1905 in Canadian football

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The 1905 Canadian football season was the 14th season of organized play since the Canadian Rugby Union (CRU) was founded in 1892 and the 23rd season since the creation of the Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) and the Quebec Rugby Football Union (QRFU) in 1883. The season concluded with the Toronto University team defeating the Ottawa Rough Riders in the 1905 Dominion Championship game.[1][2]

Canadian football news in 1905

The Intercollegiate and Quebec Unions refused the Burnside Rules. For championship games, the CRU ruled the teams would use QRFU rules for the first half and the intercollegiate rules for the second half.[3]

QRFU moved to four 15-minute quarters; Tries worth five points and Goals from Tries worth one point. CIRFU adopted 10-yard rule for three downs and the ORFU gave captains the option of playing four 15-minute quarters. Goals from the Field were increased to three points and the Fair Catch rule was replaced by a three-yard Punt Return rule.

The Toronto Football Club merged with the Toronto Argonauts in 1905, with W. A. Hewitt serving as manager.[4] He also served as vice-president of the ORFU for the 1905 and 1906 seasons,[5][6] and sought for uniform rules of play with the CRU, with a preference for the snap-back system of play used in Ontario.[7]

Regular season

Final regular season standings

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

Ontario Rugby Football Union[8]
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Hamilton Tigers66002482312
Toronto Argonauts642067748
Toronto Victorias6240111274
London Kickers606061080
Quebec Rugby Football Union[9]
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Ottawa Rough Riders66001263612
Montreal Football Club642087508
Montreal Westmounts615055982
St. Patrick's College6150401242
Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union[8]
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Toronto6600634312
McGill622291716
Ottawa614168983
Queen's6141751053

Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs

Manitoba Rugby Football Union
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Winnipeg Rowing Club33007676
Winnipeg Rugby Football Club321028234
Winnipeg Shamrocks202014410
St.John's Rugby Football Club20203500

League Champions

Football Union League Champion
CIRFU University of Toronto
ORFU Hamilton Tigers
QRFU Ottawa Rough Riders
MRFU Winnipeg Rowing Club

Playoffs

  • The ORFU champion Hamilton Tigers refused to play in Ottawa for the Dominion Semi-Final, so they were banned from the championship final by the CRU.[2]

Dominion Championship

November 25

1905 Dominion Championship Game: Rosedale Field - Toronto, Ontario

Ottawa Rough Riders 9Toronto Varsity 11
Toronto Varsity are the 1905 Dominion Champions[3]

References

  1. "CFL Guide and Record Book, 2017 Edition" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  2. Sproule, Robert. "The Ontario Rugby Football Union" (PDF). Pro Football Researchers. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  3. "Beat Rough Riders". The Montreal Gazette. November 27, 1905. p. 2 of 16. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  4. Sullivan, Jack (December 8, 1953). "After 60 Years In Sport: 500 Sportsmen To Honor William "Billy" Hewitt". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. p. 19.Free access icon; Sullivan, Jack (December 8, 1953). "Sportsmen Honour W. A. (Billy) Hewitt at Dinner Tonight". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Kingston, Ontario. The Canadian Press. p. 11.Free access icon
  5. "Sport Review". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Kingston, Ontario. December 7, 1904. p. 4.Free access icon
  6. "The Sport Review". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Kingston, Ontario. December 5, 1906. p. 2.Free access icon
  7. "Meet In Kingston". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Kingston, Ontario. December 11, 1905. p. 3.Free access icon
  8. "CFLapedia - the online Canadian Football League Encyclopedia".
  9. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2011-06-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)