1922–23 Rugby Union County Championship

English rugby union competition 1922–23 County Championship England Somerset 1 Leicestershire 1921–22 1923–24 The 1922–23 Rugby Union County Championship was the 30th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.Jenkins Vivian Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1976 1975 130-131 Brickfield Publications Ltd 0362-00221-5http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/english_county.html English County Championship Rugby Football Historyhttp://www.countyrugby.com/county_finals_1.html The County Finals County Rugby.com Somerset won the competition for the first time after defeating Leicestershire in the final.http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/8xqS21 Rugby Football, Times, 14 Apr. 1923, p. 6 Times Digital Archiveshttp://www.cliftonrfchistory.co.uk/1920s/1920s.htm 1990s Clifton RFChttp://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/8xqT89 "Rugby Results." Times, 16 Apr. 1923, p. 7 Times Digital Archives Semifinals Date Venue Team one Team two Score Somerset Kent 12-5 Final 14 April 1923 Somerset 8–6 Leicestershire Jervis, Meine Gaisford Smallwood, Burton 10,000 Bridgwater Albion ground T H Vile (Newport) W F Gaisford Clifton & St Bartholomews's Dr F Meine Edinburgh University & Bath E Hammett Blackheath A Thomson Navy & Wellington S Considine Bath E Esbester Clifton J Jarvis (capt) Bridgwater H Vowles Bath A J Spriggs Bridgwater J Reed Bridgwater P Lewis Bridgwater W Sheppard Bath C Mannings Bath L Bisgrove Bath F Spriggs Blackheath L Sambrook Leicester C Burton Nottingham A Smallwood Leicester N Coates Leicester Percy Lawrie Leicester Teddy Haselmere Leicester Tim Taylor Leicester G German Leicester G Ward Leicester J E Davies Leicester C Cross Leicester Doug Norman Leicester N Thoreloe Leicester H Sharratt Leicester H Grierson Rosslyn Park See also English rugby union system Rugby union in England References Rugby Union County Championship Category:County Championship (rugby union) seasons