1897/98 County Championship

Team Info

Lancashire

Previous Game:

1896/97 County Championship - Game 3 vs. Yorkshire

Next Game:

1897/98 County Championship - Game 3 vs. Yorkshire

Out:

WH England (fullback), H Chapman (centre), R Holmes (wing), H Varley (halfback), E Bonser (hooker), W Robinson (second row), J Taylor (lock), J Simpson (bench), J Brown (bench)

In:

J Foulkes (fullback), R Messer (wing), T Martin (wing), B Griffiths (five-eighth), J Johnson (front row), F Hampson (hooker), J Williams (second row), J Worthington (second row), G Whitehead (bench)

Changes:

S Lees (wing to centre), A Lees (five-eighth to halfback), T Cleminson (front row to lock), R Edwards (second row to bench)

Cheshire

Previous Game:

1896/97 County Championship - Game 2 vs. Yorkshire

Next Game:

1897/98 County Championship - Game 2 vs. Yorkshire

Out:

Sam Houghton (fullback), T Richardson (wing), W Booth (halfback), W Lightfoot (front row), O Hughes (hooker), F Gayter (front row), A Garside (second row), Jimmy Langley (lock), T Gibson (bench)

In:

Jim Jolley (fullback), W Worsley (wing), J Faulkner (five-eighth), A Taylor (front row), R Reece (hooker), S Walker (front row), H Burnett (lock), S Hanson (bench), C Holmes (bench)

Changes:

A Allen (five-eighth to halfback), H Moss (bench to second row)