1938 Home Nations Championship Explained

1938 Home Nations Championship
Date:15 January - 19 March 1938
Countries:


Count:11
Triple Crown: (8th title)
Matches:6
Previous Year:1937
Previous Tournament:1937 Home Nations Championship
Next Year:1939
Next Tournament:1939 Home Nations Championship

The 1938 Home Nations Championship was the thirty-fourth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Five Nations, and prior to that, the Home Nations, this was the fifty-first series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Six matches were played between 15 January and 19 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Scotland won their 12th title, also winning the Triple Crown and the Calcutta Cup.[1]

Participants

The teams involved were:

NationVenueCityCaptain
TwickenhamLondonHerbert Toft/Peter Cranmer
Lansdowne RoadDublinGeorge Morgan/Sam Walker
MurrayfieldEdinburghWilson Shaw
National Stadium/St. Helen'sCardiff/SwanseaCliff Jones

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://stats.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/series/17236.html?template=results 1938 Home Nations Championship at ESPN