The 1892–93 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations. The competition was won and dominated by England, who beat all three rival teams and scored 17 goals in just three matches. Fred Spiksley claimed four and Walter Gilliat scored a hat-trick in the competition's opening game. Scotland came second with victories over Ireland and Wales, who finished third and fourth respectively.
England began as the strongest team, scoring twelve goals in the first two games against the Irish and the Welsh with only one in reply. Scotland too began well, winning their match against Wales in Wales by 8–0 before netting another six in a rout of Ireland at home. In the final games, England and Scotland played a match in London which England easily won 5–2 to whitewash their opponents and take the trophy. In a consolation game in Belfast, Ireland beat Wales 4–3 to finish third.
The official attendance for the England v. Scotland match was 16,000; the crowd was so large that it was forced to stand in front of the journalists who were therefore prevented from seeing all of the action. Consequently, there is some dispute over the goal-scorers: although it is not credited in any of the official references, it is now generally accepted that Spiksley scored a hat-trick.
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Results
Winning squad
NameApps/Goals by opponentTotal WALMonday, 13 March 1893 England 6 Wales 0, England Football Online IRESaturday, 25 February 1893 England 6 Ireland 1, England Football Online SCOEaster Saturday, 1 April 1893 England 5 Scotland 2, England Football Online Apps GoalsFred Spiksley1/31/326George Cotterill11/121Billy Bassett1/1121Jack Reynolds1/1121A.H. Harrison1120Bob Holmes1120Walter Gilliat1/313Rupert Sandilands1/111Gilbert Smith1/111William Winckworth1/111Cunliffe Gosling1/111John Goodall1/111Edgar Chadwick110Leslie Gay110Johnny Holt110George Kinsey110Chris Charsley110Norman Cooper110Frederick Pelly110Albert Smith110Robert Topham110Tommy Clare110Charlie Perry110J.W. Sutcliffe110Jimmy Turner110Jimmy Whitehead110Joseph Schofield110
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