1884–85 British Home Championship
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox international football competition
|tourney_name=1884–85 British Home Championship
|image =
|size =
|caption =
|country =England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
|dates =28 February – 11 April 1885
|num_teams =4
|champion =SCO
|count =2
|second =ENG
|attendance =
|matches =6
|goals =37
|top_scorer ={{fbicon|SCO}} Joseph Lindsay {{nowrap|(4 goals)}}
|prevseason =1883–84
|nextseason =1885–86
}}
The 1884–85 British Home Championship was the second edition of the British Home Championship annual international football tournament between the British Home Nations. It was staged from 28 February to 11 April 1885. Scotland successfully defended its 1884 title. The English also performed well, beginning with a strong victory over Ireland but failed to capitalise on this start with 1–1 draws with Wales and Scotland. Wales thrashed Ireland 8–1 but were well beaten 8–2 by Scotland who won their final game in a similar scoreline against Ireland, who finished last having conceded 20 goals in three games. Scotland, who had scored 16 goals in two tournaments, would win (individually or shared) six of the first seven tournaments.
Table
|update=complete
|source={{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bhc1884-99.html |title=British Home Championship 1884–1899 |publisher=The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |accessdate=8 April 2019}}{{ cite web | url = http://www.scotlandfootballstats.co.uk/competitions/british-championships/1885 | title = British Championships 1885 | website = Scotland Football Stats | access-date = 6 October 2022 }}
|team1=SCO |team2=ENG |team3=WAL |team4=IRE
|result1=CHA
|win_SCO=2|draw_SCO=1|loss_SCO=0|gf_SCO=17|ga_SCO=4
|win_ENG=1|draw_ENG=2|loss_ENG=0|gf_ENG=6 |ga_ENG=2
|win_WAL=1|draw_WAL=1|loss_WAL=1|gf_WAL=10|ga_WAL=11
|win_IRE=0|draw_IRE=0|loss_IRE=3|gf_IRE=4 |ga_IRE=20
|name_SCO={{fb|SCO}}
|name_ENG={{fb|ENG}}
|name_WAL={{fb|WAL|1807}}
|name_IRE={{fb|IRE}}
|status_SCO=C
|winpoints=2
|class_rules=1) Points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
|res_col_header=
|col_CHA=green1 |text_CHA=
}}
Results
{{footballbox
|date=28 February 1885
|team1={{fb-rt|ENG}}
|score=4–0
|team2={{fb|IRE}}
|goals1=*Lofthouse {{goal}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Whalley Range, Greater Manchester
|attendance=6,000
|referee=James McKillop (Scotland)
}}
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{{footballbox
|date=14 March 1885
|team1={{fb-rt|ENG}}
|score=1–1
|team2={{fb|WAL|1807}}
|goals1=Mitchell {{goal|35}}
|goals2=Lewis {{goal|37}}
|stadium=Leamington Road, Blackburn
|attendance=7,500
|referee=Alexander Stewart (Scotland)
}}
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{{footballbox
|date=14 March 1885
|team1={{fb-rt|SCO}}
|score=8–2
|team2={{fb|IRE}}
|goals1=*Lamont {{goal|10}}
- Turner {{goal|12}}
- Calderwood {{goal|15}}
- Marshall {{goal|35}}
- Higgins {{goal|51||60||70}}
- Barbour {{goal|53}}
|goals2=Gibb {{goal|85||90}}
|stadium=Hampden Park, Glasgow
|attendance=6,000
|referee=William Peirce Dix (England)
}}
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{{footballbox
|date=21 March 1885
|team1={{fb-rt|ENG}}
|score=1–1
|team2={{fb|SCO}}
|goals1=Bambridge {{goal|57}}
|goals2=Lindsay {{goal|20}}
|attendance=8,000
|referee=John Sinclair (Ireland)
}}
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{{footballbox
|date=23 March 1885
|team1={{fb-rt|WAL|1807}}
|score=1–8
|team2={{fb|SCO}}
|goals1=Jones {{goal|50}}
|goals2=*Calderwood {{goal|8||80}}{{efn|name=Wales|The SFA website, RSSSF website and London Hearts website credit Robert Calderwood with two goals against Wales; Andy Mitchell's book and John Litster's files assign the first of these to William Anderson (this would make a hat-trick for Anderson, completed earlier chronologically than that of Joseph Lindsay).{{cite book | last = Mitchell | first = Andy | url=https://www.scottishsporthistory.com/the-men-who-made-scotland.html |title = The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939 | publisher = Amazon | year = 2021 | isbn=9798513846642}}{{cite magazine|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|magazine=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}}}}
|report=[http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/match_details.cfm?matchid=58003 Scottish FA]
|stadium=Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
|attendance=4,000
|referee=Robert M. Sloane (England)
}}
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{{footballbox
|date=11 April 1885
|team1={{fb-rt|IRE}}
|score=2–8
|team2={{fb|WAL|1807}}
|goals1=*Dill {{goal|40}}
- Molyneux {{goal|23}}
|goals2=*Sisson {{goal|52||59||60}}
|stadium=Ulster Cricket Ground, Belfast
|attendance=1,500
|referee=John McDowall (Scotland)
}}
Winning squad
- {{fb|SCO}}
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |
| rowspan=2|Name
! colspan=3|Apps/Goals by opponent ! colspan=2|Total |
|---|
| {{fbicon|WAL}} WAL[https://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/games/18850323.html Mon 23 Mar 1885 Wales 1 Scotland 8], London Hearts Supporters Club] ! {{fbicon|IRE}} ! {{fbicon|ENG}} ! Apps ! Goals |
| align=left|Robert Calderwood
|1/2{{efn|name=Wales}} |1/1 |1 |3 |3{{efn|name=Wales}} |
| align=left|Joe Lindsay
|1/3 | |1/1 |2 |4 |
| align=left|William Anderson
|1/2{{efn|name=Wales}} | |1 |2 |2{{efn|name=Wales}} |
| align=left|David Allan
|1/1 | |1 |2 |1 |
| align=left|James McAulay
|1 | |1 |2 |0 |
| align=left|Walter Arnott
|1 | |1 |2 |0 |
| align=left|Michael Paton
|1 | |1 |2 |0 |
| align=left|Alexander Hamilton
|1 | |1 |2 |0 |
| align=left|Bob Kelso
|1 |1 | |2 |0 |
| align=left|Sandy Higgins Sr
| |1/3 | |1 |3 |
| align=left|Alexander Barbour
| |1/1 | |1 |1 |
| align=left|Walter Lamont
| |1/1 | |1 |1 |
| align=left|John Marshall
| |1/1 | |1 |1 |
| align=left|Willie Turner
| |1/1 | |1 |1 |
| align=left|Charles Campbell
| | |1 |1 |0 |
| align=left|John J. Gow
| | |1 |1 |0 |
| align=left|William Sellar
| | |1 |1 |0 |
| align=left|William Chalmers
| |1 | |1 |0 |
| align=left|Hugh McHardy
| |1 | |1 |0 |
| align=left|Jimmy Niven
| |1 | |1 |0 |
| align=left|John McPherson
| |1 | |1 |0 |
| align=left|Hugh Wilson
|1 | | |1 |0 |
| align=left|Robert P. Brown
|1 | | |1 |0 |
Notes
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References
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- {{cite book |author=Guy Oliver |title=The Guinness Record of World Soccer |year=1992 |publisher=Guinness |isbn=0-85112-954-4}}
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