1988–89 Rugby Union County Championship

English rugby union competition 1988–89 Toshiba County Championship England Durham County 8 Cornwall 1987–88 1989–90 The 1988–89 Toshiba Rugby Union County Championship was the 89th edition of England's County Championship rugby union club competition.Jones Stephen Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1991 1990 152-153 Rothmans Publications Ltd 0-356-19162-1http://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 2019-03-19 2021-04-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20210412043322/https://www.countyrugby.com/county_finals_1.html dead Durham County won their eighth title after defeating Cornwall in the final.http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/9Wu8r1 hands, David. "Cornwall looking to greater experience to subdue Durham." Times, 1 Apr. 1989, p. 47 Times Digital Archiveshttp://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/9WuFx8 hands, David. "Cornwall lose by looking a gift horse in the mouth." Times, 3 Apr. 1989, p. 34 Times Digital Archives The competition celebrated 100 years and despite the fact that it no longer held the same prestige as before a record crowd of 27,500 (the majority from Cornwall) turned up to watch the final at Twickenham Stadium. Semi finals Date Venue Team One Team Two Score 21 Jan Redruth Cornwall Warwickshire 13-10 21 Jan Blackheath Kent Durham 6-10 Final 1 April 1989 Durham County 13–9 Cornwall Fenwick Bland (3) Champion (3) 27,500 Twickenham Fred Howard (Liverpool) 15 J Bland (capt) Durham City14 O Evans West Hartlepool 13 Phil de Glanville Durham University12 M Boyd West Hartlepool11 D Cooke West Hartlepool 10 J Stabler West Hartlepool 9 S Havery Gateshead Fell1 G Naisbitt Stockton 2 M A Fenwick Durham City3 M Douthwaite Stockton 4 J Dixon West Hartlepool 5 J Howe Sale6 A R Harle Gosforth7 A Brown Stockton 8 B Dixon StocktonReplacements: (not used)16 G Spearman Blaydon 17 M Boyd West Hartlepool 18 S Kirkup Durham City 19 P Joyce Durham City 20 G A Kell Gateshead Fell21 D Mitchell West Hartlepool 15 Chris Alcock Camborne 14 Barry Trevaskis Bath13 Grant Champion (capt) Devon & Cornwall Police & Truro 12 S Rogers Camborne 11 David Weeks Camborne10 Alan Buzza Cambridge University & Redruth9 D Rule Camborne1 John May Redruth 2 Graham Dawe Bath 3 Richard Keast Redruth4 Andy Reed Camborne 5 A Cook Camborne 6 Glyn Williams Redruth 7Adrian Bick Bath 8Martin Haag BathReplacements: (not used)16 Tony Mead Devon & Cornwall Police 17 D Chapman Camborne 18 Richard Nancekivell Launceston 19 B Andrew Camborne 20S Matavesi Camborne21 A Curtis Redruth See also English rugby union system Rugby union in England References Rugby Union County Championship Category:County Championship (rugby union) seasons