2013 Bill Beaumont Cup

the second tier of the English Counties competition 2013 County Championship Plate the third tier of the English Counties competition 2013 County Championship Shield 2013 Bill Beaumont Cup (County Championship) 4 May 2013 - 26 May 2013 England Lancashire 22 Cornwall Durham County, Kent 13 27346 20,000 Lancashire v Cornwall (26 May 2013) 175 Gloucestershire v Kent (18 May 2013) ENG Paul Thirlby(Cornwall) 47 ENG Nick Royle(Lancashire) 5 2012 2014 The 2013 Bill Beaumont Cup, also known as Bill Beaumont Cup Division One, was the 113th version of the annual, English rugby union, County Championship organized by the RFU for the top tier English counties. Each county drew its players from rugby union clubs from the third tier and below of the English rugby union league system (typically National League 1, National League 2 South or National League 2 North). The counties were divided into two regional pools with the winners of each pool meeting in the final held at Twickenham Stadium. New counties to the competition included Durham County (north) and Kent (south) who won their respective groups in the 2012 County Championship Plate.http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/county-championships/2011-2012/#/results County Championships Results: 2011-12 englandrugby.com 19 May 2012 Hertfordshire were the defending champions.http://www.hertsad.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/cup_delight_for_hertfordshire_at_twickenham_1_1390621 Cup delight for Hertfordshire at Twickenham The Hearts Advertiser 28 May 2012 17 December 2016 20 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220123344/http://www.hertsad.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/cup_delight_for_hertfordshire_at_twickenham_1_1390621 dead The northern group was won by last year's runners up, Lancashire, who booked a place in their fifth successive final in what was a very close group, edging Cheshire and Yorkshire by virtue of a superior bonus points record. They were joined by southern group winners, Cornwall, who were appearing in their first Twickenham final since 1999. Cornwall had perhaps an easier route through to the final, winning all three games, but looked very impressive in their six try demolition of last year's winners, Hertfordshire, in their final pool game to book their place. Both promoted counties, Durham County and Kent, were relegated to the 2014 County Championship Plate.https://campbellrugby.com/2013/05/25/yorkshire-avoid-relegation-with-win-over-durham/ YORKSHIRE AVOID RELEGATION WITH WIN OVER DURHAM BBC Sport 26 May 2013 17 December 2016 20 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220231538/https://campbellrugby.com/2013/05/25/yorkshire-avoid-relegation-with-win-over-durham/ dead http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/gloucestershire-defeat-kent-avoid-relegation/story-19026958-detail/story.html Gloucestershire defeat Kent to avoid relegation Gloucestershire Echo 19 May 2013 September 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Over 10,000 Cornish fans made the journey to Twickenham but were unable to help their team to victory as Lancashire emerged victorious by defeating Cornwall, 35 - 26, in what was an exciting game.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/22657857 County Championship: Cornwall 25-36 Lancashire BBC Sport 26 May 2013 https://www.trelawnysarmy.org/ta/tamtchrp.html Trelawny's Army: Memorable Matches Trelawny's Army 17 December 2016 Lancashire's Nick Royle had an excellent tournament by finishing top try scorer with 5 including 1 in the final, while Cornwall's Paul Thirlby was the tournament's top scorer with 47 points. yes Competition format The competition format was two regional group stages divided into north and south, with each team playing each other once. This