title: 1899–1900 Rugby Union County Championship
text: # 1899–1900 Rugby Union County Championship
  
  The 1898–99 Rugby Union County Championship was the 12th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.
  
  Durham won the competition for the first time defeating Devon in the final.
  
  ## Final
  
  * 8 April 1900
  
  | Devon | 3-11 | Durham |
  | - | - | - |
  | Try: Thomas | | Try: Carmidy |
  
  * Exeter Attendance: 10,000-13,000 Referee: E B Holmes (Midland Counties)
  
  | A Richards | Barnstaple |
  | - | - |
  | S F Cooper | R.N.E College |
  | T Mills | Plymouth |
  | H J Vyvyan | Albion |
  | H B J Taylor | Newton Abbot |
  | J Jones | Unattached |
  | T Dunn | Torquay Athletic |
  | Charlie Thomas (capt) | Barnstaple |
  | A O'Neill | Torquay Athletic |
  | W Spiers | Devonport Albion |
  | P Baron | Sidmouth |
  | J Powell | Exeter |
  | C Avery | Plymouth |
  | Denys Dobson | Newton Abbot & Oxford University |
  | E W Roberts | R.N.E College |
  | J Hegg | West Hartlepool |
  | W Taylor | Tudhoe |
  | J Gordon | Tudhoe |
  | W S Cox | Sunderland |
  | E W Elliott | Sunderland |
  | W Moffatt | Sunderland |
  | H Gibbon | Hamsteels |
  | J Frater | Tudhoe |
  | J Carmidy | Tudhoe |
  | A Stephenson | Tudhoe |
  | G Richardson | Tudhoe |
  | G Summerscales | Durham City |
  | G H Lewis | West Hartlepool |
  | G Simms | West Hartlepool |
  | Hamm | Tudhoe |
  