1903 Home Nations Championship | |||
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Date | 10 January – 21 March 1903 | ||
Countries |
England Ireland Scotland Wales | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Champions | Scotland (5th title) | ||
Triple Crown | Scotland (4th title) | ||
Matches played | 6 | ||
Top point scorer(s) | Hodges (9) | ||
Top try scorer(s) | Hodges (3) | ||
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The 1903 Home Nations Championship was the twenty-first series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 10 January and 21 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | Scotland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 6 |
2 | Wales | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 11 | +28 | 4 |
3 | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 2 |
4 | England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 37 | −26 | 0 |
10 January 1903 |
Wales | 21–5 | England |
Try:
Hodges (3) Owen Pearson Con: Strand- Jones (3) | Try:
Dobson Con: Taylor |
St. Helen's,
Swansea Referee: Robin Welsh ( Scotland) |
Wales: John Strand-Jones ( Llanelli), Fred Jowett ( Swansea), Dan Rees ( Swansea), Rhys Gabe ( Llanelli), Tom Pearson ( Newport) capt., Dicky Owen ( Swansea), Llewellyn Lloyd ( Newport), Jehoida Hodges ( Newport), Will Joseph ( Swansea), Will Osborne ( Mountain Ash), Arthur Harding ( Cardiff), Alfred Brice ( Aberavon), David Jones ( Treherbert), George Boots ( Newport), George Travers ( Pill Harriers)
England: HT Gamlin ( Blackheath), JH Miles ( Leicester), RH Spooner (Liverpool), JT Taylor ( West Hartlepool), T Simpson (Rockcliff), B Oughtred ( Hartlepool Rovers) capt., Frank Croft Hulme ( Birkenhead Park), G Fraser ( Richmond), Vincent Cartwright ( Oxford Uni.), R Bradley ( West Hartlepool), J Duthie ( West Hartlepool), RFA Hobbs ( Blackheath), Denys Dobson ( Oxford Uni.), PF Hardwick ( Percy Park), RD Wood (Liverpool OB)
7 February 1903 |
Scotland | 6–0 | Wales |
Try: Kyle Pen: Timms |
Inverleith,
Edinburgh Referee: A Martelli ( Ireland) |
Scotland: WT Forrest ( Hawick), HJ Orr ( London Scottish), AN Fell ( Edinburgh University), Alec Boswell Timms ( Edinburgh University), JE Crabbie ( Oxford Uni.), J Knox (Kelvinside Acads), ED Simson ( Edinburgh University), L West ( Edinburgh University), AG Cairns ( Watsonians), WE Kyle ( Hawick), David Bedell-Sivright ( Cambridge Uni), Mark Coxon Morrison (Royal HSFP) capt., WP Scott ( West of Scotland), James Greenlees (Kelvinside Acads.), N Kennedy ( West of Scotland)
Wales: John Strand-Jones ( Llanelli), William Richard Arnold ( Swansea), Dan Rees ( Swansea), Rhys Gabe ( Llanelli), Billy Trew ( Swansea), Dicky Owen ( Swansea), Llewellyn Lloyd ( Newport) capt., Jehoida Hodges ( Newport), Will Joseph ( Swansea), Will Osborne ( Mountain Ash), Arthur Harding ( Cardiff), Alfred Brice ( Aberavon), David Jones ( Treherbert), George Boots ( Newport), George Travers ( Pill Harriers)
14 February 1903 |
Ireland | 6–0 | England |
Try: Ryan Pen: Corley |
Lansdowne Road,
Dublin Referee: Crawford Findlay ( Scotland) |
Ireland: J Fulton ( NIFC), HJ Anderson ( Old Wesley), DR Taylor ( Queen's Uni, Belfast), GAD Harvey ( Wanderers), CC Fitzgerald ( Dungannon), Louis Magee ( Bective Rangers), Harry Corley ( Dublin University) capt., Thomas Arnold Harvey ( Dublin University), George Hamlet ( Old Wesley), M Ryan ( Rockwell College), A Tedford ( Malone), P Healey (Limerick), JJ Coffey ( Lansdowne), F Gardiner ( NIFC), RS Smyth ( Dublin University)
