Herts/Middlesex 3
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Current season or competition: 2013–14 Herts/Middlesex 3 | |
| Sport | Rugby union |
|---|---|
| Instituted | 1996 |
| Ceased | 2014 |
| Number of teams | 7 |
| Country |  England |
| Holders | London French (2nd title) (2013–14) (promoted to Herts/Middlesex 2) |
| Most titles | Wasps Amateurs, Feltham, London French (2 titles) |
| Website | clubs.rfu.com |
Herts/Middlesex 3 was a tier 11 English Rugby Union league that was organized by the London and South East Division Rugby Football Union. It was the third division competition for clubs in Hertfordshire and parts of north-west London that belonged to the historic county of Middlesex, with promoted teams moving up to Herts/Middlesex 2.
It involved a number of formats over the years, switching between a single division and regional (north/south) divisions and during certain years there was relegation to Herts/Middlesex 4 (when in existence). Herts/Middlesex 3 folded at the end of the 2013-14 season with most teams being promoted automatically to Herts/Middlesex 2.
- Borehamwood
- Hatfield
- London French
- Mill Hill
- Old Grammarians
- Old Isleworthians
- Pinner & Grammarians
- Watford
Participating Clubs 2012-13
- Borehamwood
- Feltham
- Hatfield
- London French
- Mill Hill
- Old Ashmoleans
- Old Tottonians
- Sodam
- Thamesians
- Watford
Participating Clubs 2009-10
- Cuffley
- Hatfield
- London French
- Ickenham
- Old Tottonians
- Pinner & Grammarians - promoted from Middlesex/Herts 4 in 2009
- Thamesians
- Watford
Original teams
When this division began in 1996 it contained the following teams:
- Antlers[a] - transferred from Middlesex 2 (4th)
- Bank of England - transferred from Middlesex 2 (6th)
- Barclays Bank - transferred from Middlesex 2 (3rd)
- Old Abbots[b] - transferred from Middlesex 2 (runners up)
- Hitchin - transferred from Hertfordshire 1 (5th)
- London Exiles - transferred from Middlesex 2 (7th)
- London French - transferred from Middlesex 2 (5th)
- London Nigerian - transferred from Middlesex 1 (runners up)
- Roxeth Manor Old Boys - transferred from Middlesex 1 (11th)
- Sudbury Court - transferred from Middlesex 1 (12th)
- UCS Old Boys - promoted from Middlesex 3 (champions)
- Watford - transferred from Hertfordshire 1 (4th)
Herts/Middlesex 3 honours
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| Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | League Name | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–97 | 12 | London Nigerian[c] | UCS Old Boys[d] | No relegation[e] | Herts/Middlesex 3 | |||||||||
| 1997–98 | 10 | St. Nicholas Old Boys | Hammersmith & Fulham | Pinner & Grammarians | Herts/Middlesex 3 | |||||||||
| 1998–99[2] | 13 | Northolt | Southgate | Multiple teams[f] | Herts/Middlesex 3[g] | |||||||||
| 1999–00 [3][4] | 6 | Cuffley | Old Streetonians | Royston | Herts/Middlesex 3 North | |||||||||
| 6 | London Exiles | Old Isleworthians | British Airways | Herts/Middlesex 3 South | ||||||||||
| 2000–01 [5][6] | 9 | Kilburn Cosmos | Old Grammarians | Old Ashmoleans, Southgate, Old Streetonians | Herts/Middlesex 3 North | |||||||||
| 9 | Wasps Amateurs | Old Actonians[7] | London Tribes, Quintin | Herts/Middlesex 3 South | ||||||||||
| 2001–02 [8][9] | 8 | Chess Valley | Hendon | Watford II, Hatfield, Northolt | Herts/Middlesex 3 North | |||||||||
| 8 | Wasps Amateurs | Old Isleworthians | Wealdstone, Ickenham | Herts/Middlesex 3 South | ||||||||||
| 2002–03 [10][11] | 7 | Old Grammarians | Old Haberdashers | No relegation[h] | Herts/Middlesex 3 North | |||||||||