meant that two teams in the pool had two home games, while the other two had just one. The top side in each group went through to the final held at Twickenham Stadium on 26 May 2013. Participating Counties and ground locations England 395 Locations of the 2013 Bill Beaumont Cup county teams England 53.2581 -2.1274 Macclesfield (Cheshire) right England 50.2128 -5.2948 Camborne (Cornwall) left England 54.7055442 -1.2098675 Hartlepool (Durham) left England 54.9415949 -1.5952748 Gateshead (Durham) top England 51.823448 -2.495933 Cinderford (Gloucestershire) left England 51.810437 -0.028177 Ware (Hertfordshire) right England 51.2993164 .4795201 Aylesford (Kent) right England 51.3746569 0.4939288 Rochester (Kent) left England 53.756629 -3.021319 Lytham Saint Annes (Lancashire) left England 53.8388786 -1.8240300 Bingley (Yorkshire) right CountyStadium(s) CapacityCity/Area CheshirePriory Park1,000Macclesfield, CheshireCornwallRecreation Ground7,000 (780 seats)Camborne, CornwallDurham CountyNew FriarageEastwood GardensN/AN/AHartlepool, County DurhamGateshead, Tyne and WearGloucestershireDockham Road2,500Cinderford, GloucestershireHertfordshireHighfieldsN/AWare, HertfordshireKentJack Williams GroundPriestfieldsN/AN/AAylesford, KentRochester, KentLancashireWoodlands Memorial Ground9,000Lytham St Annes, LancashireYorkshireWagon LaneSilver Royd4,0001,950 (322 seats) Bingley, West YorkshireScalby, North Yorkshire Group stage Division 1 North 2013 Beaumont Cup Division 1 North TableCountyPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferenceTry BonusLosing BonusPoints 1 Lancashire (Q) 3 2 0 1 88 74 14 2 1 11 2 Cheshire 3 2 0 1 66 63 3 1 1 10 3 Yorkshire 3 2 0 1 66 55 11 0 0 8 4 Durham County (R) 3 0 0 3 63 91 -28 2 1 3 If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled Green background means the county qualified for the final. Pink background means the county were demoted to Division 2 North of the County Championship Plate for the following season. Updated: 18 May 2013Source: http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/county-championships/2012-2013/ County Championships englandrugby.com Round 1 4 May 2013 15:00 (BP) Durham County 29 - 40 Report Lancashire (BP) New Friarage, Hartlepool 310 Marcus Caton 4 May 2013 15:00 Yorkshire 21 - 15 Cheshire (BP) Wagon Lane, Bingley 295 Will Halford Bill Beaumont Cup The RUGBYPaper 242 Rugby Paper Ltd 5 May 2014 34–35 & 37http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/county-championships/2012-2013/#/results County Championships Results: 2012-13 englandrugby.com 26 May 2013 Round 2 11 May 2013 15:00 (2BP) Durham County 29 - 31 Cheshire (BP) Eastwood Gardens, Gateshead 194 Graham Dickens 11 May 2013 15:00 (BP) Lancashire 35 - 25 Yorkshire Woodlands Memorial Ground, Lytham St Annes 740 Wayne Falla Bill Beaumont Cup The RUGBYPaper 243 Rugby Paper Ltd 11 May 2014 28–29 & 32 Round 3 18 May 2013 15:00 Cheshire 20 - 13 Lancashire (BP) Priory Park, Macclesfield 479 Andrew Jackson 18 May 2013 15:00 Yorkshire 20 - 5 Report Durham County Silver Royd, Scalby 1,100 Andrew Rawson Bill Beaumont Cup The RUGBYPaper 244 Rugby Paper Ltd 19 May 2014 28–29 & 32 Division 1 South 2013 Beaumont Cup Division 1 South TableCountyPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferenceTry BonusLosing BonusPoints 1 Cornwall (Q) 3 3 0 0 88 65 23 1 0 13 2 Hertfordshire 3 2 0 1 135 89 46 3 0 11 3 Gloucestershire 3 1 0 2 77 100 -23 2 1 7 4 Kent (R) 3 0 0 3 63 109 -46 0 1 1If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled Green background means the county qualified for the final. Pink background means the county were demoted to Division 2 South of the County Championship Plate for the following season. Updated: 18 May 2013Source: http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/county-championships/2012-2013/ County Championships