1911–12 British Home Championship
International football competition
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The 1911â12 British Home Championship was a football competition played between the British Home Nations during the second half of the 1911â12 season. England and Scotland shared the title after both beat Wales and Ireland and then drew the deciding match at Hampden Park. Ireland took third place after beating Wales in an exciting 3â2 win away in Cardiff. Wales, who came last with zero points, lost all three matches and conceded six goals.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales |
| Dates | 10 February â 13 April 1912 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  England Scotland (shared) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Goals scored | 22 (3.67 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Harold John Fleming George Holley (3 goals) |
â 1910â11 1912â13 â | |
England began the competition with a 6â1 thrashing of Ireland in Dublin, giving them the immediate advantage and making them favourites for the title, having won four of the previous five tournaments. Scotland too began with a win, a more subdued 1â0 victory over the Welsh. Scotland followed this with a 4â1 win in Belfast, briefly taking the top of the table before England joined them by beating Wales 2â0 in Wrexham. In the deciding game in Glasgow, Scotland and England played out a tough 1â1 draw. As neither side had broken the deadlock, both shared the tournament. In the final match, Wales and Ireland played a gripping game for third place, the Irish taking it by a single goal.
Table
Results
Winning squads
| Name | Apps/Goals by opponent | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 WAL[3] |
 IRE[4] |
SCO[5] |
Apps | Goals | |
| George Holley | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 3 | 3 |
| Bert Freeman | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Jock Simpson | 1 | 1/1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Tom Brittleton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Crompton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Jesse Pennington | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| William Wedlock | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Frank Jefferis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Harry Makepeace | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tim Williamson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Harold Fleming | 1/3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| George Wall | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Evans | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Billy Bradshaw | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sam Hardy | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Mordue | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Name | Apps/Goals by opponent | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WAL[6] |
IRE[7] |
ENG[8] |
Apps | Goals | |
| Bobby Walker | 1 | 1/1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Jimmy Brownlie | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Alec McNair | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Jock Walker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Jimmy Quinn | 1/1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Jimmy Gordon | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Hay | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| George Sinclair | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bobby Templeton | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Charlie Thomson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wattie Aitkenhead | 1/2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Andrew Wilson | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Willie Reid | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| David McLean | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alex Bell | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wilf Low | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy McMenemy | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Mercer | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Robertson | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||