The 1895–96 Rugby Union County Championship was the eighth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at that time. The competition was reorganised with a reduction of groups from four to three, and the winners of the south-east and south-west groups competing in a play-off for the right to play the northern group winners in the final. This was the third format of the competition.
Yorkshire won the competition for the seventh time defeating Surrey in the final.
Group stage Northern group Northern group P W D L Pts Yorkshire 6 6 0 0 12 Lancashire 6 5 0 1 10 Cumberland 6 3 1 2 7 Durham 6 3 1 2 7 Northumberland 6 2 0 4 4 Westmorland 6 1 0 5 2 Cheshire 6 0 0 6 0
South-eastern group South-eastern group P W D L F A Pts Surrey 4 3 1 0 46127 Midland Counties 4 2 11 4022 5 Kent 3 1 0 2 14362 Middlesex 3 0 0 3 13430
South-western group South-western group P W D L F A Pts Devon 3 3 0 0 43 8 6 Somerset 3 2 0 1 28 6 4 Gloucestershire 3 1 0 2 18 41 2 Cornwall 3 0 0 3 3 37 0
Southern Play Off match Date Venue Team One Team Two Score30 Jan Richmond Surrey Devon 16-0
Final
K B Alexander Guy's Hospital Clifford Wells Harlequins H N Clarke Harlequins & Guy's Hospital William Henry Thorman Richmond H T Wallis Cambridge University & Blackheath Cyril Wells Harlequins J H Curtis RIE College S B Peech (capt) Harlequins William Ashford Richmond H W Dudgeon Richmond J H Kipling Thornton Heath D H Helps Croydon Frederick Lohden Blackheath R W Hunt Harlequins F H Todd RIE College C E Dixon Alverthorpe Ernest Fookes Sowerby Bridge S Murritt Kingston Rovers W Murgatroyd Idle A Hambrecht Bramley Harry Myers Bramley George Mosley Leeds Parish Church Tom Broadley (capt) Bingley Jack Rhodes Castleford Anthony Starks Castleford Harry Speed Castleford J W Ward Castleford J Conley Leeds Parish Church W Duke Holbeck H E Barrington Bingley
See also English rugby union system Rugby union in England
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