1953–54 Rugby Union County Championship

1953–54 County Championship
1953–54 County Championship
Countries	England
Champions	Middlesex (3rd title)
Runners-up	Lancashire
	← 1952–53 1954–55 →

The 1953–54 Rugby Union County Championship was the 54th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Middlesex won the competition for the third time after defeating Lancashire in the final. Higgins was carried off on a stretcher early in the game which contributed to the heavy loss suffered by Lancashire.^[4]^[5]

Final[edit]

3 April 1954

Lancashire	6-24 (HT 3-14)	Middlesex
Pen: Griffiths (2)		Try: Roberts, Elgie, Baker, Syrett, Woodward Con: Elgie (3) Pen: Elgie

St Anthony's Road, Blundellsands
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: R J Dean (Warwickshire)


	Harry Scott	Manchester
	K Smith	Preston Grasshoppers
	F G Griffiths	Sale
	Pat Quinn	New Brighton
	Reginald C Bazley	Waterloo & Army
	Martin Regan	Liverpool
	Gordon Rimmer (capt)	Waterloo
	A Higgins	Army & Liverpool
	T Barker	Sale
	M W Jameson	Waterloo
	G G Twist	St Helens
	Ned Ashcroft	St Helens
	J Surrey	Waterloo
	N Slack	Waterloo
	D Chapman	Broughton Park


	G H Sullivan	London Welsh
	Ted Woodward	Wasps
	P Delight	Old Blues & Loughborough Coll
	M Elgie	London Scottish
	Jim Roberts	Old Millhillians
	Doug Baker	Old Merchant Taylors'
	Johnny Williams	Old Millhillians
	Ron Syrett	Wasps
	Jim Ritchie	London Irish
	Dyson Wilson (capt)	Metropolitan Police
	Robin Thompson	Instonians & London Irish
	Peter Yarranton	Wasps & R.A.F
	John H Smith	London Irish
	Nick Labuschagne	Guy's Hospital
	D H Murphy	St Mary's Hospital

References[edit]

^ Jenkins, Vivian (1976) [1975]. Rothmans Rugby Yearbook. Brickfield Publications Ltd. pp. 130–131. ISBN 0362-00221-5.
^ "English County Championship". Rugby Football History.
^ "The County Finals". County Rugby.com.
^ "FROM OUR RUGBY FOOTBALL CORRESPONDENT. "Rugby County Final." Times, 3 Apr. 1954, p. 3". Times Digital Archives.
^ "FROM OUR RUGBY FOOTBALL CORRESPONDENT. "Unhappy Day For Lancashire." Times, 5 Apr. 1954, p. 5". Times Digital Archives.

[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] "FROM OUR RUGBY FOOTBALL CORRESPONDENT. "Rugby County Final." Times, 3 Apr. 1954, p. 3". Times Digital Archives.

[5] "FROM OUR RUGBY FOOTBALL CORRESPONDENT. "Unhappy Day For Lancashire." Times, 5 Apr. 1954, p. 5". Times Digital Archives.

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