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The '''1889 Home Nations Championship''' was the seventh series of the rugby union [[Six Nations Championship|Home Nations Championship]]. Three matches were played between [[February 2]] and [[March 2]]. It was contested by [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]], [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] and [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]]. England was excluded from the Championship due to their refusal to join the [[International Rugby Board|IRB]]
The '''1889 Home Nations Championship''' was the seventh series of the rugby union [[Six Nations Championship|Home Nations Championship]]. Three matches were played between [[2 February]] and [[2 March]]. It was contested by [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]], [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] and [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]]. England was excluded from the Championship due to their refusal to join the [[International Rugby Board|IRB]]


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===Scotland vs. Wales===
===Scotland vs. Wales===
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===Ireland vs. Scotland===
===Ireland vs. Scotland===
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===Wales vs. Ireland===
===Wales vs. Ireland===
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Revision as of 22:56, 18 May 2009

The 1889 Home Nations Championship was the seventh series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Three matches were played between 2 February and 2 March. 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  Scotland 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 4
2 Ireland 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
Ireland0–3 Scotland
Belfast
1889-03-02
Wales 0–2Ireland
Swansea

The matches

Scotland vs. Wales

2 February 1889
 Scotland2T – nil Wales
Try: Orr
Ker
Raeburn Place, Edinburgh
Referee: A McAllister Republic of Ireland(Ireland)

Scotland: HFT Chambers (Edinburgh U.), WF Holms (Edinburgh Wanderers), HJ Stevenson (Edinburgh Acads), James Holt 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: Hugh Hughes (Cardiff), Dickie Garrett (Penarth), James Webb (Newport), Edward Bishop (Swansea), Martyn Jordan (London Welsh), Charlie Thomas (Newport), Rosser Evans (Cardiff), Sydney Nicholls (Cardiff), Frank Hill (Cardiff) capt., William Williams (Cardiff), David William Evans (Cardiff), Theo Harding (Newport), Jim Hannan (Newport), Rowley Thomas (London Welsh), William Bowen (Swansea)

Ireland vs. Scotland

16 February 1889
Irelandnil – 1DG Scotland
Drop: Stevenson
Ormeau, Belfast
Referee: WD Phillips Wales(Wales)

Ireland: LJ Holmes (Lisburn), RA Yates (Dublin University), TB Pedlow (Queen's College, Belfast), DC Woods (Bessbrook), J Stevenson (Lisburn), RG Warren (Landsdowne) capt., HW Andrews (NIFC), TM Donovan (Queen's College, Cork), EG Forrest (Wanderers), JS Jameson (Landsdowne), J Moffatt (Belfast Albion), LC Nash (Queen's College, Cork), CRR Stack (Dublin University), R Stevenson (Lisburn), FO Stoker (Wanderers)

Scotland: HFT Chambers (Edinburgh U.), WF Holms (London Scottish), HJ Stevenson (Edinburgh Acads), James Holt Marsh (Edinburgh Inst FP), CE Orr (West of Scotland), DG Anderson (London Scottish), AI Aitken (Edinburgh Inst FP), JD Boswell (West of Scotland), A Duke (Royal HSFP), TW Irvine (Edinburgh Acads), MC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), JG McKendrick (West of Scotland), A Methuen (Cambridge U.), DS Morton (West of Scotland) capt., JE Orr (West of Scotland)

Wales vs. Ireland

2 March 1889
 Walesnil – 2TIreland
Try: McDonnell
Cotton
St. Helen's, Swansea
Referee: AR Don Wauchope Scotland(Scotland)

Wales: Ned Roberts (Llanelli), Abel Davies (London Welsh), Arthur Gould (Newport) capt., Tom Morgan (Llanelli), Norman Biggs (Cardiff), Charlie Thomas (Newport), Giotto Griffiths (Llanelli), William Bowen (Swansea), D Morgan (Swansea), Sydney Nicholls (Cardiff), David William Evans (Cardiff), Theo Harding (Newport), Jim Hannan (Newport), Rowley Thomas (London Welsh), Dan Griffiths (Llanelli)

Ireland: LJ Holmes (Lisburn), RA Yates (Dublin U.), RW Dunlop (Dublin U.), TB Pedlow (Queens College, Belfast), RG Warren (Landsdowne) capt., AC McDonnell (Dublin U.), Victor Le Fanu (Landsdowne), JS Jameson (Landsdowne), EG Forrest (Wanderers), J Cotton (Wanderers), J Waites (Bective Rangers), HW Andrews (NIFC), JN Lytle (NIFC), R Stevenson (Lisburn), HA Richey (Dublin U.)

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

Bibliography

  • Godwin, Terry (1984). The International Rugby Championship 1883-1983. London: Willows Books. ISBN 000218060X. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Griffiths, John (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: Phoenix House. ISBN 0460070037. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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