The 1903–04 British Home Championship football tournament was a low-scoring affair, won by a powerful England side who were followed by the unfancied Irish in second place. The tournament was played during the second half of the British domestic season and was, for the time, low-scoring.

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1903–04 British Home Championship

Tournament details
Host country	England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Dates	29 February – 9 April 1904
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	England (12th title)
Runners-up	Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	14 (2.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Joseph Bache George Davis (2 goals)
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England began well, with a hard-fought draw with Wales and a 3–1 victory over Ireland in their opening games. Scotland were unable to match this success, only managing draws against both sides. The Irish recovered from their early loss in their draw with Scotland and managed to beat the Welsh 1–0 in Bangor to claim second place. In the final game, England and Scotland played out a close encounter which England won 1–0 thanks to a goal by Steve Bloomer.

This was the first time in tournament history that either England or Scotland finished below second place.

•  England

More information Name, Apps/Goals by opponent ...

Name	Apps/Goals by opponent			Total
	WAL[2]	IRE[3]	SCO[4]	Apps	Goals
Tom Baddeley	1	1	1	3	0
Herbert Burgess	1	1	1	3	0
Bob Crompton	1	1	1	3	0
Joseph Bache	1/1	1/1		2	2
Alf Common	1	1/2		2	2
George Davis	1/1	1		2	1
Alex Leake		1	1	2	0
Vivian Woodward		1	1	2	0
William Brawn	1	1		2	0
Tommy Crawshaw	1	1		2	0
Herod Ruddlesdin	1	1		2	0
Steve Bloomer			1/1	1	1
Fred Blackburn			1	1	0
Stanley Harris			1	1	0
Jock Rutherford			1	1	0
Sam Wolstenholme			1	1	0
Bernard Wilkinson			1	1	0
Arthur Brown	1			1	0
Bert Lee	1			1	0

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