British Home Championship

1883–84
Home Championship⁠

England: 2nd

How England performed

England finished second in the 1883–84 British Home Championship, winning two of their three matches and scoring 12 goals while conceding two.

The campaign opened with an 8–1 win over Ireland at Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast, where H. Cursham scored a hat-trick, Johnson and C. Bambridge two each and A. Bambridge one, with McWha scoring for Ireland. England then lost 1–0 to Scotland at Cathkin Park, Glasgow, Smith scoring the only goal. Two days later they beat Wales 4–0 at the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, with two goals from Bromley-Davenport and one each from Bailey and Gunn.

Manager
None (the first was appointed in 1946)
Record
P3 W2 D0 L1
Goals
12 for, 2 against

England fixtures

England: 1883–84 Home Championship

3 matches

01 23 Feb 1884
British Home Championship Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast

Ireland 1–8 England England won

England: Johnson, Johnson, A. Bambridge, H. Cursham, H. Cursham, H. Cursham, C. Bambridge, C. Bambridge

Ireland: McWha

Match page: Ireland v England, 23 February 1884

03 17 Mar 1884
British Home Championship Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Wales 0–4 England England won

England: Bromley-Davenport, Bromley-Davenport, Bailey, Gunn

Wales: None

Match page: Wales v England, 17 March 1884

England statistics

Scorers

H. Cursham3
Johnson2
C. Bambridge2
Bromley-Davenport2
A. Bambridge1
Bailey1
Gunn1

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