1906 Home Nations Championship

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1906 Home Nations Championship
Date13 January – 17 March 1906
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 and Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg  Wales
Matches played6
Top point scorer(s) Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Maclear (8)
Top try scorer(s) Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg Hodges (2)
Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Maclear (2)
Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg Maddock (2)
Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg Morgan (2)
Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Tedford (2)
1905 (Previous)(Next) 1907

The 1906 Home Nations Championship was the twenty-fourth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 13 January and 17 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

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The 1906 Championship was little more than a footnote to the 1906 season, overshadowed by the excitement and excellence of the Original All Blacks, who had almost completed an "invincible" tour of the British Isles. This was to be followed in late 1906 by the first Springbok tour. The South Africans lacked the tactical finesse of the New Zealand team but they brought new standards of fitness, physique and blistering running pace.

The 1906 season is normally classified as a draw, but technically is given to Ireland as they scored the highest in-game points, despite a worse points difference than Wales.

Although not officially part of the tournament until 1910, a match was arranged with the French national team which was played during the Championship against England. This was the first encounter between France and England.

Table

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 32013325+84
1Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg  Wales 32013117+144
3Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3102192452
3Flag of England.svg  England 31021835172
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 was worth four points, while a goal from mark was reduced from four to three points this season. Penalty goals were worth three points.

Matches

England vs. Wales

Wales vs. Scotland

England vs. Ireland

10 February 1906
Flag of England.svg  England 6–16Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland
Try: Jago
Mills
Try: Telford (2)
Maclear
Purdon
Con: Gardiner
Maclear
Welford Road, Leicester
Referee: A Llewellyn (Wales)
England
John Jackett (Leicester), JE Hutchinson (Durham City), JRP Sandford (Marlborough Nomads), CH Milton (Camborne School of Mines), A Hudson (Gloucester), DR Gent (Gloucester), RA Jago (Devonport Albion), GEB Dobbs (Devonport Albion), HA Hodges (Nottingham), WA Mills (Devonport Albion), TS Kelly (Exeter), AL Kewney (Rockcliff), EW Roberts (RNEC Keyham), Vincent Cartwright (Blackheath) capt., CEL Hammond (Harlequins)
Ireland
GJ Henebrey (Garryowen), F Casement (Dublin University), HJ Anderson (Old Wesley), James Cecil Parke (Dublin University), HB Thrift (Dublin University), William Purdon (Queen's University, Belfast), ED Caddell (Dublin University), Basil Maclear (Monkstown), M White (Queens's College, Cork), CE Allen (Derry) capt., Alfred Tedford (Malone), HG Wilson (Malone), HJ Knox (Dublin University), JJ Coffey (Lansdowne), F Gardiner (NIFC)

Ireland vs. Scotland

24 February 1906
Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 6–13Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Try: Parke
Robb
Try: Bedell-Sivright
Munro
Con: MacCallum (2)
GM: MacLeod
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: Vincent Cartwright (England)
Ireland
GJ Henebrey (Garryowen), F Casement (Dublin University), HJ Anderson (Old Wesley), James Cecil Parke (Dublin University), CG Robb (Queen's University, Belfast), William Purdon (Queen's University, Belfast), ED Caddell (Dublin University), Basil Maclear (Monkstown), M White (Queens's College, Cork), CE Allen (Derry) capt., Alfred Tedford (Malone), HG Wilson (Malone), HJ Knox (Dublin University), JJ Coffey (Lansdowne), F Gardiner (NIFC)
Scotland
JG Scoular (Cambridge University), MW Walter (London Scottish), JL Forbes (Watsonians), KG MacLeod (Cambridge University), ABHL Purves (London Scottish), Patrick Munro (Oxford Uni), ED Simson (Edinburgh University), L West (Hartlepool Rovers) capt., AG Cairns (Watsonians), WE Kyle (Hawick), JC MacCallum (Watsonians), WL Russell (Glasgow Acads), WP Scott (West of Scotland), Bedell-Sivright (Edinburgh University), HG Monteith (Cambridge University)

Ireland vs. Wales

10 March 1906
Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 11–6Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg  Wales
Try: Thrift
Wallace
Maclear
Con: Gardiner
Try: Gabe
Morgan
Balmoral Showgrounds, Belfast
Referee: John Simpson (Scotland)
Ireland
GJ Henebrey (Garryowen), F Casement (Dublin University), Basil Maclear (Monkstown), James Cecil Parke (Dublin University), HB Thrift (Dublin University), William Purdon (Queen's University, Belfast), ED Caddell (Dublin University), Jos Wallace (Wanderers), M White (Queens's College, Cork), CE Allen (Derry) capt., Alfred Tedford (Malone), HG Wilson (Malone), HJ Knox (Dublin University), JJ Coffey (Lansdowne), F Gardiner (NIFC)
Wales
Bert Winfield (Cardiff), Teddy Morgan (London Welsh), Gwyn Nicholls (Cardiff), Rhys Gabe (Cardiff), Hopkin Maddock (London Welsh), Reggie Gibbs (Cardiff), Dicky Owen (Swansea), Jack Powell (Cardiff), Jehoida Hodges (Newport), George Travers (Pill Harriers) capt., Charlie Pritchard (Newport), Arthur Harding (London Welsh), Dai Westacott (Cardiff), Tom Evans (Llanelli), Will Joseph (Swansea)

Scotland vs. England

17 March 1906
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3–9Flag of England.svg  England
Try: PurvesTry: Mills
Raphael
Simpson
Inverleith, Edinburgh
Referee: JW Allen (Ireland)
Scotland
JG Scoular (Cambridge University), MW Walter (London Scottish), JL Forbes (Watsonians), KG MacLeod (Cambridge University), ABHL Purves (London Scottish), Patrick Munro (Oxford Uni), ED Simson (Edinburgh University), L West (Hartlepool Rovers) capt., AG Cairns (Watsonians), WE Kyle (Hawick), JC MacCallum (Watsonians), WL Russell (Glasgow Acads), WP Scott (West of Scotland), Bedell-Sivright (Edinburgh University), HG Monteith (Cambridge University)
England
John Jackett (Leicester), T Simpson (Rockcliff), JGG Birkett (Harlequins), JE Raphael (OMT), HE Shewring (Bristol), J Peters (Plymouth), AD Stoop (Harlequins), CH Shaw (Moseley), Robert Dibble (Bridgwater & Albion), J Green (Skipton), TS Kelly (Exeter), AL Kewney (Rockcliff), WA Mills (Devonport Albion), Vincent Cartwright (Blackheath) capt., CEL Hammond (Harlequins)

French matches

France vs. England

22 March 1906
Flag of France.svg  France 8–35Flag of England.svg  England
Try: Lesieur
Muhr
Con: Branlat
Try: Hudson (4)
Hogarth
Kewney
Mills
Peters
Stoop
Con: Cartwright (4)
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: L Dedet (France)
France
WH Crichton (Le Havre), E Lesieur (Stade Français), P Maclos (Stade Français), EW Lewis (Le Havre), G Lane (Racing Club de France) capt., A Hubert (Association Sportive Français), T Varvier (Racing Club de France), A Verges (Stade Français), Maurin (Association Sportive Français), A Branlat (Racing Club de France), G Jerome (Stade Français), AH Muhr (Racing Club de France), M Communeau (Stade Français), P Gauderman (Racing Club de France), J Dufourcq (Stade Bordelais Universitaire)
England
John Jackett (Leicester), John Raphael (OMT), JGG Birkett (Harlequins), A Hudson (Gloucester), HE Shewring (Bristol), J Peters (Plymouth), AD Stoop (Harlequins), TB Hogarth (Hartlepool Rovers), Vincent Cartwright (Nottingham) capt., J Green (Skipton), TS Kelly (Exeter), CEL Hammond (Harlequins), WA Mills (Devonport Albion), Robert Dibble (Bridgwater & Albion), AL Kewney (Rockcliff)

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