CRU Senior Champions 1892-1908

Year	Champion	Finalist	Venue
1892	Osgoode Hall	Montréal AAA	Toronto
1893	Queen’s University	Montréal AAA	Montréal
1894	Ottawa College	Queen’s University	Toronto
1895	University of Toronto	Montréal AAA	Montréal
1896	Ottawa College	University of Toronto	Toronto
1897	Ottawa College	Hamilton Tigers	Montréal
1898	Ottawa Rough Riders	Ottawa College	Ottawa
1899	no decision
1900	Ottawa Rough Riders	Brockville	Brockville
1901	Ottawa College	Toronto Argonauts	Montréal
1902	Ottawa Rough Riders	Ottawa College	Ottawa
1903	no decision
1904	no decision
1905	University of Toronto	Ottawa Rough Riders	Toronto
1906	Hamilton Tigers	McGill University	Montréal
1907	Montreal AAA	Peterborough	Montréal
1908	Hamilton Tigers	University of Toronto	Toronto

Report

The second attempt at a truly Canadian Football Championship spanned 1892 to 1908 as the Canadian Rugby Union played a Senior Championship Game between the Ontario and Quebec Rugby Union Champions. Osgoode Hall won the Championship in 1892, Queen’s University in 1893, Ottawa College won three of the next four with the University of Toronto Champions in 1895 and then a more familiar name, Ottawa Rough Riders took the title in 1898, 1900 and 1902. There was no decision in 1899 and in 1901 Ottawa College won it back. Again in 1903 and 1904 there was no decision, before the University of Toronto again won in 1905. Hamilton Tigers, later to merge with Hamilton Wildcats to form Hamilton Tiger-Cats, were Champions in 1906 and 1908, with Montreal AAA winning the intervening Championship. In 1909 a new era was born when Earl Grey donated the Cup named after him to be played for the Canadian Championship, which has since passed into the sole ownership of the Canadian Football League.

References (Canadian Football Almanac 1875-2012 – David Stewart-Candy & Dave Clamen)

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Many thanks to Jim Stevenson (Statistician – Ontario Football Conference) for kindly providing OFC material for 1984 to 2000
Many thanks to Mitch Soivenski of Hampton, New Hampshire for submitting errata corrections

Acknowledgements

Thanks to David Stewart-Candy

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Data Compiled by Dave Stewart-Candy & Dave Clamen, (Canadian Football Almanac 1875-2012, unpublished, Vancouver 2012).

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