County Championship 1898

Game 4

Cheshire 4 def. Cumberland 3

County Championship 1898/99
Game 4

Cheshire
4
3
Cumberland
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/28381
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 19th November, 1898
Referee JH Smith
Venue Irwell Lane (Runcorn)
Crowd 1,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 2 3
Cheshire Scoresheet Cumberland
    T J YOUNG
 
F SAVILLE 2 G    
Cheshire Teams Cumberland
S HOGGARTH 1 FB 1 WG EAGER
J WORSLEY 2 W 2 J YOUNG
T WARDER 3 C 3 T FLETCHER
W ROBINSON 4 C 4 J WHITEHEAD
F SAVILLE 5 W 5 W MANDLE
 
J FINDLOW 6 FE 6 S NORTHMORE
W BOOTH 7 HB 7 J WHARTON
 
J DAVIDSON 8 FR 8 E KNOWLES
W SIMISTER 9 HK 9 WP ROBINSON
A TAYLOR 10 FR 10 D WILSON
F GAYTER 11 2R 11 M LINTON
W LIGHTFOOT 12 2R 12 W YOUNG
S WALKER 13 L 13 H NIXON
 
C HOLMES 14 B 14 J McLAUGHLIN
F WARD 15 B 15 J ATKINSON
   
 

Team Info

Cheshire

Previous Game:
County Championship 1898/99 - Game 2 vs. Yorkshire
Next Game:
County Championship 1899/00 - Game 1 vs. Cumberland
Out:
S Houghton (fullback), B Murphy (wing), G Robinson (five-eighth), Jim Jolley (halfback), W Milligan (lock), F Fields (bench)
In:
S Hoggarth (fullback), T Warder (centre), J Findlow (five-eighth), W Booth (halfback), W Simister (hooker), F Ward (bench)
Changes:
W Robinson (wing to centre), J Worsley (centre to wing), F Saville (centre to wing), S Walker (front row to lock), A Taylor (hooker to front row), W Lightfoot (front row to second row), C Holmes (second row to bench), J Davidson (bench to front row)

Cumberland

Previous Game:
[no comp] - vs. Yorkshire
Next Game:
County Championship 1898/99 - Game 5 vs. Lancashire
In:
WG Eager (fullback), J Young (wing), T Fletcher (centre), J Whitehead (centre), W Mandle (wing), S Northmore (five-eighth), J Wharton (halfback), E Knowles (front row), WP Robinson (hooker), D Wilson (front row), M Linton (second row), W Young (second row), H Nixon (lock), J McLaughlin (bench), J Atkinson (bench)

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Contributions: Bill Bates, Andrew Ferguson