1893–94 Rugby Union County Championship

English rugby union competition 1893–94 County Championship October 1893 – March 1894 England Yorkshire 5 1892–93 1894–95 The 1893–94 Rugby Union County Championship was the sixth 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 fifth time, defeating all three teams in the Championship Series.http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/8dNFaX "THE RUGBY COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP." York Herald, 7 Feb. 1894, p. s Times Digital Archiveshttp://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/8dNJJ3 "FOOTBALL." York Herald, 10 Feb. 1894, p. 8 Times Digital Archiveshttp://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/8dQBj5 "LANCASHIRE v. YORKSHIRE." Leeds Mercury, 27 Nov. 1893 Times Digital Archives Draw and Results Group Winners Division WinnersSouth Western SomersetSouth Eastern Midland CountiesNorth Western LancashireNorth Eastern Yorkshire Championship Series Date Venue Team One Team Two Score25 NovPark Avenue Yorkshire Lancashire 8-313 JanWeston Super Mare Somerset Yorkshire 0-27 7 Feb Fartown Ground, Huddersfield Yorkshire Midland Counties 9-028 Feb Bath College Ground Somerset Midland Counties 3-014 Mar Whalley Range, Manchester Lancashire Somerset 6-2 Moseley Midland Counties Yorkshire not played Championship series matches 25 November 1893 Yorkshire 8–3 Lancashire Davey, Wood Lockwood McCutcheon Park Avenue, Bradford 10,000 T Potts (Durham) A. Ward A. Ward (rugby) Bradford Richard Lockwood rugby (c) Heckmondwike B Sharpe Liversedge Frederick Firth Halifax A. Davey Normanton Robert Wood Robert Wood (rugby, born 1872) Liversedge Archie Rigg Halifax John Toothill Bradford Tom Broadley Bingley Harry Bradshaw Harry Bradshaw (rugby) Bramley Harry Speed Castleford G. Nowell Castleford William Walton William Walton (rugby) Castleford Fred Clegg Manningham Bob Winskill Halifax T Foulkes St Helen's W McCutcheon Oldham A Barrett Salford J Valentine (capt) Swinton S Lees Oldham James Bate Warrington John Bate Warrington J Simpson Rochdale Hornets W Unsworth Wigan J C Gould Liverpool H Case Swinton G Woodward Tyldesley J Jolley Warrington A Ashworth Rochdale Hornets R P Wilson Liverpool Old Boys 13 January 1894 Somerset 0–27 Yorkshire Rigg, Bradshaw, Walsh (2), Firth (2) Lockwood, Sharpe (2) Weston Super Mare A H Westcott Bridgwater W Pattison Bath Rogerson Bath L E Duckworth Weston W H Calverwell Bridgwater Vincent Bath Gilmore Bridgwater F Soane (capt) Bath Durie Taunton Vernon Wellington RFC J Taylor Wellington RFC B Morris Taunton R E Belasiegle Yeovil RFC H G Barham Bridgwater P J Ebdon Wellington RFC A. Ward A. Ward (rugby) Bradford Richard Lockwood rugby (c) Heckmondwike B. Sharpe Liversedge Frederick Firth Halifax A. Davey Normanton Robert Wood Robert Wood (rugby, born 1872) Liversedge Archie Rigg Halifax John Toothill Bradford J. Melvin Leeds Harry Bradshaw Harry Bradshaw (rugby) Bramley Harry Speed Castleford J. Nowell Castleford William Walton William Walton (rugby) Castleford O. Walsh Hunslet Fred Clegg Manningham 7 February 1894 Yorkshire 9–0 Midland Counties Broadley, Davey, Toothill Fartown Ground, Huddersfield 3000 Higson (Lancashire) A. Ward A. Ward (rugby) Bradford Richard Lockwood rugby (c) Heckmondwike B. Sharp Liversedge Frederick Firth Halifax A. Davey Normanton Robert Wood Robert Wood (rugby, born 1872) Liversedge J. Ingham Otley John Toothill Bradford Tom Broadley Bingley Harry Bradshaw Harry Bradshaw (rugby) Bramley Harry Speed Castleford J. Nowell Castleford William Walton William Walton (rugby) Castleford O. Walsh Hunslet Alf Barracough Manningham J F Byrne Moseley A Fox (capt) Old Edwardians H P Reynolds Stratford A H Frith Coventry F R Lovitt Coventry B Burke Coventry A Slater Coventry J J Robinson Burton A W Gorton Burton B H Cattell Moseley G Carpenter Coventry R W Hunt Rugby A E Cooke Leicester E R Lycet Moseley G Jones Worcester See also English rugby union system Rugby union in England References Rugby Union County Championship Category:County Championship (rugby union) seasons