1905 Home Nations Championship


The 1905 Home Nations Championship was the twenty-third series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 14 January and 18 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Wales won the Championship and the Triple Crown for the fourth time. Nine months later the 1905 Wales team faced and beat the touring New Zealand team, in a match dubbed 'The Game of the Century'.

The matches

Wales vs. England

Wales: George Davies, Teddy Morgan, Dan Rees, Rhys Gabe, Willie Llewellyn capt., Dicky Owen, Dick Jones, Jehoida Hodges, George Travers, Billy O'Neill, Arthur Harding, David Jones, Harry Vaughan Watkins, Will Joseph, Charlie Pritchard
England: SH Irvin, SF Coopper, John Raphael, FH Palmer, EW Dillon FC Hulme, WV Butcher, TA Gibson, WLY Rogers, BA Hill, JL Mathias, Frank Stout capt., Charles Joseph Newbold, Vincent Cartwright, William Cave
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Scotland vs. Wales

Scotland: WT Forrest, JE Crabbie, JL Forbes, LM MacLeod, JS MacDonald, Patrick Munro, ED Simson, Anthony Little, AG Cairns, WE Kyle, WM Milne, A Ross, WP Scott capt., RS Stronach, HN Fletcher
Wales: George Davies, Teddy Morgan, Dan Rees, Rhys Gabe, Willie Llewellyn capt., Dicky Owen, Billy Trew, Jehoida Hodges, George Travers, Billy O'Neill, Arthur Harding, David Jones, Harry Vaughan Watkins, Will Joseph, Charlie Pritchard
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Ireland vs. England

Ireland: MF Landers, Basil Maclear, JE Moffatt, GAD Harvey, HB Thrift, TTH Robinson, ED Caddell, Jos Wallace, Henry Millar, CE Allen capt., A Tedford, HG Wilson, HJ Knox, JJ Coffey, George Hamlet
England: CF Stanger-Leathes, SF Coopper, HE Shewring, T Simpson, AT Brettargh FC Hulme, WV Butcher, J Green, WLY Rogers, G Vickery, JL Mathias, Frank Stout capt., Charles Joseph Newbold, Vincent Cartwright, WM Grylls
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Scotland vs. Ireland

Scotland: WT Forrest, WT Ritchie, Alec Boswell Timms, LM MacLeod, Rh McCowat, Patrick Munro, ED Simson, L West, AG Cairns, WE Kyle, WM Milne, A Ross, WP Scott capt., RS Stronach, MR Dickson
Ireland: MF Landers, Basil Maclear, JE Moffatt, GAD Harvey, HB Thrift, TTH Robinson, ED Caddell, Jos Wallace, Henry Millar, CE Allen capt., A Tedford, HG Wilson, HJ Knox, JJ Coffey, George Hamlet
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Wales vs. Ireland

Wales: George Davies, Teddy Morgan, Gwyn Nicholls, Rhys Gabe, Willie Llewellyn capt., Dicky Owen, Anthony Windham Jones, Jehoida Hodges, George Travers, Billy O'Neill, Arthur Harding, David Jones, Harry Vaughan Watkins, Will Joseph, Jack Williams
Ireland: MF Landers, Basil Maclear, JE Moffatt, James Cecil Parke, HB Thrift, TTH Robinson, ED Caddell, Jos Wallace, Henry Millar, CE Allen capt., A Tedford, HG Wilson, HJ Knox, JJ Coffey, George Hamlet
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England vs. Scotland

England: JT Taylor, SF Coopper, John Raphael, T Simpson, AT Brettargh AD Stoop, WV Butcher, TA Gibson, Jumbo Milton, SH Osborne, JL Mathias, Frank Stout capt., Charles Joseph Newbold, Vincent Cartwright, CEL Hammond
Scotland: DG Schulze, WT Ritchie, Alec Boswell Timms capt., GAW Lamond, T Elliot, Patrick Munro, ED Simson, L West, AG Cairns, WE Kyle, JC MacCallum, A Ross, WP Scott, RS Stronach, HG Monteith