1952–53 Rugby Union County Championship

English rugby union competition 1952–53 County Championship England Yorkshire 10 East Midlands 1951–52 1953–54 The 1952–53 Rugby Union County Championship was the 53rd 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 Yorkshire won the competition for the tenth time (but the first since 1928) after defeating East Midlands in the final.http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/9GyUVX BY OUR RUGBY FOOTBALL CORRESPONDENT. "Rugby County Final." Times, 13 Mar. 1953, p. 12 Times Digital Archives Final 14 March 1953 Yorkshire 11–3 East Midlands Mitchell King King (2) Macnally Bradford Ian King Harrogate Frank Sykes Huddersfield D Greenwood Halifax Jeff Butterfield Cleckheaton A Wood Headingley D Hopper Harrogate Dennis Shuttleworth Headingley W Donnelly Otley N Mackie Otley R G Porrisse Sale Squire Wilkins (capt) Roundhay R J Robins Royal Signals R Cross Leeds University Phil Taylor Wakefield G Mitchell Halifax J Hodgkins Northampton N Bailey Northampton Alan C Towell Bedford Lewis Cannell St Mary's Hospital D Macnally Northampton R H Haynes Bedford F M Fletcher Bedford Mike Berridge Northampton Trevor Smith Northampton Ron Jacobs Northampton R C Hawkes Northampton John Bance Bedford P S Collingridge Bedford Vic Leadbetter Cambridge University Don White (capt) Northampton See also English rugby union system Rugby union in England References Rugby Union County Championship Category:County Championship (rugby union) seasons