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1953 Five Nations Championship

Rugby tournament

Field	Value
name	1953 Five Nations Championship
date	10 January – 28 March 1953
countries

champions
count	14
matches	10
previous year	1952
previous tournament	1952 Five Nations Championship
next year	1954
next tournament	1954 Five Nations Championship

The 1953 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-fourth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-ninth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 10 January and 28 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. England won its 14th title.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Venue	City	Captain
Twickenham	London	Nim Hall
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir	Colombes	Jean Prat
Lansdowne Road/Ravenhill	Dublin/Belfast	Jackie Kyle
Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Arthur Dorward/Angus Cameron
National Stadium/St. Helens	Cardiff/Swansea	John Gwilliam/Bleddyn Williams

Table

Results

date = 10 January 1953 | home = | score = 11–5 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Paris | attendance = }}

date = 17 January 1953 | home = | score = 3–8 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Cardiff | attendance = }}

date = 24 January 1953 | home = | score = 16–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Belfast | attendance = }}

date = 7 February 1953 | home = | score = 0–12 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Edinburgh | attendance = }}

date = 28 February 1953 | home = | score = 11–0 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = London | attendance = }}

date = 28 February 1953 | home = | score = 8–26 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Edinburgh | attendance = }}

date = 14 March 1953 | home = | score = 5–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Swansea | attendance = }}

date = 21 March 1953 | home = | score = 26–8 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = London | attendance = }}

date = 28 March 1953 | home = | score = 3–6 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Paris | attendance = }}

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