1893–94 Rugby Union County Championship

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
Yorkshire8–3Lancashire
Try: Davey, Wood
Con: Lockwood		Try: McCutcheon
Park Avenue, Bradford
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: T Potts (Durham)
A. Ward Bradford
Richard Lockwood (c) Heckmondwike
B Sharpe Liversedge
Frederick Firth Halifax
A. Davey Normanton
Robert Wood Liversedge
Archie Rigg Halifax
John Toothill Bradford
Tom Broadley Bingley
Harry Bradshaw Bramley
Harry Speed Castleford
G. Nowell Castleford
William Walton Castleford
Fred Clegg Manningham
Bob Winskill 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 Liverpool Old Boys


13 January 1894
Somerset0–27Yorkshire
Try: Rigg, Bradshaw, Walsh (2), Firth (2)
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 Wellington RFC
J Taylor Wellington RFC
B Morris Taunton
R E Belasiegle Yeovil RFC
H G Barham Bridgwater
P J Ebdon Wellington RFC
A. Ward Bradford
Richard Lockwood (c) Heckmondwike
B. Sharpe Liversedge
Frederick Firth Halifax
A. Davey Normanton
Robert Wood Liversedge
Archie Rigg Halifax
John Toothill Bradford
J. Melvin Leeds
Harry Bradshaw Bramley
Harry Speed Castleford
J. Nowell Castleford
William Walton Castleford
O. Walsh Hunslet
Fred Clegg Manningham


7 February 1894
Yorkshire9–0Midland Counties
Try: Broadley, Davey, Toothill
Fartown Ground, Huddersfield
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Higson (Lancashire)
A. Ward Bradford
Richard Lockwood (c) Heckmondwike
B. Sharp Liversedge
Frederick Firth Halifax
A. Davey Normanton
Robert Wood Liversedge
J. Ingham Otley
John Toothill Bradford
Tom Broadley Bingley
Harry Bradshaw Bramley
Harry Speed Castleford
J. Nowell Castleford
William Walton Castleford
O. Walsh Hunslet
Alf Barracough Manningham
J F Byrne Moseley
A Fox (capt) Old Edwardians
H P Reynolds Stratford
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.