1898 Home Nations Championship

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1898 Home Nations Championship
Date5 February – 2 April 1898
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 not completed
Matches played5
Top point scorer(s) Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg Huzzey (10)
Top try scorer(s) Flag of England.svg Fookes (2)
Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg Huzzey (2)
Flag of Scotland.svg Tom Scott, (2)
1897 (Previous)(Next) 1899

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.

Contents

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

The English side England team 1898.jpg
The English side
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1Flag of England.svg  England 31112319+43
2Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 2110113+83
3Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg  Wales 21011817+12
3Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 31021225132
Source: [ citation needed ]

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

Ireland vs. Scotland

19 February 1898
Ireland  Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg0–8Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Try: Tom Scott (2)
Con: TM Scott
Balmoral Showgrounds, Belfast
Referee: 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
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg3–3Flag of England.svg  England
Try: McEwanTry: Royds
Powderhall, Edinburgh
Referee: 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
Ireland  Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg3–11Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg  Wales
Pen: Bulger Try: Dobson
Huzzey
Con: Bancroft
Pen: Bancroft
Limerick Lawn Tennis Club, Limerick
Referee: 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

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