1895–96 Rugby Union County Championship

English rugby union competition April 2022 1895–96 County Championship England Yorkshire 7 Surrey 1894–95 1896–97 The 1895–96 Rugby Union County Championship was the eighth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at that time.Jenkins Vivian Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1976 1975 130–131 Brickfield Publications Ltd 0362-00221-5 The competition was reorganised with a reduction of groups from four to three, and the winners of the south-east and south-west groups competing in a play-off for the right to play the northern group winners in the final. This was the third format of the competition.Salmon Tom The First Hundred Years. The Story of Rugby Football in Cornwall 1983 Cornwall RFU Illogan 0 946664 01 3 113–5 Yorkshire won the competition for the seventh time defeating Surrey in the final.http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/8eFi "FOOTBALL." Daily News, 21 Feb. 1896 British Newspaper ArchivesMay 2020 InternetArchiveBot yes http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/8eFfT4 "FOOTBALL." York Herald, 18 Feb. 1896, p. 7 British Newspaper Archives Group stage Northern group Northern group P W D L Pts Yorkshire 6 6 0 0 12 Lancashire 6 5 0 1 10 Cumberland 6 3 1 2 7 Durham 6 3 1 2 7 Northumberland 6 2 0 4 4 Westmorland 6 1 0 5 2 Cheshire 6 0 0 6 0 16 November 1895 Lancashire 7–5 Cumberland 16 November 1895 Yorkshire 11–0 Northumberland Impartial Football The Cornishman 907 21 November 1895 3 & 5 South-eastern group South-eastern group P W D L F A Pts Surrey 4 3 1 0 46127 Midland Counties 4 2 11 4022 5 Kent 3 1 0 2 14362 Middlesex 3 0 0 3 13430 South-western group South-western group P W D L F A Pts Devon 3 3 0 0 43 8 6 Somerset 3 2 0 1 28 6 4 Gloucestershire 3 1 0 2 18 41 2 Cornwall 3 0 0 3 3 37 0 16 November 1895 Devon 22–3 Cornwall Salter Plymouth 30 November 1895 Devon 3 goals, 1 try – 1 goal Gloucestershire Impartial Football The Cornishman 909 5 December 1895 7 30 November 1895 Somerset 5–0 Cornwall Wellington 14 December 1895 Cornwall 0–10 Gloucestershire Falmouth Southern Play Off match Date Venue Team One Team Two Score30 Jan Richmond Surrey Devon 16-0http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/8fKmi6 "THE RUGBY COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP." York Herald, 30 Jan. 1896, p. 9 British Library Newspaper Archiveshttp://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/8fKnX8 "FOOTBALL." Standard, 31 Jan. 1896, p. 8 British Library Newspaper Archives Final 20 February 1896 Surrey 4–16 Yorkshire Ashford Barron, Mosley, Murgatroyd, Couley Duke (2) Athletic Ground, Richmond A J Davies (Glamorgan) K B Alexander Guy's Hospital Clifford Wells Harlequins H N Clarke Harlequins & Guy's Hospital William Henry Thorman Richmond H T Wallis Cambridge University & Blackheath Cyril Wells Harlequins J H Curtis RIE College S B Peech (capt) Harlequins William Ashford Richmond H W Dudgeon Richmond J H Kipling Thornton Heath D H Helps Croydon Frederick Lohden Blackheath R W Hunt Harlequins F H Todd RIE College C E Dixon Alverthorpe Ernest Fookes Sowerby Bridge S Murritt Kingston Rovers W Murgatroyd Idle A Hambrecht Bramley Harry Myers Bramley George Mosley Leeds Parish Church Tom Broadley (capt) Bingley Jack Rhodes Castleford Anthony Starks Castleford Harry Speed Castleford J W Ward Castleford J Conley Leeds Parish Church W Duke Holbeck H E Barrington Bingley See also English rugby union system Rugby union in England References Rugby Union County Championship Category:County Championship (rugby union) seasons