1991–92 Courage National 4 South

The 1991–92 Courage National 4 South was the fifth full season of rugby union within the fourth tier of the English league system, currently known as National League 2 South. At the end of the campaign, Havant finished as champions, just edging Hampshire rivals Basingstoke by virtue of a better for/against record to gain promotion to the 1992–93 National Division 3.

1991–92 Courage National 4 South
Countries	England
Champions	Havant (1st title)
Runners-up	Basingstoke
Relegated	Ealing , Sidcup
Matches played	156

At the other end of the table Ealing and Sidcup finished in the relegation zone. Of the two Sidcup put up the better fight but ended up being relegated in 12th place despite being tied with two other clubs on 6 points each due to a poorer for/against record. Both clubs would be relegated to London 1 for the following season.[1]

Structure

Each team played one match against each of the other teams, playing a total of twelve matches each. The champions are promoted to National Division 3 and the bottom two teams are relegated to either London Division 1 or South West 1 depending on their locality.

Participating teams and locations

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Basingstoke Down Grange 2,500 Basingstoke, Hampshire 2nd Camborne Recreation Ground 9,000 Camborne, Cornwall 4th Ealing Horsenden Hill Horsenden Hill, Ealing, London 10th Havant Hook's Lane 1,500 Havant, Hampshire 8th High Wycombe Kingsmead Road High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire Promoted from South West 1 (champions) London Welsh Old Deer Park 5,850 Richmond, London 3rd Maidstone William Davey Memorial Maidstone, Kent 11th Metropolitan Police Imber Court East Molesey, Surrey Relegated from National 3 (12th) North Walsham Norwich Road 1,200 Scottow, Norfolk 6th Sidcup Crescent Farm Sidcup, Kent Southend Warners Park Southend, Essex 9th Sudbury Moorsfield Sudbury, Suffolk 7th Weston-super-Mare Recreation Ground 6,000 Weston-super-Mare, Somerset 5th [2]

Basingstoke Camborne Ealing Havant H Wycombe L Welsh Maidstone Met Police N Walsham Sidcup Southend Sudbury Weston Locations of the 1991–92 Courage National 4 South teams

League table

1991–92 Courage National League 4 South Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Points
1	Havant (C)	12	11	0	1	301	91	210	22
2	Basingstoke	12	11	0	1	218	88	130	22
3	London Welsh	12	9	0	3	292	160	132	18
4	Sudbury	12	8	0	4	235	150	85	16
5	High Wycombe	12	8	0	4	196	139	57	16
6	Camborne	12	7	0	5	166	195	-29	14
7	North Walsham	12	5	0	7	153	152	1	10
8	Maidstone	12	5	0	7	147	180	-33	10
9	Weston-super-Mare	12	4	0	8	175	215	-40	8
10	Metropolitan Police	12	3	0	9	149	195	-46	6
11	Southend	12	3	0	9	134	240	-10	6
12	Sidcup (R)	12	3	0	9	103	290	-187	6
13	Ealing (R)	12	1	0	11	112	286	-174	2
Points are awarded as follows: 2 pts for a win 1 pt for a draw 0 pts for a loss If teams are level at any stage, difference between points for and against applies
Green background are promotion places. Pink background are relegation places. Updated: 2 December 2017

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Sponsorship

National League 4 South is part of the Courage Clubs Championship and is sponsored by Courage Brewery.

References

1. "Courage League - Division 4 1991/92". The Rugby Archive. 2 December 2017.
2. Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1992). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1992–93. London: Headline Book Publishing. pp. 170–185. ISBN 0 7472 7907 1.