1939 Home Nations Championship

1939 Home Nations Championship
Date	21 January 1939 - 18 March 1939
Countries	England  Ireland  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	England,  Ireland and  Wales
Calcutta Cup	England
Matches played	6
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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, which 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, although seven would return to international rugby post-war.^[1]

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Wales	3	2	0	1	18	6	+12	4
1	Ireland	3	2	0	1	17	10	+7	4
1	England	3	2	0	1	12	11	+1	4
4	Scotland	3	0	0	3	12	32	−20	0

Results

1939-01-21

England	3–0	Wales

London

1939-02-04

Wales	11–3	Scotland

Cardiff

1939-02-11

England	0–5	Ireland

London

1939-02-25

Ireland	12–3	Scotland

Dublin

1939-03-11

Ireland	0–7	Wales

Belfast

1939-03-18

Scotland	6–9	England

Edinburgh

References

1. Richards, Huw. "The final day in the sun". espn.co.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2014.

External links

• "6 Nations History". rugbyfootballhistory.com. Retrieved 2008-03-08.