1902 Home Nations Championship
{{short description|International rugby union competition}}
{{Infobox Six Nations Championship 2
| name = 1902 Home Nations Championship
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| date = 11 January – 15 March 1902
| countries = {{ru|ENG}}
{{ru|IRE|1783}}
{{ru|SCO}}
{{Ru|WAL|1807}}
| champions = {{Ru|WAL|1807}}
| count = 3
| grand slam =
| triple crown = {{Ru|WAL|1807}} (3rd title)
| calcutta cup = {{ru|ENG}}
| millennium trophy =
| centenary quaich =
| giuseppe garibaldi trophy =
| matches = 6
| attendance =
| tries =
| top point scorer = {{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Gabe (9)
{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Llewellyn (9)
| top try scorer = {{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Gabe (3)
{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Llewellyn (3)
| website =
| previous year = 1901
| previous tournament = 1901 Home Nations Championship
| next year = 1903
| next tournament = 1903 Home Nations Championship
}}
The 1902 Home Nations Championship was the twentieth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 11 January and 15 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Wales won both the Championship and the Triple Crown, both for the third time in the country's history. After winning the Triple Crown the year before, Scotland disappointed by losing all three games of the 1902 tournament.
Table
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|team4=SCO|name_SCO={{Ru|SCO}}
|win_WAL=3|draw_WAL=0|loss_WAL=0|pf_WAL=38|pa_WAL=13
|win_ENG=2|draw_ENG=0|loss_ENG=1|pf_ENG=20|pa_ENG=15
|win_IRE=1|draw_IRE=0|loss_IRE=2|pf_IRE=8|pa_IRE=21
|win_SCO=0|draw_SCO=0|loss_SCO=3|pf_SCO=8|pa_SCO=25
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Results
{{Rugbybox |
date = 11 January 1902|
home = {{Ru-rt|ENG}} |
score = 8–9|
away = {{Ru|WAL|1807}} |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = London |
attendance = }}
{{Rugbybox |
date = 1 February 1902|
home = {{Ru|WAL|1807}} |
score = 14–5|
away = {{Ru|SCO}} |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = Cardiff |
attendance = }}
{{Rugbybox |
date = 8 February 1902|
home = {{Ru-rt|ENG}} |
score = 6–3|
away = {{Ru|IRE|1783}} |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = Leicester |
attendance = }}
{{Rugbybox |
date = 22 February 1902|
home = {{Ru-rt|IRE|1783}} |
score = 5–0|
away = {{Ru|SCO}} |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = Belfast |
attendance = }}
{{Rugbybox |
date = 8 March 1902|
home = {{Ru-rt|IRE|1783}} |
score = 0–15|
away = {{Ru|WAL|1807}} |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = Dublin |
attendance = }}
{{Rugbybox |
date = 15 March 1902|
home = {{Ru-rt|SCO}} |
score = 3–6|
away = {{Ru|ENG}} |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = Edinburgh |
attendance = }}
=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.
The matches
=England vs. Wales=
{{Rugbybox
|date = 11 January 1902
|home = {{Ru|ENG}}
|score = 8–9
|away = {{Ru|WAL|1807}}
|homescore = Try: Dobson
Robinson
Con: Alexander
|awayscore = Try: Gabe
Osborne
Con: Strand-Jones (0/2)
Pen: Bancroft
|stadium = Rectory Field, Blackheath, London
|attendance =
|referee = RW Jeffares (Ireland) }}
England: HT Gamlin (Blackheath), Philip Nicholas (Exeter), John Raphael (Oxford Uni.), JT Taylor (West Hartlepool), SF Coopper (Blackheath), B Oughtred (Hartlepool Rovers), PD Kendall (Birkenhead Park), G Fraser (Richmond), JJ Robinson (Headingley), TH Willcocks (Plymouth Albion), LR Tosswill (Exeter), H Alexander (Birkenhead Park) capt., Denys Dobson (Oxford Uni.), J Jewitt (Hartlepool Rovers), SG Williams (Devonport Albion)
Wales: John Strand-Jones (Llanelli), Willie Llewellyn (Llwynypia), Gwyn Nicholls (Cardiff) capt., Rhys Gabe (Llanelli), Teddy Morgan (London Welsh), Dicky Owen (Swansea), Dick Jones (Swansea), Jehoida Hodges (Newport), Will Joseph (Swansea), Will Osborne (Mountain Ash), Arthur Harding (Cardiff), Alfred Brice (Aberavon), David Jones (Treherbert), George Boots (Newport), Nathaniel Walters (Llanelli)
----
=Wales vs. Scotland=
{{Rugbybox
|date = 1 February 1902
|home = {{Ru|WAL|1807}}
|score = 14–5
|away = {{Ru|SCO}}
|homescore = Try: Llewellyn (2)
Gabe (2)
Con: Strand-Jones
|awayscore = Try: Welsh
Con: Gillespie
|stadium = Cardiff Arms Park Cardiff
|attendance =
|referee = P Gillard (England) }}
Wales: John Strand-Jones (Llanelli), Willie Llewellyn (Llwynypia), 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), Harry Jones (Penygraig)
Scotland: AW Duncan (Edinburgh University), WH Welsh (Edinburgh Acads), AN Fell (Edinburgh University), Alec Boswell Timms (Edinburgh University), P Turnbull (Edinburgh Acads), FH Fasson (Edinburgh University), Jimmy Gillespie (Edinburgh Acads), J Ross (London Scottish), AB Flett (Edinburgh University), WE Kyle (Hawick), David Bedell-Sivright (Cambridge Uni), Mark Coxon Morrison (Royal HSFP) capt., JV Beddell-Sivright (Cambridge Uni), James Greenlees (Cambridge Uni), JA Bell (Clydesdale)
