1894–95_Rugby_Union_County_Championship

1894–95 Rugby Union County Championship

1894–95 Rugby Union County Championship

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

Quick Facts County Championship, Countries ...

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

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South-western group

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  • Devon beat Gloucestershire 16 – 9 on 17 November 1894.[7]
17 November 1894
Cornwall8 – 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
Cornwall0 – 23Devon
Redruth
8 December 1894
Gloucestershire8 – 3
(5 – 3)		Cornwall
Try: Bowley c
Lockyer
Con: Hames		Pen: Tarbutt
Kingsholm, Gloucester

[9]

8 December 1894
Somerset5 – 8
(0 – 5)		Devon
Try: Mermagen
Con: Woods		Try: Stoyle
Sowden
Con: Hocken
Weston
Attendance: 5000

[10]

Championship series

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Decisive match

27 March 1895
Yorkshire5-3 (HT 5-0)Cumberland
Try: Parkin rugby ball
Con: Lorimer		Try: Moore rugby ball
Manningham, Bradford
Referee: J Ashton (Lancashire)
E. LorimerManningham
Osbert MackieWakefield Trinity
A. DaveyCastleford
J. H. CromptonBradford
E. ParkinLiversedge
George MosleyLeeds Parish Church
Robert WoodLiversedge
John Toothill (c)Bradford
Tom BroadleyWest Riding
G. NowellLeeds
W. SutcliffeHuddersfield
H. WardCastleford
William WaltonCastleford
Fred CleggManningham
Alf BarracloughManningham
J MooreMillom
T RitsonCockermouth
W NelsonMillom
T FletcherSeaton
W CunninghamMillom
W S GrahamCarlisle
G MessengerAspatria
J DavidsonAspatria
G SteelAspatria
J BeilCarlisle
W MooreMillom
D ElliotCarlisle
J FawcettMillom
W FalconMillom & Cambridge University
R BellWorkington

See also

References

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