1953 Five Nations Championship

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The 1953 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-fourth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-ninth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between January 10 and March 28. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

[edit] Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	England	4	3	1	0	54	20	+38	7
2	Wales	4	3	0	1	26	14	+12	6
3	Ireland	4	2	1	1	54	25	+29	5
4	France	4	1	0	3	17	38	−21	2
5	Scotland	4	0	0	4	21	75	−54	0

[edit] Results

1953-01-10
	France	11–5	Scotland	Paris

1953-01-17
	Wales	3–8	England	Cardiff

1953-01-24
	Ireland	16–3	France	Belfast

1953-02-07
	Scotland	0–12	Wales	Edinburgh

1953-02-14
	Ireland	9–9	England	Dublin

1953-02-28
	England	11–0	France	London

1953-02-28
	Scotland	8–26	Ireland	Edinburgh

1953-03-14
	Wales	5–3	Ireland	Swansea

1953-03-21
	England	26–8	Scotland	London

1953-03-28
	France	3–6	Wales	Paris

[edit] External links

Rugby union Portal

• The official RBS Six Nations Site