County Championship
Watersheddings, Oldham, England
Referee:  Unknown
Head 2 Head
Previous Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Season
17 Oct 1896Cheshire0 - 8Lancashire1896-97
29 Jan 1896Lancashire3 - 0Cheshire1895-96
21 Oct 1895Cheshire0 - 6Lancashire1895-96
Lancashire Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Tom Foulkes (St. Helens)        
2 Bobby Messer (Swinton)        
3 Sam Lees (Oldham)        
4 Jim Valentine (Swinton)   1   2
5 Tom Martin (Oldham) 3     9
6 Ben Griffiths (Salford)        
7 Arthur Lees (Oldham)        
8 Jack Johnson (Swinton)        
9 Fred Hampson (Widnes)        
10 Kitty Briers (St. Helens)        
11 Jack Williams (Salford)        
12 Joe Worthington (Tyldesley)        
13 Tom Cleminson (Broughton Rangers)        
14 Bob Edwards (Oldham)        
15 George Whitehead (Broughton Rangers)        
Total:        
3 1 0 11
Cheshire Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Jimmy Jolley (Runcorn)23        
2 Billy Robinson (Stockport) 1     3
3 Fred Saville (Stockport) 1 1   5
4 James Butterworth (Runcorn)   1   2
5 Jim Worsley (Stockport)        
6 Jack Faulkner (Runcorn)        
7 Arthur Allen (Stockport)        
8 Alf Taylor (Runcorn)        
9 Richard Rees (Runcorn)        
10 Sam Walker (Runcorn)        
11 Harry Moss (Stockport)        
12 Jack Mottershead (Stockport)        
13 Harry Barnett (Altrincham)        
14 Sam Hanson (Altrincham)        
15 Charlie Holmes (Birkenhead Wanderers)        
Total:        
2 2 0 10



    Note: Those players whose number appears in bracketed italics are non-playing substitutes.