englandrugby.com Round 1 4 May 2013 15:00 (BP) Gloucestershire 19 - 24 Report Cornwall Dockham Road, Cinderford 407 Rowan Kitt 4 May 2013 15:00 Kent 26 - 50 Hertfordshire (BP) Jack Williams Ground, Aylesford 305 Richard Kelly Round 2 11 May 2013 15:00 (BP) Hertfordshire 56 - 22 Report Gloucestershire (BP) Highfields, Ware 426 Craig Maxwell-Keys 11 May 2013 15:00 (BP) Kent 17 - 23 Report Cornwall Priestfields, Rochester 700 Tom Davis Round 3 18 May 2013 15:00 (BP) Cornwall 41 - 29 Report Hertfordshire (BP) Recreation Ground, Camborne 2,215 Nick Williams 18 May 2013 15:00 (BP) Gloucestershire 36 - 20 Report Kent Dockham Road, Cinderford 175 Phillip Davis Final 26 May 2013 15:15 Lancashire 35–26 Report Cornwall Royle (2), Moon, Rath Johnson (3) Johnson (2) Johnson Webber, Penalty try, Vinnicombe Thirlby Thirlby (3) Twickenham Stadium, London 20,000https://www.trelawnysarmy.org/johnson-masterminds-lancashires-triumph/ JOHNSON MASTERMINDS LANCASHIRE’S TRIUMPH Trelawny's Army 27 May 2013 Wayne Falla 15 Sean Taylor Preston Grasshoppers14 Nick Royle Vale of Lune 13 Chris Briers Fylde 12 Jack Ward Preston Grasshoppers 11 Ben Rath Fylde 10Chris Johnson (capt) Fylde 9 Steve Collins Sedgley Park 1 Dan Birchall Fylde 2 Jon Matthews Otley3 Simon Griffiths Fylde 4 Paul Arnold Fylde 5 Louis McGowan (capt) Sedgley Park 6 Jon Nugent Stade Dijon 7 Steve McGinnis Fylde8 Dominic Moon Preston Grasshoppers Replacements:16 Pete Altham Preston Grasshoppers 17Gareth Gore Preston Grasshoppers 18 Phil Mills Preston Grasshoppers 19 Evan Stewart Fylde20 Phil Baines Preston Grasshoppers 21 Tom Webb Fylde 22 Grant Eddlestone Sedgley Park 15 Jake Murphy Cornish All Blacks 14 Richard Bright Cornish All Blacks13 Steve Johns Coventry 12 Nielson Webber Cornish All Blacks11 Tom Notman Redruth 10 Paul Thirlby Redruth 9 Greg Goodfellow Redruth 1 Darren Jacques Redruth 2 Richard Brown Redruth 3 Craig Williams Redruth 4 Damien Cook Redruth 5 Ben Hilton (capt) Cornish All Blacks 6 Chris Fuca Redruth 7 Sam Hocking Plymouth Albion 8 Ashley Lawton CamborneReplacements: 16 Neal Turner Redruth 17 Jon Drew Redruth 18 Luke Collins Redruth 19 Tom Rawlings Cornish All Blacks 20 Matthew Shepherd St Austell 21 Steve Perry Unattached 22 Lewis Vinnicombe Redruth Total season attendances Does not include final at Twickenham which is a neutral venue and involves teams from all three county divisions on the same day CountyHomeGamesTotalAverageHighestLowest% Capacity Cheshire 1 479 479 479 479 48% Cornwall 1 2,215 2,215 2,215 2,215 32% Durham County 2 504 252 310 194 Gloucestershire 2 582 291 407 175 12% Hertfordshire 1 426 426 426 426 Kent 2 1,005 503 700 305 Lancashire 1 740 740 740 740 8% Yorkshire 2 1,395 698 1,100 295 32% Individual statistics Note if players are tied on tries or points the player with the lowest number of appearances will come first. Also note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals. Appearance figures also include coming on as substitutes (unused substitutes not included). Statistics will also include final. Top points scorers Rank Player County Club Side Appearances Points 1 ENG Paul Thirlby Cornwall Redruth 4 47 2 ENG Chris Johnson Lancashire Fylde 3 37 3= ENG Mike Barlow Cheshire Stockport 2 31 3= ENG Sam Stanley Hertfordshire Old Albanian 2 31 4 ENG Nick Royle Lancashire Fylde 4 25 Top try scorers Rank Player County Club Side Appearances Tries 1 ENG Nick Royle Lancashire Fylde 4 5 2 RSA Stefan Liebenberg Hertfordshire Old Albanian 3 4 3 ENG Lloyd Stapleton Gloucestershire Cinderford 3 3 4= ENG Sam Hocking Cornwall Plymouth Albion 4 3 4= ENG Dominic Moon Lancashire Preston Grasshoppers 4 3 See also English rugby union system Rugby union in England References 2 External links NCA Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20150701021407/http://www.ncarugby.org/index.php 2015-07-01 2012