Home Nations Championship 1938
Home Nations Championship 1938 | |
Number of nations | 4th |
winner | Scotland (12th title) |
Opening game | January 15, 1938 |
Tournament end | March 19, 1938 |
Games | 6th |
Points | 186 (⌀: 31 per game) |
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After the exclusion of France in 1932, the Five Nations rugby union tournament (now the Six Nations ) continued as the Home Nations Championship with four British teams until 1939 . The tournament of 1938 took place between January 15th and March 19th. The tournament winner was Scotland , which achieved the Triple Crown with victories against all other participants .
Closing table
country | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Table points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scotland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52:36 | 6th |
Wales | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31:21 | 4th |
England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 60:49 | 2 |
Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33:70 | 0 |
Results
date | place | encounter | Result |
---|---|---|---|
15. January | Cardiff Arms Park , Cardiff | Wales - England | 14: 8 |
February 5th | Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh | Scotland - Wales | 8: 6 |
February 12th | Lansdowne Road , Dublin | Ireland - England | 14:36 |
February 26th | Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh | Scotland - Ireland | 23:14 |
March 12th | St Helens , Swansea | Wales - Ireland | 11: 5 |
19th March | Twickenham Stadium , London | England - Scotland | 16:21 |