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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}}<br />{{ru|IRE}}<br />{{ru|FRA}}<br />{{ru|SCO}}<br />{{ru|WAL|1953}}
| champions = {{ru|ENG}}
| count = 14
| 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 = 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 [[Six Nations Championship|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 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]]. England won its 14th title.

==Participants==
The teams involved were:
{|class="wikitable"
!'''Nation'''
!'''Venue'''
!'''City'''
!'''Captain'''
|-
|{{ru|ENG}}
|[[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]]
|[[London]]
|[[Nim Hall]]
|-
|{{ru|FRA}}
|[[Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir]]
|[[Colombes]]
|[[Jean Prat]]
|-
|{{Ru|IRE}}
|[[Lansdowne Road]]/[[Pottinger (District Electoral Area)|Ravenhill]]
|[[Dublin]]/[[Belfast]]
|[[Jack Kyle|Jackie Kyle]]
|-
|{{ru|SCO}}
|[[Murrayfield Stadium|Murrayfield]]
|[[Edinburgh]]
|[[Arthur Dorward]]/[[Angus Cameron (rugby union)|Angus Cameron]]
|-
|{{ru|WAL|1953}}
|[[Cardiff Arms Park|National Stadium]]/[[St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground|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&ndash;5 |
away = {{Ru|SCO}} |
homescore = |
awayscore =  |
stadium = [[Paris]] |
attendance = }}

{{Rugbybox |
date = 17 January 1953 |
home = {{Ru-rt|WAL|1807}} |
score = 3&ndash;8 |
away = {{Ru|ENG}} |
homescore = |
awayscore =  |
stadium = [[Cardiff]] |
attendance = }}

{{Rugbybox |
date = 24 January 1953 |
home = {{Ru-rt|IRE}}  |
score = 16&ndash;3 |
away = {{Ru|FRA}} |
homescore = |
awayscore =  |
stadium = [[Belfast]] |
attendance = }}

{{Rugbybox |
date = 7 February 1953 |
home = {{Ru-rt|SCO}} |
score = 0&ndash;12 |
away = {{Ru|WAL|1807}} |
homescore = |
awayscore =  |
stadium = [[Edinburgh]] |
attendance = }}

{{Rugbybox |
date = 14 February 1953 |
home = {{Ru-rt|IRE}}  |
score = 9&ndash;9 |
away = {{Ru|ENG}} |
homescore = |
awayscore =  |
stadium = [[Dublin]] |
attendance =
|referee = [[Adam Austin (referee)|Adam Austin]] }}

{{Rugbybox |
date = 28 February 1953 |
home = {{Ru-rt|ENG}} |
score = 11&ndash;0 |
away = {{Ru|FRA}} |
homescore = |
awayscore =  |
stadium = [[London]] |
attendance = }}

{{Rugbybox |
date = 28 February 1953 |
home = {{Ru-rt|SCO}} |
score = 8&ndash;26 |
away = {{Ru|IRE}}  |
homescore = |
awayscore =  |
stadium = [[Edinburgh]] |
attendance = }}

{{Rugbybox |
date = 14 March 1953 |
home = {{Ru-rt|WAL|1953}} |
score = 5&ndash;3 |
away = {{Ru|IRE}}  |
homescore = |
awayscore =  |
stadium = [[Swansea]] |
attendance = }}

{{Rugbybox |
date = 21 March 1953 |
home = {{Ru-rt|ENG}} |
score = 26&ndash;8 |
away = {{Ru|SCO}} |
homescore = |
awayscore =  |
stadium = [[London]] |
attendance = }}

{{Rugbybox |
date = 28 March 1953 |
home = {{Ru-rt|FRA}} |
score = 3&ndash;6 |
away = {{Ru|WAL|1953}} |
homescore = |
awayscore =  |
stadium = [[Paris]] |
attendance = }}

==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080705165434/http://www.rbs6nations.com/index_6nations.htm The official RBS Six Nations Site]

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