1893–94 Rugby Union County Championship

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1893–94 County Championship
Countries	England
Date	October 1893 – March 1894
Champions	Yorkshire (5th title)
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The 1893–94 Rugby Union County Championship was the sixth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.

Yorkshire won the competition for the fifth time, defeating all three teams in the Championship Series.

Draw and Results

Group Winners

Division	Winners
South Western	Somerset
South Eastern	Midland Counties
North Western	Lancashire
North Eastern	Yorkshire

Championship Series

Date	Venue	Team One	Team Two	Score
25 Nov	Park Avenue	Yorkshire	Lancashire	8-3
13 Jan	Weston Super Mare	Somerset	Yorkshire	0-27
7 Feb	Fartown Ground, Huddersfield	Yorkshire	Midland Counties	9-0
28 Feb	Bath College Ground	Somerset	Midland Counties	3-0
14 Mar	Whalley Range, Manchester	Lancashire	Somerset	6-2
	Moseley	Midland Counties	Yorkshire	not played

Championship series matches

25 November 1893

Yorkshire	8–3	Lancashire
Try: Davey, Wood Con: Lockwood		Try: McCutcheon

Park Avenue, Bradford
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: T Potts (Durham)


	A. Ward	Bradford
	Richard Lockwood (c)	Heckmondwike
	B Sharpe	Liversedge
	Frederick Firth	Halifax
	A. Davey	Normanton
	Robert Wood	Liversedge
	Archie Rigg	Halifax
	John Toothill	Bradford
	Tom Broadley	Bingley
	Harry Bradshaw	Bramley
	Harry Speed	Castleford
	G. Nowell	Castleford
	William Walton	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
		Try: Rigg, Bradshaw, Walsh (2), Firth (2) Con: 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	Bradford
	Richard Lockwood (c)	Heckmondwike
	B. Sharpe	Liversedge
	Frederick Firth	Halifax
	A. Davey	Normanton
	Robert Wood	Liversedge
	Archie Rigg	Halifax
	John Toothill	Bradford
	J. Melvin	Leeds
	Harry Bradshaw	Bramley
	Harry Speed	Castleford
	J. Nowell	Castleford
	William Walton	Castleford
	O. Walsh	Hunslet
	Fred Clegg	Manningham

7 February 1894

Yorkshire	9–0	Midland Counties
Try: Broadley, Davey, Toothill

Fartown Ground, Huddersfield
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Higson (Lancashire)


	A. Ward	Bradford
	Richard Lockwood (c)	Heckmondwike
	B. Sharp	Liversedge
	Frederick Firth	Halifax
	A. Davey	Normanton
	Robert Wood	Liversedge
	J. Ingham	Otley
	John Toothill	Bradford
	Tom Broadley	Bingley
	Harry Bradshaw	Bramley
	Harry Speed	Castleford
	J. Nowell	Castleford
	William Walton	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

References

Jenkins, Vivian (1976) . Rothmans Rugby Yearbook. Brickfield Publications Ltd. pp. 130–131. ISBN 0362-00221-5.
""THE RUGBY COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP." York Herald, 7 Feb. 1894, p. s". Times Digital Archives.
""FOOTBALL." York Herald, 10 Feb. 1894, p. 8". Times Digital Archives.
""LANCASHIRE v. YORKSHIRE." Leeds Mercury, 27 Nov. 1893". Times Digital Archives.

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