County Championship 1897

Game 2

Cheshire 3 lost to Yorkshire 22

County Championship 1897/98
Game 2

Cheshire
3
22
Yorkshire
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/28376
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 6th November, 1897
Referee S Williams
Venue Edgeley Park (Stockport)
Crowd 5,500
Match Stats
Halftime Score 0 5
Cheshire Scoresheet Yorkshire
F SAVILLE T 2 JA RIGG
      FW COOPER
      GE MOSLEY
 
    G 4 FW COOPER
      Hubert LOCKWOOD
Cheshire Teams Yorkshire
S HOUGHTON 1 FB 1 J METCALFE
W ROBINSON 2 W 2 FW COOPER
F SAVILLE 3 C 3 Hubert LOCKWOOD
J BUTTERWORTH 4 C 4 B POLLARD
JD WATSON 5 W 5 WP DAVIES
 
J FAULKNER 6 FE 6 JA RIGG
Jim JOLLEY 7 HB 7 GE MOSLEY
 
A TAYLOR 8 FR 8 T BROADLEY
R REECE 9 HK 9 J GATH
S WALKER 10 FR 10 A KEMP
W MILLIGAN 11 2R 11 M SUTCLIFFE
W PALMER 12 2R 12 Anthony STARKS
H MOSS 13 L 13 W WALTON
 
H BURNETT 14 B 14 JW WARD
F INGHAM 15 B 15 H MILNES
   
 

Team Info

Cheshire

Previous Game:
County Championship 1897/98 - Game 1 vs. Lancashire
Next Game:
County Championship 1898/99 - Game 1 vs. Lancashire
Out:
W Worsley (wing), A Allen (halfback), J Mottershead (second row), S Hanson (bench), C Holmes (bench)
In:
S Houghton (fullback), JD Watson (wing), W Milligan (second row), W Palmer (second row), F Ingham (bench)
Changes:
Jim Jolley (fullback to halfback), H Moss (second row to lock), H Burnett (lock to bench)

Yorkshire

Previous Game:
County Championship 1896/97 - Game 3 vs. Lancashire
Next Game:
County Championship 1897/98 - Game 3 vs. Lancashire
Out:
GE Lorimer (fullback), J Brown (centre), F Firth (centre), A Hambrecht (wing), R Wood (five-eighth), G Kitson (front row), F Clegg (hooker), RE Sugden (lock), J Conley (bench), H Speed (bench)
In:
J Metcalfe (fullback), Hubert Lockwood (centre), B Pollard (centre), WP Davies (wing), GE Mosley (halfback), J Gath (hooker), A Kemp (front row), Anthony Starks (second row), JW Ward (bench), H Milnes (bench)
Changes:
JA Rigg (halfback to five-eighth), W Walton (second row to lock)

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Contributions: Bill Bates, Andrew Ferguson