1897 Home Nations Championship

1897 Home Nations Championship
Date	9 January - 13 March 1897
Countries	England  Ireland  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Top point scorer(s)	Byrne (12)
Top try scorer(s)	Ireland Bulger (2)  Ireland Gardiner (2)
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The 1897 Home Nations Championship was the fifteenth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Four matches were played between 9 January and 13 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Wales only completed one match during this championship as the Welsh Rugby Union withdrew from the International Rugby Board in February 1897 due to the Gould Affair, and was therefore ineligible to play any further international matches.

The rules at the time stated the final table would be decided on match points and then points scored. As all teams finished with two match points, the championship was theoretically drawn, but England claimed the title through their greater score, even though they lost their first two games and conceded more tries and points than any of the other three countries.^[1] Most sources list the results of the 1897 championship as "not completed" due to the tied results.