Herts/Middlesex 4 Explained

Herts/Middlesex 4
Sport:	Rugby Union
Teams:	6
Champion:	Harrow (1st title)
Season:	2009–10) (promoted to Herts/Middlesex 3
Most Champs:	Hatfield
Count:	2
Website:	clubs.rfu.com

Herts/Middlesex 4 was a tier 12 English Rugby Union league that was organized by the London and South East Division Rugby Football Union. It was the fourth division competition for clubs in Hertfordshire and parts of north-west London that traditionally belonged to the historic county of Middlesex. Promoted teams moved up to Herts/Middlesex 3 and since the cancellation of Herts/Middlesex 5 there was no relegation.

It involved a number of formats over the years, switching between a single division and regional (north/south) divisions. Herts/Middlesex 4 folded at the end of the 2009-10 season with most teams being promoted automatically to Herts/Middlesex 3.

Participating Clubs 2009-10

• British Airways
• Chess Valley
• GWR
• Harrow
• Hayes
• Northolt
• Southgate
• Sudbury & London Springboks

Original teams

When this division began in 1996 it contained the following teams:

• Feltham - transferred from Middlesex 2 (8th)
• Hammersmith & Fulham - transferred from Middlesex 2 (9th)
• Hayes - transferred from Middlesex 2 (13th)
• London Cornish - transferred from Middlesex 3 (runners up)
• Old Ashmoleans - transferred from Hertfordshire 1 (8th)
• Old Grammarians transferred from Middlesex 3 (4th)
• Old Isleworthians - transferred from Middlesex 2 (10th)
• Old Standfordians - transferred from Hertfordshire 1 (6th)
• Pinner & Grammarians - transferred from Middlesex 2 (12th)
• Royal Hospitals - promoted from Middlesex 4 (champions)
• Royston - transferred from Hertfordshire 1 (7th)
• Southgate - transferred from Middlesex 3 (3rd)

Herts/Middlesex 4 honours

<											----> Herts/Middlesex 4
Season	No of Teams	Champions	Runners–up	Relegated Teams	League Name
1996–97	12	Feltham		No relegation	Herts/Middlesex 4
1997–98	8	Old Tottonians	Old Streetonians	No relegation	Herts/Middlesex 4 North
	8	Quintin		No relegation	Herts/Middlesex 4 South
1998–99^[1]	7	Chess Valley		No relegation	Herts/Middlesex 4 North
	6	London Tribes		No relegation	Herts/Middlesex 4 South
1999–00^[2]	6	Kilburn Cosmos		No relegation	Herts/Middlesex 4 North
	6	GWR		No relegation	Herts/Middlesex 4 South
2000–01^[3]	7	Hatfield		No relegation	Herts/Middlesex 4 North
	6	Osterley		No relegation	Herts/Middlesex 4 South
2001–02^[4]	6	Old Streetonians		No relegation	Herts/Middlesex 4 North
	7	Sudbury & London Springboks		No relegation	Herts/Middlesex 4 South
2002–03^[5]	7	Southgate		No relegation	Herts/Middlesex 4 North
	6	Ickenham		No relegation	Herts/Middlesex 4 South
2003–04^[6]	6	Old Ashmoleans		No relegation	Herts/Middlesex 4 North
	5	British Airways		No relegation	Herts/Middlesex 4 South
2005–07	No competition
2008–09^[7]	8	Hatfield		No relegation	Herts/Middlesex 4
2009–10^[8]	6	Harrow		No relegation	Herts/Middlesex 4
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Number of league titles

• Hatfield (2)
• British Airways (1)
• Chess Valley (1)
• Feltham (1)
• GWR (1)
• Harrow (1)
• Ickenham (1)
• Kilburn Cosmos (1)
• London Tribes (1)
• Old Ashmoleans (1)
• Old Streetonians (1)
• Old Tottonians (1)
• Osterley (1)
• Quintin (1)
• Southgate (1)
• Sudbury & London Springboks (1)

See also

• London & SE Division RFU
• Hertfordshire RFU
• Middlesex RFU
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1998-1999 London South-East Division. England Rugby. 9 February 2015.
2. Web site: 1999-2000 London South-East Division. England Rugby. 9 February 2015.
3. Web site: 2000-2001 London South-East Division. England Rugby. 9 February 2015.
4. Web site: 2001-2002 London South-East Division. England Rugby. 9 February 2015.
5. Web site: 2002-2003 London South-East Division. England Rugby. 9 February 2015.
6. Web site: 2003-2004 London South-East Division. England Rugby. 9 February 2015.
7. Web site: 2008-2009 London South-East Division. England Rugby. 9 February 2015.
8. Web site: 2009-2010 London South-East Division. England Rugby. 9 February 2015.