Sport | Rugby Union |
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Instituted | 1996 |
Ceased | 2010 |
Number of teams | 6 |
Country | ![]() |
Holders | Harrow (1st title) (2009–10) (promoted to Herts/Middlesex 3) |
Most titles | Hatfield (2 titles) |
Website | clubs.rfu.com |
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.
When this division began in 1996 it contained the following teams:
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | League Name | |||||||||
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1996–97 | 12 | Feltham [lower-alpha 2] | London Cornish [lower-alpha 3] | No relegation [lower-alpha 4] | 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 [1] | 7 | Chess Valley | Cuffley | No relegation | Herts/Middlesex 4 North | |||||||||
6 | London Tribes | Pinner & Grammarians | No relegation | Herts/Middlesex 4 South | ||||||||||
1999–00 [2] | 6 | Kilburn Cosmos | Belsize Park | No relegation | Herts/Middlesex 4 North | |||||||||
6 | GWR | Orleans F.P. | No relegation | Herts/Middlesex 4 South | ||||||||||
2000–01 [3] | 7 | Hatfield | Q.E.II Hospital | No relegation | Herts/Middlesex 4 North | |||||||||
6 | Osterley | Belsize Park | No relegation | Herts/Middlesex 4 South | ||||||||||
2001–02 [4] | 6 | Old Streetonians | Royston | No relegation | Herts/Middlesex 4 North | |||||||||
7 | Sudbury & London Springboks | London Tribes | No relegation | Herts/Middlesex 4 South | ||||||||||
2002–03 [5] | 7 | Southgate | Wealdstone | No relegation | Herts/Middlesex 4 North | |||||||||
6 | Ickenham | Quintin | No relegation | Herts/Middlesex 4 South | ||||||||||
2003–04 [6] | 6 | Old Ashmoleans | Hackney [lower-alpha 5] | No relegation | Herts/Middlesex 4 North | |||||||||
5 | British Airways | GWR [lower-alpha 6] | No relegation | Herts/Middlesex 4 South | ||||||||||
2005–07 | No competition | |||||||||||||
2008–09 [7] | 8 | Hatfield | Pinner & Grammarians | No relegation | Herts/Middlesex 4 | |||||||||
2009–10 [8] | 6 | Harrow | Chess Valley [lower-alpha 7] | No relegation | Herts/Middlesex 4 | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
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