| 9 | Harlequin Amateurs | Belsize Park | Northolt, Osterley | Herts/Middlesex 3 South | ||||||||||
| 2003–04 [12][13] | 8 | Wealdstone | Cuffley | No relegation[i] | Herts/Middlesex 3 North | |||||||||
| 7 | Belsize Park | London French | No relegation[j] | Herts/Middlesex 3 South | ||||||||||
| 2004–05 [14][15] | 7 | Old Ashmoleans | Hendon | No relegation | Herts/Middlesex 3 North | |||||||||
| 7 | Feltham | GWR | No relegation | Herts/Middlesex 3 South | ||||||||||
| 2005–06 [16][17] | 7 | Saracens Amateurs | Watford II | No relegation | Herts/Middlesex 3 North | |||||||||
| 8 | British Airways | Old Isleworthians | No relegation | Herts/Middlesex 3 South | ||||||||||
| 2006–07 [18][19] | 8 | Royston | Wasps Amateurs | No relegation | Herts/Middlesex 3 North | |||||||||
| 9 | Thamesians | H.A.C. | No relegation | Herts/Middlesex 3 South | ||||||||||
| 2007–08 [20][21] | 7 | Hackney[k] | Cuffley[l] | Multiple teams[m] | Herts/Middlesex 3 North | |||||||||
| 7 | London French[n] | Quintin[o] | Multiple teams[p] | Herts/Middlesex 3 South | ||||||||||
| 2008–09[22] | 8 | Old Isleworthians | Hackney | Watford, Old Tottonians, Cuffley | Herts/Middlesex 3 | |||||||||
| 2009–10[23] | 8 | Ickenham | London French | Cuffley, Watford, Hatfield | Herts/Middlesex 3 | |||||||||
| 2010–11[24] | 9 | Harrow | Hillingdon Abbots | No relegation[q] | Herts/Middlesex 3 | |||||||||
| 2011–12[25] | 9 | Quintin | Chess Valley | No relegation | Herts/Middlesex 3 | |||||||||
| 2012–13[26] | 8 | Feltham | Thamesians | No relegation | Herts/Middlesex 3 | |||||||||
| 2013–14[27] | 7 | London French | Watford[r] | No relegation | Herts/Middlesex 3 | |||||||||
| Green backgrounds are promotion places. | ||||||||||||||
Promotion play-offs
From 2000 to 2003 there was a playoff between the runners-up of Herts/Middlesex 3 North and Herts/Middlesex 3 South for the third and final promotion place to Herts/Middlesex 2 with the team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. The promotion playoffs were discontinued for the 2003-04 season when Herts/Middlesex 2 split into two divisions (north and south), meaning that the top two sides in Herts/Middlesex 3 North and Herts/Middlesex 3 South automatically went up instead. At the end of the 2003-04 season the Herts/Middlesex 3 South teams had been the most successful with two wins to the Herts/Middlesex 3 North teams one; and the away team had won promotion two times to the home team's one.
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| Season | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Attendance | |||||||||
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| 2000-01[28] | Hammersmith & Fulham (S)[s] | 58-0 | Old Grammarians (N) | Hurlingham Park, Fulham, London | ||||||||||
| 2001-02[29] | Hendon (N) | 5-22 | Old Isleworthians (S) | Copthall Playing Fields, Hendon, London | ||||||||||
| 2002-03[30] | Belsize Park (S) | 8-12 | Old Haberdashers (N) | Regent's Park, Central London, London | ||||||||||
| Green background is the promoted team. N = Herts/Middlesex 3 North and S = Herts/Middlesex 3 South | ||||||||||||||
Number of league titles
- Feltham (2)[t]
- London French (2)[u]
- Wasps Amateurs (2)[v]
- Belsize Park[w]
- British Airways[x]
- Chess Valley[y]
- Cuffley (1)[z]
- Hackney (1)[aa]
- Harlequin Amateurs (1)[ab]
- Harrow (1)
- Ickenham (1)
- Kilburn Cosmos (1)[ac]
- London Exiles (1)[ad]
- London Nigerian (1)
- Northolt (1)
- Old Ashmoleans (1)[ae]
- Old Grammarians (1)[af]
- Old Isleworthians (1)
- Quintin (1)
- Royston (1)[ag]
- Saracens Amateurs (1)[ah]
- St. Nicholas Old Boys (1)
- Thamesians (1)[ai]
- Wealdstone (1)[aj]