1952–53 Rugby Union County Championship

1952–53 County Championship
Countries England
ChampionsYorkshire (10th title)
Runners-upEast Midlands

The 1952–53 Rugby Union County Championship was the 53rd edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.[1][2][3]

Yorkshire won the competition for the tenth time (but the first since 1928) after defeating East Midlands in the final.[4]

Final

14 March 1953
Yorkshire11–3East Midlands
Try: Mitchell
Con: King
Pen: King (2)		Try: Macnally
Bradford
Ian King Harrogate
Frank Sykes Huddersfield
D Greenwood Halifax
Jeff Butterfield Cleckheaton
A Wood Headingley
D Hopper Harrogate
Dennis Shuttleworth Headingley
W Donnelly Otley
N Mackie Otley
R G Porrisse Sale
Squire Wilkins (capt) Roundhay
R J Robins Royal Signals
R Cross Leeds University
Phil Taylor Wakefield
G Mitchell Halifax
J Hodgkins Northampton
N Bailey Northampton
Alan C Towell Bedford
Lewis Cannell St Mary's Hospital
D Macnally Northampton
R H Haynes Bedford
F M Fletcher Bedford
Mike Berridge Northampton
T Smith Northampton
Ron Jacobs Northampton
R C Hawkes Northampton
John F Bance Bedford
P S Collingridge Bedford
Vic H Leadbetter Cambridge University
Don White (capt) Northampton

See also

References

  1. ^ Jenkins, Vivian (1976) [1975]. Rothmans Rugby Yearbook. Brickfield Publications Ltd. pp. 130–131. ISBN 0362-00221-5.
  2. ^ "English County Championship". Rugby Football History.
  3. ^ "The County Finals". County Rugby.com.
  4. ^ "BY OUR RUGBY FOOTBALL CORRESPONDENT. "Rugby County Final." Times, 13 Mar. 1953, p. 12". Times Digital Archives.
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