# Kent 4

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{{ Infobox rugby league cup
|title   = Kent 4
| logo = 
|sport   = Rugby Union 
|founded = {{Start date and age|1987}}
|folded  = {{Start date and age|2001}}
|country =  {{ENG}}
|teams   =  6
|most_champs = [Orpington](/source/Orpington_RFC)
|count = 3
|website = 
}}

'''Kent 4''' was an [English](/source/England) [Rugby Union](/source/Rugby_Union) league that was the fourth tier for clubs in south-east [London](/source/London) and [Kent](/source/Kent).  Promoted teams went up to [Kent 3](/source/Kent_3) and there was no relegation.  Initially created in 1987 the league ran for ten seasons before being cancelled at the end of the 1996–97 season.  Kent 4 was brought back in 2000 but after just one season, the six team division folded for the second time and all teams were automatically promoted to [Kent 3](/source/Kent_3). 

==Original teams==

When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:

*[Darenth Valley](/source/Darenth_Valley_RFC){{efn|Darenth Valley would fold in 1998 and be reformed as [Dartford Valley RFC](/source/Dartford_Valley_RFC).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findrugbynow.com/2013/08/club-of-the-month-dartford-valley-rfc/|title=Club of the Month: Dartford Valley|publisher=Find Rugby Now|date=14 August 2013}}</ref>}}
*[East Peckham](/source/East_Peckham_RFC)
*[Edenbridge](/source/Edenbridge_RFC)
*[Footscray](/source/Footscray_RFC)
*[Lordswood](/source/Lordswood_RFC)
*[Old Olavians](/source/Old_Olavians_RFC)
*[Old Williamsonians](/source/Old_Williamsonians_RFC)
*[University of Kent](/source/University_of_Kent_RFC)
*[Whitstable](/source/Whitstable_RFC)

==Kent 4 Honours==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
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{| border="0" style="width:100%;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
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| style="border:0;"|'''Kent 4 Honours'''
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|}
|-
! style="width:70px;"|Season
! style="width:50px;"|No of Teams
! style="width:150px;"|Champions
! style="width:300px;"|Runners–up
! style="width:125px;"|Relegated Teams
|- align=left
|1987–88 || style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| '''[Old Williamsonians](/source/Old_Williamsonians_RFC)''' || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| [Old Olavians](/source/Old_Olavians_RFC) || No relegation
|-
|1988–89 || style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| '''[Citizens](/source/Citizens_RFC)''' || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| [Darenth Valley](/source/Dartford_Valley_RFC) || No relegation
|-
|1989–90 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| '''[Orpington](/source/Orpington_RFC)''' || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| [Footscray](/source/Footscray_RFC) || No relegation
|-
|1990–91 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| '''[Bexley](/source/Bexley_RFC)''' || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| [Thames Polytechnic](/source/Thames_Polytechnic_RFC) || No relegation
|-
|1991–92 || style="text-align: center;"| 12 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| '''[Orpington](/source/Orpington_RFC)''' || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| [Whitstable](/source/Whitstable_RFC){{efn|Kent league restructuring meant that 3rd and 4th place [Kent Police](/source/Kent_Police_RFC) and [Footscray](/source/Footscray_RFC) were also promoted.}} || No relegation 
|-
|1992–93 || style="text-align: center;"| 6 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| '''[Lordswood](/source/Lordswood_RFC)''' || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| [Darenth Valley](/source/Dartford_Valley_RFC) || No relegation
|-
|1993–94 || style="text-align: center;"| 6 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| '''[Old Olavians](/source/Old_Olavians_RFC)''' || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| [Greenwich](/source/Greenwich_RFC) || No relegation
|-
|1994–95 || style="text-align: center;"| 5 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| '''[Orpington](/source/Orpington_RFC)''' || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| [Footscray](/source/Footscray_RFC) || No relegation
|-
|1995–96 || style="text-align: center;"| 6 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| '''[Edenbridge](/source/Edenbridge_RFC)''' || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| [Canterbury Exiles](/source/Canterbury_Exiles_RFC) || No relegation 
|-
|1996–97 || style="text-align: center;"| 5 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| '''[Darenth Valley](/source/Dartford_Valley_RFC)''' || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| [Greenwich](/source/Greenwich_RFC){{efn|The cancellation of Kent 4 at the end of the season meant that four clubs would be promoted into [Kent 3](/source/Kent_3).  Bottom club [Westerham](/source/Westerham_RFC) would drop out of the leagues.}} || No relegation 
|-
|1997–98 || colspan=5| ''No competition''
|-
|1998–99 || colspan=5| ''No competition''
|-
|1999–00 || colspan=5| ''No competition''
|-
|2000–01<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2000-2001/group/9642|title=2000-2001 London South-East Division|publisher=England Rugby|accessdate=14 February 2015|archive-date=19 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519222535/http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2000-2001/group/9642|url-status=dead}}</ref> || style="text-align: center;"| 6 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| '''[Vigo](/source/Vigo_RFC)''' || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| [Shooters Hill](/source/Shooters_Hill_RFC){{efn|As Kent 4 was to be cancelled all teams in the division were automatically promoted to [Kent 3](/source/Kent_3).}} || No relegation 
|-
| colspan="15"  style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.
|}

==Number of league titles==

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*[Orpington](/source/Orpington_RFC) (3)
*[Bexley](/source/Bexley_RFC) (1)
*[Citizens](/source/Citizens_RFC) (1)
*[Darenth Valley](/source/Dartford_Valley_RFC) (1)
*[Edenbridge](/source/Edenbridge_RFC) (1)
*[Lordswood](/source/Lordswood_RFC) (1)
*[Old Olavians](/source/Old_Olavians_RFC) (1)
*[Old Williamsonians](/source/Old_Williamsonians_RFC) (1)
*[Vigo](/source/Vigo_RFC) (1)

{{div col end}}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==See also==
*[London & SE Division RFU](/source/London_and_South_East_Division_Rugby_Football_Union)
*[Kent RFU](/source/Kent_Rugby_Football_Union)
*[English rugby union system](/source/English_rugby_union_system)
*[Rugby union in England](/source/Rugby_union_in_England)

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{Rugby union in England}}

Category:Defunct rugby union leagues in England
Category:Rugby union in Kent

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