1885 British Home Championship

The 1885 British Home Championship was the second football tournament between the Home Nations and was, like the previous competition, won by a Scottish team which completely dominated proceedings. The English also performed well, beginning with a strong victory over Ireland but failing to capitalise on this start with 1-1 draws with Wales and Scotland. The Welsh thrashed Ireland 8-1 but were well beaten 8-2 by the Scots who won their final game in a similar scoreline against the Irish, who finished last having conceded 20 goals in three games. The Scots, who had scored 16 goals two games, would win (individually or shared) six of the first seven tournament.

Table

The points system worked as follows:
* 2 points for a win
* 1 point for a draw

Results

footballbox
date = February 28, 1885
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 4–0
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Joe Lofthouse, Charles Bambridge, Benjamin Spilsbury, James Brown
goals2 =
stadium = Whalley Range, Manchester----footballbox
date = March 14, 1885
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 8–2
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Alexander Higgins 4, Bob Kelso, Alexander Barbour, John McPherson, Robert Calderwood
goals2 = John Gibb 2
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = March 14, 1885
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Clement Mitchell
goals2 = Job Wilding
stadium = Leamington Road, Blackburn----footballbox
date = March 21, 1885
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Charles Bambridge
goals2 = Joseph Lindsay
stadium = The Oval, London----footballbox
date = March 23, 1885
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 1–8
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Robert Jones
goals2 = William Anderson 2, Joseph Lindsay 3, David Allan, Robert Calderwood 2 [http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/match_details.cfm?matchid=58003]
stadium = Acton Park, Wrexham----footballbox
date = April 11, 1885
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 2–8
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Alex Dill, T.B. Molyneux
goals2 = Herbert Sisson 3, John Roach 2, Billy Owen, Tom Burke, Humphrey Jones
stadium = Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast

References

*cite book
author= Guy Oliver| title=The Guinness Record of World Soccer
date=1992
publisher=Guinness
id=ISBN 0-851129-54-4