1952–53 Rugby Union County Championship

1952–53 County Championship
Countries	England
Champions	Yorkshire (10th title)
Runners-up	East Midlands

The 1952–53 Rugby Union County Championship was the 53rd edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Yorkshire won the competition for the tenth time (but the first since 1928) after defeating East Midlands in the final.

Final

14 March 1953

Yorkshire	11–3	East Midlands
Try: Mitchell Con: King Pen: King (2)		Try: Macnally

Bradford

Ian King Harrogate Frank Sykes Huddersfield D Greenwood Halifax Jeff Butterfield Cleckheaton A Wood Headingley D Hopper Harrogate Dennis Shuttleworth Headingley W Donnelly Otley N Mackie Otley R G Porrisse Sale Squire Wilkins (capt) Roundhay R J Robins Royal Signals R Cross Leeds University Phil Taylor Wakefield G Mitchell Halifax

J Hodgkins Northampton N Bailey Northampton Alan C Towell Bedford Lewis Cannell St Mary's Hospital D Macnally Northampton R H Haynes Bedford F M Fletcher Bedford Mike Berridge Northampton Trevor Smith Northampton Ron Jacobs Northampton R C Hawkes Northampton John Bance Bedford P S Collingridge Bedford Vic Leadbetter Cambridge University Don White (capt) Northampton

See also

• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England