{{Short description|Rugby tournament}} {{Infobox Six Nations Championship 2 | name = 1953 Five Nations Championship | image = | imagesize = | caption = | date = 10 January – 28 March 1953 | countries = {{ru|ENG}}<br />{{ru|IRE}}<br />{{ru|FRA}}<br />{{ru|SCO}}<br />{{ru|WAL|1953}} | champions = {{ru|ENG}} | count = 14 | grand slam = | triple crown = | matches = 10 | attendance = | tries = | top point scorer = | top try scorer = | website = | 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: {|class="wikitable" !'''Nation''' !'''Venue''' !'''City''' !'''Captain''' |- |{{ru|ENG}} |Twickenham |London |Nim Hall |- |{{ru|FRA}} |Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir |Colombes |Jean Prat |- |{{Ru|IRE}} |Lansdowne Road/Ravenhill |Dublin/Belfast |Jackie Kyle |- |{{ru|SCO}} |Murrayfield |Edinburgh |Arthur Dorward/Angus Cameron |- |{{ru|WAL|1953}} |National Stadium/St. Helens |Cardiff/Swansea |John Gwilliam/Bleddyn Williams |}
==Table== {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |res_col_header=Q |winpoints=2 |for_against_style=points |team1=ENG|name_ENG={{Ru|ENG}} |team2=WAL|name_WAL={{Ru|WAL|1953}} |team3=IRE|name_IRE={{Ru|IRE}} |team4=FRA|name_FRA={{Ru|FRA}} |team5=SCO|name_SCO={{Ru|SCO}} |win_ENG=3|draw_ENG=1|loss_ENG=0|pf_ENG=54|pa_ENG=20 |win_WAL=3|draw_WAL=0|loss_WAL=1|pf_WAL=26|pa_WAL=14 |win_IRE=2|draw_IRE=1|loss_IRE=1|pf_IRE=54|pa_IRE=25 |win_FRA=1|draw_FRA=0|loss_FRA=3|pf_FRA=17|pa_FRA=38 |win_SCO=0|draw_SCO=0|loss_SCO=4|pf_SCO=21|pa_SCO=75
|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A= |result1=A |update=complete|source= }}
==Results== {{Rugbybox | date = 10 January 1953 | home = {{Ru-rt|FRA}} | score = 11–5 | away = {{Ru|SCO}} | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Paris | attendance = }}
{{Rugbybox | date = 17 January 1953 | home = {{Ru-rt|WAL|1807}} | score = 3–8 | away = {{Ru|ENG}} | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Cardiff | attendance = }}
{{Rugbybox | date = 24 January 1953 | home = {{Ru-rt|IRE}} | score = 16–3 | away = {{Ru|FRA}} | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Belfast | attendance = }}
{{Rugbybox | date = 7 February 1953 | home = {{Ru-rt|SCO}} | score = 0–12 | away = {{Ru|WAL|1807}} | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Edinburgh | attendance = }}
{{Rugbybox | date = 14 February 1953 | home = {{Ru-rt|IRE}} | score = 9–9 | away = {{Ru|ENG}} | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Dublin | attendance = |referee = Adam Austin }}
{{Rugbybox | date = 28 February 1953 | home = {{Ru-rt|ENG}} | score = 11–0 | away = {{Ru|FRA}} | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = London | attendance = }}
{{Rugbybox | date = 28 February 1953 | home = {{Ru-rt|SCO}} | score = 8–26 | away = {{Ru|IRE}} | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Edinburgh | attendance = }}
{{Rugbybox | date = 14 March 1953 | home = {{Ru-rt|WAL|1953}} | score = 5–3 | away = {{Ru|IRE}} | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Swansea | attendance = }}
{{Rugbybox | date = 21 March 1953 | home = {{Ru-rt|ENG}} | score = 26–8 | away = {{Ru|SCO}} | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = London | attendance = }}
{{Rugbybox | date = 28 March 1953 | home = {{Ru-rt|FRA}} | score = 3–6 | away = {{Ru|WAL|1953}} | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Paris | attendance = }}
==External links== {{Portal|Sports}} *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080705165434/http://www.rbs6nations.com/index_6nations.htm The official RBS Six Nations Site]}}
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