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 |  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
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: Sawdust 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
| February 16, 1889 |
| Ireland | nil – 1DG | Scotland |
| Drop: Stevenson |
| Ormeau, Belfast Referee: WD Phillips (Wales) |
Ireland: LJ Holmes (Lisburn), RA Yates (Dublin U.), 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 U.), 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
| March 2, 1889 |
| Wales | nil – 2T | Ireland |
| Try: McDonnell Cotton |
| St. Helen's, Swansea Referee: AR Don Wauchope (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.)
External links
- "6 Nations History". rugbyfootballhistory.com. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
Bibliography
- Godwin, Terry (1984). The International Rugby Championship 1883-1983. London: Willows Books. ISBN 000218060X.
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