1894–95 Rugby Union County Championship

The 1894–95 Rugby Union County Championship was the seventh edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.[1]

1894–95 County Championship
Countries	England
Date	October 1894 - March 1895
Champions	Yorkshire (6th title)

Yorkshire won the competition for the sixth time, defeating Cumberland in the decisive tie of the Championship Series.[2][3][4][5][6]

Group stage

Group winners

Division	Winners
South-western group	Devon
South-eastern group	Midland Counties
North-western group	Cumberland
North-eastern group	Yorkshire

South-western group

South-western group	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Devon	3	3	0	0	47	14	6
Somerset	3	2	0	1			4
Gloucestershire	3	1	0	2			2
Cornwall	3	0	0	3	11	47	0

• Devon beat Gloucestershire 16 – 9 on 17 November 1894.[7]

17 November 1894

Cornwall	8 – 16 (5 – 3)	Somerset
Try: Triggs Paige Con: Viant		Try: Mermagen Westcott Gilmore Woods Drop: McLier

Penzance Attendance: 1200 Referee: Fred Hall

• Eight Cornish players made their championship debut. Three Somerset players were England internationals.[8]

1 December 1894

Cornwall	0 – 23	Devon

Redruth

8 December 1894

Gloucestershire	8 – 3 (5 – 3)	Cornwall
Try: Bowley c Lockyer Con: Hames		Pen: Tarbutt

Kingsholm, Gloucester

[9]

8 December 1894

Somerset	5 – 8 (0 – 5)	Devon
Try: Mermagen Con: Woods		Try: Stoyle Sowden Con: Hocken

Weston Attendance: 5000

[10]

Championship series

Date	Venue	Team One	Team Two	Score
29 Jan	Coventry	Midland Counties	Devon	5-5
11 Feb	Leicester	Midland Counties	Yorkshire	2-2
6 Mar	Plymouth	Devon	Yorkshire	3-8
14 Mar	Workington	Cumberland	Midland Counties	10-0
21 Mar	Carlisle	Cumberland	Devon	7-3
27 Mar	Manningham	Yorkshire	Cumberland	5-3

Decisive match

27 March 1895

Yorkshire	5-3 (HT 5-0)	Cumberland
Try: Parkin Con: Lorimer		Try: Moore

Manningham, Bradford Referee: J Ashton (Lancashire)

E. Lorimer Manningham Osbert Mackie Wakefield Trinity A. Davey Castleford J. H. Crompton Bradford E. Parkin Liversedge George Mosley Leeds Parish Church Robert Wood Liversedge John Toothill (c) Bradford Tom Broadley West Riding G. Nowell Leeds W. Sutcliffe Huddersfield H. Ward Castleford William Walton Castleford Fred Clegg Manningham Alf Barraclough Manningham

J Moore Millom T Ritson Cockermouth W Nelson Millom T Fletcher Seaton W Cunningham Millom W S Graham Carlisle G Messenger Aspatria J Davidson Aspatria G Steel Aspatria J Beil Carlisle W Moore Millom D Elliot Carlisle J Fawcett Millom W Falcon Millom & Cambridge University R Bell Workington

See also

• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

References

1. Jenkins, Vivian (1975–76). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook. Brickfield Publications Ltd. pp. 130–131. ISBN 0362-00221-5.
2. ""The County Championship." Times, 7 Mar. 1895, p. 6". Times Digital Archives.
3. ""FOOTBALL." Daily Gazette For Middlesbrough, 28 Mar. 1895". British Library Newspapers Archives.
4. ""FOOTBALL." Standard, 22 Mar. 1895, p. 2". British Library Newspapers Archives.
5. ""FOOTBALL." Standard, 15 Mar. 1895, p. 2". British Library Newspapers Archives.
6. ""FOOTBALL." Morning Post, 12 Feb. 1895, p. 3". British Library Newspapers Archives.
7. "Football". The Cornubian and Redruth Times (1639). 23 November 1894. p. 2.
8. "Football. Cornwall v Somerset". The Cornishman (855). 22 November 1894. p. 8.
9. Footballer (13 December 1894). "Football. Gloucester v Cornwall". The Cornish Telegraph (2356). p. 8.
10. Footballer (13 December 1894). "Football. Somerset v Devon". The Cornish Telegraph (2356). p. 8.