County Championship 1896

Game 2

Yorkshire 17 def. Cheshire 10

County Championship 1896/97
Game 2

Yorkshire
17
10
Cheshire
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/28370
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 7th November, 1896
Referee W Dillon
Venue Boulevard (Hull)
Crowd 5,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 12 4
Yorkshire Scoresheet Cheshire
F CLEGG T W BOOTH
A HAMBRECHT   J MOTTERSHEAD
G KITSON      
R SUNDERLAND      
 
Albert GOLDTHORPE 2 G    
 
    FG F SAVILLE
Yorkshire Teams Cheshire
GE LORIMER 1 FB 1 S HOUGHTON
FW COOPER 2 W 2 T RICHARDSON
Albert GOLDTHORPE 3 C 3 J BUTTERWORTH
F FIRTH 4 C 4 F SAVILLE
A HAMBRECHT 5 W 5 W ROBINSON
 
R SUNDERLAND 6 FE 6 A ALLEN
JA RIGG 7 HB 7 W BOOTH
 
G KITSON 8 FR 8 W LIGHTFOOT
F CLEGG 9 HK 9 O HUGHES
O WALSH 10 FR 10 F GAYTER
W WALTON 11 2R 11 J MOTTERSHEAD
H SPEED 12 2R 12 A GARSIDE
RE SUGDEN 13 L 13 J LANGLEY
 
J CONLEY 14 B 14 T GIBSON
RJ ROBERTSON 15 B 15 H MOSS
   
 

Team Info

Yorkshire

Previous Game:
County Championship 1895/96 - Game 6 vs. Lancashire
Next Game:
County Championship 1896/97 - Game 3 vs. Lancashire
Out:
J Brown (centre), A Boothroyd (wing), R Wood (five-eighth), M Shackleton (front row), Robert Gregg (front row), Jack Riley (second row), L Donkin (lock), TH Hughes (bench)
In:
FW Cooper (wing), A Hambrecht (wing), R Sunderland (five-eighth), G Kitson (front row), H Speed (second row), RE Sugden (lock), J Conley (bench), RJ Robertson (bench)
Changes:
Albert Goldthorpe (wing to centre), O Walsh (second row to front row), W Walton (bench to second row)

Cheshire

Previous Game:
County Championship 1896/97 - Game 1 vs. Lancashire
Next Game:
County Championship 1897/98 - Game 1 vs. Lancashire
Out:
G Robinson (wing), P Sands (centre), T Warder (wing), J Faulkner (halfback), W Faulkner (front row), S Walker (second row), ? Longthorpe (second row), H Farmer (bench)
In:
S Houghton (fullback), T Richardson (wing), W Robinson (wing), W Booth (halfback), W Lightfoot (front row), O Hughes (hooker), F Gayter (front row), T Gibson (bench)
Changes:
F Saville (fullback to centre), J Mottershead (hooker to second row), A Garside (front row to second row)

Match Notes

Goldthorpe kicked a penalty goal, which was worth 3 points at the time.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Bill Bates, Andrew Ferguson