1901 Home Nations Championship

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1901 Home Nations Championship
Date5 January – 16 March 1901
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 Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (4th title)
Triple Crown Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (3rd title)
Matches played6
Top point scorer(s) Flag of Scotland.svg Gillespie (22)
Top try scorer(s) Flag of Scotland.svg Gillespie (4)
1900 (Previous)(Next) 1902

The 1901 Home Nations Championship was the nineteenth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 5 January and 16 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Contents

Scotland won all their three games to take the championship for the fifth time outright (excluding two other titles shared with England) and complete the Triple Crown for the third time.

Table

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 33004516+296
2Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg  Wales 32013127+44
3Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 3102242512
4Flag of England.svg  England 3003941320
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

Wales vs. England

Ireland vs. England

Scotland vs. Wales

Scotland vs. Ireland

23 February 1901
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 9–5Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland
Try: Gillespie
Welsh (2)
Try: Doran
Con: Sealy
Inverleith, Edinburgh
Referee: G Harnett (England)

Scotland: AW Duncan (Edinburgh University), WH Welsh (Edinburgh Acads), AN Fell (Edinburgh University), Alec Boswell Timms (Edinburgh University), P Turnbull (Edinburgh Acads), FH Fasson (Edinburgh University), Jimmy Gillespie (Edinburgh Acads), J Ross (London Scottish), AB Flett (Edinburgh University), Alex Frew (Edinburgh University), David Bedell-Sivright (Fettesian-Lorettonian), Mark Coxon Morrison (Royal HSFP) capt., FP Dods (Edinburgh Acads), John Dykes (Glasgow HSFP), JA Bell (Clydesdale)

Ireland: Cecil Boyd (Wanderers), AE Freear (Lansdowne), BRW Doran (Lansdowne), JB Allison (Queen's Uni, Belfast), IG Davidson (NIFC), Louis Magee (Bective Rangers) capt., A Barr (Methodist C. Belfast), Thomas Arnold Harvey (Dublin University), M Ryan (Rockwell College), HAS Irvine (Belfast Collegians), CE Allen (Derry), P Healey (Limerick), TJ Little (Bective Rangers), Tom McGown (NIFC), J Ryan (Rockwell College)


England vs. Scotland

Wales vs. Ireland

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