1987–88 Rugby Union County Championship

English rugby union competition 1987–88 Toshiba County Championship England Lancashire 13 Warwickshire 1986–87 1988–89 The 1987–88 Toshiba Rugby Union County Championship was the 88th 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 Lancashire won their 13th title after defeating Warwickshire in the final. The final only attracted 2,000 spectators at Twickenham Stadium which was blamed on the fact that the Grand National was taking place at the same time.http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/9Wruy6 Stiles, Bryan. "Lancashire defence stands firm after." Times, 11 Apr. 1988, p. 31 Times Digital Archives However a more logical explanation was the introduction of the 1987–88 Courage League which provided the sport with its first official league table after replacing the former Merit table. Consequently clubs, players and fans now prioritised the Courage League over the County Championship. Semi finals Date Venue Team One Team Two Score 12 Mar Vale of Lune Lancashire Gloucestershire 11-6 13 Mar Coundon Road Warwickshire Middlesex 31-19 Final 9 April 1988 Lancashire 23–18 Warwickshire Hanavan, O'Brien, Ainscough, Aitchison Ainscough (2) Aisncough Hall, Johnson Thomas (2) Thomas (2) 2,000 Twickenham Roger Quittenton (London) A Higgin Vale of Lune B Hanavan Fylde D Fell Orrell G Ainscough Orrell Nigel Heslop Waterloo I Aitchison Waterloo G Williams Pwllheli D O'Brien Orrell N Hitchen Orrell D Southern Orrell Bob Kimmins Orrell Wade Dooley Fylde D Cleary Orrell P Cook Nottingham S Gallagher Waterloo Steven Hall Barkers' Butts C Leake Coventry M Warr Barkers' Butts K Shaw Barkers' Butts Stuart Hall Coventry M Lakey Coventry S Thomas Coventry L Johnson Coventry A Farrington Coventry S Wickes Coventry A Gulliver Coventry P Bowman Rugby P Thomas Coventry R Travers Coventry K Hickey Moseley See also English rugby union system Rugby union in England References Rugby Union County Championship Category:County Championship (rugby union) seasons