1907_in_Canadian_football
1907 in Canadian football
Overview of the events of 1907 in Canadian football
The 1907 Canadian football season was the 16th season of organized play since the Canadian Rugby Union (CRU) was founded in 1892 and the 25th season since the creation of the Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) and the Quebec Rugby Football Union (QRFU) in 1883.[1] This year also marked the first for the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union, which is a predecessor of the modern day's CFL East Division. The season concluded with the Montreal Football Club defeating Peterboro in the 1907 Dominion Championship game.[2][3]
In December 1906, The Gazette reported that a proposal originated from Ottawa for the Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) and the Quebec Rugby Football Union (QRFU) to merge, which would allow for higher calibre of play and create rivalries.[4] W. A. Hewitt and the Toronto Argonauts favoured the higher-level league, and sought for all players to have unquestioned amateur status.[5] He helped organize the meeting which established the Inter-provincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU) in 1907.[6][7]
Final regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
|
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winnipeg Rowing Club | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 21 | 6 |
| St.John's Rugby Football Club | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 55 | 2 |
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Jaw Tigers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 21 | 5 |
| Regina Civil Service | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 32 | 4 |
| Regina City Football Club | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 36 | 3 |
| Football Union | League Champion |
|---|---|
| IRFU | Montreal Football Club |
| CIRFU | Ottawa College |
| ORFU | Peterboro |
| MRFU | Winnipeg Rowing Club |
| SRFL | Moose Jaw Tigers |
| ARFL | Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club |
Alberta Rugby Football League Playoffs
|
- Calgary advances to final
|
- Edmonton wins the total-point series 36-10.
ORFU West Final
|
- Peterboro advances to the ORFU Final.
ORFU Final
|
- Peterboro advances to the Dominion Championship.
| ||||||||||
- Sproule, Robert. "The Ontario Rugby Football Union" (PDF). Pro Football Researchers. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- "Peterboro swamped". The Ottawa Citizen. December 2, 1907. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- "CFL Guide and Record Book, 2017 Edition" (PDF). Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- "The Sport Review". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Kingston, Ontario. December 5, 1906. p. 2.
- "The Sport Review". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Kingston, Ontario. September 16, 1907. p. 3.
- Sullivan, Jack (December 8, 1953). "After 60 Years In Sport: 500 Sportsmen To Honor William "Billy" Hewitt". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. p. 19.; 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.
- Sullivan, Jack (January 13, 1961). "Dapper Little Hewitt Hasn't Got An Enemy". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. p. 24.
- 2009 Canadian Football League Facts, Figures & Records, Canadian Football League Properties/Publications, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 978-0-9739425-4-5, p.294
 | This Canadian football-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |