1893–94 Rugby Union County Championship
# 1893–94 Rugby Union County Championship

The 1893–94 Rugby Union County Championship was the sixth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.

Yorkshire won the competition for the fifth time, defeating all three teams in the Championship Series.

## Draw and Results

### Group Winners

| Division | Winners |
| - | - |
| South Western | Somerset |
| South Eastern | Midland Counties |
| North Western | Lancashire |
| North Eastern | Yorkshire |

### Championship Series

| Date | Venue | Team One | Team Two | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 Nov | Park Avenue | Yorkshire | Lancashire | 8-3 |
| 13 Jan | Weston Super Mare | Somerset | Yorkshire | 0-27 |
| 7 Feb | Fartown Ground, Huddersfield | Yorkshire | Midland Counties | 9-0 |
| 28 Feb | Bath College Ground | Somerset | Midland Counties | 3-0 |
| 14 Mar | Whalley Range, Manchester | Lancashire | Somerset | 6-2 |
| | Moseley | Midland Counties | Yorkshire | not played |

### Championship series matches

* 25 November 1893

| Yorkshire | 8-3 (HT 3-3) | Lancashire |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Davey, Wood Con: Lockwood | | Try: McCutcheon |

* Park Avenue, Bradford Attendance: 10,000 Referee: T Potts (Durham)

| A. Ward | Bradford |
| - | - |
| Richard Lockwood (c) | Heckmondwike |
| B Sharpe | Liversedge |
| Frederick Firth | Halifax |
| A. Davey | Normanton |
| Robert Wood | Liversedge |
| Archie Rigg | Halifax |
| John Toothill | Bradford |
| Tom Broadley | Bingley |
| Harry Bradshaw | Bramley |
| Harry Speed | Castleford |
| G. Nowell | Castleford |
| William Walton | Castleford |
| Fred Clegg | Manningham |
| Bob Winskill | Halifax |
| T Foulkes | St Helen's |
| W McCutcheon | Oldham |
| A Barrett | Salford |
| J Valentine (capt) | Swinton |
| S Lees | Oldham |
| James Bate | Warrington |
| John Bate | Warrington |
| J Simpson | Rochdale Hornets |
| W Unsworth | Wigan |
| J C Gould | Liverpool |
| H Case | Swinton |
| G Woodward | Tyldesley |
| J Jolley | Warrington |
| A Ashworth | Rochdale Hornets |
| R P Wilson | Liverpool Old Boys |

* 13 January 1894

| Somerset | 0-27 (HT 0-16) | Yorkshire |
| - | - | - |
| | | Try: Rigg, Bradshaw, Walsh (2), Firth (2) Con: Lockwood, Sharpe (2) |

* Weston Super Mare

| A H Westcott | Bridgwater |
| - | - |
| W Pattison | Bath |
| Rogerson | Bath |
| L E Duckworth | Weston |
| W H Calverwell | Bridgwater |
| Vincent | Bath |
| Gilmore | Bridgwater |
| F Soane (capt) | Bath |
| Durie | Taunton |
| Vernon | Wellington RFC |
| J Taylor | Wellington RFC |
| B Morris | Taunton |
| R E Belasiegle | Yeovil RFC |
| H G Barham | Bridgwater |
| P J Ebdon | Wellington RFC |
| A. Ward | Bradford |
| Richard Lockwood (c) | Heckmondwike |
| B. Sharpe | Liversedge |
| Frederick Firth | Halifax |
| A. Davey | Normanton |
| Robert Wood | Liversedge |
| Archie Rigg | Halifax |
| John Toothill | Bradford |
| J. Melvin | Leeds |
| Harry Bradshaw | Bramley |
| Harry Speed | Castleford |
| J. Nowell | Castleford |
| William Walton | Castleford |
| O. Walsh | Hunslet |
| Fred Clegg | Manningham |

* 7 February 1894

| Yorkshire | 9-0 (HT 9-0) | Midland Counties |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Broadley, Davey, Toothill | | |

* Fartown Ground, Huddersfield Attendance: 3000 Referee: Higson (Lancashire)

| A. Ward | Bradford |
| - | - |
| Richard Lockwood (c) | Heckmondwike |
| B. Sharp | Liversedge |
| Frederick Firth | Halifax |
| A. Davey | Normanton |
| Robert Wood | Liversedge |
| J. Ingham | Otley |
| John Toothill | Bradford |
| Tom Broadley | Bingley |
| Harry Bradshaw | Bramley |
| Harry Speed | Castleford |
| J. Nowell | Castleford |
| William Walton | Castleford |
| O. Walsh | Hunslet |
| Alf Barracough | Manningham |
| J F Byrne | Moseley |
| A Fox (capt) | Old Edwardians |
| H P Reynolds | Stratford |
| A H Frith | Coventry |
| F R Lovitt | Coventry |
| B Burke | Coventry |
| A Slater | Coventry |
| J J Robinson | Burton |
| A W Gorton | Burton |
| B H Cattell | Moseley |
| G Carpenter | Coventry |
| R W Hunt | Rugby |
| A E Cooke | Leicester |
| E R Lycet | Moseley |
| G Jones | Worcester |
