Home Nations Championship 1939
| Home Nations Championship 1939 | |
| Number of nations | 4th |
| winner |
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|
| Opening game | January 21, 1939 |
| Tournament end | March 18, 1939 |
| Games | 6th |
| Points | 59 (⌀: 9.83 per game) |
| ← Home Nations Championship 1938 | |
| Five Nations 1947 → | |
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 1939 took place between January 21st and March 18th. Tournament winners were jointly Wales , Ireland and England with two wins and one defeat each (the point difference was irrelevant according to the tournament mode at that time).
Closing table
| country | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Table points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Wales
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18: 6 | 4th |
|
Ireland
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:10 | 4th |
|
England
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:11 | 4th |
 Scotland
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:32 | 0 |
Results
| date | place | encounter | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21th January | Twickenham Stadium , London | England - Wales | 3-0 |
| February 4th | Cardiff Arms Park , Cardiff | Wales - Scotland | 11: 3 |
| February 11th | Twickenham Stadium, London | England - Ireland | 0: 5 |
| February 25 | Lansdowne Road , Dublin | Ireland - Scotland | 12: 3 |
| March 11 | Ravenhill Stadium , Belfast | Ireland - Wales | 0: 7 |
| March 18th | Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh | Scotland - England | 6: 9 |