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=England vs. Ireland=
{{Rugbybox
|date = 8 February 1902
|home = {{Ru|ENG}}
|score = 6–3
|away = {{Ru|IRE|1783}}
|homescore = Try: Coopper
Williams
|awayscore = Try: F. Gardiner
|stadium = Welford Road, Leicester
|attendance =
|referee = R Welsh (Scotland) }}
England: HT Gamlin (Blackheath), R Forrest (Blackheath), John Raphael (Oxford Uni.), JT Taylor (West Hartlepool), SF Coopper (Blackheath), B Oughtred (Hartlepool Rovers), Ernest John "Katie" Walton (Castleford), G Fraser (Richmond), JJ Robinson (Headingley), John Daniell (Richmond) capt., LR Tosswill (Exeter), H Alexander (Birkenhead Park), Denys Dobson (Oxford Uni.), PF Hardwick (Percy Park), SG Williams (Devonport Albion)
Ireland: J Fulton (NIFC) capt., CC Fitzgerald (Glasgow University), BRW Doran (Lansdowne), JB Allison (Queen's Uni, Belfast), IG Davidson (NIFC), Louis Magee (Bective Rangers), Harry Corley (Dublin University), Thomas Arnold Harvey (Dublin University), George Hamlet (Old Wesley), Samuel Irwin (Queen's Uni, Belfast), A Tedford (Malone), P Healey (Limerick), JJ Coffey (Lansdowne), F Gardiner (NIFC), J Ryan (Rockwell College)
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=Ireland vs. Scotland=
{{Rugbybox
|date = 22 February 1902
|home = {{Ru|IRE|1783}}
|score = 5–0
|away = {{Ru|SCO}}
|homescore = Try: Gerry Doran
Con: Corley
|awayscore =
|stadium = Balmoral Showgrounds, Belfast
|attendance =
|referee = A. Hill (England) }}
Ireland: J Fulton (NIFC) capt., Gerry Doran (Lansdowne), BRW Doran (Lansdowne), JB Allison (Queen's Uni, Belfast), IG Davidson (NIFC), Louis Magee (Bective Rangers), Harry Corley (Dublin University), Thomas Arnold Harvey (Dublin University), George Hamlet (Old Wesley), Samuel Irwin (Queen's Uni, Belfast), A Tedford (Malone), P Healey (Limerick), JJ Coffey (Lansdowne), F Gardiner (NIFC), JC Pringle (NIFC)
Scotland: AW Duncan (Edinburgh University), WH Welsh (Edinburgh Acads), JE Crabbie (Oxford University), AS Dryborough (Edinburgh Wanderers), P Turnbull (Edinburgh Acads), RM Neill (Edinburgh Acads), Jimmy Gillespie (Edinburgh Acads), Herbert Bullmore (Edinburgh University), AB Flett (Edinburgh University), WE Kyle (Hawick), David Bedell-Sivright (Cambridge Uni), Mark Coxon Morrison (Royal HSFP) capt., WP Scott (West of Scotland), James Greenlees (Cambridge Uni), JA Bell (Clydesdale)
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=Ireland vs. Wales=
{{Rugbybox
|date = 8 March 1902
|home = {{Ru|IRE|1783}}
|score = 0–15
|away = {{Ru|WAL|1807}}
|homescore =
|awayscore = Try: Nicholls
Llewellyn
Llewellyn Lloyd
Con: Brice
Drop: Nicholls
|stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin
|attendance =
|referee = Crawford Findlay (Scotland) }}
Ireland: J Fulton (NIFC), Gerry Doran (Lansdowne), BRW Doran (Lansdowne), JB Allison (Queen's Uni, Belfast), IG Davidson (NIFC), Louis Magee (Bective Rangers) capt., Harry Corley (Dublin University), Thomas Arnold Harvey (Dublin University), George Hamlet (Old Wesley), Samuel Irwin (Queen's Uni, Belfast), A Tedford (Malone), P Healey (Limerick), JJ Coffey (Lansdowne), F Gardiner (NIFC), JC Pringle (NIFC)
Wales: John Strand-Jones (Llanelli), Willie Llewellyn (Llwynypia), 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), Harry Jones (Penygraig)
----
=Scotland vs. England=
{{Rugbybox
|date = 15 March 1902
|home = {{Ru|SCO}}
|score = 3–6
|away = {{Ru|ENG}}
|homescore = Try: Fell
|awayscore = Try: Williams
Taylor
|stadium = Inverleith, Edinburgh
|attendance =
|referee = FM Hamilton (Ireland) }}
Scotland: AW Duncan (Edinburgh University), WH Welsh (Edinburgh Acads), AN Fell (Edinburgh University), Alec Boswell Timms (Edinburgh University), P Turnbull (Edinburgh Acads), FH Fasson (Edinburgh University), ED Simson (Edinburgh University), John Dykes (Glasgow HSFP), HO Smith (Watsonians), WE Kyle (Hawick), David Bedell-Sivright (Cambridge Uni), Mark Coxon Morrison (Royal HSFP) capt., WP Scott (West of Scotland), James Greenlees (Cambridge Uni), JA Bell (Clydesdale)
England: HT Gamlin (Blackheath), R Forrest (Blackheath), John Raphael (Oxford Uni.), JT Taylor (West Hartlepool), T Simpson (Rockcliff), B Oughtred (Hartlepool Rovers), Ernest John Walton (Castleford), G Fraser (Richmond), JJ Robinson (Headingley), John Daniell (Richmond) capt., LR Tosswill (Exeter), Bernard Charles Hartley (Blackheath), Denys Dobson (Oxford Uni.), PF Hardwick (Percy Park), SG Williams (Devonport Albion)
Bibliography
- {{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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