1984–85 Rugby Union County Championship

English rugby union competition 1984–85 Thorn EMI County Championship England Middlesex 8 Notts, Lincs & Derby 1983–84 1985–86 The 1984–85 Thorn EMI Rugby Union County Championship was the 85th 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 2019-03-17 2021-04-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20210412043322/https://www.countyrugby.com/county_finals_1.html dead Middlesex won their 8th title after defeating Notts, Lincs & Derby in the final.http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/9VV6L6 Hands,, David, et al. "Rugby Union." Times, 15 Apr. 1985, p. 27 Times Digital Archives First Round Pos First Division Group 1 P W D L F A Pts1 Middlesex 3 3 0 0 42 27 62 Notts, Lincs & Derby 3 2 0 1 48 31 43 Northumberland 3 1 0 2 3746 24 Surrey 3 0 0 3 3356 0 Pos First Division Group 2 P W D L F A Pts1 Gloucestershire 3 2 1 0 52 35 52 Yorkshire 3 2 0 1 50 42 43 Somerset 3 1 1 1 43 34 34 Kent 30 0 3 22 56 0 Semi finals Team One Team Two Score Middlesex Yorkshire 6–3 Notts, Lincs & Derby Gloucestershire 14–9 Final 13 April 1985 Middlesex 12–9 Notts, Lincs & Derby Weekes Stringer Stringer Davies Hodgkinson (3) Twickenham Laurie Prideaux (North Midlands) Nick Stringer Wasps Simon Smith Wasps Richard Cardus Wasps A L Thompson Harlequins M A Williams Wasps Huw Davies Wasps Ian George London Welsh P S Curtis Harlequins John Olver Harlequins Martin Hobley Wasps K R Moss Wasps Chris Pinnegar Wasps Andy Ripley Rosslyn Park David Cooke (capt) Harlequins Everton Weekes Harlequins M E Crane Nottingham Steve Holdstock Nottingham Clifton Jones Nottingham Gary Hartley Nottingham David Holdstock Nottingham Simon Hodgkinson Nottingham K J Murphy Nottingham John Ward Nottingham Brian Moore Nottingham Micky Grindle Nottingham Peter Cook Nottingham Chris Gray Nottingham Neil Mantell (capt) Nottingham Gary Rees Nottingham Steve Hughes Nottingham See also English rugby union system Rugby union in England References Rugby Union County Championship Category:County Championship (rugby union) seasons