1903 Home Nations Championship

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1903 Home Nations Championship
Date10 January – 21 March 1903
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 (5th title)
Triple Crown Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (4th title)
Matches played6
Top point scorer(s) Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg Jehoida Hodges (9)
Top try scorer(s) Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg Jehoida Hodges (3)
1902 (Previous)(Next) 1904

The 1903 Home Nations Championship was the twenty-first series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 10 January and 21 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

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Table

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3300196+136
2Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg  Wales 32013911+284
3Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 3102621152
4Flag of England.svg  England 30031137260
Source: [ citation needed ]

Matches

Wales vs. England

Scotland vs. Wales

Ireland vs. England

14 February 1903
Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 6–0Flag of England.svg  England
Try: Ryan
Pen: Corley
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: Crawford Findlay (Scotland)

Ireland: J Fulton (NIFC), HJ Anderson (Old Wesley), DR Taylor (Queen's Uni, Belfast), GAD Harvey (Wanderers), CC Fitzgerald (Dungannon), Louis Magee (Bective Rangers), Harry Corley (Dublin University) capt., Thomas Arnold Harvey (Dublin University), George Hamlet (Old Wesley), M Ryan (Rockwell College), A Tedford (Malone), P Healey (Limerick), JJ Coffey (Lansdowne), F Gardiner (NIFC), RS Smyth (Dublin University)

England: HT Gamlin (Blackheath), R Forrest (Blackheath), AT Brettargh (Liverpool OB), JT Taylor (West Hartlepool), T Simpson (Rockcliff), B Oughtred (Hartlepool Rovers) capt., FC Hulme (Birkenhead Park), G Fraser (Richmond), Vincent Cartwright (Oxford Uni.), BA Hill (Blackheath), SG Williams (Devonport Albion), WG Heppell (Devonport Albion), Denys Dobson (Oxford Uni.), PF Hardwick (Percy Park), RD Wood (Liverpool OB)


Scotland vs. Ireland

28 February 1903
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3–0Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland
Try: Crabbie
Inverleith, Edinburgh
Referee: FHR Alderson (England)

Scotland: WT Forrest (Hawick), HJ Orr (London Scottish), C France (Kelvinside Acads), AS Drybrough (Edinburgh Wanderers), JE Crabbie (Oxford Uni.), J Knox (Kelvinside Acads), ED Simson (Edinburgh University), L West (Edinburgh University), AG Cairns (Watsonians), WE Kyle (Hawick), David Bedell-Sivright (Cambridge Uni), Mark Coxon Morrison (Royal HSFP) capt., WP Scott (West of Scotland), James Greenlees (Kelvinside Acads.), N Kennedy (West of Scotland)

Ireland: J Fulton (NIFC), HJ Anderson (Old Wesley), JB Allison (Edinburgh University), GAD Harvey (Wanderers), CC Fitzgerald (Dungannon), Louis Magee (Bective Rangers), Harry Corley (Dublin University) capt., Jos Wallace (Wanderers), George Hamlet (Old Wesley), CE Allen (Derry), A Tedford (Malone), P Healey (Limerick), JJ Coffey (Lansdowne), Samuel Irwin (NIFC), RS Smyth (Dublin University)


Wales vs. Ireland

England vs. Scotland

21 March 1903
Flag of England.svg  England 6–10Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Try: Dobson
Forrest
Try: Dallas
Simson
Drop: Timms
Athletic Ground Richmond
Referee: WM Douglas (Wales)

England: HT Gamlin(Blackheath), T Simpson (Rockcliff), AT Brettargh (Liverpool OB), EIM Barrett (Lennox), R Forrest (Blackheath) WV Butcher (Streatham & Croydon), PD Kendall (Birkenhead Park) capt., NC Fletcher (OMT), Vincent Cartwright (Oxford Uni.), BA Hill (Blackheath), SG Williams (Devonport Albion), Frank Stout (Richmond), Denys Dobson (Oxford Uni.), PF Hardwick (Percy Park), R Pierce (Liverpool)

Scotland: WT Forrest (Hawick), HJ Orr (London Scottish), AN Fell (Edinburgh University), Alec Boswell Timms (Edinburgh University), JS MacDonald (Edinburgh University), J Knox (Kelvinside Acads), ED Simson (Edinburgh University), L West (Edinburgh University), AG Cairns (Watsonians), WE Kyle (Hawick), J Ross (London Scottish), John Dallas (Watsonians), WP Scott (West of Scotland), James Greenlees (Kelvinside Acads.) capt., N Kennedy (West of Scotland)

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