2014 Bill Beaumont Cup
| 2014 Bill Beaumont Cup (County Championship) | |
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| Countries |
 England
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| Date | 10 May 2014 - 1 June 2014 |
| Champions | Lancashire (23rd title) |
| Runners-up | Cornwall |
| Relegated | North Midlands, Northumberland |
| Matches played | 13 |
| Attendance | 12,006 (average 924 per match) |
| Highest attendance | 4,000 Lancashire v Cornwall (1 June 2014) |
| Lowest attendance | 164 Hertfordshire v North Midlands (17 May 2014) |
| Top point scorer |
Chris Johnson (Lancashire) 60 |
| Top try scorer |
Lewis Vinnicombe (Cornwall) 4 |
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The 2014 Bill Beaumont Cup, also known as Bill Beaumont Cup Division One, was the 114th version of the annual, English rugby union, County Championship organized by the RFU for the top tier English counties. Each county drew its players from rugby union clubs from the third tier and below of the English rugby union league system (typically National League 1, National League 2 South or National League 2 North). The counties were divided into two regional pools with the winners of each pool meeting in the final held at Twickenham Stadium. New counties to the competition were the two finalists from the 2013 County Championship Plate final – Northumberland (winners) and North Midlands (runners-up) who replaced Durham and Kent.Lancashire were the defending champions.
The northern group was won by Lancashire, qualifying for their sixth successive final by winning all three games, although they had some stiff opposition from rivals Yorkshire and Cheshire on the way. They were joined by Cornwall, also making their second successive final, who won the southern section in a similar manner, with close wins against Hertfordshire and Gloucestershire getting them through. Both of the newly promoted counties, Northumberland and North Midlands, made an instant return to the Plate competition as they were relegated at the end of the competition.
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