Boys Home Internationals

Boys Home Internationals
Tournament information
Established1985
Course(s)Ashburnham Golf Club (2019)
FormatTeam match play
Month playedAugust
Current champion
 England

The Boys Home Internationals was an amateur team golf championship for boys between the four Home Nations. Ireland was represented by the whole island of Ireland.The event was organised by The R&A. The inaugural event was held in 1985 and the venue cycled between the four nations. The winning team received the R&A Trophy.[1] Originally it was played immediately before, and at the same venue, as the Boys Amateur Championship. However from 1997 it was held as a separate event.[2] In 2021 the match was replaced by a combined Girls and Boys Home Internationals.

A match between Scotland and England boys had been played since 1923 while Ireland and Wales had played a match since 1972.[2]

Format

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Each team played the other three teams over three successive days. Each team had 11 players. Each match involved 5 18-hole foursomes in the morning and 10 18-hole singles in the afternoon.

From 1985 to 1995 the contest was played in a knock-out format over two days. England and Scotland had played a boys' international since 1923 and a match between Ireland and Wales had also been played, on the same day, since 1972. These two matches continued to be played, acting as semi-finals, with the two winning teams meeting to decide the winner of the home internationals. The two first-day losers also played each other on the second day.

Results

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Year Venue Location Winner W Runner-up W Third W Fourth W Refs.
2020 Killarney Ireland Cancelled [3]
2019 Ashburnham Wales  England 3  Ireland 2  Scotland 1  Wales 0 [4]
2018 Royal Dornoch Scotland  England 3  Ireland 2  Scotland 1  Wales 0 [5]
2017 St Annes Old Links England  England 3  Ireland 1.5  Wales 1  Scotland 0.5 [6]
2016 Ballyliffin Ireland  England 3  Scotland 2  Ireland 1  Wales 0 [7]
2015 Conwy (Caernarfonshire) Wales  Scotland 3  England 2  Ireland 1  Wales 0 [8]
2014 Western Gailes Scotland  England 3  Scotland 2  Ireland 1  Wales 0 [9]
2013 Forest Pines England  Ireland 2.5  England 2  Scotland 1.5  Wales 0 [10]
2012 County Louth Ireland  England 3  Scotland 2  Ireland 1  Wales 0 [11]
2011 Royal St. David’s Wales  England 3  Wales 1/22.5  Scotland 1/21  Ireland 1/18 [11]
2010 Southerness Scotland  Ireland 2.5  Scotland 2  England 1  Wales 0.5 [11]
2009 Hankley Common England  England 2.5  Ireland 2  Scotland 1  Wales 0.5 [11]
2008 Royal County Down Ireland  Ireland 3  England 2  Wales 1  Scotland 0 [11]
2007 Machynys Peninsula Wales  England 3  Ireland 2  Scotland 1  Wales 0 [11]
2006 Moray Scotland  Scotland 2.5  Ireland 2  England 1.5  Wales 0 [11]
2005 Woodhall Spa England  England 3  Wales 2  Scotland 1  Ireland 0 [11]
2004 Portmarnock Ireland  England 3  Scotland 1.5  Wales 1  Ireland 0.5 [11]
2003 Royal St. David’s Wales  England 2.5  Ireland 2  Scotland 1  Wales 0.5 [11]
2002 Blairgowrie Scotland  England 3  Wales 2  Ireland 1  Scotland 0 [11]
2001 Moortown England  England 2.5  Scotland 2  Ireland 1.5  Wales 0 [11]
2000 Portmarnock Ireland  England 2/25.5  Scotland 2/25  Ireland 1/22  Wales 1/17.5 [11]
1999 Conwy (Caernarfonshire) Wales  England 3  Scotland 2  Wales 1  Ireland 0 [11]
1998 St Andrews (Jubilee) Scotland  England 3  Scotland 2  Ireland 1  Wales 0 [11]
1997 Royal North Devon England  Ireland 3  Wales 2  Scotland 1  England 0 [11]
1996 Littlestone England  England 3  Scotland 2  Ireland 1  Wales 0 [11]
Year Venue Location Winner(s) Score Runner-up Third Score Fourth Ref.
1995 Dunbar Scotland  Scotland 10–5  Wales  England 14–1  Ireland [11]
1994 Little Aston England  England 11.5–3.5  Ireland  Scotland 12.5–2.5  Wales [11]
1993 Glenbervie Scotland  England 11–4  Ireland  Scotland 10.5–4.5  Wales [11]
1992 Royal Mid-Surrey England  Scotland
 Wales		 7.5–7.5 Tie  England 10.5–4.5  Ireland [11]
1991 Montrose Scotland  England 12–3  Wales  Ireland
 Scotland		 7.5–7.5 Tie [11]
1990 Hunstanton England  Scotland 12.5–2.5  Ireland  England 11–4  Wales [11]
1989 Nairn Scotland  England 11.5–3.5  Wales  Scotland 12–3  Ireland [12]
1988 Formby England  England 14–1  Wales  Scotland 9–6  Ireland [11]
1987 Kilmarnock (Barassie) Scotland  Scotland 10.5–4.5  Wales  England 9.5–5.5  Ireland [11][13]
1986 Seaton Carew England  Ireland 8.5–6.5  Scotland  England 10–5  Wales [14]
1985 Royal Burgess Scotland  England
 Ireland		 7.5–7.5 Tie  Scotland 11–4  Wales [15]

