1893–94 Rugby Union County Championship

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1893–94 County Championship
Countries England
DateOctober 1893 – March 1894
ChampionsYorkshire (5th title)

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 Winners
South Western Somerset
South Eastern Midland Counties
North Western Lancashire
North Eastern Yorkshire

Championship Series[]

Date Venue Team One Team Two Score
25 Nov Park Avenue Yorkshire Lancashire 8-3
13 Jan Weston Super Mare Somerset Yorkshire 0-27
7 Feb Fartown Ground, Huddersfield Yorkshire Midland Counties 9-0
28 Feb Bath College Ground Somerset Midland Counties 3-0
14 Mar Whalley Range, Manchester Lancashire Somerset 6-2
Moseley Midland Counties Yorkshire not played

Championship series matches[]

25 November 1893
Yorkshire 8-3 (HT 3-3) Lancashire
Try: Davey, Wood rugby ball
Con: Lockwood
 Try: McCutcheon rugby ball
Park Avenue, Bradford
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: T Potts (Durham)
Bradford
Richard Lockwood (c) Heckmondwike
Liversedge
Frederick Firth Halifax
Normanton
Robert Wood Liversedge
Archie Rigg Halifax
John Toothill Bradford
Tom Broadley Bingley
Harry Bradshaw Bramley
William Walton
Manningham
Halifax
T Foulkes St Helen's
W McCutcheon Oldham
A Barrett Salford
J Valentine (capt) Swinton
S Lees Oldham
James Bate Warrington
John Bate Warrington
J Simpson Rochdale Hornets
W Unsworth Wigan
J C Gould Liverpool
H Case Swinton
G Woodward Tyldesley
J Jolley Warrington
A Ashworth Rochdale Hornets
R P Wilson


13 January 1894
Somerset 0-27 (HT 0-16) Yorkshire
Try: Rigg, Bradshaw, Walsh (2), Firth (2) rugby ball
Con: Lockwood, Sharpe (2)
Weston Super Mare
A H Westcott Bridgwater
W Pattison Bath
Rogerson Bath
L E Duckworth Weston
W H Calverwell Bridgwater
Vincent Bath
Gilmore Bridgwater
F Soane (capt) Bath
Durie Taunton
Vernon
J Taylor
B Morris Taunton
R E Belasiegle
H G Barham Bridgwater
P J Ebdon
Bradford
Richard Lockwood (c) Heckmondwike
Liversedge
Frederick Firth Halifax
Normanton
Robert Wood Liversedge
Archie Rigg Halifax
John Toothill Bradford
Leeds
Harry Bradshaw Bramley
William Walton
Hunslet
Manningham


7 February 1894
Yorkshire 9-0 (HT 9-0) Midland Counties
Try: Broadley, Davey, Toothill rugby ball
Fartown Ground, Huddersfield
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Higson (Lancashire)
Bradford
Richard Lockwood (c) Heckmondwike
Liversedge
Frederick Firth Halifax
Normanton
Robert Wood Liversedge
Otley
John Toothill Bradford
Tom Broadley Bingley
Harry Bradshaw Bramley
William Walton
Hunslet
Manningham
J F Byrne Moseley
A Fox (capt) Old Edwardians
H P Reynolds
A H Frith Coventry
F R Lovitt Coventry
B Burke Coventry
A Slater Coventry
J J Robinson Burton
A W Gorton Burton
B H Cattell Moseley
G Carpenter Coventry
R W Hunt Rugby
A E Cooke Leicester
E R Lycet Moseley
G Jones Worcester

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jenkins, Vivian (1976) [1975]. Rothmans Rugby Yearbook. Brickfield Publications Ltd. pp. 130–131. ISBN 0362-00221-5.
  2. ^ ""THE RUGBY COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP." York Herald, 7 Feb. 1894, p. s". Times Digital Archives.
  3. ^ ""FOOTBALL." York Herald, 10 Feb. 1894, p. 8". Times Digital Archives.
  4. ^ ""LANCASHIRE v. YORKSHIRE." Leeds Mercury, 27 Nov. 1893". Times Digital Archives.
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