1911 in Canadian football
Overview of the events of 1911 in Canadian football From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The University of Toronto's Grey Cup dynasty continued in 1911, when they defeated their cross-town rival Toronto Argonauts at the new Varsity Stadium.[1]
Canadian football news in 1911
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta Unions formed the Western Canada Rugby Football Union on October 21. The Regina Rugby Club changed its colours to blue and white. Winnipeg realtor Hugo Ross donated the championship trophy bearing his name; he subsequently drowned in the sinking of the S.S. Titanic in April 1912.
The WCRFU, with the support of the Albertan and Manitoban unions, adopted a playoff format in which the MRFU champion would host the SRFU champion, with ARFU hosting the winner of that game in the Western final. Although this was done ostensibly to minimize travel the SRFU champion Regina Rugby Club balked at the prospect of traveling for two playoff games and boycotted the Western playoffs altogether. This conflict was resolved the following year by changing the format so that it was the union without a home game in the Western playoffs that would receive the bye to the Western final.
The Calgary Tigers of the ARFU won the Western Championship, and challenged for the Grey Cup, but the CRU would not accept the challenge because the WCRFU was not a full member of the CRU. [2]
Regular season
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Final regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
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*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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| Winnipeg Rowing Club | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 24 | 6 |
| St.John's Rugby Football Club | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 61 | 2 |
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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| Regina Rugby Club | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 27 | 6 |
| Moose Jaw Tigers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 39 | 6 |
| Saskatoon Rugby Club | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 60 | 0 |
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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| Calgary Tigers | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 109 | 13 | 11 |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 41 | 9 |
| Edmonton YMCA | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 85 | 4 |
| Calgary Rough Riders | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 85 | 0 |
League Champions
| Football Union | League Champion |
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| IRFU | Toronto Argonauts |
| WCRFU | Calgary Tigers |
| CIRFU | University of Toronto |
| ORFU | Hamilton Alerts |
| MRFU | Winnipeg Rowing Club |
| SRFU | Regina Rugby Club |
| ARFU | Calgary Tigers |
Playoffs
Note: All dates in 1911
SRFU tie-breaker final
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- Regina is SRFU champions
Alberta Rugby Football Union final
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Western final
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- CRU would not accept Calgary's Grey Cup challenge because the WCRFU was not a full member of the CRU
East semifinal
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- Toronto Argonauts advance to the Grey Cup.
Playoff bracket
| Semifinals | Grey Cup final | ||||||||
| CIRFU | University of Toronto | ||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||
| CIRFU | University of Toronto | 14 | |||||||
| IRFU | Toronto Argonauts | 7 | |||||||
| IRFU | Toronto Argonauts | 9 | |||||||
| ORFU | Hamilton Alerts | 2 | |||||||
Grey Cup Championship
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References
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