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{{short description|Rugby union competition}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox Six Nations Championship 2
| name = 1922 Five Nations Championship
| image = 
| imagesize =
| caption = 
| date = 2 January – 8 April 1922
| countries = {{ru|ENG}}<br />{{ru|FRA}}<br />{{ru|IRE|1783}}<br />{{ru|SCO}}<br />{{Ru|WAL|1807}}
| champions = {{Ru|WAL|1807}}
| count = 8
| grand slam = 
| triple crown =  
| calcutta cup = {{ru|ENG}}
| millennium trophy = 
| centenary quaich = 
| giuseppe garibaldi trophy = 
| matches = 10
| attendance =
| tries =
| top point scorer = 
| top try scorer = 
| website = 
| previous year = 1921
| previous tournament = 1921 Five Nations Championship
| next year = 1923
| next tournament = 1923 Five Nations Championship 
}}

The '''1922 Five Nations Championship''' was the eighth series of the rugby union [[Six Nations Championship|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 national rugby union team|England]], [[France national rugby union team|France]], [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]], [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] and [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]].

==Table==
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|winpoints=2
|for_against_style=points
|team1=WAL|name_WAL={{Ru|WAL|1807}}
|team2=ENG|name_ENG={{Ru|ENG}}
|team3=SCO|name_SCO={{Ru|SCO}}
|team4=IRE|name_IRE={{ru|IRE|1783}}
|team5=FRA|pos_FRA=4|name_FRA={{Ru|FRA}}
|win_WAL=3|draw_WAL=1|loss_WAL=0|pf_WAL=59|pa_WAL=23
|win_ENG=2|draw_ENG=1|loss_ENG=1|pf_ENG=40|pa_ENG=47
|win_SCO=1|draw_SCO=2|loss_SCO=1|pf_SCO=23|pa_SCO=26
|win_IRE=1|draw_IRE=0|loss_IRE=3|pf_IRE=19|pa_IRE=32
|win_FRA=0|draw_FRA=2|loss_FRA=2|pf_FRA=20|pa_FRA=33

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|result1=A
|update=complete|source=<ref>{{cite web |title=Points table for matches completed by 8 Apr 1922 |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/series/17110.html?date=8+Apr+1922;template=pointstable |publisher=ESPNscrum |access-date=22 December 2023}}</ref>
}}

==Results==
{{Rugbybox
|date = 2 January 1922
|home = {{ru-rt|FRA}}
|score = 3–3
|away = {{Ru|SCO}}
|homescore = '''Try:''' Jauréguy
|awayscore = '''Try:''' Browning
|stadium = Stade Colombes, [[Paris]]
|attendance = 
|referee = HC Harrison ([[Rugby Football Union|England]]) }}
----
{{Rugbybox
|date = 21 January 1922
|home = {{Ru|WAL|1807}}
|score = 28–6
|away = {{Ru|ENG}}
|homescore = '''Try:''' [[Billy Bowen|Bowen]] <br> [[Bobby Delahay|Delahay]] <br> [[Islwyn Evans|Evans]]<br> [[Dai Hiddlestone|Hiddlestone]]<br> [[Tom Parker (rugby union)|Parker]]<br> [[Frank Palmer (rugby union)|Palmer]]<br> [[Cliff Richards (rugby union)|Richards]] <br> [[Jack Whitfield|Whitfield]]<br>'''Con:''' [[Joe Rees (rugby union, born 1893)|Rees]] (2)
|awayscore = '''Try:''' [[Harold Day (sportsman)|Day]] <br> Lowe
|stadium = [[Cardiff Arms Park]], [[Cardiff]]
|attendance = 
|referee = JM Tennant ([[Scotland Rugby Union|Scotland]]) }}

