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

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

YearVenueLocationWinnerWRunner-upWThirdWFourthWRefs.
2020KillarneyIrelandCancelled[3]
2019AshburnhamWales England3 Ireland2 Scotland1 Wales0[4]
2018Royal DornochScotland England3 Ireland2 Scotland1 Wales0[5]
2017St Annes Old LinksEngland England3 Ireland1.5 Wales1 Scotland0.5[6]
2016BallyliffinIreland England3 Scotland2 Ireland1 Wales0[7]
2015Conwy (Caernarfonshire)Wales Scotland3 England2 Ireland1 Wales0[8]
2014Western GailesScotland England3 Scotland2 Ireland1 Wales0[9]
2013Forest PinesEngland Ireland2.5 England2 Scotland1.5 Wales0[10]
2012County LouthIreland England3 Scotland2 Ireland1 Wales0[11]
2011Royal St. David’sWales England3 Wales1/22.5 Scotland1/21 Ireland1/18[11]
2010SouthernessScotland Ireland2.5 Scotland2 England1 Wales0.5[11]
2009Hankley CommonEngland England2.5 Ireland2 Scotland1 Wales0.5[11]
2008Royal County DownIreland Ireland3 England2 Wales1 Scotland0[11]
2007Machynys PeninsulaWales England3 Ireland2 Scotland1 Wales0[11]
2006MorayScotland Scotland2.5 Ireland2 England1.5 Wales0[11]
2005Woodhall SpaEngland England3 Wales2 Scotland1 Ireland0[11]
2004PortmarnockIreland England3 Scotland1.5 Wales1 Ireland0.5[11]
2003Royal St. David’sWales England2.5 Ireland2 Scotland1 Wales0.5[11]
2002BlairgowrieScotland England3 Wales2 Ireland1 Scotland0[11]
2001MoortownEngland England2.5 Scotland2 Ireland1.5 Wales0[11]
2000PortmarnockIreland England2/25.5 Scotland2/25 Ireland1/22 Wales1/17.5[11]
1999Conwy (Caernarfonshire)Wales England3 Scotland2 Wales1 Ireland0[11]
1998St Andrews (Jubilee)Scotland England3 Scotland2 Ireland1 Wales0[11]
1997Royal North DevonEngland Ireland3 Wales2 Scotland1 England0[11]
1996LittlestoneEngland England3 Scotland2 Ireland1 Wales0[11]
YearVenueLocationWinner(s)ScoreRunner-upThirdScoreFourthRef.
1995DunbarScotland Scotland10–5 Wales England14–1 Ireland[11]
1994Little AstonEngland England11.5–3.5 Ireland Scotland12.5–2.5 Wales[11]
1993GlenbervieScotland England11–4 Ireland Scotland10.5–4.5 Wales[11]
1992Royal Mid-SurreyEngland Scotland
 Wales		7.5–7.5Tie England10.5–4.5 Ireland[11]
1991MontroseScotland England12–3 Wales Ireland
 Scotland		7.5–7.5Tie[11]
1990HunstantonEngland Scotland12.5–2.5 Ireland England11–4 Wales[11]
1989NairnScotland England11.5–3.5 Wales Scotland12–3 Ireland[12]
1988FormbyEngland England14–1 Wales Scotland9–6 Ireland[11]
1987Kilmarnock (Barassie)Scotland Scotland10.5–4.5 Wales England9.5–5.5 Ireland[11][13]
1986Seaton CarewEngland Ireland8.5–6.5 Scotland England10–5 Wales[14]
1985Royal BurgessScotland England
 Ireland		7.5–7.5Tie Scotland11–4 Wales[15]

Source:[16]

Earlier England–Scotland matches

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]

