Canadian football news in 1912

The Regina Rugby Club adopted red and black as their jersey colours, one explanation being that these were the colours of the (supposed) Canadian contingent with Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the Spanish–American War.[1] They also agreed to play in the Western playoffs as SRFU champion for the first time, after the Western Canada Rugby Football Union agreed to change the format so that the Saskatchewan champion would receive a bye to the Western final in exchange for the semi-final winner having the right to host the game. Regina would go in to win every Western championship contested from 1912 until 1920.

The Hamilton Alerts were suspended by the ORFU on November 23 for flaunting the authority of the Union. The Toronto Rowing and Athletic Club had protested a penalty call which had resulted in a victory for the Alerts. The ORFU ordered the game be re-played on the 23rd, but the Alerts refused to field a full team. The Alerts lost to Toronto, 39–7, while the main squad lost a regularly scheduled match in Hamilton to the Tigers, 12–8. The Alerts went on to defeat the Toronto Argonauts, 11–4, in the Grey Cup game. Many of the players joined the Tigers of IRFU the following season.[2]

McGill University ended Varsity's reign as Grey Cup champions in 1912, but refused to challenge for the trophy because the students didn't want to take time away from their studies.[3]

Regular season

Final regular season standings

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

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union[4]
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Toronto Argonauts6510785610
Ottawa Rough Riders642077658
Hamilton Tigers633090666
Montreal Football Club6060541120
Ontario Rugby Football Union[5]
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Hamilton Alerts431085546
Toronto Rowing and Athletic Association321064294
Parkdale Canoe Club303016810
Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union[5]
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
McGill Redmen431070416
Varsity Blues431059556
Queen's University404022550

*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs

Manitoba Rugby Football Union
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Winnipeg Rowing Club531154287
St.John's Rugby Football Club513128543
Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Regina Rugby Club431050456
Moose Jaw Tigers422045394
Saskatoon Rugby Club413036472
Alberta Rugby Football Union
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Calgary Tigers *431073196
Edmonton Eskimos431055206
Calgary YMCA40403920

* Calgary Tigers awarded first place based on 20-16 score in head-to-head games

League Champions

Football Union League Champion
IRFU Toronto Argonauts
WCRFU Regina Rugby Club
CIRFU McGill University
ORFU Hamilton Alerts
MRFU Winnipeg Rowing Club
SRFU Regina Rugby Club
ARFU Calgary Tigers

Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1912

Western semifinal

DateAwayHome
November 2Calgary Tigers 3Winnipeg Rowing Club 4

Western Final - SRFU–MRFU Inter-League Playoff

DateAwayHome
November 9Regina Rugby Club 5Winnipeg Rowing Club 0

ORFU Playoff

DateAwayHome
November 23Toronto Rowing and Athletic Association 10Hamilton Alerts 23
  • Hamilton advances to the Grey Cup.

East final

DateAwayHome
November 23Toronto Argonauts 22Toronto Varsity Blues 16
  • Toronto Argonauts advance to the Grey Cup.

Playoff bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Grey Cup final
         
 
 
IRFU Toronto Argonauts 22
CIRFU University of Toronto 16
CIRFU University of Toronto 3
CIRFU McGill University 14
IRFU Toronto Argonauts 4
ORFU Hamilton Alerts 11
 
 
ORFU Hamilton Alerts 23
ORFU Toronto Rowing Club 10
 
 

Grey Cup Championship

November 30

4th Annual Grey Cup Game: A.A.A. Grounds – Hamilton, Ontario

Toronto Argonauts 4Hamilton Alerts 11
Hamilton Alerts are the 1912 Grey Cup Champions

References

  1. ↑ Team History
  2. ↑ "CFL Historical Timeline 1910s". Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Grey Cup Memories: 1912". CFL.ca. 2005-08-31. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
  4. ↑ 2009 Canadian Football League Facts, Figures & Records, Canadian Football League Properties/Publications, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 978-0-9739425-4-5, p.294
  5. 1 2 "Home". cflapedia.com.


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