1950 Five Nations Championship

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1950 Five Nations Championship
Date14 January - 25 March 1950
CountriesFile:Flag of England.svg England
File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland
File:Flag of France.svg France
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg Wales
Tournament statistics
ChampionsFile:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg Wales (11th title)
Grand SlamFile:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg Wales (4th title)
Triple CrownFile:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg Wales (8th title)
Matches played10
1949 (Previous) (Next) 1951

The 1950 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-first series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-sixth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 14 January and 25 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Wales won their 11th title, and also the Grand Slam and the Triple Crown.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation Venue City Captain
File:Flag of England.svg England Twickenham London Ivor Preece
File:Flag of France.svg France Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes Guy Basquet
File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland Lansdowne Road/Ravenhill Dublin/Belfast Karl Mullen
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Doug Elliot/Peter Kininmonth
File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg Wales St. Helen's/National Stadium Swansea/Cardiff John Gwilliam

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg Wales 4 4 0 0 50 8 +42 8
2 File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 4 2 0 2 21 49 −28 4
3 File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland 4 1 1 2 27 12 +15 3
3 File:Flag of France.svg France 4 1 1 2 14 35 −21 3
5 File:Flag of England.svg England 4 1 0 3 22 30 −8 2
Source: [citation needed]

Results

1950-01-14
Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg8–5File:Flag of France.svg France
Try: Macdonald
Budge c
Con: Lockhart
Try: Merquey
Con: Prat (1/1)
Edinburgh
1950-01-21
England File:Flag of England.svg5–11File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg Wales
Try: Smith
Con: Hofmeyr (1/1)
Try: C Davies
Cale c
Con: Robins (0/1)
L Jones (1/1)
Pen: L Jones
London
1950-02-04
Wales File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg12–0File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
Try: Thomas
K Jones
Con: L Jones (0/2)
Pen: L Jones
Drop: Cleaver
Cardiff
1950-02-25
Ireland File:IRFU flag.svg21–0File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
Try: Blayney c
Curtis c
Crowe c
Con: Norton (3/3)
Pen: Norton 2
Try: Smith
Dublin
1950-03-18
Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg13–11File:Flag of England.svg England
Try: Scott
Abercrombie c
Sloan c
Con: Gray (2/3)
Try: Smith
Smith
Con: Hofmeyr (1/2)
Pen: Hofmeyr
Edinburgh
1950-03-25
Wales File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg21–0File:Flag of France.svg France
Try: Matthews c
K Jones c
K Jones c
John
Con: L Jones (3/4)
Pen: L Jones
Cardiff

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