England: HT Gamlin ( Blackheath), R Forrest ( Blackheath), AT Brettargh (Liverpool OB), JT Taylor ( West Hartlepool), T Simpson (Rockcliff), B Oughtred ( Hartlepool Rovers) capt., FC Hulme ( Birkenhead Park), G Fraser ( Richmond), Vincent Cartwright ( Oxford Uni.), BA Hill ( Blackheath), SG Williams ( Devonport Albion), WG Heppell ( Devonport Albion), Denys Dobson ( Oxford Uni.), PF Hardwick ( Percy Park), RD Wood (Liverpool OB)
28 February 1903 |
Scotland | 3–0 | Ireland |
Try: Crabbie |
Inverleith,
Edinburgh Referee: FHR Alderson ( England) |
Scotland: WT Forrest ( Hawick), HJ Orr ( London Scottish), C France (Kelvinside Acads), AS Drybrough (Edinburgh Wanderers), JE Crabbie ( Oxford Uni.), J Knox (Kelvinside Acads), ED Simson ( Edinburgh University), L West ( Edinburgh University), AG Cairns ( Watsonians), WE Kyle ( Hawick), David Bedell-Sivright ( Cambridge Uni), Mark Coxon Morrison (Royal HSFP) capt., WP Scott ( West of Scotland), James Greenlees (Kelvinside Acads.), N Kennedy ( West of Scotland)
Ireland: J Fulton ( NIFC), HJ Anderson ( Old Wesley), JB Allison ( Edinburgh University), GAD Harvey ( Wanderers), CC Fitzgerald ( Dungannon), Louis Magee ( Bective Rangers), Harry Corley ( Dublin University) capt., Jos Wallace ( Wanderers), George Hamlet ( Old Wesley), CE Allen (Derry), A Tedford ( Malone), P Healey (Limerick), JJ Coffey ( Lansdowne), Samuel Irwin ( NIFC), RS Smyth ( Dublin University)
14 March 1903 |
Wales | 18–0 | Ireland |
Try:
Llewellyn (2) Gabe Morgan (2) Brice |
Cardiff Arms Park,
Cardiff Referee: Percival Coles ( England) |
Wales: Bert Winfield ( Cardiff), Willie Llewellyn ( London Welsh), Gwyn Nicholls ( Cardiff) capt., Rhys Gabe ( Llanelli), Teddy Morgan ( London Welsh), Dicky Owen ( Swansea), Llewellyn Lloyd ( Newport), Jehoida Hodges ( Newport), Will Joseph ( Swansea), Will Osborne ( Mountain Ash), Arthur Harding ( Cardiff), Alfred Brice ( Aberavon), David Jones ( Treherbert), George Boots ( Newport), George Travers ( Pill Harriers)
Ireland: J Fulton ( NIFC), G Bradshaw (Belfast Collegians), James Cecil Parke ( Dublin University), C Reid ( NIFC), Gerry Doran ( Lansdowne), Louis Magee ( Bective Rangers), Harry Corley ( Dublin University) capt., Jos Wallace ( Wanderers), George Hamlet ( Old Wesley), CE Allen (Derry), A Tedford ( Malone), P Healey (Limerick), JJ Coffey ( Lansdowne), F Gardiner ( NIFC), TA Harvey ( Monkstown)
21 March 1903 |
England | 6–10 | Scotland |
Try:
Dobson Forrest | Try:
Dallas Simson Drop: Timms |
Athletic Ground
Richmond Referee: WM Douglas ( Wales) |
England: HT Gamlin( Blackheath), T Simpson (Rockcliff), AT Brettargh (Liverpool OB), EIM Barrett (Lennox), R Forrest ( Blackheath) WV Butcher (Streatham & Croydon), PD Kendall ( Birkenhead Park) capt., NC Fletcher (OMT), Vincent Cartwright ( Oxford Uni.), BA Hill ( Blackheath), SG Williams ( Devonport Albion), Frank Stout ( Richmond), Denys Dobson ( Oxford Uni.), PF Hardwick ( Percy Park), R Pierce (Liverpool)
Scotland: WT Forrest ( Hawick), HJ Orr ( London Scottish), AN Fell ( Edinburgh University), Alec Boswell Timms ( Edinburgh University), JS MacDonald ( Edinburgh University), J Knox (Kelvinside Acads), ED Simson ( Edinburgh University), L West ( Edinburgh University), AG Cairns ( Watsonians), WE Kyle ( Hawick), J Ross ( London Scottish), John Dallas ( Watsonians), WP Scott ( West of Scotland), James Greenlees (Kelvinside Acads.) capt., N Kennedy ( West of Scotland)
