1934 Home Nations Championship

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1934 Home Nations Championship
Date 20 January 1934 - 17 March 1934
Countries  England
 Ireland
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions  England (12th title)
Triple Crown  England (10th title)
Calcutta Cup  England
Matches played 6
1933 (Previous) (Next) 1935

The 1934 Home Nations Championship was the thirtieth 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 forty-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Six matches were played between 20 January and 17 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It was the first time since the 1913 competition that the table finished without any team tying for places.

Table

Position Nation Games Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1  England 3 3 0 0 28 6 +22 6
2  Wales 3 2 0 1 26 15 +11 4
3  Scotland 3 1 0 2 25 28 −3 2
4  Ireland 3 0 0 3 12 42 −30 0

Results

1934-01-20
Wales  0–9  England
Cardiff
1934-02-03
Scotland  6–13  Wales
Edinburgh
1934-02-10
Ireland  3–13  England
Dublin
1934-02-24
Scotland  16–9  Ireland
Edinburgh
1934-03-10
Wales  13–0  Ireland
Swansea
1934-03-17
England  6–3  Scotland
London

The matches

Wales vs. England

January 20, 1934
Wales  0 – 9  England
Try: Meikle (2)
Warr
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: FW Haslett (Ireland)

Scotland vs. Wales

February 3, 1934
Scotland  6 – 13  Wales
Try: Logan
Pen: Ritchie
Try: Cowey
Rees
Con: Jenkins
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: HLV Day (England)

Ireland vs. England

February 10, 1934
Ireland  3 – 13  England
Try: Morgan Try: Fry (2)
Meikle
Con: Gregory (2)
Landsdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: MA Allen (Scotland)

Scotland vs. Ireland

February 24, 1934
Scotland  16 – 9  Ireland
Pen: Dick (2)
Crawford
Con: Shaw (2)
Pen: Allan
Try: Russell
O'Conner
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: BS Cumberlege (England)

Wales vs. Ireland

March 10, 1934
Wales  13 – 0  Ireland
Try: Fear
Cowey
Jenkins
Con: Jenkins (2)
St Helens, Swansea
Referee: AJ Turnbull (Scotland)

England vs. Scotland

March 17, 1934
England  6 – 3  Scotland
Try: Booth
Meikle
Try: Shaw
Twickenham, London
Referee: FW Haslett (Ireland)

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Preceded by Home Nations Championship
1934
Succeeded by
1935 Home Nations