Cheshire vs. Cumberland

Previous Game:: County Championship 1898/99 - Game 2 vs. Yorkshire
Next Game:: [no comp] - 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)

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)

Cheshire	4	–	3	Cumberland
Match Stats
Halftime Score	2	–	3
Match Scoresheet
		T		J YOUNG

F SAVILLE	2	G
Teams
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

Contributions: Bill Bates, Andrew Ferguson