1975–76 Rugby Union County Championship Explained

1975–76 County Championship
Champions:	Gloucestershire
Count:	13
Runnersup:	Middlesex
Prevseason:	1974–75
Nextseason:	1976–77

The 1975–76 Rugby Union County Championship was the 76th edition of England's County Championship rugby union club competition.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Gloucestershire won their 13th title after defeating Middlesex in the final.^[4] ^[5]

First round

width=20	Pos	width=250	Northern Group	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1	Lancashire +	5	4	0	1	75	65	8
2	Cheshire	5	4	0	1	87	72	8
3		5	3	0	2	82	42	6
4	Yorkshire	5	3	0	2	70	57	6
5		5	1	0	4	67	87	2
6	Durham	5	0	0	5	41	99	0

+ Lancashire won play off 13-3

width=20	Pos	width=250	Midland Group	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1	North Midlands	5	4	1	0	98	51	9
2	Warwickshire	5	4	0	1	104	60	8
3	Leicestershire	5	3	1	1	107	82	7
4		5	2	0	3	90	76	4
5	Staffordshire	5	1	0	4	46	117	2
6	East Midlands	5	0	0	5	59	118	0

width=20	Pos	width=250	South East Group	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		5	5	0	0	198	27	10
2	Surrey	5	3	0	2	128	63	6
3		5	3	0	2	101	68	6
4	Kent	5	3	0	2	89	94	6
5	Sussex	5	1	0	4	53	196	2
6		5	0	0	5	47	168	0

width=20	Pos	width=250	South-West Group	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		3	3	0	0	58	21	6
2		3	2	0	1	48	32	4
3	Devon	3	1	0	2	30	57	2
4		3	0	0	3	26	52	0

width=20	Pos	width=250	Southern Group	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		4	3	0	1	89	37	6
2		4	2	0	2	52	42	4
3		4	2	0	2	58	64	4
4		4	2	0	2	53	89	4
5		4	1	0	3	26	46	2

Second round

width=120	Venue	width=150	Team One	width=150	Team Two	width=100	Score
Croxley Green	Hertfordshire	Gloucestershire	7-29

Semi finals

width=70	Venue	width=120	Venue	width=150	Team One	width=150	Team Two	width=100	Score
28 Feb	Bristol	Gloucestershire	Lancashire	15-7
7 Feb	Moseley	North Midlands	Middlesex	9-20

Final


15	David Whibley	Richmond
14	Colin Lambert	Harlequins
13		London Scottish
12	Alan Friell (capt)	London Scottish
11		Borough Road College
10	A J M Young
9		London Scottish
8		Rosslyn Park
7	Bob Mordell	Rosslyn Park
6	Adrian Alexander	Harlequins
5		Richmond
4		Richmond
3	B J Adam	Wasps
2	G G Bignell	Wasps
1	Lee Barlow	Rosslyn Park
Replacements:
16	P A Treseder	Rosslyn Park
17	A W Hill	Moseley
18	P Crerar	London Scottish
19	A V Boddy	Richmond
20	M F Claxton	Harlequins
21	Kevin Bowring	Borough Road College


15		Gloucester
14	Bob Clewes	Gloucester
13	John Bayliss (capt)	Gloucester
12	Chris J Williams	Bristol
11		Bristol
10		Gloucester
9		Gloucester
8		Bristol
7	Mike Rafter	Bristol
6		Gloucester
5	Roger Powell	Llanelli
4
3
2		Bristol
1		Cardiff
Replacements:
16	David Sorrell	Bristol
17	Richard Mogg
18	John Cannon	Clifton
19	Kenneth Phelps	Bristol
20	Alf Troughton	Bristol
21	John Haines

See also

Notes and References

Book: Jenkins, Vivian. Rothmans Rugby Yearbook. 1977. 1976. 114-119. Brickfield Publications Ltd. 0362-00281-9.
Web site: English County Championship. Rugby Football History.
Web site: The County Finals. County Rugby.com.
Web site: West, Peter. "Gloucestershire forwards and Butler hold the key." Times, 27 Mar. 1976, p. 18. Times Digital Archives.
Web site: West, Peter. "A gluttonous Butler helps himself to Richmond banquet." Times, 29 Mar. 1976, p. 9. Times Digital Archives.