1952 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition

1952 Five Nations Championship

Date| 12 January - 5 April 1952
Countries|  England
Ireland
France
Scotland
Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions|  Wales (12th title)
Grand Slam|  Wales (5th title)
Triple Crown|  Wales (9th title)
Matches played| 10
| ← 1951 (Previous) | (Next) 1953 →

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The 1952 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-third series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-eighth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 12 January and 5 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Wales won their 5th Grand Slam and a 9th Triple Crown.

## Participants

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The teams involved were:

Nation | Venue | City | Captain

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England | Twickenham | London | Nim Hall
France | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir | Colombes | Guy Basquet
Ireland | Lansdowne Road | Dublin | Des O'Brien
Scotland | Murrayfield | Edinburgh | Peter Kininmonth/Arthur Dorward
Wales | National Stadium/St. Helens | Cardiff/Swansea | John Gwilliam

## Table

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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1  |  Wales | 4  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 42  | 14  | +28  | 8
2  |  England | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 34  | 14  | +20  | 6
3  |  Ireland | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 26  | 33  | −7  | 4
4  |  France | 4  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 29  | 37  | −8  | 2
5  |  Scotland | 4  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 22  | 55  | −33  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

## Results

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1952-01-12

Scotland | 11–13|  France

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Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1952-01-19

England | 6–8|  Wales

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Twickenham, London

1952-01-26

France | 8–11|  Ireland

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Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes

1952-02-02

Wales| 11–0|  Scotland

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Arms Park, Cardiff

1952-02-23

Ireland | 12–8|  Scotland

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Lansdowne Road, Dublin

1952-03-08

Ireland | 3–14|  Wales

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Lansdowne Road, Dublin

1952-03-15

Scotland | 3–19|  England

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Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1952-03-22

Wales| 9–5|  France

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St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground, Swansea

1952-03-29

England | 3–0|  Ireland

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Twickenham, London

1952-04-05

France | 3–6|  England

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Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes

Source:[1]

## References

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1. ^ "(1952 Five Nations)". ESPN. Retrieved 12 February 2016.

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