1910 Five Nations Championship

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1910 Five Nations Championship
Date1 January - 28 March 1910
Countries England
 France
 Ireland
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions England (4th title)
Matches played6
Top point scorer(s) Wales J Bancroft (21)
Top try scorer(s) Wales Gibbs (5)
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The 1910 Five Nations Championship was the first series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship following the inclusion of France into the Home Nations Championship. Including the previous Home Nations Championships, this was the twenty-eighth series of the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 1 January and 28 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  England 4 3 1 0 36 14 +22 7
2  Wales 4 3 0 1 88 28 +60 6
3  Scotland 4 2 0 2 46 28 +18 4
4  Ireland 4 1 1 2 11 36 −25 3
5  France 4 0 0 4 20 95 −75 0
Source: [citation needed]

Results

1 January 1910
 Wales49–14 France
Swansea
15 January 1910
England 11–6 Wales
London
22 January 1910
Scotland 27–0 France
Edinburgh
5 February 1910
 Wales14–0 Scotland
Cardiff
12 February 1910
England 0–0 Ireland
London
26 February 1910
Ireland 0–14 Scotland
Belfast
3 March 1910
France 3–11 England
Paris
12 March 1910
Ireland 3–19 Wales
Dublin
19 March 1910
Scotland 5–14 England
Edinburgh
28 March 1910
France 3–8 Ireland
Paris

The matches

Wales vs. France

1 January 1910
 
St Helen's, Swansea
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: W Williams (England
)

Wales:

Tom Evans (Llanelli), Ivor Morgan (Swansea), Dick Thomas (Newport
)

France: R Menrath (SCUF), M Bruneau (S. Bordelais), H Houblain (SCUF), M Burgun (

RCF
), R Lafitte (SCUF), G Thevenot (SCUF), M Boudreau (SCUF), J Anduran (SCUF)

England vs. Wales

15 January 1910
Scotland
)

England:

Blackheath
)

Wales:

Joseph Pugsley (Cardiff
)

Scotland vs. France

22 January 1910
Ireland
)

Scotland: FG Buchanan (

R.C. Stevenson (St Andrews Uni), JMB Scott (Edinburgh Acads.), GC Gowlland (London Scottish
)

France: J Combe (

RCF), R Lafitte (SCUF), M Communeau (S Francais) capt., A Masse (S Bordelais), P Mauriat (FC Lyon
)

Wales vs. Scotland

5 February 1910
 
Ireland
)

Wales:

Joseph Pugsley (Cardiff
)

Scotland: WR Sutherland (Hawick),

R.C. Stevenson (St Andrews Uni), JMB Scott (Edinburgh Acads.), GC Gowlland (London Scottish
)

England vs. Ireland

12 February 1910
England 0–0 Ireland
Twickenham, London
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: T.D. Schofield (Wales)

England:

Blackheath
)

Ireland: WP Hinton (

Old Wesley) capt., T Haplin (Garryowen), Tommy Smyth (Malone), WF Riordan (Cork Constitution), Bethel Solomons (Wanderers), G McIldowie (Malone
)

Ireland vs. Scotland

26 February 1910
Balmoral Showgrounds, Belfast
Referee: VH Cartwright (England
)

Ireland: WP Hinton (

Old Wesley) capt., T Haplin (Garryowen), Tommy Smyth (Newport), H Moore (Queen's University), Bethel Solomons (Wanderers), G McIldowie (Malone
)

Scotland: DG Schulze (

R.C. Stevenson (St Andrews Uni), JMB Scott (Edinburgh Acads.), GC Gowlland (London Scottish), Charles Stuart (West of Scotland
)

France vs. England

3 March 1910
France 3–11 England
Try: CommuneauTry: Hudson (2)
Berry
Con: Chapman
Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee: G Bowden (Scotland)

France: J Combe (S Francais), E Lesieur (S Francais), G Lane (

RCF), G Thevenot (SCUF), M Communeau (S Francais) capt., A Masse (S Bordelais
), P Mauriat (FC Lyon)

England: CS Williams (

Blackheath
)

Ireland vs. Wales

12 March 1910
Williams (3)
Gibbs
Dyke
Drop: Bush
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: J Dallas (Scotland)

Ireland: WP Hinton (

NIFC), WS Smyth (Belfast Collegians), OJS Piper (Cork Constitution), FM McCormac (Wanderers), JC Blackham (Wanderers), T Haplin (Garryowen), Tommy Smyth (Newport), HG Wilson (Malone), Bethel Solomons (Wanderers), G McIldowie (Malone
)

Wales:

Joseph Pugsley (Cardiff
)

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