Source:[16]

Earlier England–Scotland matches

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Before the Boys Home Internationals was founded, an annual match had been played between England and Scotland since 1923. It was also played immediately before, and generally at the same venue, as the Boys Amateur Championship.[2]

The first match was held on Monday 27 August 1923 at Dunbar, before the third Boys Amateur Championship. There were 10 singles matches with Scotland winning 6, England 3 with one match halved.[17] Scotland won again in 1924 before England won in 1925 and 1926. The 1926 was reduced to just 8 singles matches.[18] Foursomes matches were added in 1927; the match consisting of four foursomes and eight singles. Scotland won the match 7–5.[19] England won a close match in 1928 but Scotland won 9 of the 11 matches between 1929 and 1939.[20] England only win in the 1930s was in 1934, with the 1935 match being tied.[21][22] Of the 17 matches up to 1939, Scotland had won 12 with England winning 4 and one match tied.[23]

The contest resumed in 1946 with England winning the first three post-war matches.[24] In 1950, an increase in the number of entries for the Boys Championship meant that the England–Scotland match was held on a Saturday for the first time.[25] It was played on a Monday in 1951 but then became a regular Saturday event.[26][27] From 1958 to 1966 a match was played between a combined England and Scotland team and a team from the Continent of Europe, the forerunner of the Jacques Léglise Trophy. In 1958 and 1959 this match was played on a Saturday with the England–Scotland match played the day before, a Friday.[28][29] However, from 1960 to 1966 the order of the matches was reversed, the England–Scotland match returning to the Saturday.[30][31] From 1965 the format was changed; the match consisting of five foursomes and ten singles.[32]

The Jacques Léglise Trophy was started in 1977 and was played on a Friday, the England–Scotland match continuing to be played on the Saturday.[33][34]

