1952 Five Nations Championship
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| 1952 Five Nations Championship | |||
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| Date | 12 January 1952 - 5 April 1952 | ||
| Countries |  England Ireland France Scotland Wales |
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| Champions | Wales (12th title) |
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| Grand Slam | Wales (5th title) |
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| Triple Crown | Wales (9th title) |
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| Calcutta Cup | England |
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| Matches played | 10 | ||
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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.
Table
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points |
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| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | |||
| 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 |
Results
External links
| Preceded by | Five Nations Championship 1952 |
Succeeded by 1953 Five Nations |
