1948 Five Nations Championship Explained

1948 Five Nations Championship
Date:17 January - 29 March 1948
Countries:



Count:5
Grand Slam: (1st title)
Triple Crown: (3rd title)
Matches:10
Previous Year:1947
Previous Tournament:1947 Five Nations Championship
Next Year:1949
Next Tournament:1949 Five Nations Championship

The 1948 Five Nations Championship was the nineteenth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-fourth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 17 January and 29 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The tournament was won by Ireland, who achieved a Grand Slam by defeating all the other participants, a feat they would not accomplish again until 2009 and their first on home soil.

Participants

The teams involved were:

NationVenueCityCaptain
TwickenhamLondonTommy Kemp/Edward Scott/Bob Weighill
Stade Olympique Yves-du-ManoirColombesGuy Basquet
Lansdowne Road/Ravenhill StadiumDublin/BelfastErnest Strathdee/Karl Mullen
MurrayfieldEdinburghDonny Innes
National StadiumCardiffHaydn Tanner

Results

Teams
FB 15Lucien Rouffia (US Romans)
RW 14Michel Pomathios (SU Agen)
OC 13Michel Sorondo (US Montauban)
IC 12Maurice Terreau (US Bourg)
LW 11Pierre Jeanjean (RC Toulon)
FH 10Andre Alvarez (US Tyrosse)
SH 9 Gerard Dufau (RC France)
N8 8 Guy Basquet (SU Agen)
OF 7 Jean Prat (FC Lourdes)
BF 6 Jean Matheu-Cambas (Castres Olympique)
RL 5 Alban Moga (CA Begles)
LL 4 Robert Soro (US Romans)
TP 3 Lucien Caron (Castres Olympique)
HK 2 Lucien Martin (Section Paloise)
LP 1 Eugene Buzy (FC Lourdes)
Coach:
FB 15 Dudley Higgins (NI Civil Service)
RW 14 Bertie O'Hanlon (Dolphin)
OC 13 Des McKee (NIFC)
IC 12 Paddy Reid (Garryowen)
LW 11 Barney Mullan (Clontarf)
FH 10 Jack Kyle (Queen's University)
SH 9 Ernie Strathdee (Queen's University, c)
N8 8 Jim McCarthy (Dolphin)
OF 7 Bob Agar (Malone)
BF 6 Bill McKay (Queen's University)
RL 5 Ernie Keeffe (Sundays Well)
LL 4 Colm Callan (Lansdowne)
TP 3 Albert McConnell (Collegians)
HK 2 Karl Mullen (Old Belvedere)
LP 1 Jimmy Corcoran (London Irish/UCC)
Coach:
Teams
FB 15Dick Uren (Waterloo)
RW 14Dickie Guest (Waterloo)
OC 13Norman Bennett (Portsmouth)
IC 12Edward Scott (Redruth, c)
LW 11Cyril Holmes (Manchester)
FH 10Ivor Preece (Coventry)
SH 9 Richard Madge (Exeter)
N8 8 Douglas Vaughan (Devonport Services)
OF 7 Micky Steele-Bodger (Edinburgh University)
BF 6 Don White (Northampton)
RL 5 Humphrey Luya (Headlingley)
LL 4 Samuel Perry (Cambridge University)
TP 3 George Gibbs (Bristol)
HK 2 Alan Henderson (Cambridge University)
LP 1 Harry Walker (Coventry)
Coach:
FB 15 Jack Mattson (Wanderers)
RW 14 Bertie O'Hanlon (Dolphin)
OC 13 Des McKee (NIFC)
IC 12 Paddy Reid (Garryowen)
LW 11 Barney Mullan (Clontarf)
FH 10 Jack Kyle (Queen's University)
SH 9 Hugh de Lacy (Harlequins)
N8 8 Jim McCarthy (Dolphin)
OF 7 Des O'Brien (London Irish)
BF 6 Bill McKay (Queen's University)
RL 5 Jimmy Nelson (Malone)
LL 4 Colm Callan (Lansdowne)
TP 3 Chris Daly (London Irish)
HK 2 Karl Mullen (Old Belvedere)
LP 1 Albert McConnell (Collegians)
Coach:
Teams
FB 15 Dudley Higgins (NI Civil Service)
RW 14 Bertie O'Hanlon (Dolphin)
OC 13 Des McKee (NIFC)
IC 12 Mick O'Flanagan (Lansdowne)
LW 11 Barney Mullan (Clontarf)
FH 10 Jack Kyle (Queen's University)
SH 9 Hugh de Lacy (Harlequins)
N8 8 Jim McCarthy (Dolphin)
OF 7 Des O'Brien (London Irish)
BF 6 Bill McKay (Queen's University)
RL 5 Jimmy Nelson (Malone)
LL 4 Colm Callan (Lansdowne)
TP 3 Chris Daly (London Irish)
HK 2 Karl Mullen (Old Belvedere)
LP 1 Albert McConnell (Collegians)
Coach:
FB 15W.C.W. Murdoch (Hillhead)
RW 14Thomas Jackson (London Scottish)
OC 13Charlie Drummond (Melrose)
IC 12Donny Innes (Aberdeen)
LW 11David MacKenzie (Edinburgh University)
FH 10Derek Hepburn (Woodford)
SH 9 Dallas Allardyce (Aberdeen)
N8 8 Douglas Elliott (Edinburgh Academicals)
OF 7 Bill Black (Glasgow)
BF 6 Russell Bruce (Gordonians)
RL 5 Leslie Currie (Dunfermline)
LL 4 Howard Campbell (London Scottish)
TP 3 Stuart Coltman (Hawick)
HK 2 Dod Lyall (Gala)
LP 1 Ian Henderson (Edinburgh Academicals)
Coach:
Teams
FB 15 Dudley Higgins (NI Civil Service)
RW 14 Bertie O'Hanlon (Dolphin)
OC 13 Des McKee (NIFC)
IC 12 Paddy Reid (Garryowen)
LW 11 Barney Mullan (Clontarf)
FH 10 Jack Kyle (Queen's University)
SH 9 Ernie Strathdee (Queen's University)
N8 8 Jim McCarthy (Dolphin)
OF 7 Des O'Brien (London Irish)
BF 6 Bill McKay (Queen's University)
RL 5 Jimmy Nelson (Malone)
LL 4 Colm Callan (Lansdowne)
TP 3 Chris Daly (London Irish)
HK 2 Karl Mullen (Old Belevdere)
LP 1 Albert McConnell (Collegians)
Coach:
FB 15Frank Trott (Cardiff)
RW 14Ken Jones (Newport)
OC 13Bleddyn Williams (Cardiff)
IC 12Billy Cleaver (Cardiff)
LW 11Leslie Williams (Cardiff)
FH 10Glyn Davies (Pontypridd)
SH 9 Haydn Tanner (Cardiff, c)
N8 8 Gwyn Evans (Cardiff)
OF 7 Leslie Manfield (Cardiff)
BF 6 Ossie Williams (Llanelli)
RL 5 John Gwilliam (Cambridge University)
LL 4 Rees Stephens (Neath)
TP 3 Emlyn Davies (Aberavon)
HK 2 Maldwyn James (Cardiff)
LP 1 Cliff Davies (Cardiff)
Coach:

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