1897–98 Rugby Union County Championship

The 1897–98 Rugby Union County Championship was the tenth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.[1]

1897–98 County Championship
Countries England
ChampionsNorthumberland (1st title)
Runners-upMidland Counties

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.[2] [3]

Final
26 March 1898
Midland Counties3-24 (HT 3-17)Northumberland
Try: Gould rugby ballTry: Taylor, Stone (3), Bates, Stevenson rugby ball
Con: Taylor (3), Anderson
Coventry
Referee: John Boswell (Scottish Union)


J F ByrneMoseley
G BirtlesBlackheath
F A ByrneMoseley
J A GouldMoseley
William BuntingBromsgrove
Rev Richard CattellMoseley
F CattellMoseley
C P EversMoseley
B H CattellMoseley
A O DowsonMoseley
B J EbsworthMoseley
A St G CummingWolverhampton
J HallRugby
J J RobinsonBurton
D P MillerStratford-on-Avon
P MoranWallsend
G C RobinsonPercy Park
W BatesPercy Park
F StonePercy Park
S AndersonWallsend
Ernest TaylorRockliff
S C LockerbyPercy Park
Ronald StevensonNorthern
R W BellNorthern
G GibsonNorthern
C O P GibsonNorthern
J H GreenwellRockliff
F J BellRockliff
W DobinsonRockliff
J NesbitWallsend

See also

References
  1. Jenkins, Vivian (1976). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook, 1975-1976. Brickfield Publications Ltd. pp. 130–131. ISBN 0362-00221-5.
  2. ""FOOTBALL." Standard, 26 Mar. 1898, p. 2". British Library Archives.
  3. ""Football." Times, 28 Mar. 1898, p. 13". Times Digital Archives.
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