1889–90 Rugby Union County Championship

Rugby Union Club England 1889–90 County Championship England Yorkshire 2 1888–89 1890–91 The 1889–90 Rugby Union County Championship was the second edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.Jenkins Vivian Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1976 1975 130–131 Brickfield Publications Ltd 0362-00221-5 Yorkshire won the competition for the second time. They were declared the champion county after finishing the season undefeated and were selected to play the Rest of England in the end of season county fixtures.http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/8dgmd1 "FOOTBALL." Morning Post, 24 Feb. 1890, p. 2 British Library Newspapers Archiveshttp://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/8dgyS2 "FOOTBALL." Standard, 7 Jan. 1890, p. 2 British Library Newspapers Archives Squad Harry Bedford (Morley) A L Brooke (Huddersfield) J Clay (Halifax) John Dyson (Huddersfield) Bill Eagland (Huddersfield) S Eastwood (Brighouse Rangers) J Firth (Brighouse Rangers) John Lawrence Hickson (capt) (Bradford) Edward Holmes (Manningham) George Jackets (Hull) J H Jones (Wakefield Trinity) Donald Jowett (Heckmondwike) Frederick Lowrie (Bradford) S Mawson (Otley) J Naylor (Batley) I Newton (Manningham) William Nicholl (Brighouse Rangers) Joseph Richards (Bradford) William Stadden (Dewsbury) John Toothill (Bradford) Harry Wilkinson (Halifax) James Wright (Bradford) See also English rugby union system Rugby union in England References Rugby Union County Championship Category:County Championship (rugby union) seasons