1950 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 his 11th title, and also the Grand Slam and the Triple Crown.

1950 Five Nations Championship
Date14 January - 25 March 1950
Countries England
 Ireland
 France
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions Wales (11th title)
Grand Slam Wales (4th title)
Triple Crown Wales (8th title)
Calcutta Cup Scotland
Matches played10
1949 (Previous) (Next) 1951

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation Venue City Captain
 England Twickenham London Ivor Preece
 France Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes Guy Basquet
 Ireland Lansdowne Road/Ravenhill Dublin/Belfast Karl Mullen
 Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Doug Elliot/Peter Kininmonth
 Wales St. Helen's/National Stadium Swansea/Cardiff John Gwilliam

Table

Position Nation Games Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 Wales 4400508+428
2 Scotland 42022149284
3 Ireland 41122712+153
3 France 41121435193
5 England 4103223082

Results

1950-01-14
Scotland  85  France
Try: Macdonald
Budge c
Con: Lockhart
Try: Merquey
Con: Prat (1/1)
1950-01-21
England  511  Wales
Try: Smith
Con: Hofmeyr (1/1)
Try: C Davies
Cale c
Con: Robins (0/1)
L Jones (1/1)
Pen: L Jones
1950-01-28
France  33  Ireland
Drop: Lauga
Pen: Burges
1950-02-04
Wales  120  Scotland
Try: Thomas
K Jones
Con: L Jones (0/2)
Pen: L Jones
Drop: Cleaver
1950-02-11
England  30  Ireland
Try: Roberts
1950-02-25
France  63  England
Try: Pilon
Cazenave
Try: Smith
1950-02-25
Ireland  210  Scotland
Try: Blayney c
Curtis c
Crowe c
Con: Norton (3/3)
Pen: Norton 2
Try: Smith
1950-03-11
Ireland  36  Wales
Pen: Norton
Try: Jones
Thomas
1950-03-18
Scotland  1311  England
Try: Scott
Abercrombie c
Sloan c
Con: Gray (2/3)
Try: Smith
Smith c
Con: Hofmeyr (1/2)
Pen: Hofmeyr
1950-03-25
Wales  210  France
Try: Matthews c
K Jones c
K Jones c
John
Con: L Jones (3/4)
Pen: L Jones
Preceded by
1949 Five Nations
Five Nations Championship
1950
Succeeded by
1951 Five Nations
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