1989–90 Rugby Union County Championship Explained

1989–90 Toshiba County Championship
Champions:	Lancashire
Count:	14
Runnersup:	Middlesex
Prevseason:	1988–89
Nextseason:	1990–91

The 1989–90 Toshiba Rugby Union County Championship was the 90th edition of England's County Championship rugby union club competition.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Lancashire won their 14th title after defeating Middlesex in the final.

First Round

width=20	Pos	width=250	Northern Division	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		5	4	0	1	139	35	8
2		5	4	0	1	121	77	8
3	Northumberland	5	3	1	1	80	43	7
4		5	2	0	3	89	134	4
5	Durham	5	1	1	3	79	102	3
6	Cheshire	5	0	0	5	40	159	0

width=20	Pos	width=250	Midlands Group A	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1	Staffordshire	2	2	0	0	30	18	4
2		2	1	0	1	37	38	2
3		2	0	0	2	35	46	0

width=20	Pos	width=250	Midlands Group B	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		2	2	0	0	25	20	4
2	Warwickshire	2	1	0	1	34	26	2
3		2	0	0	2	18	31	0

width=20	Pos	width=250	London Group A	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1	Middlesex	2	2	0	0	39	21	4
2		2	0	1	1	30	31	1
3	Kent	2	0	1	1	9	26	1

width=20	Pos	width=250	London Group B	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	48	11	6
2		3	2	0	1	53	26	4
3	Surrey	3	1	0	2	38	45	2
4		3	0	0	3	22	79	0

width=20	Pos	width=250	South-West Division 1	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1	Cornwall	3	2	1	0	106	34	5
2	Berkshire	3	1	1	1	35	33	3
3	Gloucestershire	3	1	0	2	53	69	2
4	Dorset & Wilts	3	1	0	2	32	90	2

Second Round

width=150	Team One	width=150	Team Two	width=100	Score
Notts, Lincs & Derby	North Midlands	7-29
Staffordshire	Warwickshire	19-23

Third Round

width=150	Team One	width=150	Team Two	width=100	Score
Middlesex	Hampshire	16-13
North Midlands	Warwickshire	12-29

Semi finals

width=80	Date	width=120	Venue	width=150	Team One	width=150	Team Two	width=100	Score
3 Mar	Redruth	Cornwall	Middlesex+	15-15
3 Mar	Orrell	Lancashire	Warwickshire	26-14

+ won by virtue of scoring more tries

Final


	S Langford	Orrell
		Orrell
	B Wellens	Liverpool St Helens
	M Fielden	Fylde
	Brendan Hanavan	Fylde
	M Strett	Orrell
		Liverpool St Helens
	M Hynes	Orrell
	N Hitchen	Orrell
	Sammy Southern (capt)	Orrell
	Bob Kimmins	Orrell
		Orrell
	Sean Gallager	Waterloo
	C Cusani	Orrell
	P Manley	Orrell


	S Robinson	Saracens
	M Wedderburn
	G Leleu	London Welsh

		Wasps
	Adrian Thompson
	Floyd Steadman (capt)	Saracens
	G Holmes	Wasps
	J McFarland	Saracens
	P Curtis
	J Fowler
	S Dear	Rosslyn Park

	L Adamson	Saracens
		Wasps
Replacements:
	M Hobley	Coventry (for Curtis)

Notes and References

Book: Jones, Stephen. Rothmans Rugby Yearbook. 1991. 1990. 147-153. Rothmans Publications Ltd. 0-356-19162-1.
Web site: English County Championship. Rugby Football History.
Web site: The County Finals. County Rugby.com.