Herts/Middlesex 4 was a tier 12 English Rugby Union league that was organized by the London and South East Division Rugby Football Union. It was the fourth division competition for clubs in Hertfordshire and parts of north-west London that traditionally belonged to the historic county of Middlesex. Promoted teams moved up to Herts/Middlesex 3 and since the cancellation of Herts/Middlesex 5 there was no relegation.
It involved a number of formats over the years, switching between a single division and regional (north/south) divisions. Herts/Middlesex 4 folded at the end of the 2009-10 season with most teams being promoted automatically to Herts/Middlesex 3.
Participating Clubs 2009-10 British Airways Chess Valley GWR Harrow Hayes Northolt Southgate Sudbury & London Springboks
Original teams
When this division began in 1996 it contained the following teams:
Feltham - transferred from Middlesex 2 (8th) Hammersmith & Fulham - transferred from Middlesex 2 (9th) Hayes - transferred from Middlesex 2 (13th) London Cornish - transferred from Middlesex 3 (runners up) Old Ashmoleans - transferred from Hertfordshire 1 (8th) Old Grammarians transferred from Middlesex 3 (4th) Old Isleworthians - transferred from Middlesex 2 (10th) Old Standfordians - transferred from Hertfordshire 1 (6th) Pinner & Grammarians - transferred from Middlesex 2 (12th) Royal Hospitals - promoted from Middlesex 4 (champions) Royston - transferred from Hertfordshire 1 (7th) Southgate - transferred from Middlesex 3 (3rd)
Herts/Middlesex 4 honours Herts/Middlesex 4SeasonNo of TeamsChampionsRunners–upRelegated TeamsLeague Name 1996–97 12 Feltham London Cornish No relegation Herts/Middlesex 4 1997–98 8 Old Tottonians Old Streetonians No relegation Herts/Middlesex 4 North 8 Quintin British Airways No relegation Herts/Middlesex 4 South 1998–99 7 Chess Valley Cuffley No relegation Herts/Middlesex 4 North 6 London Tribes Pinner & Grammarians No relegation Herts/Middlesex 4 South 1999–00 6 Kilburn Cosmos Belsize Park No relegation Herts/Middlesex 4 North 6 GWR Orleans F.P. No relegation Herts/Middlesex 4 South 2000–01 7 Hatfield Q.E.II Hospital No relegation Herts/Middlesex 4 North 6 Osterley Belsize Park No relegation Herts/Middlesex 4 South 2001–02 6 Old Streetonians Royston No relegation Herts/Middlesex 4 North 7 Sudbury & London Springboks London Tribes No relegation Herts/Middlesex 4 South 2002–03 7 Southgate Wealdstone No relegation Herts/Middlesex 4 North 6 Ickenham Quintin No relegation Herts/Middlesex 4 South 2003–04 6 Old Ashmoleans Hackney No relegation Herts/Middlesex 4 North 5 British Airways GWR No relegation Herts/Middlesex 4 South 2005–07 No competition 2008–09 8 Hatfield Pinner & Grammarians No relegation Herts/Middlesex 42009–10 6 Harrow Chess Valley No relegation Herts/Middlesex 4 Green backgrounds are promotion places.
Number of league titles
Hatfield (2) British Airways (1) Chess Valley (1) Feltham (1) GWR (1) Harrow (1) Ickenham (1) Kilburn Cosmos (1) London Tribes (1) Old Ashmoleans (1) Old Streetonians (1) Old Tottonians (1) Osterley (1) Quintin (1) Southgate (1) Sudbury & London Springboks (1)
Notes
See also London & SE Division RFU Hertfordshire RFU Middlesex RFU English rugby union system Rugby union in England
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