1903 Home Nations Championship | |||
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Date | 10 January – 21 March 1903 | ||
Countries |
England Ireland Scotland Wales | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Champions | Scotland (5th title) | ||
Triple Crown | Scotland (4th title) | ||
Matches played | 6 | ||
Top point scorer(s) | Hodges (9) | ||
Top try scorer(s) | Hodges (3) | ||
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The 1903 Home Nations Championship was the twenty-first series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 10 January and 21 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Scotland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 6 |
2 | Wales | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 11 | +28 | 4 |
3 | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 2 |
4 | England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 37 | −26 | 0 |
10 January 1903 |
Wales | 21–5 | England |
Try:
Hodges (3) Owen Pearson Con: Strand- Jones (3) | Try:
Dobson Con: Taylor |
St. Helen's,
Swansea Referee: Robin Welsh ( Scotland) |
Wales: John Strand-Jones ( Llanelli), Fred Jowett ( Swansea), Dan Rees ( Swansea), Rhys Gabe ( Llanelli), Tom Pearson ( Newport) capt., Dicky Owen ( Swansea), Llewellyn Lloyd ( Newport), Jehoida Hodges ( Newport), Will Joseph ( Swansea), Will Osborne ( Mountain Ash), Arthur Harding ( Cardiff), Alfred Brice ( Aberavon), David Jones ( Treherbert), George Boots ( Newport), George Travers ( Pill Harriers)
England: HT Gamlin ( Blackheath), JH Miles ( Leicester), RH Spooner (Liverpool), JT Taylor ( West Hartlepool), T Simpson (Rockcliff), B Oughtred ( Hartlepool Rovers) capt., Frank Croft Hulme ( Birkenhead Park), G Fraser ( Richmond), Vincent Cartwright ( Oxford Uni.), R Bradley ( West Hartlepool), J Duthie ( West Hartlepool), RFA Hobbs ( Blackheath), Denys Dobson ( Oxford Uni.), PF Hardwick ( Percy Park), RD Wood (Liverpool OB)
7 February 1903 |
Scotland | 6–0 | Wales |
Try: Kyle Pen: Timms |
Inverleith,
Edinburgh Referee: A Martelli ( Ireland) |
Scotland: WT Forrest ( Hawick), HJ Orr ( London Scottish), AN Fell ( Edinburgh University), Alec Boswell Timms ( Edinburgh University), JE Crabbie ( Oxford Uni.), J Knox (Kelvinside Acads), ED Simson ( Edinburgh University), L West ( Edinburgh University), AG Cairns ( Watsonians), WE Kyle ( Hawick), David Bedell-Sivright ( Cambridge Uni), Mark Coxon Morrison (Royal HSFP) capt., WP Scott ( West of Scotland), James Greenlees (Kelvinside Acads.), N Kennedy ( West of Scotland)
Wales: John Strand-Jones ( Llanelli), William Richard Arnold ( Swansea), Dan Rees ( Swansea), Rhys Gabe ( Llanelli), Billy Trew ( Swansea), Dicky Owen ( Swansea), Llewellyn Lloyd ( Newport) capt., Jehoida Hodges ( Newport), Will Joseph ( Swansea), Will Osborne ( Mountain Ash), Arthur Harding ( Cardiff), Alfred Brice ( Aberavon), David Jones ( Treherbert), George Boots ( Newport), George Travers ( Pill Harriers)
14 February 1903 |
Ireland | 6–0 | England |
Try: Ryan Pen: Corley |
Lansdowne Road,
Dublin Referee: Crawford Findlay ( Scotland) |
Ireland: J Fulton ( NIFC), HJ Anderson ( Old Wesley), DR Taylor ( Queen's Uni, Belfast), GAD Harvey ( Wanderers), CC Fitzgerald ( Dungannon), Louis Magee ( Bective Rangers), Harry Corley ( Dublin University) capt., Thomas Arnold Harvey ( Dublin University), George Hamlet ( Old Wesley), M Ryan ( Rockwell College), A Tedford ( Malone), P Healey (Limerick), JJ Coffey ( Lansdowne), F Gardiner ( NIFC), RS Smyth ( Dublin University)
