1897 �98 Rugby Union County Championship

1897–98 County Championship
1897–98 County Championship
Countries	England
Champions	Northumberland (1st title)
Runners-up	Midland Counties
	← 1896–97 1898–99 →

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

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 Counties	3–24	Northumberland
Try: Gould		Try: Taylor, Stone (3), Bates, Stevenson Con: Taylor (3), Anderson

Coventry
Referee: John Boswell (Scottish Union)


	J F Byrne	Moseley
	G Birtles	Blackheath
	F A Byrne	Moseley
	J A Gould	Moseley
	William Bunting	Bromsgrove
	Rev Richard Cattell	Moseley
	F Cattell	Moseley
	C P Evers	Moseley
	B H Cattell	Moseley
	A O Dowson	Moseley
	B J Ebsworth	Moseley
	A St G Cumming	Wolverhampton
	J Hall	Rugby
	J J Robinson	Burton
	D P Miller	Stratford-on-Avon


	P Moran	Wallsend
	G C Robinson	Percy Park
	W Bates	Percy Park
	F Stone	Percy Park
	S Anderson	Wallsend
	Ernest Taylor	Rockliff
	S C Lockerby	Percy Park
	Ronald Stevenson	Northern
	R W Bell	Northern
	G Gibson	Northern
	C O P Gibson	Northern
	J H Greenwell	Rockliff
	F J Bell	Rockliff
	W Dobinson	Rockliff
	J Nesbit	Wallsend

References

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

[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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