A close-fought competition between England and Scotland, the tournament also featured some very good performances from Wales and Ireland.

For tournaments of the day, this was considered a low-scoring affair, although the performances were consistently high.

England won the championship in a close final match, but after the first round all could have taken the trophy.

Unusually it was England who were grateful for a point in Belfast after a dominant display from the Irish in a 1–1 draw [1] with the Scots and Welsh also playing out an opening indecisive game.

In the second games, Wales were well beaten by England, but Scotland were forced to struggle to a 1–0 win over Ireland.