1899–1900 Rugby Union County Championship

The 1898–99 Rugby Union County Championship was the 12th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.[1]

1899–1900 County Championship
Countries	England
Champions	Durham (1st title)
Runners-up	Devon

Durham won the competition for the first time defeating Devon in the final.[2][3]

Final

8 April 1900

Devon	3-11	Durham
Try: Thomas		Try: Carmidy

Exeter Attendance: 10,000-13,000 Referee: E B Holmes (Midland Counties)

A Richards Barnstaple S F Cooper R.N.E College T Mills Plymouth H J Vyvyan Albion H B J Taylor Newton Abbot J Jones Unattached T Dunn Torquay Athletic Charlie Thomas (capt) Barnstaple A O'Neill Torquay Athletic W Spiers Devonport Albion P Baron Sidmouth J Powell Exeter C Avery Plymouth Denys Dobson Newton Abbot & Oxford University E W Roberts R.N.E College

J Hegg West Hartlepool W Taylor Tudhoe J Gordon Tudhoe W S Cox Sunderland E W Elliott Sunderland W Moffatt Sunderland H Gibbon Hamsteels J Frater Tudhoe J Carmidy Tudhoe A Stephenson Tudhoe G Richardson Tudhoe G Summerscales Durham City G H Lewis West Hartlepool G Simms West Hartlepool Hamm Tudhoe

See also

• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

References

1. Jenkins, Vivian (1976). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook, 1975-1976. Brickfield Publications Ltd. pp. 130–131. ISBN 0362-00221-5.
2. ""The Rugby Union County Championship." Times, 9 Apr. 1900, p. 12". British Library Newspaper Archives.
3. """TO-DAY'S FOOTBALL." Trewman's Exeter Flying Post, 7 Apr. 1900". British Library Newspaper Archives.