Middlesex 1 was an English level 10

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league with teams from north-west

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taking part. Promoted teams used to move up to

Herts/Middlesex 1 Herts/Middlesex 1 is a tier 9 English Rugby Union league. It is organised by the London and South East Division Rugby Football Union and is the top tier competition for clubs in Hertfordshire and parts of north-west London that traditionally ...

and relegation was to

Middlesex 2 Middlesex 2 was an English level 11 Rugby Union league with teams from north-west London taking part. Promoted teams moved up to Middlesex 1 and relegation was to Middlesex 3. The division was cancelled in at the end of the 1995–96 campai ...

. 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 league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams: * Finchley * Hampstead *

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* London New Zealand * Old Haberdashers * Old Meadonians * Old Millhillians * Orleans FP * Staines * Sudbury Court *

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Middlesex 1 honours

Middlesex 1 (1987–1992)

The original Middlesex 1 was a tier 8 league with promotion up to

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and relegation down to

Middlesex 1 (1992–1996)

The creation of Herts/Middlesex at the beginning of the 1992–93 season meant that Middlesex 1 dropped to become a tier 9 league. The introduction of National 5 South for the 1993–94 season meant that Middlesex 1 dropped another level to become a tier 10 league for the years that National 5 South was active. Promotion was into the new Herts/Middlesex league while relegation continued into

. The merging of the Hertfordshire and Middlesex regional divisions at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that Middlesex 1 was cancelled.

Number of league titles

* Finchley (1) * Hackney (1) * Hampstead (1) *

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(1) * Old Hamptonians (1) * Staines (1) *

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Notes

References

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