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1896 Home Nations Championship

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1896 Home Nations Championship
Date4 January - 14 March 1896
Countries England
 Ireland
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions Ireland (2nd title)
Matches played6
Top point scorer(s) Wales Gould (7)
Top try scorer(s)England Cattell (2)
England Fookes (2)
England Morfitt (2)
1895 (Previous) (Next) 1897

The 1896 Home Nations Championship was the fourteenth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 4 January and 14 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  Ireland 3 2 1 0 18 8 +10 5
2  Scotland 3 1 1 1 11 6 +5 3
3  England 3 1 0 2 29 21 +8 2
3  Wales 3 1 0 2 10 33 −23 2
Source: [citation needed]

Results

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4 January 1896
England 25–0 Wales
London
25 January 1896
 Wales6–0 Scotland
Cardiff
1 February 1896
England 4–10 Ireland
Leeds
15 February 1896
 Ireland0–0 Scotland
Dublin
14 March 1896
 Ireland8–4 Wales
Dublin
14 March 1896
Scotland 11–0 England
Glasgow

The matches

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England vs. Wales

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4 January 1896
 England25 – 0 Wales
Try: Cattell (2)
Fookes (2)
Morfitt (2)
Mitchell
Con: Taylor
Valentine
Rectory Field, Blackheath
Referee: Graham Findlay (Scotland)

Wales vs. Scotland

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25 January 1896
 Wales6 – 0 Scotland
Try: Bowen
Gould
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: GH Barnett (England)

England vs. Ireland

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1 February 1896
 England4 – 10 Ireland
DG: ByrneTry: Sealy
Stevenson
Con: Bulger (2)
Meanwood Road, Leeds
Referee: Graham Findlay (Scotland)

Ireland vs. Scotland

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15 February 1896
 Ireland0 – 0 Scotland
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: EB Holmes (England)
Ireland
GH McAllen (Dungannon), W Gardiner (NIFC), S Lee (NIFC) capt., Lawrence Bulger (Dublin Uni.), TH Stevenson (Queen's Uni, Belfast), Louis Magee (Bective Rangers), GG Allen (Derry), JH O'Conor (Bective Rangers), JH Lytle (Lansdowne), WG Byron (NIFC), H Lindsay (Wanderers), Jim Sealy (Dublin Uni.), Thomas Crean (Wanderers), Andrew Clinch (Wanderers), CV Rooke (Monkstown)
Scotland
AR Smith (Oxford Uni), James Gowans (London Scottish), GT Campbell (London Scottish), CJN Fleming (Edinburgh Wanderers), W Neilson (London Scottish), JW Simpson (Royal HSFP), WP Donaldson (West of Scotland), Andrew Balfour (Watsonians), JH Dods (London Scottish), MC Morrison (Royal HSFP), WMC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), JH Couper (West of Scotland), GT Nielson (West of Scotland) capt., GO Turnbull (West of Scotland), HO Smith (Watsonians)

Ireland vs. Wales

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14 March 1896
 Ireland8 – 4 Wales
Try: Crean
Lytle
Con: Bulger
Drop: Gould
Ballynafeigh, Belfast
Referee: EB Holmes (England)

Scotland vs. England

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14 March 1896
 Scotland11 – 0 England
Try: Fleming
Gedge
Gowans
Con: Scott
Old Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: WM Douglas (Wales)
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  • "6 Nations History". rugbyfootballhistory.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-19.