1958–59 Rugby Union County Championship

English rugby union competition 1958–59 County Championship England Warwickshire 3 Gloucestershire 1957–58 1959–60 The 1958–59 Rugby Union County Championship was the 59th 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 2019-03-05 2021-04-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20210412043322/https://www.countyrugby.com/county_finals_1.html dead Warwickshire won the competition for the third time after defeating Gloucestershire in the final.http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/9MSd26 FROM OUR RUGBY FOOTBALL CORRESPONDENT. "Late Climax To County Rugby." Times, 11 Apr. 1959, p. 4 Times Digital Archiveshttp://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/9MSoF6 From a Staff Reporter. "Powerful Pack Again Push Warwickshire To Title." Times, 13 Apr. 1959, p. 15 Times Digital Archives Final 11 April 1959 Gloucestershire 9–14 Warwickshire Watts Cripps (2) Melville (2), another Cole Cole Memorial Stadium, Bristol D M Parkes (Kent Society) I W Sheen Gloucester M G Ellery Bristol L D Watts Bristol J Radford Bristol T W Jones Bristol A Holder Gloucester M Booth Gloucester George Hastings Gloucester John Thorne Bristol R Fowke Stroud B J Green Bristol D W Neale Bristol T E Base Bristol Gordon Cripps (capt) Bristol R A M Whyte Harlequins D R Cook Coventry Peter Jackson Coventry G P D Morris Coventry J A Pargetter Moseley R Melville Coventry C A Hewitt Cardiff George Cole Coventry Phil Judd (capt) Coventry Bert Godwin Coventry M R McLean Coventry John Price Coventry P Judd Moseley Stan Purdy Rugby J F Gardiner Coventry R F Batsone Coventry See also English rugby union system Rugby union in England References Rugby Union County Championship Category:County Championship (rugby union) seasons