1893 Home Nations Championship
| 1893 Home Nations Championship | |||
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| Date | 17 January 1893 - 11 March 1893 | ||
| Countries |
 England Ireland Scotland Wales
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| Champions |
Wales (1st title) |
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| Triple Crown |
Wales (1st title) |
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| Calcutta Cup |
Scotland
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| Matches played | 6 | ||
| Top point scorer(s) |
Bancroft (9) |
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| Top try scorer(s) |
Marshall (3) |
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The 1893 Home Nations Championship was the eleventh series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 17 January and 11 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. In winning all three matches, Wales won the Championship for the first time and also took the Triple Crown.
The matches for this season were decided on points scored. A try was worth two points, while converting a kicked goal from the try gave an additional three points. A dropped goal and a goal from mark were both worth four points. Penalty goals were worth three points.
Wales: Billy Bancroft (Swansea), Norman Biggs (Cardiff), William McCutcheon (Swansea), Arthur Gould (Newport) capt., Conway Rees (Llanelli), Percy Phillips (Newport), Fred Parfitt (Newport), Frank Mills (Swansea), Charles Nicholl (Llanelli), Harry Day (Newport), Jim Hannan (Newport), Frank Hill (Cardiff), Arthur Boucher (Newport), Tom Graham (Newport), Wallace Watts (Newport)
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