1889–90 British Home Championship
International football competition
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The 1889â90 British Home Championship was an edition of the annual international football tournament played between the British Home Nations. The seventh such competition held, the 1890 edition was, for the second time, jointly won by England and Scotland, the sixth time that Scotland had won. Played during the second half of the 1889/90 season, the tournament was also notable for two matches played by England on the 15 March against Wales and Ireland simultaneously. With an increasingly crowded domestic schedule cramping available dates for matches, England fielded two entirely separate teams, both of which won their games with an aggregate of twelve goals to two.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales |
| Dates | 9 February â 5 April 1890 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  England Scotland (shared) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Goals scored | 33 (5.5 per match) |
| Top scorer | William Paul (4 goals) |
â 1888â89 1890â91 â | |
Wales took the early lead in the competition, winning the opening game at home against Ireland. England's double victories over Wales and Ireland then placed them in front with favourites Scotland still to play a match. Scotland responded to England's lead with two comfortable wins over Wales and Ireland 5â0 and 4â1 leaving the final match between England and Scotland as the deciding game. Despite a furious and dramatic encounter, neither side could best the other and the result was a 1â1 draw, placing both England and Scotland at the head of the table, goal difference not at this stage being used to differentiate the teams.
Table
Results
Winning squads
| Name | Apps/Goals by opponent | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 WAL[3] |
 IRE[4] |
SCO[5] |
Apps | Goals | |
| Edmund Currey | 1/2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Harry Wood | 1 | 1/1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tinsley Lindley | 1/1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Billy Bassett | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Harry Daft | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Billy Moon | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Alfred Shelton | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Arthur Walters | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Percy Walters | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Fred Geary | 1/3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Kenny Davenport | 1/2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| William Townley | 1/2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Joe Lofthouse | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Barton | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Harry Allen | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Holt | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Baugh | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Forrest | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Mason | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Perry | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Roberts | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nathaniel Walton | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Name | Apps/Goals by opponent | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 WAL[6] |
IRE[7] |
ENG[8] |
Apps | Goals | |
| Willie Paul | 1/4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Gilbert Rankin | 1/3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| John McPherson | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Hughie Wilson | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Wyllie | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Walter Arnott | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Berry | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Willie Groves | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Johnston | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Kelly | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James McCall | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas McKeown | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James McLaren | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Robertson | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Davie Baird | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Isaac Begbie | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jack Bell | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Hunter | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John McLeod | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John McPherson | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Rae | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Russell | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Andrew Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Bruce | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Dunlop | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Gillespie | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Matt McQueen | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John W. Murray | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Andrew Whitelaw | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank Watt | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||