1884–85 British Home Championship
International football competition
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The 1884â85 British Home Championship was the second edition of the British Home Championship annual international football tournament between the British Home Nations. It was staged from 28 February to 11 April 1885. Scotland successfully defended its 1884 title. The English also performed well, beginning with a strong victory over Ireland but failed to capitalise on this start with 1â1 draws with Wales and Scotland. Wales thrashed Ireland 8â1 but were well beaten 8â2 by Scotland who won their final game in a similar scoreline against Ireland, who finished last having conceded 20 goals in three games. Scotland, who had scored 16 goals in two tournaments, would win (individually or shared) six of the first seven tournaments.
Scotland (2nd title)| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales |
| Dates | 28 February â 11 April 1885 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Scotland (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  England |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Goals scored | 37 (6.17 per match) |
| Top scorer | Joseph Lindsay (4 goals) |
â 1883â84 1885â86 â | |
Table
Results
Winning squad
| Name | Apps/Goals by opponent | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 WAL[5] |
 IRE[6] |
ENG[7] |
Apps | Goals | |
| Robert Calderwood | 1/2[a] | 1/1 | 1 | 3 | 3[a] |
| Joe Lindsay | 1/3 | 1/1 | 2 | 4 | |
| William Anderson | 1/2[a] | 1 | 2 | 2[a] | |
| David Allan | 1/1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| James McAulay | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Walter Arnott | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Michael Paton | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Alexander Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bob Kelso | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Sandy Higgins Sr | 1/3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Alexander Barbour | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Walter Lamont | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Marshall | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Willie Turner | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Charles Campbell | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John J. Gow | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Sellar | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Chalmers | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hugh McHardy | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Niven | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John McPherson | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hugh Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert P. Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Notes
- The SFA website, RSSSF website and London Hearts website credit Robert Calderwood with two goals against Wales; Andy Mitchell's book and John Litster's files assign the first of these to William Anderson (this would make a hat-trick for Anderson, completed earlier chronologically than that of Joseph Lindsay).[3][4]