The 1952–53 Rugby Union County Championship was the 53rd edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.

Yorkshire won the competition for the tenth time (but the first since 1928) after defeating East Midlands in the final.

Final

14 March 1953
Yorkshire11–3East Midlands
Try: Mitchell Con: King Pen: King (2)Try: Macnally
Bradford
Ian King Harrogate Frank Sykes Huddersfield D Greenwood Halifax Jeff Butterfield Cleckheaton A Wood Headingley D Hopper Harrogate Dennis Shuttleworth Headingley W Donnelly Otley N Mackie Otley R G Porrisse Sale Squire Wilkins (capt) Roundhay R J Robins Royal Signals R Cross Leeds University Phil Taylor Wakefield G Mitchell HalifaxJ Hodgkins Northampton N Bailey Northampton Alan C Towell Bedford Lewis Cannell St Mary's Hospital D Macnally Northampton R H Haynes Bedford F M Fletcher Bedford Mike Berridge Northampton Trevor Smith Northampton Ron Jacobs Northampton R C Hawkes Northampton John Bance Bedford P S Collingridge Bedford Vic Leadbetter Cambridge University Don White (capt) Northampton
Ian KingHarrogate
Frank SykesHuddersfield
D GreenwoodHalifax
Jeff ButterfieldCleckheaton
A WoodHeadingley
D HopperHarrogate
Dennis ShuttleworthHeadingley
W DonnellyOtley
N MackieOtley
R G PorrisseSale
Squire Wilkins (capt)Roundhay
R J RobinsRoyal Signals
R CrossLeeds University
Phil TaylorWakefield
G MitchellHalifax
J HodgkinsNorthampton
N BaileyNorthampton
Alan C TowellBedford
Lewis CannellSt Mary's Hospital
D MacnallyNorthampton
R H HaynesBedford
F M FletcherBedford
Mike BerridgeNorthampton
Trevor SmithNorthampton
Ron JacobsNorthampton
R C HawkesNorthampton
John BanceBedford
P S CollingridgeBedford
Vic LeadbetterCambridge University
Don White (capt)Northampton

See also