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1893–94 County Championship |
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Countries | England |
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Date | October 1893 – March 1894 |
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Champions | Yorkshire (5th title) |
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The 1893–94 Rugby Union County Championship was the sixth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.[1]
Yorkshire won the competition for the fifth time, defeating all three teams in the Championship Series.[2][3][4]
Draw and Results[]
Group Winners[]
Division
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Winners
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South Western |
Somerset
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South Eastern |
Midland Counties
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North Western |
Lancashire
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North Eastern |
Yorkshire
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Championship Series[]
Date
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Venue
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Team One
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Team Two
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Score
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25 Nov |
Park Avenue |
Yorkshire |
Lancashire |
8-3
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13 Jan |
Weston Super Mare |
Somerset |
Yorkshire |
0-27
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7 Feb |
Fartown Ground, Huddersfield |
Yorkshire |
Midland Counties |
9-0
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28 Feb |
Bath College Ground |
Somerset |
Midland Counties |
3-0
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14 Mar |
Whalley Range, Manchester |
Lancashire |
Somerset |
6-2
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Moseley |
Midland Counties |
Yorkshire |
not played
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Championship series matches[]
Yorkshire
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8-3 (HT 3-3)
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Lancashire
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Try: Davey, Wood ![rugby ball](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Ru_ball.svg/13px-Ru_ball.svg.png) Con: Lockwood
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Try: McCutcheon ![rugby ball](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Ru_ball.svg/13px-Ru_ball.svg.png)
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Park Avenue, Bradford Attendance: 10,000 Referee: T Potts (Durham)
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T Foulkes |
St Helen's
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W McCutcheon |
Oldham
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A Barrett |
Salford
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J Valentine (capt) |
Swinton
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S Lees |
Oldham
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James Bate |
Warrington
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John Bate |
Warrington
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J Simpson |
Rochdale Hornets
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W Unsworth |
Wigan
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J C Gould |
Liverpool
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H Case |
Swinton
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G Woodward |
Tyldesley
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J Jolley |
Warrington
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A Ashworth |
Rochdale Hornets
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R P Wilson |
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Somerset
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0-27 (HT 0-16)
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Yorkshire
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Try: Rigg, Bradshaw, Walsh (2), Firth (2) ![rugby ball](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Ru_ball.svg/13px-Ru_ball.svg.png) Con: Lockwood, Sharpe (2)
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Bradford
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Richard Lockwood (c) |
Heckmondwike
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Liversedge
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Frederick Firth |
Halifax
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Normanton
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Robert Wood |
Liversedge
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Archie Rigg |
Halifax
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John Toothill |
Bradford
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Leeds
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Harry Bradshaw |
Bramley
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William Walton |
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Hunslet
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Manningham
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Yorkshire
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9-0 (HT 9-0)
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Midland Counties
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Try: Broadley, Davey, Toothill ![rugby ball](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Ru_ball.svg/13px-Ru_ball.svg.png)
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Fartown Ground, Huddersfield Attendance: 3000 Referee: Higson (Lancashire)
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J F Byrne |
Moseley
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A Fox (capt) |
Old Edwardians
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H P Reynolds |
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A H Frith |
Coventry
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F R Lovitt |
Coventry
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B Burke |
Coventry
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A Slater |
Coventry
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J J Robinson |
Burton
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A W Gorton |
Burton
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B H Cattell |
Moseley
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G Carpenter |
Coventry
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R W Hunt |
Rugby
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A E Cooke |
Leicester
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E R Lycet |
Moseley
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G Jones |
Worcester
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See also[]
References[]
County Championship (rugby union) seasons |
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Rugby union in England |
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Governing body |
- Rugby Football Union
- Rugby Football Union for Women (merged into the RFU)
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National teams | |
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International competitions | Men's |
- World Cup
- Six Nations
- Rugby World Cup Sevens
- Sevens World Series
- Sevens Grand Prix Series
- Commonwealth Games
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Women's | |
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Competition divisions | |
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European competitions |
- European Rugby Champions Cup
- European Rugby Challenge Cup
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National competitions | |
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London and South East competitions | |
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Midland competitions | |
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Northern competitions | |
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South West competitions | |
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County competitions | |
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Discontinued competitions | |
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Related articles |
- International players
- Clubs
- Churchill Cup
- Calcutta Cup
- Millennium Trophy
- Cook Cup
- Hillary Shield
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Other | |
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Categories:
- 1893–94 in English rugby union
- County Championship (rugby union) seasons