1922 Five Nations Championship

1922 Five Nations Championship
Date	2 January 1922 – 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
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
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

1922-01-01

France	3–3	Scotland

Paris

1922-01-21

Wales	28–6	England

Cardiff

1922-02-04

Scotland	9–9	Wales

Edinburgh

1922-02-11

Ireland	3–12	England

Dublin

1922-02-25

England	11–11	France

London

1922-02-25

Scotland	6–3	Ireland

Edinburgh

1922-03-11

Wales	11–5	Ireland

Swansea

1922-03-18

England	11–5	Scotland

London

1922-03-23

France	3–11	Wales

Paris

1922-04-08

Ireland	8–3	France

Dublin

The matches

France vs. Scotland

2 January 1922

France	3 – 3	Scotland
Try: Jauréguy		Try: Browning

Stade Colombes, Paris Referee: HC Harrison (England)

Wales vs. 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.)

Scotland vs. Wales

4 February 1922

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

Inverleith, Edinburgh Referee: RA Lloyd (Ireland)

Ireland vs. England

11 February 1922

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

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: JM Tennant (Scotland)

Scotland vs. Ireland

25 February 1922

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

Inverleith, Edinburgh Referee: TD Schofield (Wales)

England vs. France

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)

Wales vs. Ireland

11 March 1922

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

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

England vs. 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)

France vs. Wales

23 March 1922

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

Stade Colombes, Paris Referee: RW Harland (Ireland)

Ireland vs. France

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 2008-03-10.