1913 Canadian National Challenge Cup

September 2026 1913 Dominion of Canada Football Championship Connaught Cup Series Canada 4 Norwood Wanderers FC 1 Lachine 1914 The 1913 Dominion of Canada Football Championship was the first staging of Canada Soccer's domestic football club competition. Norwood Wanderers FC of St. Boniface, Manitoba won the Connaught Cup after they finished in first place in a four-team round-robin series in Fort William from 1-6 September 1913. For the inaugural edition, four teams qualified to contest the competition – Fort William CPR from Fort William, New Ontario, Lachine from Montreal, Quebec, Norwood Wanderers from Winnipeg, Manitoba and Toronto Old County from Toronto, Ontario. Background The idea for a Canada-wide soccer championship was born in Toronto on May 24, 1912 by the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada (AAUC).http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/honoured/2004/1913Wanderers.htm The Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame & Museum July 8, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20131031125043/http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/honoured/2004/1913Wanderers.htm October 31, 2013 dead Later in the year, the Dominion of Canada Football Association (DCFA) was formed in Winnipeg, Manitoba.Jose Colin Manitoba: The Early Years http://www.canadiansoccerhistory.com/Manitoba/Manitoba-%20The%20Early%20Years.html January 25, 2017 Canadian Soccer History Members associations of the DCFA in 1913 included Alberta, Manitoba, New Ontario, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan. The trophy that would be contested was known as the Connaught Cup.http://www.thesoccerhalloffame.ca/OSN.nsf/1422de1221eb9886852568170050f4f6/de33d85c9cead5d4852570d7005423a1?OpenDocument "National Challenge Trophy" July 8, 2025 July 5, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090705001959/http://www.thesoccerhalloffame.ca/OSN.nsf/1422de1221eb9886852568170050f4f6/de33d85c9cead5d4852570d7005423a1?OpenDocument dead Format The inaugural competition was played as a single round robin tournament. Each team played every other team once at a neutral venue hosted in Fort William, New Ontario. The competition was open to the six member associations of the DCFA but Alberta and Saskatchewan did not enter a team. Teams Manitoba: Norwood Wanderers New Ontario: Fort William C.P.R. Ontario: Toronto Old Country Quebec: Lachine Overview Norwood Wanderers won the inaugural competition after remaining undefeated throughout the competition. Lachine finished as runners-up. Standings main WDL y Q 2 NOR Manitoba Norwood Wanderers LAC Quebec Lachine FTW Ontario Fort William C.P.R. TOR Ontario Toronto Old Country 1 2 0 6 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 5 7 0 2 1 3 4 #bbffbb C complete Morrison Neil Schöggl Hans Canada - Canadian National Challenge Cup - Additional Information https://www.rsssf.org/usadave/cncc1320.html RSSSF 30 July 2020 History Norwood Wanderers successfully defended their title a year later when the competition was hosted in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It would be the last season that the competition was contested as a round robin tournament. In 1926, the Connaught Cup was retired in favour of a new trophy – the Challenge Trophy – donated to the DCFA by the Football Association. References External links Official site; fixtures and results at CanadaSoccer.com The Connaught Series List of champions 1913 Canadian National Challenge Cup National Challenge Cup Category:1913 in sports in Ontario Category:Sports competitions in Thunder Bay Category:Soccer competitions in Ontario Category:September 1913 in North America