1888–89 Rugby Union County Championship

English rugby union competition 1888–89 County Championship England Yorkshire 1 1889–90 The 1888–89 Rugby Union County Championship was the inaugural edition of what was England's premier rugby union club competition.Jenkins Vivian Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1976 1975 130-131 Brickfield Publications Ltd 0362-00221-5 Yorkshire won the competition. They were declared the champion county after finishing the season undefeated and were selected to play the rest of England for the end of the season county fixtures.http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/8dhPx8 "FOOTBALL." Ipswich Journal, 1 Mar. 1889 British Library Newspapers Archiveshttp://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/8dhSE8 "FOOTBALL." York Herald, 25 Feb. 1889, p. 8 British Library Newspapers Archives Squad Harry Bedford (Morley) Fred Bonsor (capt) (Bradford) A L Brooke (Huddersfield) J Dodd (Halifax) Thomas Else (Batley) John Lawrence Hickson (Bradford) Edward Holmes (Manningham) George Jacketts (Hull) J H Jones (Wakefield Trinity) Donald Jowett (Heckmondwike) Richard Lockwood (Dewsbury) Frederick Lowrie (Wakefield Trinity) Rawson Robertshaw (Bradford) William Stadden (Dewsbury) J W Sykes (Batley) John Willie Sutcliffe (Heckmondwike) John Toothill (Bradford) Harry Wilkinson (Halifax) See also English rugby union system Rugby union in England References Rugby Union County Championship Category:County Championship (rugby union) seasons