1969–70 Rugby Union County Championship

English rugby union competition 1969–70 County Championship England Staffordshire 1 Gloucestershire 1968–69 1970–71 The 1969–70 Rugby Union County Championship was the 70th 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 2019-03-10 2021-04-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20210412043322/https://www.countyrugby.com/county_finals_1.html dead Staffordshire won their first title after defeating Gloucestershire in the final.http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/9QjSS9 TITLEY,, U. A. "Rugby Union." Times, 14 Mar. 1970, p. 9 Times Digital Archiveshttp://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/9QjU52 STREETON, RICHARD. "County Rugby Championship." Times, 16 Mar. 1970, p. 9 Times Digital Archives Semi finals Date Venue Team One Team Two Score 7 Feb Kingsholm Gloucestershire Lancashire 9-6 7 Feb Peel Croft Staffordshire Eastern Counties 15-9 Final 14 March 1970 Staffordshire 11–9 Gloucestershire Hatter, Robinson Doble Doble Hannaford, Collins Peters Peel Croft, Burton-on-Trent R F Johnson (Kent) 15Sam Doble Moseley 14Keith Hatter Moseley13 T Ringer Walsall 12R H Downend Sale11 D Edwards Sale 10Colin McFadyean Moseley9 Jan Webster Moseley 1S G Walker Moseley 2Don Lane Moseley 3D I Buttery Birkenhead Park4 Mike Davis (capt) Harlequins5 S A Taylor Moseley6 E T Robinson Manchester7 A Copeland Stoke8 L J Rollinson Coventry 15 Peter Knight St Lukes College14 J I Berry Cheltenham 13 John Bayliss Gloucester 12 R E White Cheltenham 11 Mike Collins Bristol10 J T Hopson Gloucester 9 John Morris Lydney1 Budge Rogers Bristol2 John Pullin Bristol 3 Beverley Dovey Bristol 4 Alan Brinn Gloucester5 Jim Jarrett Gloucester 6 Charlie Hannaford Rosslyn Park 7 Dick Smith Gloucester 8 Dave Rollitt (capt) Bristol See also English rugby union system Rugby union in England References Rugby Union County Championship Category:County Championship (rugby union) seasons