1896 Home Nations Championship

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1896 Home Nations Championship
Date4 January - 14 March 1896
CountriesFlag of England.svg  England
Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland (2nd title)
Matches played6
Top point scorer(s)Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg  Wales Gould (7)
Top try scorer(s) Flag of England.svg Cattell (2)
Flag of England.svg Fookes (2)
Flag of England.svg Morfitt (2)
1895 (Previous)(Next) 1897

The 1896 Home Nations Championship was the fourteenth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 4 January and 14 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

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Table

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 3210188+105
2Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3111116+53
3Flag of England.svg  England 31022921+82
3Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg  Wales 31021033232
Source: [ citation needed ]

Results

4 January 1896
England  Flag of England.svg250Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg  Wales
London
25 January 1896
Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg  Wales 60Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Cardiff
1 February 1896
England  Flag of England.svg410Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland
Leeds
15 February 1896
Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 00Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Dublin
14 March 1896
Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 84Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg  Wales
Dublin
14 March 1896
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg110Flag of England.svg  England
Glasgow

The matches

England vs. Wales

4 January 1896
Flag of England.svg  England 25 0Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg  Wales
Try: Cattell (2)
Fookes (2)
Morfitt (2)
Mitchell
Con: Taylor
Valentine
Rectory Field, Blackheath
Referee: Graham Findlay (Scotland)

Wales vs. Scotland

England vs. Ireland

Ireland vs. Scotland

15 February 1896
Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 0 0Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: EB Holmes (England)
Ireland
GH McAllen (Dungannon), W Gardiner (NIFC), S Lee (NIFC) capt., Lawrence Bulger (Dublin Uni.), TH Stevenson (Queen's Uni, Belfast), Louis Magee (Bective Rangers), GG Allen (Derry), JH O'Conor (Bective Rangers), JH Lytle (Lansdowne), WG Byron (NIFC), H Lindsay (Wanderers), Jim Sealy (Dublin Uni.), Thomas Crean (Wanderers), Andrew Clinch (Wanderers), CV Rooke (Monkstown)
Scotland
AR Smith (Oxford Uni), James Gowans (London Scottish), GT Campbell (London Scottish), CJN Fleming (Edinburgh Wanderers), W Neilson (London Scottish), JW Simpson (Royal HSFP), WP Donaldson (West of Scotland), Andrew Balfour (Watsonians), JH Dods (London Scottish), MC Morrison (Royal HSFP), WMC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), JH Couper (West of Scotland), GT Nielson (West of Scotland) capt., GO Turnbull (West of Scotland), HO Smith (Watsonians)

Ireland vs. Wales

Scotland vs. England

14 March 1896
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 11 0Flag of England.svg  England
Try: Fleming
Gedge
Gowans
Con: Scott
Old Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: WM Douglas (Wales)

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