1938–39 Rugby Union County Championship

English rugby union competition 1938–39 County Championship England Warwickshire 1 Somerset 1937–38 1946–47 The 1938–39 Rugby Union County Championship was the 46th 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 Warwickshire won the competition for the first time after defeating Somerset in the final.http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/9Bpbi4 From Our Rugby Football Correspondent. "Rugby Football." Times, 11 Mar. 1939, p. 5 Times Digital Archiveshttp://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/9BquPX From Our Rugby Football Correspondent, et al. "Sporting News." Times, 13 Mar. 1939, p. 6 Times Digital Archives Semifinals Team one Team two ScoreWarwickshire Cheshire 20-12Somerset Hampshire 5-3 Final 11 March 1939 Somerset 3–8 Warwickshire White Kaye, Bruce Lockhart Pridmore Weston-super-Mare Cyril Gadney R G Jenkins Weston-super-Mare A V Rogers Bath E A Thomas Somerset Police F McRae St Mary's Hospital S W Collett Weston-super-Mare G I White Weston-super-Mare D L Roberts Somerset Police R Davies Somerset Police S H Justin Bristol F W Williams Somerset Police W F Gay Bath L H Seargeant Bristol G M Fursland Bridgwater John Watkins Royal Navy F Goddard Taunton H Pateman Coventry F O Wheatley Coventry E G L Mark Manchester C A Pridmore Metropolitan Police J Kaye Coventry Rab Bruce Lockhart Rugby Jimmy Giles Coventry S A Walker Coventry W Riley Nuneaton Harold Wheatley Coventry E P R Bates Rugby Arthur Wheatley Coventry A W Seaton Coventry Griff Purchas Coventry C T Bloxham Nuneaton See also English rugby union system Rugby union in England References Rugby Union County Championship Category:County Championship (rugby union) seasons