1889 Home Nations Championship | |||
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Date | 2 February – 2 March 1889 | ||
Countries |
Ireland Scotland Wales | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Champions | Not completed [1] | ||
Matches played | 3 | ||
Top point scorer(s) | Stevenson (1) | ||
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The 1889 Home Nations Championship was the seventh series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Three matches were played between 2 February and 2 March. It was contested by Ireland, Scotland and Wales. England were excluded from the Championship due to their refusal to join the International Rugby Board.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Scotland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
2 | Ireland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
3 | Wales | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The matches for this season were decided on goals scored. A goal was awarded for a successful conversion after a try, for a dropped goal or for a goal from mark. If a game was drawn, any unconverted tries were tallied to give a winner. If there was still no clear winner, the match was declared a draw.
2 February 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), James Holt Marsh (Edinburgh Inst FP), CE Orr ( West of Scotland), CFP Fraser ( Glasgow University), 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 University), A Methuen ( Cambridge U.), DS Morton ( West of Scotland) capt., TB White ( Edinburgh Acads)
Wales: Hugh 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)
16 February 1889 |
Ireland | nil – 1DG | Scotland |
Drop: Stevenson |
Ormeau,
Belfast Referee: WD Phillips ( Wales) |
Ireland: LJ Holmes (Lisburn), RA Yates ( Dublin University), TB Pedlow ( Queen's College, Belfast), DC Woods (Bessbrook), J Stevenson (Lisburn), RG Warren ( Lansdowne) capt., HW Andrews ( NIFC), TM Donovan ( Queen's College, Cork), EG Forrest ( Wanderers), JS Jameson ( Lansdowne), J Moffatt (Belfast Albion), LC Nash ( Queen's College, Cork), CRR Stack ( Dublin University), 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), Darsie 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)
2 March 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 ( Lansdowne) capt., AC McDonnell ( Dublin U.), Victor Le Fanu ( Lansdowne), JS Jameson ( Lansdowne), EG Forrest ( Wanderers), J Cotton ( Wanderers), J Waites ( Bective Rangers), HW Andrews ( NIFC), JN Lytle ( NIFC), R Stevenson (Lisburn), HA Richey ( Dublin U.)
1889 Home Nations Championship | |||
---|---|---|---|
Date | 2 February – 2 March 1889 | ||
Countries |
Ireland Scotland Wales | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Champions | Not completed [1] | ||
Matches played | 3 | ||
Top point scorer(s) | Stevenson (1) | ||
|
The 1889 Home Nations Championship was the seventh series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Three matches were played between 2 February and 2 March. It was contested by Ireland, Scotland and Wales. England were excluded from the Championship due to their refusal to join the International Rugby Board.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Scotland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
2 | Ireland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
3 | Wales | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The matches for this season were decided on goals scored. A goal was awarded for a successful conversion after a try, for a dropped goal or for a goal from mark. If a game was drawn, any unconverted tries were tallied to give a winner. If there was still no clear winner, the match was declared a draw.
2 February 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), James Holt Marsh (Edinburgh Inst FP), CE Orr ( West of Scotland), CFP Fraser ( Glasgow University), 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 University), A Methuen ( Cambridge U.), DS Morton ( West of Scotland) capt., TB White ( Edinburgh Acads)
Wales: Hugh 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)
16 February 1889 |
Ireland | nil – 1DG | Scotland |
Drop: Stevenson |
Ormeau,
Belfast Referee: WD Phillips ( Wales) |
Ireland: LJ Holmes (Lisburn), RA Yates ( Dublin University), TB Pedlow ( Queen's College, Belfast), DC Woods (Bessbrook), J Stevenson (Lisburn), RG Warren ( Lansdowne) capt., HW Andrews ( NIFC), TM Donovan ( Queen's College, Cork), EG Forrest ( Wanderers), JS Jameson ( Lansdowne), J Moffatt (Belfast Albion), LC Nash ( Queen's College, Cork), CRR Stack ( Dublin University), 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), Darsie 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)
2 March 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 ( Lansdowne) capt., AC McDonnell ( Dublin U.), Victor Le Fanu ( Lansdowne), JS Jameson ( Lansdowne), EG Forrest ( Wanderers), J Cotton ( Wanderers), J Waites ( Bective Rangers), HW Andrews ( NIFC), JN Lytle ( NIFC), R Stevenson (Lisburn), HA Richey ( Dublin U.)