Year Venue Location Winner Score Ref.
1984 Royal Porthcawl Wales  England 9½–5½ [34]
1983 Glenbervie Scotland  England 8–7 [35]
1982 Burnham & Berrow England  England 8–7 [36]
1981 Gullane Scotland Tie 7½–7½ [37]
1980 Formby England  England 9–6
1979 Kilmarnock (Barassie) Scotland  England 11–4
1978 Seaton Carew England  Scotland 8½–6½
1977 Downfield Scotland  England 8–7 [33]
1976 Sunningdale England  Scotland 8–7
1975 Bruntsfield Links Scotland  England 9½–5½
1974 Royal Liverpool England  England 11–4 [38]
1973 Blairgowrie Scotland  England 9–6 [39]
1972 Moortown England  England 13½–1½ [40]
1971 Kilmarnock (Barassie) Scotland Tie 7½–7½ [41]
1970 Hillside England  England 12–3 [42]
1969 Dunbar Scotland  England 12–3
1968 St Annes Old Links England  England 10–5 [43]
1967 Western Gailes Scotland  Scotland 8–7 [44]
1966 Moortown England  England 12–3 [31]
1965 Gullane Scotland  England 10–5 [32]
1964 Formby England  England 9–3 [45]
1963 Prestwick Scotland  Scotland 9–3 [46]
1962 Royal Mid-Surrey England  England 6½–5½ [47]
1961 Dalmahoy Scotland  Scotland 7–5 [48]
1960 Olton England  England 10–2 [30]
1959 Pollok Scotland  England 8½–3½ [29]
1958 Moortown England  England 7–5 [28]
1957 Carnoustie Scotland  Scotland 7½–4½ [49]
1956 Sunningdale England  England 7½–4½ [50]
1955 Kilmarnock (Barassie) Scotland  Scotland 9–3 [51]
1954 Royal Liverpool England  England 6½–5½ [52]
1953 Dunbar Scotland  Scotland 7–5 [53]
1952 Formby England  England 6½–5½ [27]
1951 Prestwick Scotland  England 7–5 [26]
1950 Royal Lytham & St Annes England  Scotland 8½–3½ [25]
1949 St Andrews Scotland  Scotland 8–4 [54]
1948 Kilmarnock (Barassie) Scotland  England 9–3 [24]
1947 Royal Liverpool England  England 7–5 [55]
1946 Bruntsfield Links Scotland  England 8½–3½ [56]
1940–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1939 Carnoustie Scotland  Scotland 7–5 [23]
1938 Moor Park England  Scotland 7½–4½ [57]
1937 Bruntsfield Links Scotland  Scotland 9½–2½ [58]
1936 Birkdale England  Scotland 8½–3½ [59]
1935 Royal Aberdeen Scotland Tie 6–6 [22]
1934 Moortown England  England 9–3 [21]
1933 Carnoustie Scotland  Scotland 7–5 [60]
1932 Royal Lytham & St Annes England  Scotland 8–4 [61]
1931 Glasgow Golf Club Scotland  Scotland 7½–4½ [62]
1930 Fulwell England  Scotland 8–4 [63]
1929 Royal Burgess Scotland  Scotland 9½–2½ [64]
1928 Formby England  England 6½–5½ [20]
1927 Royal Burgess Scotland  Scotland 7–5 [19]
1926 Coombe Hill England  England 4½–3½ [18]
1925 Royal Burgess Scotland  England 6–4 [65]
1924 Coombe Hill England  Scotland 6–4 [66]
1923 Dunbar Scotland  Scotland 6½–3½ [17]

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Earlier Ireland–Wales matches

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The match was first played in 1972 on the same day as the England–Scotland match, the Saturday before the Boys Amateur Championship.

Year Venue Location Winner Score Ref.
1984 Royal Porthcawl Wales  Wales 6½–5½ [34]
1983 Glenbervie Scotland  Ireland 7–5 [35]
1982 Burnham & Berrow England  Wales 9–3
1981 Gullane Scotland  Ireland 8–4 [37]
1980 Formby England  Wales 6½–5½
1979 Kilmarnock (Barassie) Scotland  Ireland 9½–2½
1978 Seaton Carew England  Wales 8–4
1977 Downfield Scotland  Ireland 6½–5½
1976 Sunningdale England  Wales 7½–1½
1975 Bruntsfield Links Scotland  Wales 6½–2½
1974 Royal Liverpool England  Wales 5–4 [38]
1973 Blairgowrie Scotland  Ireland 5½–3½
1972 Moortown England  Ireland 5–4

Source:[16]

References

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See also

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