1930–31 British Home Championship

The 1930–31 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1930–31 season. The trophy was shared between England and Scotland as at the time a win was only worth two points and a draw one. Thus despite England's dominance of the opening matches, their defeat to Scotland in the final game gave the Scots a share in the victory even though it was the only game they won.

England began the tournament in commanding fashion, with heavy defeats of Ireland and Wales in their opening matches. Scotland by contrast struggled, only managing draws with both opponents and coming close to being upset in both matches. Going into the final match, England were already assured of a winners position, and only needed to draw with Scotland to take the position unopposed. However this proved beyond them as the Scots ran out 2–0 winners in Glasgow. In the competition's final match, Wales and Ireland fought a furious battle for third place, with the Welsh just edging the victory 3–2.

Table[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England (C)	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	4
Scotland (C)	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	4
Wales	3	1	1	1	4	7	−3	3
Ireland	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
(C) Co-champions

Results[]

20 October 1930

England	5 – 1	Ireland
Harry Burgess 2 Jimmy Hampson Sammy Crooks Eric Houghton		Jimmy Dunne

Bramall Lane, Sheffield

25 October 1930

Scotland	1 – 1	Wales
Barney Battles, Jr. 43'		6' Tommy Bamford

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 23,106

Referee: Charles E. Lines (England)

22 November 1930

Wales	0 – 4	England
		Jimmy Hampson 2 Gordon Hodgson Joe Bradford

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

21 February 1931

Ireland	0 – 0	Scotland

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Herbert Edward Hull (England)

28 March 1931

Scotland	2 – 0	England
George Stevenson 61' Jimmy McGrory 64'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 131,273

Referee: Alfred James Atwood (Wales)

22 April 1931

Wales	3 – 2	Ireland
Charlie Phillips Tommy Griffiths Freddie Warren		Jimmy Dunne Dick Rowley

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

References[]

British Home Championship 1919-20 to 1938-1939 - dates, results, tables and top scorers at RSSSF
Guy Oliver (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.

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