1894–95 Rugby Union County Championship

English rugby union competition

1894–95 County Championship
Countries	England
Date	October 1894 - March 1895
Champions	Yorkshire (6th title)
← 1893–94 1895–96 →

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

Yorkshire won the competition for the sixth time, defeating Cumberland in the decisive tie of the Championship Series.

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	L	F	A	Pts
Devon	3	3	0	47	14	6
Somerset	3	2	1			4
Gloucestershire	3	1	2			2
Cornwall	3	0	3	11	47	0

Devon beat Gloucestershire 16 – 9 on 17 November 1894.

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.

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

8 December 1894

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

Weston
Attendance: 5000

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	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

References

Jenkins, Vivian (1976) . Rothmans Rugby Yearbook. Brickfield Publications Ltd. pp. 130–131. ISBN 0362-00221-5.
""The County Championship." Times, 7 Mar. 1895, p. 6". Times Digital Archives.
""FOOTBALL." Daily Gazette For Middlesbrough, 28 Mar. 1895". British Library Newspapers Archives.
""FOOTBALL." Standard, 22 Mar. 1895, p. 2". British Library Newspapers Archives.
""FOOTBALL." Standard, 15 Mar. 1895, p. 2". British Library Newspapers Archives.
""FOOTBALL." Morning Post, 12 Feb. 1895, p. 3". British Library Newspapers Archives.
"Football". The Cornubian and Redruth Times. No. 1639. 23 November 1894. p. 2.
"Football. Cornwall v Somerset". The Cornishman. No. 855. 22 November 1894. p. 8.
Footballer (13 December 1894). "Football. Gloucester v Cornwall". The Cornish Telegraph. No. 2356. p. 8.
Footballer (13 December 1894). "Football. Somerset v Devon". The Cornish Telegraph. No. 2356. p. 8.

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