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Manitoba Rugby Football Union

Manitoba Rugby Football Union was a Canadian football league, founded on Monday February 22, 1892. The league merged with the Alberta Rugby Football Union and Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union to form the Western Canada Rugby Football Union on Saturday October 21, 1911.

MRFU teams

TeamYears
Winnipegs1930–1935
Winnipeg Rugby Football Club1892–1906
St. John's Rugby Football Club1892–1913, 1919, 1925–1931
Winnipeg Rowing Club1902–1914
Winnipeg Tammany Tigers1913–1929
Winnipeg Victorias Rugby Club1919–1927, 1935
Winnipeg Shamrocks1903, 1905
Brandon Football Club1906
Wesley College Football Club1897–1898
Royal Canadian Dragoons1897–1898
Royal School Infantry/90th Regiment1888
Garrison Rugby Club1932–1933
University of Manitoba Bisons and Varsity1920–1926, 1934
Osborne Rugby Football Club1892–1893
Winnipeg Canoe Club1915

MRFU Champions

YearTeam
1892St. John's Rugby Football Club
1893
1894Winnipeg Rugby Football Club
1895St. John's Rugby Football Club
1896
1897No Champion
1898St. John's Rugby Football Club
1899
1900Winnipeg Rugby Football Club
1901
1902Winnipeg Rowing Club
1903Winnipeg Shamrocks
1904Winnipeg Rowing Club
1905
1906
1907
1908St. John's Rugby Football Club
1909
1910Winnipeg Rowing Club
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915No League Play
1916World War I
1917
1918
1919Winnipeg Victorias Rugby Club
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925Winnipeg Tammany Tigers
1926Winnipeg St. John's
1927Winnipeg Tammany Tigers
1928St Johns Royalists and Winnipeg Tammany Tigers played in the Western Inter-Provincial Rugby Football League
1929
  • 1892 - St. John's Rugby Football Club
  • 1893 - St. John's Rugby Football Club
  • 1894 - Winnipeg Rugby Football Club
  • 1895 - St. John's Rugby Football Club
  • 1896 - St. John's Rugby Football Club
  • 1897 - No Champion (Wesley College Football Club, St.John's Rugby Football Club and Winnipeg Rugby Football Club finished in a three-way tie)
  • 1898 - St. John's Rugby Football Club
  • 1899 - St. John's Rugby Football Club
  • 1900 - Winnipeg Rugby Football Club
  • 1901 - Winnipeg Rugby Football Club
  • 1902 - Winnipeg Rowing Club
  • 1903 - Winnipeg Shamrocks
  • 1904 - Winnipeg Rowing Club
  • 1905 - Winnipeg Rowing Club
  • 1906 - Winnipeg Rowing Club
  • 1907 - Winnipeg Rowing Club
  • 1908 - St. John's Rugby Football Club
  • 1909 - St. John's Rugby Football Club
  • 1910 - Winnipeg Rowing Club
  • 1911 - Winnipeg Rowing Club
  • 1912 - Winnipeg Rowing Club
  • 1913 - Winnipeg Rowing Club
  • 1914 - Winnipeg Rowing Club
  • 1915 - No League Play - Winnipeg Tigers won the only game played in 1915
  • 1916 - World War I
  • 1917 - World War I
  • 1918 - World War I
  • 1919 - Winnipeg Victorias
  • 1920 - Winnipeg Victorias
  • 1921 - Winnipeg Victorias
  • 1922 - Winnipeg Victorias
  • 1923 - Winnipeg Victorias
  • 1924 - Winnipeg Victorias
  • 1925 - Winnipeg Tammany Tigers
  • 1926 - Winnipeg St. John's
  • 1927 - Winnipeg Tammany Tigers
  • 1928 - St Johns Royalists and Winnipeg Tammany Tigers played in the Western Inter-Provincial Rugby Football League
  • 1929 - Winnipeg St.John's
  • 1930 - Winnipeg St.John's
  • 1931 - Winnipeg St.John's
  • 1932 - Winnipeg St.John's
  • 1933 - Winnipegs
  • 1934 - Winnipegs
  • 1935 - Winnipegs

TOTALS

  • 13 - St.John's Rugby Football Club
  • 10 - Winnipeg Rowing Club
  • 6 - Winnipeg Victorias Rugby Club
  • 3 - Winnipegs (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
  • 3 - Winnipeg Rugby Football Club
  • 2 - Winnipeg Tammany Tigers
  • 1 - Winnipeg Shamrocks

References

References

  1. [https://www.communitystories.ca/v1/pm_v2.php?id=story_line&lg=English&fl=0&ex=785&sl=8108&pos=1 From Rugby to Football: The History of Canadian Football]
  2. [https://www.bluebombers.com/2010/10/18/winnipeg-blue-bombers-inducted-into-manitoba-rugby-hall-of-fame/ Winnipeg Blue Bombers Inducted Into Manitoba Rugby Hall Of Fame]
  3. [https://manitobamuseum.ca/football-in-winnipeg/ Football in Winnipeg]
  4. [http://www.manitobarugbyhalloffame.com/winnipeg-blue-bombers.html Manitoba Rugby Hall of Fame - The Winnipeg Rugby Football Club]
  5. (2020-09-08). "Quest Through the Decades {{!}} 1930s".
  6. The Winnipeg Tigers beat the Winnipeg Canoe Club, 10-4, at River Park in Winnipeg, Saturday, October 23
  7. The Winnipeg Tigers beat the Winnipeg Canoe Club, 10-4, at River Park in Winnipeg, Saturday, October 23
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