# 1953 Five Nations Championship
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{{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}}
{{ru|IRE}}
{{ru|FRA}}
{{ru|SCO}}
{{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](/source/Six_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](/source/England_national_rugby_union_team), [France](/source/France_national_rugby_union_team), [Ireland](/source/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team), [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team) and [Wales](/source/Wales_national_rugby_union_team). England won its 14th title.
==Participants==
The teams involved were:
{|class="wikitable"
!'''Nation'''
!'''Venue'''
!'''City'''
!'''Captain'''
|-
|{{ru|ENG}}
|[Twickenham](/source/Twickenham_Stadium)
|[London](/source/London)
|[Nim Hall](/source/Nim_Hall)
|-
|{{ru|FRA}}
|[Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir](/source/Stade_Olympique_Yves-du-Manoir)
|[Colombes](/source/Colombes)
|[Jean Prat](/source/Jean_Prat)
|-
|{{Ru|IRE}}
|[Lansdowne Road](/source/Lansdowne_Road)/[Ravenhill](/source/Pottinger_(District_Electoral_Area))
|[Dublin](/source/Dublin)/[Belfast](/source/Belfast)
|[Jackie Kyle](/source/Jack_Kyle)
|-
|{{ru|SCO}}
|[Murrayfield](/source/Murrayfield_Stadium)
|[Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh)
|[Arthur Dorward](/source/Arthur_Dorward)/[Angus Cameron](/source/Angus_Cameron_(rugby_union))
|-
|{{ru|WAL|1953}}
|[National Stadium](/source/Cardiff_Arms_Park)/[St. Helens](/source/St._Helen's_Rugby_and_Cricket_Ground)
|[Cardiff](/source/Cardiff)/[Swansea](/source/Swansea)
|[John Gwilliam](/source/John_Gwilliam)/[Bleddyn Williams](/source/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](/source/Paris) |
attendance = }}
{{Rugbybox |
date = 17 January 1953 |
home = {{Ru-rt|WAL|1807}} |
score = 3–8 |
away = {{Ru|ENG}} |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [Cardiff](/source/Cardiff) |
attendance = }}
{{Rugbybox |
date = 24 January 1953 |
home = {{Ru-rt|IRE}} |
score = 16–3 |
away = {{Ru|FRA}} |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [Belfast](/source/Belfast) |
attendance = }}
{{Rugbybox |
date = 7 February 1953 |
home = {{Ru-rt|SCO}} |
score = 0–12 |
away = {{Ru|WAL|1807}} |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh) |
attendance = }}
{{Rugbybox |
date = 14 February 1953 |
home = {{Ru-rt|IRE}} |
score = 9–9 |
away = {{Ru|ENG}} |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [Dublin](/source/Dublin) |
attendance =
|referee = [Adam Austin](/source/Adam_Austin_(referee)) }}
{{Rugbybox |
date = 28 February 1953 |
home = {{Ru-rt|ENG}} |
score = 11–0 |
away = {{Ru|FRA}} |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [London](/source/London) |
attendance = }}
{{Rugbybox |
date = 28 February 1953 |
home = {{Ru-rt|SCO}} |
score = 8–26 |
away = {{Ru|IRE}} |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh) |
attendance = }}
{{Rugbybox |
date = 14 March 1953 |
home = {{Ru-rt|WAL|1953}} |
score = 5–3 |
away = {{Ru|IRE}} |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [Swansea](/source/Swansea) |
attendance = }}
{{Rugbybox |
date = 21 March 1953 |
home = {{Ru-rt|ENG}} |
score = 26–8 |
away = {{Ru|SCO}} |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [London](/source/London) |
attendance = }}
{{Rugbybox |
date = 28 March 1953 |
home = {{Ru-rt|FRA}} |
score = 3–6 |
away = {{Ru|WAL|1953}} |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [Paris](/source/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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