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1912 in Canadian football

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Canadian football news in 1912

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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

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Final regular season standings

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

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union[4]
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Toronto Argonauts 6 5 1 0 78 56 10
Ottawa Rough Riders 6 4 2 0 77 65 8
Hamilton Tigers 6 3 3 0 90 66 6
Montreal Football Club 6 0 6 0 54 112 0
Ontario Rugby Football Union[5]
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Hamilton Alerts 4 3 1 0 85 54 6
Toronto Rowing and Athletic Association 3 2 1 0 64 29 4
Parkdale Canoe Club 3 0 3 0 16 81 0
Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union[5]
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
McGill Redmen 4 3 1 0 70 41 6
Varsity Blues 4 3 1 0 59 55 6
Queen's University 4 0 4 0 22 55 0

*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs

Manitoba Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Winnipeg Rowing Club 5 3 1 1 54 28 7
St.John's Rugby Football Club 5 1 3 1 28 54 3
Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Regina Rugby Club 4 3 1 0 50 45 6
Moose Jaw Tigers 4 2 2 0 45 39 4
Saskatoon Rugby Club 4 1 3 0 36 47 2
Alberta Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Calgary Tigers * 4 3 1 0 73 19 6
Edmonton Eskimos 4 3 1 0 55 20 6
Calgary YMCA 4 0 4 0 3 92 0

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

League Champions

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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

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Note: All dates in 1912

Western semifinal

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Date Away Home
November 2 Calgary Tigers 3 Winnipeg Rowing Club 4

Western Final - SRFU–MRFU Inter-League Playoff

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Date Away Home
November 9 Regina Rugby Club 5 Winnipeg Rowing Club 0

ORFU Playoff

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

East final

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Date Away Home
November 23 Toronto Argonauts 22 Toronto Varsity Blues 16
  • Toronto Argonauts advance to the Grey Cup.

Playoff bracket

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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

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November 30

4th Annual Grey Cup Game: A.A.A. GroundsHamilton, Ontario

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

References

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  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. ^ a b "Home". cflapedia.com.