title: 1902–03 Rugby Union County Championship
text: # 1902–03 Rugby Union County Championship
  
  The 1902–03 Rugby Union County Championship was the 15th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.
  
  Durham won the competition for the third time defeating Kent in the final.
  
  ## Final
  
  * 4 April 1903
  
  | Durham | 4-3 | Kent |
  | - | - | - |
  | Drop: Jack Taylor | | Try: 1 x try |
  
  * Victoria Park (Hartlepool)
  
  | Bob Poole (capt) | Hartlepool Old Boys |
  | - | - |
  | E W Elliott | Sunderland |
  | Norman Cox | Sunderland |
  | Jack Taylor | West Hartlepool |
  | Phil Clarkson | Sunderland |
  | E J Joicey | Rockliff |
  | Jack Knaggs | Hartlepool Rovers |
  | Bob Bradley | West Hartlepool |
  | Jim Auton | West Hartlepool |
  | Joe Booth | West Hartlepool |
  | Jimmy Duthie | West Hartlepool |
  | George Summerscales | Durham City |
  | T Bell | Tudhoe |
  | George Carter | Hartlepool Rovers |
  | L Hopper | Westoe |
  | J G Gibson | London Scottish |
  | W Llewellyn | London Welsh |
  | Reg Skrimshire | Blackheath |
  | A. B. O'Brien | Guy's Hospital |
  | Pat McEvedy | Guy's Hospital |
  | Ted Dillon | Harlequins |
  | A Brown | Blackheath |
  | T Balkwill | Catford Bridge |
  | Bernard Charles Hartley (capt) | Blackheath |
  | R. F. Hobbs | Blackheath |
  | A J Turner | Blackheath |
  | Charles Joseph Newbold | Blackheath |
  | William Cave | Blackheath & Cambridge University |
  | Norman Spicer | Old Leysians & Cambridge University |
  | R. H. Fox | Harlequins |
  