1907 Dominion Championship

1907 Dominion Championship November 30, 1907 McGill UniversityMontreal, Quebec Peterborough Club Montreal Football Club Crowley Chaucer Elliott 1–1 5–1 6 4 0 0 23 12 22 14 Russell Britton 3,000CFL Guide and Record Book, 2017 Edition https://d3ham790trbkqy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/CFL-Book-2017-Perfect-Bind.pdf 236 July 6, 2020 December 3, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171203043108/https://d3ham790trbkqy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/CFL-Book-2017-Perfect-Bind.pdf dead 1906 Championship 1908 Championship The 1907 Dominion Championship was a Canadian football game that was played on November 30, 1907 at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec that determined the Senior Rugby Football champion of Canada for the 1907 season.Brunt Stephen 100 Grey Cups 20 September 2012 9780771017445 https://books.google.com/books?id=qB5M7JPyd7kC&q=hamilton+tigers+1906+dominion+location&pg=PR16 July 6, 2020 This was the first championship game to feature the newly created Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU) champion, which was the Montreal Football Club. Montreal defeated the Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) champion Peterborough Club in a 71–10 blowout victory to win their second Canadian Championship.Peterboro Swamped https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UW8uAAAAIBAJ&pg=6100%2C5271360 The Ottawa Citizen 18 of 20 December 2, 1907 July 4, 2020Peterboro' Could not Cope With Tigers' Splendid System https://archive.org/stream/dailyreview19060226-19070220/Daily%20Review%201906%2010%2001-1906%2012%2010#page/n59/mode/2up The Peterborough Examiner 7 (60 of 494 in archive) October 8, 1906 July 7, 2020 This was the eighth appearance in the title game for Montreal and the first and only appearance for Peterborough. Notably, referee Russell Britton admitted after the game that there was a scoring error when a touch-in-goal (one point) was given to Montreal when it should have counted as a try (five points). While the score should have been 75–10, it was officially recorded as 71–10.The Coffin Corner: Vol. 2, No. 4 (1980) http://www.profootballresearchers.org/coffin-corner80s/02-04-031.pdf Pro Football Researchers Sproule Robert July 4, 2020 This was the highest scoring Dominion championship/Grey Cup in Canadian football history. Background The Intercollegiate Union did not allow the CIRFU champion Ottawa College to play Montreal for the Dominion title, in solidarity with a decision made by the Canadian Amateur Athletic Union (CAAU).Stands by C.A.A.U. https://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=f3ouAAAAIBAJ&sjid=coYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6730%2C4599348 The Ottawa Citizen 5 and 10 of 20 November 16, 1907 July 5, 2020 The CAAU alleged that IRFU players were professionals and would not allow college teams to play against them. The CAAU also decreed that they would ban any teams from playing an intercollegiate team that had also played against an IRFU team.Another Football Mix-Up https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TG8uAAAAIBAJ&pg=7063%2C4536576 The Ottawa Citizen 12 of 14 November 21, 1907 July 5, 2020 A match had been scheduled for November 23, 1907 between Peterborough and Ottawa, but only if it were for Dominion honours. Because Peterborough intended on playing Montreal in a championship game if they won, and Ottawa could not play Montreal if they won, the match was cancelled.No Championship Game https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TW8uAAAAIBAJ&pg=7078%2C4609897 The Ottawa Citizen 5 of 7 November 22, 1907 July 6, 2020 While a home-and-home series was considered, ultimately this sudden death game was scheduled for November 30 instead.Montreal and Peterboro. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Tm8uAAAAIBAJ&pg=5151%2C4686029 The Ottawa Citizen 5 of 13 November 23, 1907 July 6, 2020 References 30em Category:Rugby union competitions in Canada Category:1907 in Canadian football Category:1907 awards Category:1907 in Quebec Category:November 1907 in North America Category:1900s in Montreal Category:Canadian football competitions in Montreal