YearVenueLocationWinnerScoreRef.
1984Royal PorthcawlWales England9½–5½[34]
1983GlenbervieScotland England8–7[35]
1982Burnham & BerrowEngland England8–7[36]
1981GullaneScotlandTie7½–7½[37]
1980FormbyEngland England9–6
1979Kilmarnock (Barassie)Scotland England11–4
1978Seaton CarewEngland Scotland8½–6½
1977DownfieldScotland England8–7[33]
1976SunningdaleEngland Scotland8–7
1975Bruntsfield LinksScotland England9½–5½
1974Royal LiverpoolEngland England11–4[38]
1973BlairgowrieScotland England9–6[39]
1972MoortownEngland England13½–1½[40]
1971Kilmarnock (Barassie)ScotlandTie7½–7½[41]
1970HillsideEngland England12–3[42]
1969DunbarScotland England12–3
1968St Annes Old LinksEngland England10–5[43]
1967Western GailesScotland Scotland8–7[44]
1966MoortownEngland England12–3[31]
1965GullaneScotland England10–5[32]
1964FormbyEngland England9–3[45]
1963PrestwickScotland Scotland9–3[46]
1962Royal Mid-SurreyEngland England6½–5½[47]
1961DalmahoyScotland Scotland7–5[48]
1960OltonEngland England10–2[30]
1959PollokScotland England8½–3½[29]
1958MoortownEngland England7–5[28]
1957CarnoustieScotland Scotland7½–4½[49]
1956SunningdaleEngland England7½–4½[50]
1955Kilmarnock (Barassie)Scotland Scotland9–3[51]
1954Royal LiverpoolEngland England6½–5½[52]
1953DunbarScotland Scotland7–5[53]
1952FormbyEngland England6½–5½[27]
1951PrestwickScotland England7–5[26]
1950Royal Lytham & St AnnesEngland Scotland8½–3½[25]
1949St AndrewsScotland Scotland8–4[54]
1948Kilmarnock (Barassie)Scotland England9–3[24]
1947Royal LiverpoolEngland England7–5[55]
1946Bruntsfield LinksScotland England8½–3½[56]
1940–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1939CarnoustieScotland Scotland7–5[23]
1938Moor ParkEngland Scotland7½–4½[57]
1937Bruntsfield LinksScotland Scotland9½–2½[58]
1936BirkdaleEngland Scotland8½–3½[59]
1935Royal AberdeenScotlandTie6–6[22]
1934MoortownEngland England9–3[21]
1933CarnoustieScotland Scotland7–5[60]
1932Royal Lytham & St AnnesEngland Scotland8–4[61]
1931Glasgow Golf ClubScotland Scotland7½–4½[62]
1930FulwellEngland Scotland8–4[63]
1929Royal BurgessScotland Scotland9½–2½[64]
1928FormbyEngland England6½–5½[20]
1927Royal BurgessScotland Scotland7–5[19]
1926Coombe HillEngland England4½–3½[18]
1925Royal BurgessScotland England6–4[65]
1924Coombe HillEngland Scotland6–4[66]
1923DunbarScotland Scotland6½–3½[17]

Source:[16]

Earlier Ireland–Wales matches

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

YearVenueLocationWinnerScoreRef.
1984Royal PorthcawlWales Wales6½–5½[34]
1983GlenbervieScotland Ireland7–5[35]
1982Burnham & BerrowEngland Wales9–3
1981GullaneScotland Ireland8–4[37]
1980FormbyEngland Wales6½–5½
1979Kilmarnock (Barassie)Scotland Ireland9½–2½
1978Seaton CarewEngland Wales8–4
1977DownfieldScotland Ireland6½–5½
1976SunningdaleEngland Wales7½–1½
1975Bruntsfield LinksScotland Wales6½–2½
1974Royal LiverpoolEngland Wales5–4[38]
1973BlairgowrieScotland Ireland5½–3½
1972MoortownEngland Ireland5–4

Source:[16]

References

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  2. 1 2 3 "History R&A Boys Home Internationals". The R&A. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "2020 Amateur Events Update". The R&A. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
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  10. ↑ "R&A Championships and International Matches 2013" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
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  13. ↑ "Wright proves a real hero". The Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1987. p. 21.
  14. ↑ "Scotland". The Glasgow Herald. 9 August 1986. p. 18.
  15. ↑ "Kemble claims share of glory". The Glasgow Herald. 10 August 1985. p. 18.
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  31. 1 2 "Heavy defeat for Scottish boys". The Glasgow Herald. 15 August 1966. p. 5.
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