1898 Home Nations Championship
{{short description|International rugby union competition}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2012}}
{{Infobox Six Nations Championship 2
| name = 1898 Home Nations Championship
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| date = 5 February – 2 April 1898
| countries = {{ru|ENG}}
{{ru|IRE|1783}}
{{ru|SCO}}
{{ru|WAL|1807}}
| champions = not completed
| count =
| grand slam =
| triple crown =
| calcutta cup =
| millennium trophy =
| centenary quaich =
| giuseppe garibaldi trophy =
| matches = 5
| attendance =
| tries =
| top point scorer = {{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Huzzey (10)
| top try scorer = {{flagicon|ENG}} Fookes (2)
{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Huzzey (2)
{{flagicon|SCO}} Tom Scott, (2)
| website =
| previous year = 1897
| previous tournament = 1897 Home Nations Championship
| next year = 1899
| next tournament = 1899 Home Nations Championship
}}
The 1898 Home Nations Championship was the sixteenth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Five matches were played between 5 February and 2 April 1898. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
For the second year running, England claimed the title solely on the fact that the other Home Nation Unions were still in bitter dispute. The Scottish Rugby Union was still aggrieved at the situation caused by the Gould Affair and decided not to participate in a match against Wales. This decision meant England led the scoring table as the winner of a Scotland vs. Wales encounter would have taken the Championship.
Due to the dispute, most sources list the result of the 1898 championship as "not completed."
Table
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|res_col_header=Q
|winpoints=2
|for_against_style=points
|team1=ENG|name_ENG={{Ru|ENG}}
|team2=SCO|name_SCO={{Ru|SCO}}
|team3=WAL|name_WAL={{Ru|WAL|1807}}
|team4=IRE|pos_IRE=3|name_IRE={{Ru|IRE|1783}}
|win_ENG=1|draw_ENG=1|loss_ENG=1|pf_ENG=23|pa_ENG=19
|win_SCO=1|draw_SCO=1|loss_SCO=0|pf_SCO=11|pa_SCO=3
|win_WAL=1|draw_WAL=0|loss_WAL=1|pf_WAL=18|pa_WAL=17
|win_IRE=1|draw_IRE=0|loss_IRE=2|pf_IRE=12|pa_IRE=25
|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A
|update=complete|source=
}}
=Scoring system=
The matches for this season were decided on points scored. A try was worth three points, while converting a kicked goal from the try gave an additional two points. A dropped goal and a goal from mark were both worth four points. Penalty goals were worth three points.
Matches
=England vs. Ireland=
{{Rugbybox
|date = 5 February 1898
|home = {{Ru-rt|ENG}}
|score = 6–9
|away = {{Ru|IRE|1783}}
|homescore = Try: Robinson
Pen: Byrne
|awayscore = Try: Lindsay
Magee
Pen: Bulger
|stadium = Athletic Ground Richmond
|attendance =
|referee = DG Findaly (Scotland) }}
England J. F. Byrne (Moseley) capt., G.C. Robinson (Percy Park), Ernest Fookes (Sowerby Bridge), Osbert Mackie (Cambridge Uni), WL Bunting (Richmond), H Myers (Keighley), PG Jacob (Blackheath), F Jacob (Richmond), R Pierce (Liverpool), F Shaw (Cleckheaton), RF Oakes (Hartlepool Rovers), Frank Stout (Gloucester), HW Dudgeon (Richmond), JH Blacklock (Aspatria), Charles Edward Wilson (Blackheath)
Ireland Pierce O'Brien-Butler (Monkstown), S Lee (NIFC) capt., Lucius Gwynn (Monkstown), Lawrence Bulger (Lansdowne), FC Purser (Dublin Uni.), Louis Magee (Bective Rangers), GG Allen (Derry), JE McIlwaine (NIFC), JH Lytle (Lansdowne), WG Byron (NIFC), M Ryan (Rockwell College), J Ryan (Rockwell College), H Lindsay (Armagh), JG Franks (Dublin Uni.), J. L. Davis (Monkstown)
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=Ireland vs. Scotland=
{{Rugbybox
|date = 19 February 1898
|home = {{Ru-rt|IRE|1783}}
|score = 0–8
|away = {{Ru|SCO}}
|homescore =
|awayscore = Try: Tom Scott (2)
Con: TM Scott
|stadium = Balmoral Showgrounds, Belfast
|attendance =
|referee = ET Gurdon (England) }}
Ireland Pierce O'Brien-Butler (Monkstown), Frederick Smithwick (Monkstown), Lucius Gwynn (Monkstown), Lawrence Bulger (Lansdowne), FC Purser (Dublin Uni.), Louis Magee (Bective Rangers), GG Allen (Derry) capt., JE McIlwaine (NIFC), JH Lytle (Lansdowne), WG Byron (NIFC), M Ryan (Rockwell College), J Ryan (Rockwell College), H Lindsay (Armagh), JG Franks (Dublin Uni.), J. L. Davis (Monkstown)
