title: 1956–57 Rugby Union County Championship
text: # 1956–57 Rugby Union County Championship
  
  The 1956–57 Rugby Union County Championship was the 57th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.
  
  Devon won the competition for the seventh time (but first since 1912) after defeating Yorkshire in the final.
  
  ## Final
  
  * 9 March 1957
  
  | Devon | 12-3 (HT 3-0) | Yorkshire |
  | - | - | - |
  | Try: Blackmore, Ridd, Homer Pen: Blackmore | | Pen: Sykes |
  
  * Home Park, Plymouth Referee: Dr P F Cooper (London Society)
  
  | C T Bowen | Newton Abbot |
  | - | - |
  | J L Stark | Exeter |
  | G Williams | St Lukes College |
  | W J Glastonbury | Plymouth Albion |
  | M J Blackmore | Barnstaple |
  | B E Jones | St Lukes College |
  | D B Rees | RFC Neath |
  | G E R Ridd (capt) | Torquay Athletic |
  | B R Homer | Exeter |
  | D R Main | St Lukes College |
  | R L Ellis | Plymouth Albion |
  | W L Copley | Devonport Services |
  | F A Prosser | Devonport Services |
  | Dick Manley | Exeter |
  | B Sparks | St Lukes College |
  | O Grieveson | Headingley |
  | Frank Sykes | Northampton |
  | Jeff Butterfield (capt) | Northampton |
  | R R Winn | Northampton |
  | P H Thompson | Headingley |
  | Phil Horrocks-Taylor | Cambridge Univ & Halifax |
  | Dennis Shuttleworth | Waterloo |
  | R G Porrisse | Sale |
  | T B Ramsden | Bradford |
  | D B Holdsworth | Otley |
  | D T 'Squire' Wilkins | United Services |
  | N W Feather | Roundhay |
  | A A Chappell | Roundhay |
  | Phil Taylor | Northampton |
  | C E Heighton | Bradford |
  