1896 in Canadian football explained

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 4 2 2 0 40 59 4 4 2 2 0 47 25 4 4 2 2 0 80 44 4 4 0 4 0 22 128 2

Manitoba Rugby Football Union! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts 3 2 1 0 34 23 4 3 1 2 0 23 34 0

• Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs

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

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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 211896 Dominion Championship Game Rosedale Field, Toronto, Ontario Ottawa College 12 University of Toronto 8 Ottawa College are the 1896 Dominion Champions

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-10-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022100345/http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/23-04-900.pdf . 2012-10-22 .
2. Web site: 1896 season.