{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox international football competition |tourney_name=1892–93 British Home Championship |image = |size = |caption = |country =England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales |dates =25 February – 8 April 1893 |num_teams =4 |champion =ENG |count =6 |second =SCO |attendance = |matches =6 |goals =42 |top_scorer ={{fbicon|ENG}} Fred Spiksley {{nowrap|(6 goals)}} |prevseason =1891–92 |nextseason =1893–94 }} The '''1892–93 British Home Championship''' was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations. The competition was won and dominated by England, who beat all three rival teams and scored 17 goals in just three matches. Fred Spiksley claimed four and Walter Gilliat scored a hat-trick in the competition's opening game. Scotland came second with victories over Ireland and Wales, who finished third and fourth respectively.
England began as the strongest team, scoring twelve goals in the first two games against the Irish and the Welsh with only one in reply. Scotland too began well, winning their match against Wales in Wales by 8–0 before netting another six in a rout of Ireland at home. In the final games, England and Scotland played a match in London which England easily won 5–2 to whitewash their opponents and take the trophy. In a consolation game in Belfast, Ireland beat Wales 4–3 to finish third.
The official attendance for the England v. Scotland match was 16,000; the crowd was so large that it was forced to stand in front of the journalists who were therefore prevented from seeing all of the action. Consequently, there is some dispute over the goal-scorers: although it is not credited in any of the official references, it is now generally accepted that Spiksley scored a hat-trick.<ref>{{cite web |title=England players: Fred Spiksley |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersS/BioSpiksleyF.html |website=englandfootballonline |access-date=12 July 2018 |date=20 March 2017}}</ref>
==Table== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |show_positions=n |winpoints=2
|team1=ENG|name_ENG={{fb|ENG}} |team2=SCO|name_SCO={{fb|SCO}} |team3=IRE|name_IRE={{fb|IRE}} |team4=WAL|name_WAL={{fb|WAL|1807}} |win_ENG=3|draw_ENG=0|loss_ENG=0|gf_ENG=17|ga_ENG=3|status_ENG=C |win_SCO=2|draw_SCO=0|loss_SCO=1|gf_SCO=16|ga_SCO=6 |win_IRE=1|draw_IRE=0|loss_IRE=2|gf_IRE=6|ga_IRE=15 |win_WAL=0|draw_WAL=0|loss_WAL=3|gf_WAL=3|ga_WAL=18
|col_C=#ccffcc|text_C= |result1=C |update=complete|source=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bhc1884-99.html |title=British Home Championship 1884–1899 |publisher=The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |first1=Macario |last1=Reyes |first2=Neil |last2=Morrison |date=1 October 1999 |accessdate=17 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{ cite web | url = http://www.scotlandfootballstats.co.uk/competitions/british-championships/1893 | title = British Championships 1893 | website = Scotland Football Stats | access-date = 6 October 2022 }}</ref> |class_rules = 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw. }}</onlyinclude>
==Results== {{football box | date = 25 February 1893 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ENG}} | score = 6–1 | team2 = {{fb|IRE}} | goals1 = Gilliat {{goal|8||18||30}}<br />Smith {{goal|43}}<br />Winckworth {{goal|60}}<br />Sandilands {{goal|75}} | goals2 = Gaffikin {{goal|9}} | report = [http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1872-00/1892-93/M0047Ire1893.html] | stadium = Wellington Road, Birmingham | attendance = 10,000 | referee = Thomas R. Park (Scotland) }} ---- {{football box | date = 13 March 1893 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ENG}} | score = 6–0 | team2 = {{fb|WAL|1807}} | goals1 = Spiksley {{goal|25||43||88}}<br />Bassett {{goal|47}}<br />Goodall {{goal|49}}<br />Reynolds {{goal|75}} | goals2 = | report = [http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1872-00/1892-93/M0048Wal1893.html] | stadium = Victoria Ground, Stoke | attendance = 10,000 | referee = John Campbell (Scotland) }} ---- {{football box | date = 18 March 1893 | team1 = {{fb-rt|WAL|1807}} | score = 0–8 | team2 = {{fb|SCO}} | goals1 = | goals2 =Madden {{goal|4||20||47||89}} <br />Barker {{goal|25||30||40}}<br />Lambie {{goal|65}} | report = [http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1893/1893031801.htm] | stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham | attendance = 4,500 | referee = William H. Stacey (England) }} ---- {{football box | date = 25 March 1893 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SCO}} | score = 6–1 | team2 = {{fb|IRE}} | goals1 = Sellar {{goal|10||27}}<br />Torrans {{goal|20|o.g.}}<br />McMahon {{goal|28}}<br />Kelly {{goal|60}}<br />Hamilton {{goal|70}} | goals2 = Gaffikin {{goal|44}} | report = [http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1893/1893032501.htm] | stadium = Celtic Park, Glasgow | attendance = 12,000 | referee = John Taylor (Wales) }} ---- {{football box | date = 1 April 1893 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ENG}} | score = 5–2 | team2 = {{fb|SCO}} | goals1 = Gosling {{goal|15}}<br />Cotterill {{goal|65}}<br />Spiksley {{goal|78||80||84}} | goals2 = Waddell {{goal|30}} <br />Sellar {{goal|55}} | report = [http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1872-00/1892-93/M0048Wal1893.html] [http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1893/1893040101.htm] | stadium = Athletic Ground, Richmond | attendance = 16,000 | referee = John Charles Clegg (England) }} ---- {{football box | date = 8 April 1893 | team1 = {{fb-rt|IRE}} | score = 4–3 | team2 = {{fb|WAL|1807}} | goals1 = Peden {{goal|5||50||58}}<br />Wilton {{goal|82}} | goals2 = Owen {{goal|34||80|}} <br />Owen {{goal|8|}} | stadium = Solitude, Belfast | attendance = 3,000 | referee = John Campbell (Scotland) }}
==Winning squad== *'''{{fb|ENG}}'''
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! rowspan=2|Name ! colspan=3|Apps/Goals by opponent ! colspan=2|Total |- ! {{fbicon|WAL|1807}}<br>WAL<ref>[http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1872-00/1892-93/M0048Wal1893.html Monday, 13 March 1893 {{!}} England 6 Wales 0], England Football Online</ref> ! {{fbicon|IRE}}<br>IRE<ref>[http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1872-00/1892-93/M0047Ire1893.html Saturday, 25 February 1893 {{!}} England 6 Ireland 1], England Football Online</ref> ! {{fbicon|SCO}}<br>SCO<ref>[http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1872-00/1892-93/M0049Sco1893.html Easter Saturday, 1 April 1893 {{!}} England 5 Scotland 2], England Football Online</ref> ! Apps ! Goals |- |align=left|Fred Spiksley |1/3 | |1/3 |2 |6 |- |align=left|George Cotterill | |1 |1/1 |2 |1 |- |align=left|Billy Bassett |1/1 | |1 |2 |1 |- |align=left|Jack Reynolds |1/1 | |1 |2 |1 |- |align=left|A.H. Harrison | |1 |1 |2 |0 |- |align=left|Bob Holmes |1 | |1 |2 |0 |- |align=left|Walter Gilliat | |1/3 | |1 |3 |- |align=left|Rupert Sandilands | |1/1 | |1 |1 |- |align=left|Gilbert Smith | |1/1 | |1 |1 |- |align=left|William Winckworth | |1/1 | |1 |1 |- |align=left|Cunliffe Gosling | | |1/1 |1 |1 |- |align=left|John Goodall |1/1 | | |1 |1 |- |align=left|Edgar Chadwick | | |1 |1 |0 |- |align=left|Leslie Gay | | |1 |1 |0 |- |align=left|Johnny Holt | | |1 |1 |0 |- |align=left|George Kinsey | | |1 |1 |0 |- |align=left|Chris Charsley | |1 | |1 |0 |- |align=left|Norman Cooper | |1 | |1 |0 |- |align=left|Frederick Pelly | |1 | |1 |0 |- |align=left|Albert Smith | |1 | |1 |0 |- |align=left|Robert Topham | |1 | |1 |0 |- |align=left|Tommy Clare |1 | | |1 |0 |- |align=left|Charlie Perry |1 | | |1 |0 |- |align=left|J.W. Sutcliffe |1 | | |1 |0 |- |align=left|Jimmy Turner |1 | | |1 |0 |- |align=left|Jimmy Whitehead |1 | | |1 |0 |- |align=left|Joseph Schofield |1 | | |1 |0 |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Bibliography== *{{cite book | first= Guy |last =Oliver| title=The Guinness Record of World Soccer | year=1992 | publisher=Guinness| isbn = 0-85112-954-4 }}
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