1951 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition 1951 Five Nations Championship 13 January - 7 April 1951 ENGIREFRASCOWAL 1807 IRE 7 10 1950 1950 Five Nations Championship 1952 1952 Five Nations Championship The 1951 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-second series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 13 January and 7 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Ireland missed out on a second Grand Slam after drawing against Wales at Cardiff Arms Park, but won the championship. Participants The teams involved were: NationVenueCityCaptainENGTwickenhamLondonVic Roberts/John Kendall-CarpenterFRAStade Olympique Yves-du-ManoirColombesGuy BasquetIRELansdowne RoadDublinKarl MullenSCOMurrayfieldEdinburghPeter KininmonthWAL 1807National Stadium/St. HelensCardiff/SwanseaJohn Gwilliam/Jack Matthews Table main WDL Q 2 points IRE IRE FRA FRA WAL WAL 1807 SCO SCO ENG 4 ENG 3 1 0 21 16 3 0 1 41 27 1 1 2 29 35 1 0 3 39 25 1 0 3 13 40 #ccffcc A complete Results 1951-01-13 FRA 14–12 SCO Paris 1951-01-20 WAL 1807 23–5 ENG Swansea 1951-01-27 IRE 9–8 FRA Dublin 1951-02-03 SCO 19–0 WAL 1807 Edinburgh 1951-02-10 IRE 3–0 ENG Dublin 1951-02-24 ENG 3–11 FRA London 1951-02-24 SCO 5–6 IRE Edinburgh 1951-03-10 WAL 1807 3–3 IRE Cardiff 1951-03-17 ENG 5–3 SCO London 1951-04-07 FRA 8–3 WAL 1807 Paris External links Sports The official RBS Six Nations Site Category:Six Nations Championship seasons Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations