1922 Five Nations Championship

1922 Five Nations Championship
Date	2 January – 8 April 1922
Countries	England; France; Ireland; Scotland; Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	Wales (8th title)
Calcutta Cup	England
Matches played	10
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The 1922 Five Nations Championship was the eighth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship following the inclusion of France into the Home Nations Championship. Including the previous Home Nations Championships, this was the thirty-fifth series of the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 2 January and 8 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Position	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Table points
1	Wales	4	3	1	0	59	23	+36	7
2	England	4	2	1	1	40	47	−7	5
3	Scotland	4	1	2	1	23	26	−3	4
4	Ireland	4	1	0	3	19	32	−13	2
4	France	4	0	2	2	20	33	−13	2

Results

2 January 1922

France	3–3	Scotland
Try: Jauréguy		Try: Browning

Stade Colombes, Paris
Referee: HC Harrison (England)

21 January 1922

Wales	28–6	England
Try: Bowen Delahay Evans Hiddlestone Parker Palmer Richards Whitfield Con: Rees (2)		Try: Day Lowe

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: JM Tennant (Scotland)

Wales: Joe Rees (Swansea), Cliff Richards (Pontypool), Brinley Evans (Llanelli), Islwyn Evans (Swansea), Frank Palmer (Swansea), Billy Bowen (Swansea), Bobby Delahay (Bridgend), Tom Parker (Swansea) (capt.), Jack Whitfield (Newport), Thomas Jones (Newport), Steve Morris (Cross Keys), Tom Roberts (Risca), John Griffiths Stephens (Llanelli), Dai Hiddlestone (Neath), William Cummins (Treorchy)

England: BS Cumberlege (Blackheath), CN Lowe (Blackheath), EDG Hammett (Blackheath), E Myers (Bradford), Harold Day (Leicester), VG Davies (Harlequins), CA Kershaw (US Portsmouth), R Edwards (Newport), ER Gardener (Devonport Services), JS Tucker (Bristol), Wavell Wakefield (Harlequins), AF Blakiston (Blackheath), AT Voyce (Gloucester), GS Conway (Cambridge U), LG Brown (Blackheath) (capt.)

4 February 1922

Scotland	9–9	Wales
Try: Browning (2) Pen: Browning		Try: Bowen Con: Samuel Drop: Evans

Inverleith, Edinburgh
Referee: RA Lloyd (Ireland)

11 February 1922

Ireland	3–12	England
Try: Wallis		Try: Lowe Gardener Maxwell-Hyslop Smallwood

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: JM Tennant (Scotland)

25 February 1922

Scotland	6–3	Ireland
Try: Bryce Liddell		Try: Clarke

Inverleith, Edinburgh
Referee: TD Schofield (Wales)

25 February 1922

England	11–11	France
Try: Voyce Con: Day Pen: Day		Try: Cassayet Got Lasserre Con: Crabos

Twickenham, London
Referee: JM Tennant (Scotland)

11 March 1922

Wales	11–5	Ireland
Try: Whitfield (2) Evans Con: Samuel		Try: Stoke Con: Wallis

St Helen's, Swansea
Referee: John Sturrock (Scotland)

18 March 1922

England	11–5	Scotland
Try: Lowe (2) Davies Con: Conway		Try: Dykes Con: Bertram

Twickenham, London
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: RA Lloyd (Ireland)

23 March 1922

France	3–11	Wales
Try: Jauréguy		Try: Whitfield Cummins Evans

Stade Colombes, Paris
Referee: RW Harland (Ireland)

8 April 1922

Ireland	8–3	France
Try: Stephenson Con: Wallis Pen: Wallis		Try: Pascot

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: JM Tennant (Scotland)

External links

"6 Nations History". rugbyfootballhistory.com. Retrieved 10 March 2008.

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