1889 Home Nations Championship

The 1889 Home Nations Championship was the seventh series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Three matches were played between February 2 and March 2. It was contested by Ireland, Scotland and Wales. England was excluded from the Championship due to their refusal to join the IRB

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Ireland	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	4
2	Scotland	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	2
3	Wales	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Results

1889-02-02

Scotland	2–0	Wales

Edinburgh

1889-02-16

Ireland	0–3	Scotland

Belfast

1889-03-02

Wales	0–2	Ireland

Swansea

The matches

Scotland vs. Wales

February 2, 1889

Scotland	2T – nil	Wales
Try: Orr Ker

Raeburn Place, Edinburgh Referee: A McAllister (Ireland)

Scotland: HFT Chambers (Edinburgh U.), WF Holms (Edinburgh Wanderers), HJ Stevenson (Edinburgh Acads), J Marsh (Edinburgh Inst FP), CE Orr (West of Scotland), CFP Fraser (Glasgow U.), W Auld (West of Scotland), JD Boswell (West of Scotland), A Duke (Royal HSFP), HT Ker (Glasgow Acads), MC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), WA McDonald (Glasgow U.), A Methuen (Cambridge U.), DS Morton (West of Scotland) capt., TB White (Edinburgh Acads)

Wales: H Hughes (Cardiff), RM Garrett (Penarth), James Webb (Newport), Edward Bishop (Swansea), Martyn Jordan (London Welsh), Charlie Thomas (Newport), R Evans (Cardiff), SH Nicholls (Cardiff), Frank Hill (Cardiff) capt., William Williams (Cardiff), David William Evans (Cardiff), Theo Harding (Newport), Jim Hannan (Newport), RL Thomas (London Welsh), William Bowen (Swansea)

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Ireland vs. Scotland

February 16, 1889

Ireland	nil – 1DG	Scotland
		Drop: Stevenson

Ormeau, Belfast Referee: WD Phillips (Wales)

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Wales vs. Ireland

March 2, 1889

Wales	nil – 2T	Ireland
		Try: McDonnell Cotton

St. Helen's, Swansea Referee: AR Don Wauchope (Scotland)

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External links

• "6 Nations History". rugbyfootballhistory.com. Retrieved 2007-10-28.