1901 Home Nations Championship

The 1901 Home Nations Championship was the nineteenth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship.

It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Scotland won all their three games to take the championship for the fifth time outright (excluding two other titles shared with England) and complete the Triple Crown for the third time.

The matches for this season were decided on points scored.

Wales: Billy Bancroft (Swansea) capt., Llewellyn (Llwynypia), Gwyn Nicholls (Cardiff), George Davies (Swansea), Billy Trew (Swansea), Llewellyn Lloyd (Newport), Bala Jones (Aberavon), Bob Thomas (Swansea), Jere Blake (Cardiff), William Williams (Pontymister), Fred Miller (Mountain Ash), Alfred Brice (Aberavon), Jehoida Hodges (Newport), George Boots (Newport), Dick Hellings (Penygraig) England: JW Sagar (Cambridge Uni), C Smith (Gloucester), EJ Vivyan (Devonport Albion), JT Taylor (West Hartlepool) capt., Edgar Elliot (Sunderland), Reggie Schwarz (Richmond), Ernest John "Katie" Walton (Oxford Uni), A O'Neill (Torquay Athletic), D Graham (Aspatria), CT Scott (Blackheath), AFC Luxmoore (Richmond), H Alexander (Birkenhead Park), NC Fletcher (OMT), COP Gibson (Northern), EW Roberts (RNEC Keyham) Ireland: J Fulton (NIFC), AE Freear (Lansdowne), BRW Doran (Lansdowne), JB Allison (Queen's Uni, Belfast), IG Davidson (NIFC), Louis Magee (Bective Rangers) capt., A Barr (Methodist C. Belfast), AG Heron (Queen's Uni, Belfast), M Ryan (Rockwell College), Samuel Irwin (Queen's Uni, Belfast), CE Allen (Derry), P Healey (Limerick), TJ Little (Bective Rangers), F Gardiner (NIFC), J Ryan (Rockwell College) England: JW Sagar (Cambridge Uni), GC Robinson (Percy Park), WL Bunting (Moseley) capt., JT Taylor (West Hartlepool), Edgar Elliot (Sunderland), Reggie Schwarz (Richmond), Ernest John "Katie" Walton (Oxford Uni), A O'Neill (Torquay Athletic), RD Wood (Liverpool OB), CT Scott (Blackheath), C Hall (Gloucester), H Alexander (Birkenhead Park), NC Fletcher (OMT), S Reynolds (Richmond), EW Roberts (RNEC Keyham) Scotland: AW Duncan (Edinburgh University), WH Welsh (Edinburgh Acads), AN Fell (Edinburgh University), Alec Boswell Timms (Edinburgh University), P Turnbull (Edinburgh Acads), FH Fasson (Edinburgh University), Jimmy Gillespie (Edinburgh Acads), J Ross (London Scottish), AB Flett (Edinburgh University), Alex Frew (Edinburgh University), David Bedell-Sivright (Cambridge Uni), Mark Coxon Morrison (Royal HSFP) capt., RS Stronarch (Glasgow Acads), John Dykes (Glasgow HFSP), JA Bell (Clydesdale) Wales: Billy Bancroft (Swansea) capt., Llewellyn (Llwynypia), Gwyn Nicholls (Cardiff), George Davies (Swansea), Billy Trew (Swansea), Llewellyn Lloyd (Newport), Lou Phillips (Newport), Hopkin Davies (Swansea), Jere Blake (Cardiff), William Alexander (Llwynypia), Fred Miller (Mountain Ash), Alfred Brice (Aberavon), Jehoida Hodges (Newport), George Boots (Newport), Dick Hellings (Penygraig) Scotland: AW Duncan (Edinburgh University), WH Welsh (Edinburgh Acads), AN Fell (Edinburgh University), Alec Boswell Timms (Edinburgh University), P Turnbull (Edinburgh Acads), FH Fasson (Edinburgh University), Jimmy Gillespie (Edinburgh Acads), J Ross (London Scottish), AB Flett (Edinburgh University), Alex Frew (Edinburgh University), David Bedell-Sivright (Fettesian-Lorettonian), Mark Coxon Morrison (Royal HSFP) capt., FP Dods (Edinburgh Acads), John Dykes (Glasgow HSFP), JA Bell (Clydesdale) Ireland: Cecil Boyd (Wanderers), AE Freear (Lansdowne), BRW Doran (Lansdowne), JB Allison (Queen's Uni, Belfast), IG Davidson (NIFC), Louis Magee (Bective Rangers) capt., A Barr (Methodist C. Belfast), Thomas Arnold Harvey (Dublin University), M Ryan (Rockwell College), HAS Irvine (Belfast Collegians), CE Allen (Derry), P Healey (Limerick), TJ Little (Bective Rangers), Tom McGown (NIFC), J Ryan (Rockwell College) England: HT Gamlin (Blackheath), GC Robinson (Percy Park), WL Bunting (Moseley) capt., NS Cox (Sunderland), Edgar Elliot (Sunderland), B Oughtred (Hartlepool Rovers), PD Kendall (Birkenhead Park), A O'Neill (Torquay Athletic), George Ralph Gibson (Northern), HTF Weston (Northampton), C Hall (Gloucester), H Alexander (Birkenhead Park), NC Fletcher (OMT), CS Edgar (Birkenhead Park), Bernard Charles Hartley (Blackheath) Scotland: AW Duncan (Edinburgh University), WH Welsh (Edinburgh Acads), AN Fell (Edinburgh University), Alec Boswell Timms (Edinburgh University), P Turnbull (Edinburgh Acads), RM Neill (Edinburgh Acads), Jimmy Gillespie (Edinburgh Acads), J Ross (London Scottish), AB Flett (Edinburgh University), Alex Frew (Edinburgh University), David Bedell-Sivright (Fettesian-Lorettonian), Mark Coxon Morrison (Royal HSFP) capt., RS Stronarch (Glasgow Acads), John Dykes (Glasgow HFSP), JA Bell (Clydesdale) Wales: Billy Bancroft (Swansea) capt., Llewellyn (Llwynypia), Gwyn Nicholls (Cardiff), George Davies (Swansea), Rhys Gabe (Llanelli), Dicky Owen (Swansea), Dick Jones (Swansea), Hopkin Davies (Swansea), Jere Blake (Cardiff), William Alexander (Llwynypia), Fred Miller (Mountain Ash), Alfred Brice (Aberavon), Bob Jones (Llwynypia), George Boots (Newport), Fred Scrine (Swansea) Ireland: Cecil Boyd (Wanderers), AE Freear (Lansdowne), BRW Doran (Lansdowne), JB Allison (Queen's Uni, Belfast), IG Davidson (NIFC), Louis Magee (Bective Rangers) capt., HH Ferris (Queen's Uni, Belfast), Thomas Arnold Harvey (Dublin University), M Ryan (Rockwell College), Samuel Irwin (Queen's Uni, Belfast), CE Allen (Derry), P Healey (Limerick), JJ Coffey (Lansdowne), F Gardiner (NIFC), J Ryan (Rockwell College)