Middlesex 4

{{short description|English rugby union league}}

{{citation style|date=October 2020}}

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|name = Middlesex 4

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|sport = Rugby union

|teams = 6

|founded = {{Start date and age|1988}}

|folded = {{Start date and age|1996}}

|country = {{ENG}}

|champion = Royal Hospitals (1st title)

|season = 1995–96)
(promoted to Herts/Middlesex 4

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}}

Middlesex 4 was an English level 13 Rugby Union league with teams from north-west London taking part. Promoted teams moved up to Middlesex 3 and since the cancellation of Middlesex 5 at the end of the 1991–92 season there was no relegation. The division was cancelled in at the end of the 1995–96 campaign after nine seasons due to the merger of the Hertfordshire and Middlesex regional leagues.

Original teams

When the division was created in 1988 it contained the following teams:

Middlesex 4 honours

The original Middlesex 4 was a tier 11 league. Promotion was up to Middlesex 3 and relegation was down to Middlesex 5.

=Middlesex 4 (1988–1992)=

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| style="border:0;"|Middlesex 4

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! style="background:#efefef; width:80px;"|Season

! style="background:#efefef; width:50px;"|No of Teams

! style="background:#efefef; width:175px;"|Champions

! style="background:#efefef; width:175px;"|Runners–up

! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Relegated Teams

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| 1988–89{{cite book|last1=|first1=|title=Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1989-90|date=1990|publisher=|location=|isbn=|pages=}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Bank of England || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Meadhurst || S.T. and C., Hayes

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| 1989–90{{cite book|last1=|first1=|title=Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1990-91|date=1991|publisher=|location=|isbn=|pages=}} || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Enfield Ignatians || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Roxeth Manor Old Boys || Actonians, Royal Free Hospital

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| 1990–91{{cite book|last1=|first1=|title=Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1991-92|date=1992|publisher=|location=|isbn=|pages=}} || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| HAC || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Feltham || Hayes

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| 1991–92{{cite book|last1=|first1=|title=Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1992-93|date=1993|publisher=|location=|isbn=|pages=}} || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Actonians{{efn|Champions Actonians were promoted two levels up into Middlesex 2 due to restructuring as a result of the introduction of the new Herts/Middlesex division for the following season.}} || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Belsize Park{{efn|Runners up Belsize Park along with 3rd and 4th placed Barclays Bank and London Cornish were also promoted two levels up into Middlesex 1. Teams ranked 5th to 11th were promoted into Middlesex 3 as part of the league restructuring.}} || No relegation{{efn|The cancellation of Middlesex 5 at the end of the season meant there was no relegation.}}

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| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.

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=Middlesex 4 (1992–1996)=

The creation of Herts/Middlesex at the beginning of the 1992–93 season meant that Middlesex 4 dropped to become a tier 12 league. The introduction of National 5 South for the 1993–94 season meant that Middlesex 4 dropped another level to become a tier 13 league for the years that National 5 South was active. Promotion continued to Middlesex 3 but the cancellation of Middlesex 5 at the end of the 1991–92 season meant there was no longer relegation. The merging of the Hertfordshire and Middlesex regional divisions at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that Middlesex 4 was cancelled.

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| style="border:0;"|Middlesex 3

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! style="background:#efefef; width:80px;"|Season

! style="background:#efefef; width:50px;"|No of Teams

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! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Relegated Teams

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| 1992–93{{cite book|last1=|first1=|title=Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1993-94|date=1994|publisher=|location=|isbn=|pages=}} || style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| London Nigerian || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| London Exiles || No relegation

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| 1993–94{{cite book|last1=|first1=|title=Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994-95|date=1995|publisher=|location=|isbn=|pages=}} || style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| London French || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Southgate || No relegation

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| 1994–95{{cite book|last1=|first1=|title=Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1995-96|date=1996|publisher=|location=|isbn=|pages=}} || style="text-align: center;"| 8 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Quintin || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| British Airways || No relegation

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| 1995–96{{cite book|last1=|first1=|title=Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1996-97|date=1997|publisher=|location=|isbn=|pages=}} || style="text-align: center;"| 6 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Royal Hospitals || Middlesex Hospital || No relegation

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| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.

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Number of league titles

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Notes

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See also

References

{{Reflist|3}}

{{Rugby union in England}}

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Category:Defunct rugby union leagues in England

Category:Rugby union in Middlesex