1895–96 Rugby Union County Championship

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1895–96 County Championship
Countries England
ChampionsYorkshire (7th title)
Runners-upSurrey

The 1895–96 Rugby Union County Championship was the eighth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at that time.[1] The competition was reorganised with a reduction of groups from four to three, and the winners of the south-east and south-west groups competing in a play-off for the right to play the northern group winners in the final. This was the third format of the competition.[2]

Yorkshire won the competition for the seventh time defeating Surrey in the final.[3][4]

Group stage[]

Northern group[]

Northern group P W D L Pts
Yorkshire 6 6 0 0 12
Lancashire 6 5 0 1 10
Cumberland 6 3 1 2 7
Durham 6 3 1 2 7
Northumberland 6 2 0 4 4
Westmorland 6 1 0 5 2
Cheshire 6 0 0 6 0
16 November 1895
Lancashire 7–5 Cumberland

16 November 1895
Yorkshire 11–0 Northumberland

[5]

South-eastern group[]

South-eastern group P W D L F A Pts
Surrey 4 3 1 0 46 12 7
Midland Counties 4 2 1 1 40 22 5
Kent 3 1 0 2 14 36 2
Middlesex 3 0 0 3 13 43 0

South-western group[]

South-western group P W D L F A Pts
Devon 3 3 0 0 43 8 6
Somerset 3 2 0 1 28 6 4
Gloucestershire 3 1 0 2 18 41 2
Cornwall 3 0 0 3 3 37 0
16 November 1895
Devon 22–3 Cornwall
Pen: Salter
Plymouth
30 November 1895
Devon 3 goals, 1 try – 1 goal Gloucestershire

[6]

30 November 1895
Somerset 5–0 Cornwall
Wellington
14 December 1895
Cornwall 0–10 Gloucestershire
Falmouth

[2]

Southern Play Off match[]

Date Venue Team One Team Two Score
30 Jan Richmond Surrey Devon 16-0[7][8]

Final[]

20 February 1896
Surrey 4–16 (4–5) Yorkshire
Drop: Ashford
 Try: Barron, Mosley, Murgatroyd, Couley Try
Con: Duke (2)
Athletic Ground, Richmond
Referee: A J Davies (Glamorgan)
K B Alexander Guy's Hospital
C Wells Harlequins
H N Clarke Harlequins & Guy's Hospital
William Henry Thorman Richmond
H T Wallis Cambridge University & Blackheath
Cyril Wells Harlequins
J H Curtis RIE College
S B Peech (capt) Harlequins
W Ashford Richmond
H W Dudgeon Richmond
J H Kipling
D H Helps Croydon
Frederick Lohden Blackheath
R W Hunt Harlequins
F H Todd RIE College
C E Dixon
Ernest Fookes Sowerby Bridge
S Murritt Kingston Rovers
W Murgatroyd
A Hambrecht Bramley
Harry Myers Bramley
George Mosley Leeds Parish Church
Tom Broadley (capt) Bingley
J Rhodes Castleford
Anthony Starks Castleford
Harry Speed Castleford
J W Ward Castleford
J Conley Leeds Parish Church
W Duke Holbeck
H E Barrington Bingley

See also[]

  • English rugby union system
  • Rugby union in England

References[]

  1. ^ Jenkins, Vivian (1976) [1975]. Rothmans Rugby Yearbook. Brickfield Publications Ltd. pp. 130–131. ISBN 0362-00221-5.
  2. ^ a b Salmon, Tom (1983). The First Hundred Years. The Story of Rugby Football in Cornwall. Illogan: Cornwall RFU. pp. 113–5. ISBN 0 946664 01 3.
  3. ^ ""FOOTBALL." Daily News, 21 Feb. 1896". British Newspaper Archives.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ ""FOOTBALL." York Herald, 18 Feb. 1896, p. 7". British Newspaper Archives.
  5. ^ Impartial (21 November 1895). "Football". The Cornishman (907). pp. 3 & 5.
  6. ^ Impartial (5 December 1895). "Football". The Cornishman (909). p. 7.
  7. ^ ""THE RUGBY COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP." York Herald, 30 Jan. 1896, p. 9". British Library Newspaper Archives.
  8. ^ ""FOOTBALL." Standard, 31 Jan. 1896, p. 8". British Library Newspaper Archives.
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