1897–98 Rugby Union County Championship

English rugby union competition 1897–98 County Championship England Northumberland 1 Midland Counties 1896–97 1898–99 The 1897–98 Rugby Union County Championship was the tenth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.Jenkins Vivian Rothmans Rugby Yearbook, 1975-1976 1976 130-131 Brickfield Publications Ltd 0362-00221-5 Northumberland won the competition for the first time defeating Midland Counties in the final. The Midlands team was weakened by the refusal of Leicester to release their players for the county team.http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/8eYdN9 "FOOTBALL." Standard, 26 Mar. 1898, p. 2 British Library Archiveshttp://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/8eYgB9 "Football." Times, 28 Mar. 1898, p. 13 Times Digital Archives Final 26 March 1898 Midland Counties 3–24 Northumberland Gould Taylor, Stone (3), Bates, Stevenson Taylor (3), Anderson Coventry John Boswell (Scottish Union) J F Byrne Moseley G Birtles Blackheath F A Byrne Moseley J A Gould Moseley William Bunting Bromsgrove Rev Richard Cattell Moseley F Cattell Moseley C P Evers Moseley B H Cattell Moseley Aubrey Dowson Moseley B J Ebsworth Moseley A St G Cumming Wolverhampton J Hall Rugby J J Robinson Burton D P Miller Stratford-on-Avon P Moran Wallsend G C Robinson Percy Park W Bates Percy Park F Stone Percy Park S Anderson Wallsend Ernest Taylor Rockliff S C Lockerby Percy Park Ronald Stevenson Northern R W Bell Northern G Gibson Northern Charles Gibson Northern J H Greenwell Rockliff F J Bell Rockliff W Dobinson Rockliff J Nesbit Wallsend See also English rugby union system Rugby union in England References Rugby Union County Championship Category:County Championship (rugby union) seasons