'''Wales:''' [[Joe Rees (rugby union, born 1893)|Joe Rees]] ([[Swansea RFC|Swansea]]), [[Cliff Richards (rugby union)|Cliff Richards]] ([[Pontypool RFC|Pontypool]]), [[Brinley Evans]] ([[Llanelli RFC|Llanelli]]), [[Islwyn Evans]] ([[Swansea RFC|Swansea]]), [[Frank Palmer (rugby union)|Frank Palmer]] ([[Swansea RFC|Swansea]]), [[Billy Bowen]] ([[Swansea RFC|Swansea]]), [[Bobby Delahay]] ([[Bridgend Ravens|Bridgend]]), [[Tom Parker (rugby union)|Tom Parker]] ([[Swansea RFC|Swansea]]) (''capt.''), [[Jack Whitfield]] ([[Newport RFC|Newport]]), [[Thomas Jones (rugby union)|Thomas Jones]] ([[Newport RFC|Newport]]), [[Steve Morris (rugby union)|Steve Morris]] ([[Cross Keys RFC|Cross Keys]]), [[Tom Roberts (rugby union)|Tom Roberts]] ([[Risca RFC|Risca]]), [[John Stephens (rugby union)|John Stephens]] ([[Llanelli RFC|Llanelli]]), [[Dai Hiddlestone]] ([[Neath RFC|Neath]]), [[William Cummins (rugby union)|William Cummins]] ([[Treorchy RFC|Treorchy]])

