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British Home Championship
England: Champions
How England performed
Three wins from three made England champions in 1887–88, an improvement on second place the year before. They scored 15 goals and conceded two.
Wales were beaten 5–1 at Nantwich Road, Crewe, Dewhurst scoring twice and Woodhall, Lindley and Goodall once each, with Doughty scoring for Wales. Four days later England won 5–0 against Scotland at Hampden Park, Glasgow, through Lindley, Hodgetts, Goodall and two from Dewhurst. The campaign ended with a 5–1 win over Ireland at Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast, where A. Allen scored a hat-trick, Dewhurst and Lindley scored the others and Crone scored for Ireland.
England fixtures
England
5–1
Wales
England won
England: Dewhurst, Dewhurst, Woodhall, Lindley, Goodall
Wales: Doughty
Scotland
0–5
England
England won
England: Lindley, Hodgetts, Dewhurst, Dewhurst, Goodall
Scotland: None
Ireland
1–5
England
England won
England: Dewhurst, A. Allen, A. Allen, A. Allen, Lindley
Ireland: Crone
England statistics
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