1884 in Canadian football

Canadian football news in 1884

On February 7, 1884, the Canadian Rugby Football Union was formed to provide a regulatory body for Rugby Football in Canada along with establishing a national championship game. The QRFU adopted a point based system this year, adopting the ORFU model, as opposed to the previous year where they recorded the number of tries and goals scored.

QRFU results

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Quebec Challenge Cup

The Montreal Football Club and the Britannia Football Club played for the Quebec Challenge Cup. The teams proved evenly matched with Montreal only scoring one rouge in the entire game while the Brits did not score.

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ORFU results

At the beginning of the season, 14 Ontario rugby clubs were eligible to compete for the Ontario Challenge Cup. Five of these clubs either did not participate or forfeited immediately.

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Ontario Challenge Cup

Prior to the scheduled final between Toronto and Ottawa, Ottawa declared forfeit due to seven of their players being unable to make the trip to Toronto. Given the short notice, since the Toronto club received the telegram one day before the scheduled match, the integrity of the Ottawa club was questioned since they had at least 35 members and appeared reluctant to send a replacement team that would only lose. Since tickets had been paid for, Toronto attempted to schedule a match with Hamilton, but were refused due to the justifiably short notice. Consequently, the Toronto Football Club were Ontario Challenge Cup champions due to Ottawa's forfeit.

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Dominion Championship

Main article: 1884 Dominion Championship

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References

References

1. (November 7, 1884). "Canadian Rugby Football Union Formed in Montreal". [[The Toronto Mail]].
2. Brunt, Stephen. (20 September 2012). "100 Grey Cups".
3. (November 7, 1884). "The Rugby Championship of Canada Won by Montreal". [[The Toronto Mail]].
4. (November 7, 1884). "Montreal Wins the Football Championship". [[The Montreal Gazette]].
5. Speers, Ian. "1884". [[Football Canada]].
6. Sproule, Robert. "The Quebec Rugby Football Union 1883-1906 – Part 1". Pro Football Researchers.
7. (October 13, 1884). "Montreal and McGill College victors in football". [[The Montreal Gazette]].
8. (October 20, 1884). "McGill Defeated by Montreal Football Team". [[The Montreal Gazette]].
9. (October 27, 1884). "The Cadets, Montreal and McGill Footballers Defeated". [[The Montreal Gazette]].
10. (November 5, 1884). "Montreal vs Toronto". [[The Montreal Gazette]].
11. (November 3, 1884). "Montreal vs Britannia". [[The Montreal Gazette]].
12. (November 4, 1884). "The contest for the Ontario Cup for 1884". [[The Toronto Mail]].
13. (November 6, 1884). "The Ontario Union". [[The Montreal Gazette]].
14. "1884 season". cflapedia.com.
15. (October 13, 1884). "Toronto defeats the Peterboro's by 29 points to 8". [[The Toronto Mail]].
16. (October 20, 1884). "Victory of the champions by twenty-four points to nothing - good play all round". [[The Toronto Mail]].
17. (October 21, 1884). "Ottawa too much for Queen's University". [[The Toronto Mail]].
18. (October 27, 1884). "Victory of the Toronto fifteen by 24 points to 4". [[The Toronto Mail]].
19. (November 3, 1884). "Note and comment". [[The Toronto Mail]].
20. (November 15, 1884). "Football". [[The Montreal Gazette]].