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THE HOME CHAMPIONSHIP
The Home Championship or British Championship was
competed between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland between
1883/84 and 1983/84.
The championship was discontinued in 1984
WINNERS
England have won the championship outright
on 34 occasions
Scotland have won the championship outright on 24 occasions
Wales have won the championship outright on 7 occasions
Northern Ireland have won the championship outright
on 2 occasions
FOUR-WAY SPLIT
1955/56 Was the only occasion on which
all four countries obtained 3 points each and the trophy was shared four
ways.
INCOMPLETE
The 1980/81 championship was left incomplete
after both England and Wales refused to teavel to Belfast at the times
of the hunger strikes.
THE END
In 1983 England announcedthat they would
no longer play Wales and Northern Ireland as they could not spare the
dates from their crowded calendar. Scotland quickly folowed suit and as
a result the 1983/84 Brisish Championship was to be the last - exactly
100 years after the first.
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