England: HT Gamlin ( Blackheath), R Forrest ( Blackheath), AT Brettargh (Liverpool OB), JT Taylor ( West Hartlepool), T Simpson (Rockcliff), B Oughtred ( Hartlepool Rovers) capt., FC Hulme ( Birkenhead Park), G Fraser ( Richmond), Vincent Cartwright ( Oxford Uni.), BA Hill ( Blackheath), SG Williams ( Devonport Albion), WG Heppell ( Devonport Albion), Denys Dobson ( Oxford Uni.), PF Hardwick ( Percy Park), RD Wood (Liverpool OB)
28 February 1903 |
Scotland | 3–0 | Ireland |
Try: Crabbie |
Inverleith,
Edinburgh Referee: FHR Alderson ( England) |
Scotland: WT Forrest ( Hawick), HJ Orr ( London Scottish), C France (Kelvinside Acads), AS Drybrough (Edinburgh Wanderers), JE Crabbie ( Oxford Uni.), J Knox (Kelvinside Acads), ED Simson ( Edinburgh University), L West ( Edinburgh University), AG Cairns ( Watsonians), WE Kyle ( Hawick), David Bedell-Sivright ( Cambridge Uni), Mark Coxon Morrison (Royal HSFP) capt., WP Scott ( West of Scotland), James Greenlees (Kelvinside Acads.), N Kennedy ( West of Scotland)
Ireland: J Fulton ( NIFC), HJ Anderson ( Old Wesley), JB Allison ( Edinburgh University), GAD Harvey ( Wanderers), CC Fitzgerald ( Dungannon), Louis Magee ( Bective Rangers), Harry Corley ( Dublin University) capt., Jos Wallace ( Wanderers), George Hamlet ( Old Wesley), CE Allen (Derry), A Tedford ( Malone), P Healey (Limerick), JJ Coffey ( Lansdowne), Samuel Irwin ( NIFC), RS Smyth ( Dublin University)
14 March 1903 |
Wales | 18–0 | Ireland |
Try:
Llewellyn (2) Gabe Morgan (2) Brice |
Cardiff Arms Park,
Cardiff Referee: Percival Coles ( England) |
Wales: Bert Winfield ( Cardiff), Willie Llewellyn ( London Welsh), Gwyn Nicholls ( Cardiff) capt., Rhys Gabe ( Llanelli), Teddy Morgan ( London Welsh), Dicky Owen ( Swansea), Llewellyn Lloyd ( Newport), Jehoida Hodges ( Newport), Will Joseph ( Swansea), Will Osborne ( Mountain Ash), Arthur Harding ( Cardiff), Alfred Brice ( Aberavon), David Jones ( Treherbert), George Boots ( Newport), George Travers ( Pill Harriers)
Ireland: J Fulton ( NIFC), G Bradshaw (Belfast Collegians), James Cecil Parke ( Dublin University), C Reid ( NIFC), Gerry Doran ( Lansdowne), Louis Magee ( Bective Rangers), Harry Corley ( Dublin University) capt., Jos Wallace ( Wanderers), George Hamlet ( Old Wesley), CE Allen (Derry), A Tedford ( Malone), P Healey (Limerick), JJ Coffey ( Lansdowne), F Gardiner ( NIFC), TA Harvey ( Monkstown)
21 March 1903 |
England | 6–10 | Scotland |
Try:
Dobson Forrest | Try:
Dallas Simson Drop: Timms |
Athletic Ground
Richmond Referee: WM Douglas ( Wales) |
England: HT Gamlin( Blackheath), T Simpson (Rockcliff), AT Brettargh (Liverpool OB), EIM Barrett (Lennox), R Forrest ( Blackheath) WV Butcher (Streatham & Croydon), PD Kendall ( Birkenhead Park) capt., NC Fletcher (OMT), Vincent Cartwright ( Oxford Uni.), BA Hill ( Blackheath), SG Williams ( Devonport Albion), Frank Stout ( Richmond), Denys Dobson ( Oxford Uni.), PF Hardwick ( Percy Park), R Pierce (Liverpool)
Scotland: WT Forrest ( Hawick), HJ Orr ( London Scottish), AN Fell ( Edinburgh University), Alec Boswell Timms ( Edinburgh University), JS MacDonald ( Edinburgh University), J Knox (Kelvinside Acads), ED Simson ( Edinburgh University), L West ( Edinburgh University), AG Cairns ( Watsonians), WE Kyle ( Hawick), J Ross ( London Scottish), John Dallas ( Watsonians), WP Scott ( West of Scotland), James Greenlees (Kelvinside Acads.) capt., N Kennedy ( West of Scotland)