1904 Home Nations Championship
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| 1904 Home Nations Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 9 January - 19 March 1904 | ||
| Countries |  England Ireland Scotland Wales | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions | Scotland (6th title) | ||
| Matches played | 6 | ||
| Top point scorer(s) | Winfield (17) | ||
| Top try scorer(s) | Morgan (4) | ||
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The 1904 Home Nations Championship was the twenty-second series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 9 January and 19 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scotland
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 4 |
| 2 | Wales
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 3 |
| 2 | England
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 3 |
| 4 | Ireland
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 50 | −33 | 2 |
Results
[edit]The matches
[edit]England vs. Wales
[edit]| 9 January 1904 |
| England | 14 – 14 | Wales |
| Try: Elliot (2) Brettargh Con: Stout Pen: Gamlin | Try: Llewellyn Morgan Con: Winfield (2) GM: Winfield |
| Welford Road, Leicester Referee: Crawford Findlay (Scotland) |
England: HT Gamlin (Blackheath), Edgar Elliot (Sunderland), AT Brettargh (Liverpool OB), EJ Vivyan (Devonport Albion), EW Dillon (Blackheath) PS Hancock (Richmond), WV Butcher (Bristol), GH Keeton (Richmond), Vincent Cartwright (Oxford Uni.), Jumbo Milton (Bedford GS), NJ Moore (Bristol), Frank Stout (Richmond) capt., Charles Joseph Newbold (Cambridge Uni.), BA Hill (Blackheath), PF Hardwick (Percy Park)
Wales: Bert Winfield (Cardiff), Teddy Morgan (London Welsh), Gwyn Nicholls (Cardiff) capt., Rhys Gabe (Llanelli), Willie Llewellyn (Newport), Dicky Owen (Swansea), Dick Jones (Swansea), Jehoida Hodges (Newport), Will Joseph (Swansea), John William Evans (Blaina), Arthur Harding (London Welsh), Alfred Brice (Aberavon), David John Thomas (Swansea), Sam Ramsey (Treorchy), George Boots (Newport)
England vs. Ireland
[edit]| 13 February 1904 |
| England | 19 – 0 | Ireland |
| Try: Moore (2) Vivyan (2) Simpson Con: Vivyan |
| Rectory Field, Blackheath, London Referee: T. Williams (Wales) |
England: HT Gamlin (Blackheath), T Simpson (Rockcliff), AT Brettargh (Liverpool OB), EJ Vivyan (Devonport Albion), EW Dillon (Blackheath) PS Hancock (Richmond), WV Butcher (Bristol), GH Keeton (Richmond), John Daniell (Richmond) capt., Jumbo Milton (Bedford GS), NJ Moore (Bristol), Frank Stout (Richmond), Charles Joseph Newbold (Cambridge Uni.), BA Hill (Blackheath), PF Hardwick (Percy Park)
Ireland: J Fulton (NIFC), CG Robb (Queen's Uni, Belfast), James Cecil Parke (Dublin University), Harry Corley (Wanderers) capt., Gerry Doran (Lansdowne), TTH Robinson (Wanderers), FA Kennedy (Wanderers), Jos Wallace (Wanderers), Jas Wallace (Wanderers), CE Allen (Derry), Alfred Tedford (Malone), M Ryan (Rockwell College), J Ryan (Rockwell College), F Gardiner (NIFC), RS Smyth (Dublin University)
Wales vs. Scotland
[edit]| 6 February 1904 |
| Wales | 21 – 3 | Scotland |
| Try: Gabe Morgan Brice Jones Con: Winfield (3) Pen: Winfield | Try: Orr |
| St. Helen's Swansea Referee: FW Nicholls (England) |
Wales: Bert Winfield (Cardiff), Teddy Morgan (London Welsh), Cliff Pritchard (Newport), Rhys Gabe (Llanelli), Willie Llewellyn (Newport) capt., Dicky Owen (Swansea), Dick Jones (Swansea), Jehoida Hodges (Newport), Will Joseph (Swansea), Billy O'Neill (Cardiff), Arthur Harding (London Welsh), Alfred Brice (Aberavon), Harry Vaughan Watkins (Llanelli), Edwin Thomas Maynard (Newport), David Harris Davies (Neath)
