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scored five goals, an
English record that has been equalled but never broken as of 2007. In the final games, Wales beat the Irish, resulting in a whitewash of three defeats for Ireland and joint first place for the Welsh. England joined Wales and Scotland on four points with a 2–1 victory over
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England succeeded in victory over the Irish by a seven-goal margin to bring them into joint second place behind the Scots. During the match,
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in August 1939 suspended all professional sporting competitions. As a result, this was the final opportunity for many spectators to see their sporting heroes in an international setting, as players such as
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would no longer be young enough to play for their country by the time professional football began again in 1946.
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during the 1938–39 seasons and was the last edition of the tournament to be completed before the outbreak of the
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1305:Guy Oliver (1992).
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111:Matches played
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854:Attendance: 34,810
570:Attendance: 40,000
24:Tournament details
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1309:. Guinness.
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1257:Hampden Park
1018:Old Trafford
561:Windsor Park
463:Co-champions
224:Tommy Lawton
203:
199:Tommy Walker
180:Home Nations
168:
166:
119:Goals scored
29:Host country
15:
1963:Nations Cup
1396:Competitors
711:Ninian Park
215:Willie Hall
138:Willie Hall
1983:Categories
1279:References
1022:Manchester
447:−11
196:Scotland's
192:Dai Astley
1568:1899–1900
849:Edinburgh
58:Champions
1958:Rous Cup
1456:Scotland
1382:Scotland
1167:Scotland
1125:Milligan
990:Matthews
824:L. Jones
736:Scotland
675:Matthews
650:B. Jones
511:Scotland
456:Source:
380:Scotland
176:football
169:1938–39
157:→
148:←
85:Scotland
1945:1983–84
1940:1982–83
1935:1981–82
1930:1980–81
1925:1979–80
1920:1978–79
1915:1977–78
1910:1976–77
1905:1975–76
1900:1974–75
1895:1973–74
1890:1972–73
1885:1971–72
1880:1970–71
1875:1969–70
1870:1968–69
1865:1967–68
1860:1966–67
1855:1965–66
1850:1964–65
1845:1963–64
1840:1962–63
1835:1961–62
1830:1960–61
1825:1959–60
1820:1958–59
1815:1957–58
1810:1956–57
1805:1955–56
1800:1954–55
1795:1953–54
1790:1952–53
1785:1951–52
1780:1950–51
1775:1949–50
1770:1948–49
1765:1947–48
1760:1946–47
1754:1945–46
1743:1938–39
1738:1937–38
1733:1936–37
1728:1935–36
1723:1934–35
1718:1933–34
1713:1932–33
1708:1931–32
1703:1930–31
1698:1929–30
1693:1928–29
1688:1927–28
1683:1926–27
1678:1925–26
1673:1924–25
1668:1923–24
1663:1922–23
1658:1921–22
1653:1920–21
1648:1919–20
1638:1913–14
1633:1912–13
1628:1911–12
1623:1910–11
1618:1909–10
1613:1908–09
1608:1907–08
1603:1906–07
1598:1905–06
1593:1904–05
1588:1903–04
1583:1902–03
1578:1901–02
1573:1900–01
1563:1898–99
1558:1897–98
1553:1896–97
1548:1895–96
1543:1894–95
1538:1893–94
1533:1892–93
1528:1891–92
1523:1890–91
1518:1889–90
1513:1888–89
1508:1887–88
1503:1886–87
1498:1885–86
1493:1884–85
1488:1883–84
1481:Seasons
1427:Ireland
1412:England
1372:England
1271:Ireland
1261:Glasgow
1246:88'
1231:67'
1221:Beasley
1213:20'
1194:England
1146:Wrexham
1111:Boulter
1080:Ireland
1032:England
1000:75'
985:65'
974:55'
963:40'
952:38'
941:36'
907:Ireland
880:England
859:England
834:85'
819:17'
801:84'
797:83'
782:38'
772:Gillick
715:Cardiff
661:Hopkins
623:England
575:England
565:Belfast
550:49'
535:34'
525:Delaney
484:Ireland
467:Results
424:Ireland
292:England
206:England
189:Wales's
155:1946–47
150:1937–38
71:England
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1203:Dougal
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1089:Cumner
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926:8'
916:Lawton
904:
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787:Walker
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237:Team
230:Table
99:Wales
45:Teams
37:Dates
1311:ISBN
931:Hall
698:pen.
208:and
167:The
1180:1–2
1066:3–1
893:7–0
749:3–2
609:4–2
497:0–2
461:(C)
444:12
406:+2
384:(C)
362:+3
340:(C)
318:+6
312:11
296:(C)
276:Pts
241:Pld
194:or
141:(5)
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266:GA
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251:D
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