The 1952 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-third series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-eighth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 12 January and 5 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Wales won their 5th Grand Slam and a 9th Triple Crown.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation Venue City Captain
 England Twickenham London Nim Hall
 France Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes Guy Basquet
 Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin Des O'Brien
 Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Peter Kininmonth/Arthur Dorward
 Wales National Stadium/St. Helens Cardiff/Swansea John Gwilliam

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  Wales 4 4 0 0 42 14 +28 8
2  England 4 3 0 1 34 14 +20 6
3  Ireland 4 2 0 2 26 33 −7 4
4  France 4 1 0 3 29 37 −8 2
5  Scotland 4 0 0 4 22 55 −33 0
Source: [citation needed]

Results

1952-01-12
Scotland 11–13 France
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
1952-01-19
England 6–8 Wales
Twickenham, London
1952-01-26
France 8–11 Ireland
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
1952-02-02
 Wales11–0 Scotland
Arms Park, Cardiff
1952-02-23
Ireland 12–8 Scotland
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
1952-03-08
Ireland 3–14 Wales
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
1952-03-15
Scotland 3–19 England
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
1952-03-22
 Wales9–5 France
St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground, Swansea
1952-03-29
England 3–0 Ireland
Twickenham, London
1952-04-05
France 3–6 England
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes

Source:[1]

References

  1. ^ "(1952 Five Nations)". ESPN. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
Allikas: Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Five_Nations
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