Scotland: WT Forrest (Hawick), HJ Orr (London Scottish), GE Crabbie (Edinburgh Acads), LM MacLeod (Cambridge University), JS MacDonald (Edinburgh University), AA Bissett (RIE College), ED Simson (Edinburgh University), GO Turnbull (Edinburgh Wanderers), AG Cairns (Watsonians), WE Kyle (Hawick), EJ Ross (London Scottish), Mark Coxon Morrison (Royal HSFP) capt., WP Scott (West of Scotland), David Bedell-Sivright (West of Scotland), LHI Bell (Edinburgh Acads)
Ireland vs. Scotland
[edit]| 27 February 1904 |
| Ireland | 3 – 19 | Scotland |
| Try: Moffatt | Try: Bedell Sivright (2) Timms Macdonald Simson Con: Macdonald |
| Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: W Williams (England) |
Ireland: J Fulton (NIFC), CG Robb (Queen's Uni, Belfast), James Cecil Parke (Dublin University), Harry Corley (Wanderers) capt., JE Moffatt (Old Wesley), TTH Robinson (Wanderers), ED Caddell (Dublin University), Jos Wallace (Wanderers), Jas Wallace (Wanderers), CE Allen (Derry), Alfred Tedford (Malone), M Ryan (Rockwell College), P Healey (Limerick), F Gardiner (NIFC), George Hamlet (Dublin University)
Scotland: WT Forrest (Hawick), HJ Orr (London Scottish), Alec Boswell Timms (Cardiff), LM MacLeod (Cambridge University), JS MacDonald (Edinburgh University), Jimmy Gillespie (Edinburgh Acads), ED Simson (Edinburgh University), JB Waters (Cambridge University), AG Cairns (Watsonians), WE Kyle (Hawick), WM Milne (Glasgow Acads), Mark Coxon Morrison (Royal HSFP) capt., WP Scott (West of Scotland), David Bedell-Sivright (West of Scotland), LHI Bell (Edinburgh Acads)
Ireland vs. Wales
[edit]| 2 March 1904 |
| Ireland | 14 – 12 | Wales |
| Try: Tedford (2) Jos Wallace Thrift Con: Parke | Try: Gabe Morgan (2) Brice Cliff Pritchard |
| Balmoral Showgrounds, Belfast Referee: Crawford Findlay (Scotland) |
Ireland: MF Landers (Cork Constitution), CG Robb (Queen's Uni, Belfast), James Cecil Parke (Dublin University), GAD Harvey (Wanderers), HB Thrift (Dublin University), Louis Magee (Bective Rangers), FA Kennedy (Dublin University), Jos Wallace (Wanderers), Henry Millar (Monkstown), CE Allen (Derry) capt., Alfred Tedford (Malone), RW Edwards (Malone), HJ Knox (Dublin University), F Gardiner (NIFC), George Hamlet (Dublin University)
Wales: Bert Winfield (Cardiff), Teddy Morgan (London Welsh), Cliff Pritchard (Newport), Rhys Gabe (Llanelli), Willie Llewellyn (Newport) capt., Dicky Owen (Swansea), Dick Jones (Swansea), Sid Bevan (Swansea), Howell Jones (Neath), Billy O'Neill (Cardiff), Arthur Harding (London Welsh), Alfred Brice (Aberavon), Harry Vaughan Watkins (Llanelli), Edwin Thomas Maynard (Newport), Charlie Pritchard (Newport)
Scotland vs. England
[edit]| 19 March 1904 |
| Scotland | 6 – 3 | England |
| Try: Crabbie Macdonald | Try: Vivyan |
| Inverleith, Edinburgh Referee: Sam Lee (Ireland) |
Scotland: WT Forrest (Hawick), JE Crabbie (Edinburgh Acads), Alec Boswell Timms (Cardiff), LM MacLeod (Cambridge University), JS MacDonald (Edinburgh University), Jimmy Gillespie (Edinburgh Acads), ED Simson (Edinburgh University), JB Waters (Cambridge University), AG Cairns (Watsonians), WE Kyle (Hawick), WM Milne (Glasgow Acads), Mark Coxon Morrison (Royal HSFP) capt., WP Scott (West of Scotland), David Bedell-Sivright (West of Scotland), HN Fletcher (Edinburgh University)
England: HT Gamlin (Blackheath), T Simpson (Rockcliff), AT Brettargh (Liverpool OB), EJ Vivyan (Devonport Albion), EW Dillon (Blackheath) PS Hancock (Richmond), WV Butcher (Bristol), GH Keeton (Richmond), John Daniell (Richmond) capt., Jumbo Milton (Bedford GS), NJ Moore (Bristol), Frank Stout (Richmond), Charles Joseph Newbold (Cambridge Uni.), Vincent Cartwright (Blackheath), PF Hardwick (Percy Park)
Bibliography
[edit]- Godwin, Terry (1984). The International Rugby Championship 1883-1983. London: Willows Books. ISBN 0-00-218060-X.
- Griffiths, John (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: Phoenix House. ISBN 0-460-07003-7.
External links
[edit]- "6 Nations History". rugbyfootballhistory.com. Retrieved 2008-03-07.