title: 1898–99 Rugby Union County Championship
text: # 1898–99 Rugby Union County Championship
  
  The 1898–99 Rugby Union County Championship was the 11th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.
  
  Devon won the competition for the first time defeating Northumberland in the final.
  
  ## Final
  
  * 10 April 1899
  
  | Northumberland | 0-5 (HT 0-0) | Devon |
  | - | - | - |
  | | | Try: Dunn Con: Powell |
  
  * Jesmond, Newcastle Attendance: 6,000
  
  | P Moran | Wallsend |
  | - | - |
  | G C Robinson | Percy Park RFC |
  | W Bates | Percy Park |
  | W G Batey | South Shields |
  | F Stone | Percy Park |
  | C Russell | Rockliff |
  | W Owen | Rockliff |
  | H W Dudgeon | Northern |
  | G Gibson | Northern |
  | R W Bell | Northern |
  | C O P Gibson | Northern |
  | J H Greenwell | Rockliff |
  | F J Bell | Rockliff |
  | Finlay | West Hartlepool |
  | J Nesbit | Percy Park |
  | F L Hitt | Exeter |
  | S F Cooper | R.N.E College |
  | J C Matters | R.N.E College |
  | W S Boyle | Barnstaple |
  | Cliff Bowen | Devonport Albion |
  | J Jones | Unattached |
  | T Dunn | Torquay Athletic |
  | C Thomas | Barnstaple |
  | D Hellings | Llwynpia |
  | W Spiers | Devonport Albion |
  | H Gordon | R.N.E College |
  | J Powell | Exeter |
  | A Brock | Exeter |
  | Denys Dobson | Newton Abbot & Oxford University |
  | D Roberts | R.N.E College |
  