1894–95 Rugby Union County Championship

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1894–95 County Championship
Countries England
DateOctober 1894 - March 1895
ChampionsYorkshire (6th title)

The 1894–95 Rugby Union County Championship was the seventh edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.[1]

Yorkshire won the competition for the sixth time, defeating Cumberland in the decisive tie of the Championship Series.[2][3][4][5][6]

Group stage[]

Group winners[]

Division Winners
South-western group Devon
South-eastern group Midland Counties
North-western group Cumberland
North-eastern group Yorkshire

South-western group[]

South-western group P W D L F A Pts
Devon 3 3 0 0 47 14 6
Somerset 3 2 0 1 4
Gloucestershire 3 1 0 2 2
Cornwall 3 0 0 3 11 47 0
  • Devon beat Gloucestershire 16 – 9 on 17 November 1894.[7]
17 November 1894
Cornwall 8 – 16
(5 – 3) 		Somerset
Try: Triggs
Paige
Con: Viant
 Try: Mermagen
Westcott
Gilmore
Woods
Drop: McLier
Penzance
Attendance: 1200
Referee: Fred Hall
  • Eight Cornish players made their championship debut. Three Somerset players were England internationals.[8]
1 December 1894
Cornwall 0 – 23 Devon
Redruth
8 December 1894
Gloucestershire 8 – 3
(5 – 3) 		Cornwall
Try: Bowley c
Lockyer
Con: Hames
 Pen: Tarbutt
Kingsholm, Gloucester

[9]

8 December 1894
Somerset 5 – 8
(0 – 5) 		Devon
Try: Mermagen
Con: Woods
 Try: Stoyle
Sowden
Con: Hocken
Weston
Attendance: 5000

[10]

Championship series[]

Date Venue Team One Team Two Score
29 Jan Coventry Midland Counties Devon 5-5
11 Feb Leicester Midland Counties Yorkshire 2-2
6 Mar Plymouth Devon Yorkshire 3-8
14 Mar Workington Cumberland Midland Counties 10-0
21 Mar Carlisle Cumberland Devon 7-3
27 Mar Manningham Yorkshire Cumberland 5-3

Decisive match[]

27 March 1895
Yorkshire 5-3 (HT 5-0) Cumberland
Try: Parkin rugby ball
Con: Lorimer
 Try: Moore rugby ball
Manningham, Bradford
Referee: J Ashton (Lancashire)
Manningham
Osbert Mackie Wakefield Trinity
Bradford
Liversedge
Leeds Parish Church
Robert Wood Liversedge
John Toothill (c) Bradford
Tom Broadley
Leeds
Huddersfield
William Walton
Manningham
Alf Barraclough Manningham
J Moore Millom
T Ritson
W Nelson Millom
T Fletcher
W Cunningham Millom
W S Graham Carlisle
G Messenger Aspatria
J Davidson Aspatria
G Steel Aspatria
J Beil Carlisle
W Moore Millom
D Elliot Carlisle
J Fawcett Millom
W Falcon Millom & Cambridge University
R Bell Workington

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jenkins, Vivian (1976) [1975]. Rothmans Rugby Yearbook. Brickfield Publications Ltd. pp. 130–131. ISBN 0362-00221-5.
  2. ^ ""The County Championship." Times, 7 Mar. 1895, p. 6". Times Digital Archives.
  3. ^ ""FOOTBALL." Daily Gazette For Middlesbrough, 28 Mar. 1895". British Library Newspapers Archives.
  4. ^ ""FOOTBALL." Standard, 22 Mar. 1895, p. 2". British Library Newspapers Archives.
  5. ^ ""FOOTBALL." Standard, 15 Mar. 1895, p. 2". British Library Newspapers Archives.
  6. ^ ""FOOTBALL." Morning Post, 12 Feb. 1895, p. 3". British Library Newspapers Archives.
  7. ^ "Football". The Cornubian and Redruth Times. No. 1639. 23 November 1894. p. 2.
  8. ^ "Football. Cornwall v Somerset". The Cornishman. No. 855. 22 November 1894. p. 8.
  9. ^ Footballer (13 December 1894). "Football. Gloucester v Cornwall". The Cornish Telegraph. No. 2356. p. 8.
  10. ^ Footballer (13 December 1894). "Football. Somerset v Devon". The Cornish Telegraph. No. 2356. p. 8.
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