1922 Five Nations Championship
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The 1922 Five Nations Championship was the eighth 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 thirty-fifth series of the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 2 January and 8 April. It was contested by England
, France
, Ireland
, Scotland
and Wales
.
(Swansea
), Cliff Richards
(Pontypool
), Brinley Evans (Llanelli
), Islwyn Evans
(Swansea
), Frank Palmer (Swansea
), Billy Bowen
(Swansea
), Bobby Delahay
(Bridgend), Tom Parker (Swansea
) (capt.), Jack Whitfield
(Newport), Thomas Jones
(Newport), Steve Morris
(Cross Keys
), Tom Roberts
(Risca
), John Griffiths Stephens (Llanelli
), Dai Hiddlestone
(Neath
), William Cummins
(Treorchy
)
England: BS Cumberlege (Blackheath), CN Lowe (Blackheath), EDG Hammett (Blackheath), E Myers (Bradford), Harold Day
(Leicester), VG Davies (Harlequins
), CA Kershaw (US Portsmouth) , R Edwards (Newport), ER Gardener (Devonport Services), JS Tucker (Bristol
), Wavell Wakefield
(Harlequins
), AF Blakiston (Blackheath), AT Voyce (Gloucester), GS Conway (Cambridge U
), LG Brown (Blackheath) (capt.)
----
Six Nations Championship
The Six Nations Championship is an annual international rugby union competition involving six European sides: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales....
following the inclusion of France into the Home Nations Championship. Including the previous Home Nations Championships, this was the thirty-fifth series of the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 2 January and 8 April. It was contested by England
England national rugby union team
The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...
, France
France national rugby union team
The France national rugby union team represents France in rugby union. They compete annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship. They have won the championship outright sixteen times, shared it a further eight times, and have completed nine grand slams...
, Ireland
Ireland national rugby union team
The Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...
, Scotland
Scotland national rugby union team
The Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked eighth in the IRB World Rankings as of 19 September 2011...
and Wales
Wales national rugby union team
The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...
.
Table
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | |||
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 23 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 5 | |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 32 | −13 | 2 | |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 33 | −30 | 2 | |
Results
France vs. Scotland
----Wales vs. England
Wales: Joe ReesJoe Rees
Joseph "Joe" Rees was a Welsh international rugby union full-back who played club rugby for Swansea. Rees made his debut for Swansea in 1919 and captained his club in the 1922/23 season. Rees would play 12 times for Wales, and captained them on one occasion...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Cliff Richards
Cliff Richards (rugby player)
William Clifford 'Cliff' Richards was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Pontypool and Swansea and represented Wales at international level. Richards was a coal miner by trade, and worked in the pits all his adult life...
(Pontypool
Pontypool RFC
Pontypool Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in the town of Pontypool. Pontypool RFC has a long history within Welsh rugby and is one of the most notable clubs, being present at the formation of the Welsh Rugby Union in 1881, but disbanding before the turn of the 19th century...
), Brinley Evans (Llanelli
Llanelli RFC
Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
), Islwyn Evans
Islwyn Evans
Haydn Islwyn Evans was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby union for Swansea and Llanelli. Evans was capped four times for Wales, all during the 1922 Five Nations Championship.-Rugby career:...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Frank Palmer (Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Billy Bowen
Billy Bowen
William 'Billy' Bowen was a Welsh dual code rugby player who played club rugby union for Swansea and rugby league for Leeds. Bowen was capped six times for Wales while playing under the union code.-Rugby career:...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Bobby Delahay
Bobby Delahay
William James 'Bobby' Delahay was a Welsh international rugby union who played club rugby for Bridgend and Cardiff...
(Bridgend), Tom Parker (Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
) (capt.), Jack Whitfield
Jack Whitfield
Jack Whitfield was a Welsh international rugby union hooker who played club rugby for Newport and club rugby for Monmouthshire...
(Newport), Thomas Jones
Thomas Jones (rugby player)
Thomas 'Tom' Jones was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby union for Newport. Jones was capped six times for Wales and was part of the 1922 Five Nations Championship winning side.-Rugby career:...
(Newport), Steve Morris
Steve Morris (rugby union player)
Steve Morris was a Welsh international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Cross Keys. A hard man, Morris was extremely physical in the way he played the game, sometimes over physical and he was unafraid to turn to violence if it was warranted. It is reported that he once knocked out a...
(Cross Keys
Cross Keys RFC
Cross Keys RFC is a rugby union club located in the Welsh village of Crosskeys. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons.- History :...
), Tom Roberts
Tom Roberts (rugby player)
Thomas "Tom" Roberts was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Risca and Newport...
(Risca
Risca RFC
Risca Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club based in Risca, Monmouthshire. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons.-Club history:...
), John Griffiths Stephens (Llanelli
Llanelli RFC
Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
), Dai Hiddlestone
Dai Hiddlestone
David 'Dai' Hiddlestone was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Neath. He was capped five times for Wales and was notable for leading an ill-advised response to the New Zealand Haka during the team's 1924 tour.-Rugby career:Hiddlestone was born in Hendy,...
(Neath
Neath RFC
Neath Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. The club's home ground is The Gnoll, Neath. The first team is known as the Welsh All Blacks because of the team colours: black with only a white cross pattée as an emblem...
), William Cummins
William Cummins
William 'Will' Cummins was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby union for Treorchy and was capped four times for Wales, all during the 1922 Five Nations Championship.-Rugby career:...
(Treorchy
Treorchy RFC
Treorchy Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Treorchy, in the Rhondda Valley, Wales. They formed in 1886 and by 1891 were a strong voice in the Welsh Football Union and were playing in the Rhondda Division...
)
England: BS Cumberlege (Blackheath), CN Lowe (Blackheath), EDG Hammett (Blackheath), E Myers (Bradford), Harold Day
Harold Day
Harold Lindsay Vernon Day was an English rugby union footballer who played wing for Leicester Tigers and England....
(Leicester), VG Davies (Harlequins
Harlequin F.C.
The Harlequin Football Club is an English rugby union team who play in the top level of English rugby, the Aviva Premiership. Their ground in London is Twickenham Stoop...
), CA Kershaw (US Portsmouth) , R Edwards (Newport), ER Gardener (Devonport Services), JS Tucker (Bristol
Bristol Rugby
Bristol Rugby is a rugby union club based in Bristol, England. The club currently plays in the RFU Championship and competes in the British and Irish Cup. They rely in large part on the many junior rugby clubs in the region, particularly those from 'the Combination'...
), Wavell Wakefield
Wavell Wakefield, 1st Baron Wakefield of Kendal
William Wavell Wakefield, 1st Baron Wakefield of Kendal , known as Sir Wavell Wakefield between 1944 and 1963, was an English rugby union player for Harlequins and England, President of the Rugby Football Union and Conservative politician.-Background and education:Wakefield was born in Beckenham,...
(Harlequins
Harlequin F.C.
The Harlequin Football Club is an English rugby union team who play in the top level of English rugby, the Aviva Premiership. Their ground in London is Twickenham Stoop...
), AF Blakiston (Blackheath), AT Voyce (Gloucester), GS Conway (Cambridge U
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
), LG Brown (Blackheath) (capt.)
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