1919 in Canadian football

Canadian Football News in 1919 edit

Regular season play resumed following World War I.

W. A. Hewitt served as president of the Canada Rugby Union for the 1919 season.[1]

No playoff games were held in Eastern Canada because of a rules dispute with the CRU in Western Canada, lack of interest in the East, and student studies to the Intercollegiate Union which were deemed more important.[2]

Regular season edit

Final regular season standings edit

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points for, PA = Points against, Pts = Points

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union[3]
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Montreal AAA 6 4 2 0 71 51 8
Toronto Argonauts 6 3 3 0 78 44 6
Hamilton Tigers 6 3 3 0 78 91 6
Ottawa Rough Riders 6 2 4 0 42 83 4
Ontario Rugby Football Union[4]
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Torontos 4 4 0 0 141 6 8
Ottawa Capitals 4 2 2 0 25 79 4
Hamilton Rowing Club 4 0 4 0 15 96 0
Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union[4]
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
McGill Redmen 4 4 0 0 94 8 8
Varsity Blues 4 2 2 0 73 42 4
Queen's University 4 0 4 0 9 126 0

*Bold text indicates that they have qualified for the playoffs, but did not play.

Manitoba Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Winnipeg Victorias 4 4 0 0 65 5 8
University of Manitoba Varsity 3 1 2 0 14 39 2
Winnipeg St.John's 3 0 3 0 1 36 0

*Final league game was not played

Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Regina Rugby Club 5 5 0 0 180 7 10
Saskatoon Rugby Club 5 3 2 0 74 46 6
Moose Jaw Millers 5 2 3 0 23 106 4
University of Saskatchewan Varsity 5 0 5 0 1 119 0

* Two games from the final week were cancelled

Alberta Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Calgary Canucks 4 4 0 0 57 20 8
University of Alberta Varsity 3 1 2 0 26 37 2
Calgary Tigers 3 1 2 0 11 28 2
Edmonton Canucks 2 0 2 0 8 17 0

* Six games were cancelled due to weather; Calgary Tigers and Edmonton Canucks withdrew from league and playoffs[5]

League Champions edit

Football Union League Champion
IRFU Montreal AAA
WCRFU Regina Rugby Club
CIRFU McGill University
ORFU Toronto Rowing Athletic Association
MRFU Winnipeg Victorias
SRFU Regina Rugby Club
ARFU Calgary Canucks

Western Playoffs edit

Note: All dates in 1919

SRFU–MRFU Inter-League Playoff edit

Date Away Home
November 1 Winnipeg Victorias 0 Regina Rugby Club 12
  • Regina Rugby Club advances to the WCRFU Final[6]

WCRFU Final edit

Date Away Home
November 15 Regina Rugby Club 13 Calgary Canucks 1
  • Regina Rugby Club wins the WCRFU championship[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Billy Hewitt Dies At 91". The Brandon Sun. Brandon, Manitoba. September 9, 1966. p. 6. 
  2. ^ "CFL Historical Timeline 1910s". Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  3. ^ 2009 Canadian Football League Facts, Figures & Records, Canadian Football League Properties/Publications, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 978-0-9739425-4-5, p.294
  4. ^ a b "Welcome!". cflapedia.com. Retrieved June 7, 2022.[unreliable source?]
  5. ^ "Canadian Rugby Union (Canadian Football) 1916-1919". Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  6. ^ "Regina Rugby Champions Defeat 'Peg Challengers in Fast Running Contest". The Morning Leader. November 3, 1919. p. 5. Retrieved June 7, 2022 – via Google News Archive.
  7. ^ "Regina Wins Two Rugby Championships; Speas Is Local Baseball Pilot". The Morning Leader. November 17, 1919. p. 5. Retrieved June 7, 2022 – via Google News Archive.