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Canadian Football News in 1896

In the MRFU, the fall session saw the Winnipeg Football Club (Winnipegs) and the St.John's Rugby Football Club (St.John's) compete. In the spring session of the season, the Royal Canadian Dragoons were added to the competition. The Winnipegs and the St.John's played a final league game to determine the regular season champion. The St.John's received a bye to the MRFU playoff finals while the Winnipegs played the Dragoons in the MRFU playoff semi-final.

Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

Quebec Rugby Football Union[1]
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Ottawa College 4 4 0 0 81 14 8
Ottawa City Football Club 4 2 2 0 40 59 4
Montreal Football Club 4 2 2 0 47 25 4
McGill University 4 2 2 0 80 44 4
Britannia Football Club 4 0 4 0 22 128 2
Manitoba Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
St.John's Rugby Football Club 3 2 1 0 34 23 4
Winnipeg Rugby Football Club 3 1 2 0 23 34 0

League Champions

Football Union League Champion
ORFU University of Toronto
QRFU Ottawa College
MRFU St.John's Rugby Football Club
Northwest Championship Winnipeg Rugby Football Club

Playoffs

[2]

MRFU playoffs

MRFU semifinal & final
Winnipeg Football Club 25 Royal Canadian Dragoons 0
St.John's Rugby Football Club 7 Winnipeg Football Club 6
Royal Canadian Dragoons were a late entry to the MRFU

ORFU semifinals

ORFU Semifinal 1
University of Toronto 18 Queen's University 16
University of Toronto 13 Queen's University 1
University of University Toronto advances to the 1896 ORFU Final
ORFU Dominion Semifinal 2
Royal Military College 13 Toronto Athletic Club 8
Royal Military College 1 Toronto Athletic Club 42
Toronto Athletic Club advance to the 1896 ORFU Final

ORFU final

ORFU Final
University of Toronto 43 Toronto Athletic Club 6
University of Toronto 18 Toronto Athletic Club 16
University of Toronto advance to the 1896 Dominion Championship

Dominion Championship

November 21

1896 Dominion Championship Game: Rosedale Field, Toronto, Ontario

Ottawa College 12 University of Toronto 8
Ottawa College are the 1896 Dominion Champions

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2012-10-22.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "1896 season".


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