Scotland: JM Reid (Edinburgh Acads), RT Neilson (West of Scotland), Edward Spencer (Clydesdale), AR Smith (Oxford Uni) capt., T Scott (Hawick), JT Mabon (Jed-Forest), M Elliot (Hawick), GC Kerr(Durham), A MacKinnon (London Scottish), MC Morrison (Royal HSFP), WMC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), TM Scott (Hawick), R Scott (Hawick), John Dykes (Clydesdale), HO Smith (Watsonians)
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=Scotland vs. England=
{{Rugbybox
|date = 12 March 1898
|home = {{Ru-rt|SCO}}
|score = 3–3
|away = {{Ru|ENG}}
|homescore = Try: McEwan
|awayscore = Try: Royds
|stadium = Powderhall, Edinburgh
|attendance =
|referee = J Dodds (Ireland) }}
Scotland: JM Reid (Edinburgh Acads), RT Neilson (West of Scotland), TA Nelson (Oxford Uni), AR Smith (Oxford Uni) capt., T Scott (Hawick), JT Mabon (Jed-Forest), M Elliot (Hawick), GC Kerr(Durham), A MacKinnon (London Scottish), MC Morrison (Royal HSFP), WMC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), TM Scott (Hawick), R Scott (Hawick), John Dykes (Clydesdale), HO Smith (Watsonians)
England J. F. Byrne (Moseley) capt., PW Stout (Gloucester), WN Pilkington (Cambridge Uni), PMR Royds (Blackheath), WL Bunting (Richmond), GT Unwin (Blackheath), Arthur Rotherham (Richmond), F Jacob (Richmond), JF Shaw (RNEC Keyham), HE Ramsden (Bingley), RF Oakes (Hartlepool Rovers), Frank Stout (Gloucester), HW Dudgeon (Richmond), JAS Davidson (Aspatria), W Ashford (Richmond)
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=Ireland vs. Wales=
{{Rugbybox
|date = 18 March 1898
|home = {{Ru-rt|IRE|1783}}
|score = 3–11
|away = {{Ru|WAL|1807}}
|homescore = Pen: Bulger
|awayscore = Try: Dobson
Huzzey
Con: Bancroft
Pen: Bancroft
|stadium = Limerick Lawn Tennis Club, Limerick
|attendance =
|referee = AJ Turnbull (Scotland) }}
Ireland J Fulton (NIFC), Frederick Smithwick (Monkstown), W Gardiner (NIFC) capt., Lawrence Bulger (Lansdowne), FC Purser (Dublin Uni.), Louis Magee (Bective Rangers), A Barr (Methodist C. Belfast), JE McIlwaine (NIFC), WG Byron (NIFC), M Ryan (Rockwell College), J Ryan (Rockwell College), H Lindsay (Armagh), TJ Little (Bective Rangers), JG Franks (Dublin Uni.), T McCarthy (Cork)
Wales: Billy Bancroft (Swansea) capt., Viv Huzzey (Cardiff), Gwyn Nicholls (Cardiff), Pussy Jones (Cardiff), Tom Pearson (Newport), Selwyn Biggs (Cardiff), Jack Elliott (Cardiff), Hopkin Davies (Swansea), Tom Dobson (Cardiff), David Daniel (Llanelli), William Alexander (Llwynypia), George Boots (Newport), Dick Hellings (Llwynypia), Fred Cornish (Cardiff), Joseph Booth (Pontymister)
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=England vs. Wales=
{{Rugbybox
|date = 2 April 1898
|home = {{Ru|ENG}}
|score = 14–7
|away = {{Ru|WAL|1807}}
|homescore = Try: Fookes (2)
Frank Stout
Percy Stout
Con: Byrne
|awayscore = Try: Huzzey
Drop: Huzzey
|stadium = Rectory Field, Blackheath
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = JT Magee (Ireland) }}
England J. F. Byrne (Moseley) capt., PW Stout (Gloucester), Ernest Fookes (Sowerby Bridge), PMR Royds (Blackheath), WL Bunting (Richmond), R O'H Livesay (Blackheath), Arthur Rotherham (Richmond), F Jacob (Richmond), JF Shaw (RNEC Keyham), HE Ramsden (Bingley), RF Oakes (Hartlepool Rovers), Frank Stout (Gloucester), HW Dudgeon (Richmond), JAS Davidson (Aspatria), W Ashford (Richmond)
Wales: Billy Bancroft (Swansea) capt., Viv Huzzey (Cardiff), Gwyn Nicholls (Cardiff), Pussy Jones (Cardiff), Tom Pearson (Newport), Selwyn Biggs (Cardiff), Jack Elliott (Cardiff), Hopkin Davies (Swansea), Tom Dobson (Cardiff), David Daniel (Llanelli), William Alexander (Llwynypia), George Boots (Newport), Dick Hellings (Llwynypia), Fred Cornish (Cardiff), Dai Evans (Penygraig)
References
{{Reflist}}
Sources
- {{cite book |last=Godwin |first=Terry |title=The International Rugby Championship 1883-1983 |year=1984 |publisher=Willows Books |location=London |isbn=0-00-218060-X}}
- {{cite book |last=Griffiths |first=John|title=The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records |year=1987 |publisher=Phoenix House |location=London |isbn=0-460-07003-7}}
External links
- {{cite web| url=http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/6nations.htm |title=6 Nations History |publisher=rugbyfootballhistory.com |access-date=2008-01-19| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071230175842/http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/6nations.htm| archive-date= 30 December 2007 | url-status= live}}
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Category:1897–98 in British rugby union
Category:1897–98 in English rugby union