1897–98 Rugby Union County Championship

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1897–98 County Championship
Countries England
ChampionsNorthumberland (1st title)
Runners-upMidland Counties

The 1897–98 Rugby Union County Championship was the tenth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.[1]

Northumberland won the competition for the first time defeating Midland Counties in the final. The Midlands team was weakened by the refusal of Leicester to release their players for the county team.[2] [3]

Final[]

26 March 1898
Midland Counties 3-24 (HT 3-17) Northumberland
Try: Gould rugby ball
 Try: Taylor, Stone (3), Bates, Stevenson rugby ball
Con: Taylor (3), Anderson
Coventry
Referee: John Boswell (Scottish Union)


J F Byrne Moseley
G Birtles Blackheath
F A Byrne Moseley
J A Gould Moseley
William Bunting Bromsgrove
Rev Richard Cattell Moseley
F Cattell Moseley
C P Evers Moseley
B H Cattell Moseley
A O Dowson Moseley
B J Ebsworth Moseley
A St G Cumming
J Hall Rugby
J J Robinson Burton
D P Miller
P Moran Wallsend
G C Robinson Percy Park
W Bates Percy Park
F Stone Percy Park
S Anderson Wallsend
Ernest Taylor
S C Lockerby Percy Park
Ronald Stevenson Northern
R W Bell Northern
G Gibson Northern
C O P Gibson Northern
J H Greenwell
F J Bell
W Dobinson
J Nesbit Wallsend

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jenkins, Vivian (1976). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook, 1975-1976. Brickfield Publications Ltd. pp. 130–131. ISBN 0362-00221-5.
  2. ^ ""FOOTBALL." Standard, 26 Mar. 1898, p. 2". British Library Archives.
  3. ^ ""Football." Times, 28 Mar. 1898, p. 13". Times Digital Archives.
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