDonald (Edinburgh University), Patrick Munro (Oxford Uni), ED Simson (Edinburgh University), Anthony Little (Hawick), AG Cairns (Watsonians), WE Kyle (Hawick), WM Milne (Glasgow Acads), A Ross (Royal HSFP), WP Scott (West of Scotland) capt., RS Stronach (Glasgow Acads), HN Fletcher (Edinburgh University) Wales: George Davies (Swansea), Teddy Morgan (London Welsh), Dan Rees (Swansea), Rhys Gabe (Llanelli), Willie Llewellyn (Newport) capt., Dicky Owen (Swansea), Billy Trew (Swansea), Jehoida Hodges (Newport), George Travers (Pill Harriers), Billy O'Neill (Cardiff), Arthur Harding (London Welsh), David Jones (Treherbert), Harry Vaughan Watkins (Llanelli), Will Joseph (Swansea), Charlie Pritchard (Newport) Ireland vs. England 11 February 1905 IRE 1783 17–3 ENG Try: Moffatt (2) Allen Maclear WallaceCon: Maclear Try: Coopper Mardyke, Cork R Welsh (Scotland) Ireland: MF Landers (Cork Constitution), Basil Maclear (Cork County), JE Moffatt (Old Wesley), GAD Harvey (Wanderers), HB Thrift (Dublin University), TTH Robinson (Dublin University), ED Caddell (Dublin University), Jos Wallace (Wanderers), Henry Millar (Monkstown), CE Allen (Derry) capt., A Tedford (Malone), HG Wilson (Malone), HJ Knox (Dublin University), JJ Coffey (Lansdowne), George Hamlet (Dublin University) England: CF Stanger-Leathes (Northern), SF Coopper (Blackheath), HE Shewring (Bristol), T Simpson (Rockcliff), AT Brettargh (Liverpool OB) FC Hulme (Birkenhead Park), WV Butcher (Bristol), J Green (Skipton), WLY Rogers (Blackheath), G Vickery (Aberavon), JL Mathias (Bristol), Frank Stout (Richmond) capt., Charles Joseph Newbold (Blackheath), Vincent Cartwright (Blackheath), WM Grylls (Redruth) Scotland vs. Ireland 25 February 1905 SCO 5–11 IRE 1783 Try: Timms Con: Forrest Try: Tedford Wallace Moffat Con: Maclear Inverleith, Edinburgh Percival Coles (England) Scotland: WT Forrest (Hawick), WT Ritchie (Cambridge University), Alec Boswell Timms (Cardiff), LM MacLeod (Cambridge University), Rh McCowat (Glasgow Acads), Patrick Munro (Oxford Uni), ED Simson (Edinburgh University), L West (Carlisle), AG Cairns (Watsonians), WE Kyle (Hawick), WM Milne (Glasgow Acads), A Ross (Royal HSFP), WP Scott (West of Scotland) capt., RS Stronach (Glasgow Acads), MR Dickson (Edinburgh University) Ireland: MF Landers (Cork Constitution), Basil Maclear (Cork County), JE Moffatt (Old Wesley), GAD Harvey (Wanderers), HB Thrift (Dublin University), TTH Robinson (Dublin University), ED Caddell (Dublin University), Jos Wallace (Wanderers), Henry Millar (Monkstown), CE Allen (Derry) capt., A Tedford (Malone), HG Wilson (Malone), HJ Knox (Dublin University), JJ Coffey (Lansdowne), George Hamlet (Dublin University) Wales vs. Ireland 11 March 1905 WAL 1807 10–3 IRE 1783 Try: Windham Jones Teddy Morgan Con: Davies (2) Try: Robinson St Helens, Swansea W Williams (England) Wales: George Davies (Swansea), Teddy Morgan (London Welsh), Gwyn Nicholls (Cardiff), Rhys Gabe (Llanelli), Willie Llewellyn (Newport) capt., Dicky Owen (Swansea), Anthony Windham Jones (Mountain Ash), Jehoida Hodges (Newport), George Travers (Pill Harriers), Billy O'Neill (Cardiff), Arthur Harding (London Welsh), David Jones (Treherbert), Harry Vaughan Watkins (Llanelli), Will Joseph (Swansea), Jack Williams (London Welsh) Ireland: MF Landers (Cork Constitution), Basil Maclear (Cork County), JE Moffatt (Old Wesley), James Cecil Parke (Dublin University), HB Thrift (Dublin University), TTH Robinson (Dublin University), ED Caddell (Dublin University), Jos Wallace (Wanderers), Henry Millar (Monkstown), CE Allen (Derry) capt., A Tedford (Malone), HG Wilson (Malone), HJ Knox (Dublin University), JJ Coffey (Lansdowne), George Hamlet (Dublin University) England vs. Scotland 18 March 1905 ENG 0–8 SCO Try: Simson Stronach Con: Scott Athletic Ground Richmond DH Bowen (Wales) England: JT Taylor (West Hartlepool), SF Coopper (Blackheath), John Raphael (Oxford Uni), T Simpson (Rockcliff), AT Brettargh (Liverpool OB) AD Stoop (Oxford Uni), WV Butcher (Bristol), TA Gibson (Northern), Jumbo Milton (Camborne School of Mines), SH Osborne (Harlequins), JL Mathias (Bristol), Frank Stout (Richmond) capt., Charles Joseph Newbold (Blackheath), Vincent Cartwright (Blackheath), CEL Hammond (Harlequins) Scotland: DG Schulze (London Scottish), WT Ritchie (Cambridge University), Alec Boswell Timms (Cardiff) capt., GAW Lamond (Bristol), T Elliot (Gala), Patrick Munro (Oxford Uni), ED Simson (Edinburgh University), L West (Carlisle), AG Cairns (Watsonians), WE Kyle (Hawick), JC MacCallum (Glasgow Acads), A Ross (Royal HSFP), WP Scott (West of Scotland), RS Stronach (Glasgow Acads), HG Monteith (Cambridge University) External links http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/6nations.htm 6 Nations History rugbyfootballhistory.com 2008-03-07 Bibliography Godwin Terry The International Rugby Championship 1883-1983 1984 Willow Books London 0-00-218060-X Smith David Williams, Gareth Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union 1980 University of Wales Press Cardiff 0-7083-0766-3 1903-04 Category:1904–05 in British rugby union Category:1904–05 in English rugby union rugby union rugby union Category:1904–05 in Scottish rugby union Category:January 1905 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:February 1905 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