'''England:''' [[Barry Cumberlege|BS Cumberlege]] ([[Blackheath F.C.|Blackheath]]), [[Cyril Lowe|CN Lowe]] ([[Blackheath F.C.|Blackheath]]), [[Ernie Hammett|EDG Hammett]] ([[Blackheath F.C.|Blackheath]]), [[Edward Myers|E Myers]] (Bradford), [[Harold Day (sportsman)|HL Day]] (Leicester), [[Vivian Davies|VG Davies]] ([[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]]), [[Cecil Kershaw|CA Kershaw]] (US Portsmouth), [[Reg Edwards (rugby union)|R Edwards]] ([[Newport RFC|Newport]]), [[Ernie Gardner|ER Gardner]] (Devonport Services), [[Sam Tucker|JS Tucker]] ([[Bristol Bears|Bristol]]), [[Wavell Wakefield, 1st Baron Wakefield of Kendal|Wavell Wakefield]] ([[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]]), [[Arthur Blakiston|AF Blakiston]] ([[Blackheath F.C.|Blackheath]]), [[Tom Voyce (rugby union, born 1897)|AT Voyce]] (Gloucester), [[Geoffrey Seymour Conway|GS Conway]] ([[Cambridge University R.U.F.C.|Cambridge U]]), [[Bruno Brown|LG Brown]] ([[Blackheath F.C.|Blackheath]]) (''capt.'')
----
{{Rugbybox
|date = 4 February 1922
|home = {{ru-rt|SCO}}
|score = 9–9
|away = {{Ru|WAL|1807}}
|homescore = '''Try:''' Browning (2)<br> '''Pen:''' Browning
|awayscore = '''Try:''' [[Billy Bowen|Bowen]] <br> '''Con:''' Samuel <br> '''Drop:''' [[Islwyn Evans|Evans]]
|stadium = [[Inverleith Sports Ground|Inverleith]], [[Edinburgh]]
|attendance = 
|referee = RA Lloyd ([[Irish Rugby Football Union|Ireland]]) }}
----
{{Rugbybox
|date = 11 February 1922
|home = {{ru-rt|IRE|1783}}
|score = 3–12
|away = {{Ru|ENG}}
|homescore = '''Try:''' Wallis 
|awayscore = '''Try:''' Lowe<br> Gardener <br> Maxwell-Hyslop<br> [[Alastair Smallwood|Smallwood]]
|stadium = [[Lansdowne Road]], [[Dublin]]
|attendance = 
|referee = JM Tennant ([[Scotland Rugby Union|Scotland]]) }}
----
{{Rugbybox
|date = 25 February 1922
|home = {{ru-rt|SCO}}
|score = 6–3
|away = {{ru|IRE|1783}}
|homescore = '''Try:''' Bryce <br> [[Eric Liddell|Liddell]]
|awayscore = '''Try:''' Clarke
|stadium = [[Inverleith Sports Ground|Inverleith]], [[Edinburgh]]
|attendance = 
|referee = TD Schofield ([[Welsh Rugby Union|Wales]]) }}
----
{{Rugbybox
|date = 25 February 1922
|home = {{ru-rt|ENG}}
|score = 11–11
|away = {{Ru|FRA}}
|homescore = '''Try:''' Voyce <br> '''Con:''' Day <br> '''Pen:''' Day 
|awayscore = '''Try:''' Cassayet <br> Got <br> Lasserre <br>'''Con:''' Crabos
|stadium = [[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]], [[London]]
|attendance = 
|referee = JM Tennant ([[Scotland Rugby Union|Scotland]]) }}
----
{{Rugbybox
|date = 11 March 1922
|home = {{Ru|WAL|1807}}
|score = 11–5
|away = {{ru|IRE|1783}}
|homescore = '''Try:''' [[Jack Whitfield|Whitfield]] (2) <br> [[Islwyn Evans|Evans]]<br> '''Con:''' Samuel
|awayscore = '''Try:''' Stoke <br> '''Con:''' Wallis
|stadium = [[St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground|St Helen's]], [[Swansea]]
|attendance = 
|referee = [[John Sturrock (rugby union)|John Sturrock]] ([[Scotland Rugby Union|Scotland]]) }}
----
{{Rugbybox
|date = 18 March 1922
|home = {{ru-rt|ENG}}
|score = 11–5
|away = {{Ru|SCO}}
|homescore = '''Try:''' Lowe (2) <br> Davies <br> '''Con:''' Conway 
|awayscore = '''Try:''' Dykes <br> '''Con:''' Bertram
|stadium = [[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]], [[London]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = RA Lloyd ([[Irish Rugby Football Union|Ireland]]) }}
----
{{Rugbybox
|date = 23 March 1922
|home = {{ru-rt|FRA}}
|score = 3–11
|away = {{Ru|WAL|1807}}
|homescore = '''Try:''' Jauréguy
|awayscore = '''Try:''' [[Jack Whitfield|Whitfield]] <br> [[William Cummins (rugby union)|Cummins]] <br> [[Islwyn Evans|Evans]]
|stadium = Stade Colombes, [[Paris]]
|attendance = 
|referee = RW Harland ([[Irish Rugby Football Union|Ireland]]) }}
----
{{Rugbybox
|date = 8 April 1922
|home = {{ru-rt|IRE|1783}}
|score = 8–3
|away = {{Ru|FRA}}
|homescore = '''Try:''' Stephenson <br> '''Con:''' Wallis <br> '''Pen:''' Wallis 
|awayscore = '''Try:''' Pascot
|stadium = [[Lansdowne Road]], [[Dublin]]
|attendance = 
|referee = JM Tennant ([[Scotland Rugby Union|Scotland]]) }}

==External links==
*{{cite web| url=http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/6nations.htm |title=6 Nations History |publisher=rugbyfootballhistory.com |access-date=2008-03-10}}

==References==
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[[Category:Six Nations Championship seasons|1922]]
[[Category:1922 rugby union tournaments for national teams|Five Nations]]
[[Category:1922 in Irish sport|Five Nations]]
[[Category:1921–22 in English rugby union|Five Nations]]
[[Category:1921–22 in Welsh rugby union|Five Nations]]
[[Category:1921–22 in Scottish rugby union|Five Nations]]
[[Category:1921–22 in French rugby union|Five Nations]]
[[Category:January 1922 sports events in Europe|Five Nations Championship]]
[[Category:February 1922 sports events in Europe|Five Nations Championship]]
[[Category:March 1922 sports events in Europe|Five Nations Championship]]
[[Category:April 1922 sports events in Europe|Five Nations Championship]]