1950 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition 1950 Five Nations Championship 14 January - 25 March 1950 ENGIREFRASCOWAL 1807 WAL 1807 11 WAL 1807 (4th title) WAL 1807 (8th title) 10 1949 1949 Five Nations Championship 1951 1951 Five Nations Championship 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: NationVenueCityCaptainENGTwickenhamLondonIvor PreeceFRAStade Olympique Yves-du-ManoirColombesGuy BasquetIRELansdowne Road/RavenhillDublin/BelfastKarl MullenSCOMurrayfieldEdinburghDoug Elliot/Peter KininmonthWAL 1807St. Helen's/National StadiumSwansea/CardiffJohn Gwilliam Table main WDL Q 2 points WAL WAL 1807 SCO SCO IRE IRE FRA 3 FRA ENG ENG 4 0 0 50 8 2 0 2 21 49 1 1 2 27 12 1 1 2 14 35 1 0 3 22 30 #ccffcc A complete Results 1950-01-14 SCO 8–5 FRA Edinburgh Macdonald Budge c Lockhart Merquey Prat (1/1) 1950-01-21 ENG 5–11 WAL 1807 London Smith Hofmeyr (1/1) C Davies Cale c Robins (0/1) L Jones (1/1) L Jones 1950-01-28 FRA 3–3 IRE Colombes Lauga Burges 1950-02-04 WAL 1807 12–0 SCO Cardiff Thomas K Jones L Jones (0/2) L Jones Cleaver 1950-02-11 ENG 3–0 IRE London Roberts 1950-02-25 FRA 6–3 ENG Colombes Pilon Cazenave Smith 1950-02-25 IRE 21–0 SCO Dublin Blayney c Curtis c Crowe c Norton (3/3) Norton 2 1950-03-11 IRE 3–6 WAL 1807 Belfast Norton Jones Thomas 1950-03-18 SCO 13–11 ENG Edinburgh Scott Abercrombie c Sloan c Gray (2/3) Smith Smith Hofmeyr (1/2) Hofmeyr 1950-03-25 WAL 1807 21–0 FRA Cardiff Matthews c K Jones c K Jones c John L Jones (3/4) L Jones 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