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1939 Home Nations Championship

International rugby union competition

Field	Value
name	1939 Home Nations Championship
date	21 January - 18 March 1939
countries

champions	, and
matches	6
previous year	1938
previous tournament	1938 Home Nations Championship
next year	1947
next tournament	1947 Five Nations Championship

The 1939 Home Nations Championship was the thirty-fifth 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-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Six matches were played between 21 January and 18 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

This was the last tournament that did not feature France, who had been expelled after the 1931 tournament over allegations of professionalism and administrative deficiencies. France would be readmitted later in the year, but the start of World War II in Europe in September put international rugby on hold; it would not resume until 1947. The Calcutta Cup match was the last international game before World War II. Six players who took part in the game would lose their lives during the war, while seven would return to international rugby post-war.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Venue	City	Captain
Twickenham	London	Herbert Toft
Lansdowne Road/Ravenhill Stadium	Dublin/Belfast	George Morgan
Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Wilson Shaw
National Stadium	Cardiff	Wilf Wooller

Table

Results

date = 21 January 1939| home = | score = 3–0| away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = London | attendance = }}

date = 4 February 1939| home = | score = 11–3| away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Cardiff | attendance = }}

date = 11 February 1939| home = | score = 0–5| away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = London | attendance = }}

date = 25 February 1939| home = | score = 12–3| away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Dublin | attendance = }}

date = 11 March 1939| home = | score = 0–7| away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Belfast | attendance = }}

date = 18 March 1939| home = | score = 6–9| away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Edinburgh | attendance = }}

References

"The final day in the sun".

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