Category: Uncategorized

Inline Hockey Ireland Ladies Division 2006-07

Inline Hockey Ireland Logo [References: 2]

Standings

IHI Ladies League 2006-07PWLPts
East Coast Blaze77014
Kilkenny75210
Dublin7346
Cork7070
[References: 2]

Report

East Coast Blaze were leading the Inline Hockey Ireland ladies league on a maximum 14 points from 7 games in 2006-07 with one round of matches left to be played. Kilkenny were second on 5-2. All matches were played in Dublin City University.

References

Logos

[1] Inline Hockey Ireland Facebook Page (2017) Inline Hockey Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/inlinehockeyireland/photos/a.149991298356582.27261.143898408965871/143899552299090/?type=1&theater [Accessed 17 February 2017]

Websites

[2] East Coast Blaze Wayback Machine (2007) Inline Hockey Ireland [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20070704165055/http://www.eastcoastblaze.com/league/index.cfm/league/2 [Accessed 3 April 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Lenka Mulligan.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 3 April 2021

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2021

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Ontario Rugby Football Union 1891

PLAYOFFS

ROUND 1
Osgoode Hall defeatedOttawa Football Club47-3*
Hamilton TigersdefeatedToronto Argonauts73-18*
LondondefeatedStratford31-11
 ROUND 2   
Hamilton Tigers69London 0
University of Toronto20Trinity College9
 SEMI-FINALS   
Osgoode Hall25Hamilton Tigers 4
University of Toronto 27Queen’s University16
 FINAL   
Osgoode Halldefeated University of Toronto 
[References: see Canadian Football Almanac list of Sources]

* two games, total points series

Report

Osgoode Hall won their first ever Ontario Rugby Football Union Championship in 1891, with a defeat of the University of Toronto in the Final. Four rounds of the single elimination tournament were played and in 1892 with the increase in teams playing Canadian Football a Canadian playoff was again played with the winners of the Quebec Rugby Football Union.

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

SOURCES

Ontario Rugby Football Union
Québec Rugby Football Union
Western Canada Rugby Football Union
Manitoba Rugby Football Union
Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union
Alberta Rugby Football Union
British Columbia Rugby Football Union
Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union
Kingston Rugby Football League
Winnipeg Rugby Football League
Intermediate Champions
CFL Attendance Statistics – All Teams for 1982, 1983, 1986 and 1987
Calgary Stampeders Attendance Statistics 1979
Edmonton Eskimo Attendance Statistics 1966-1987
Montréal Alouettes Attendance Statistics 1977
CFL versus NFL Scores
kindly supplied by David Clamen
Thornhill, Ontario
Canada

Canadian Football League Facts Figures & Records 1986 Edition
Canadian Football League Facts Figures & Records 1994 Edition
Canadian Football League Facts Figures & Records 1995 Edition
Canadian Football League Facts Figures & Records 1996 Edition
Canadian Football League Facts Figures & Records 1997 Edition
published by Canadian Football League
Fifth Floor
110 Elginton Avenue West
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
M4R 1A3
1986-1997 Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League
http://www.cfl.ca

Canadian Football – The Grey Cup Years
written by Frank Cosentino
published by Musson Book Company Limited
Don Mills, Ontario
Canada
1969 Frank Cosentino

A Passing Game – A History of the CFL
written by Frank Cosentino
published by Bain & Cox
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada
1995 Frank Cosentino

100 Years of Canadian Football
written by Gordon Currie
published by Pagurian Press Limited
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
1968 Pagurian Press Limited

Rider Pride – The Story of Canada’s Best-Loved Football Team
written by Bob Calder and Garry Andrews
published by Western Producer Prairie Books
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1984

Gael Force – A Century of Football At Queen’s
written by Merv Daub
published by McGill-Queen’s University Press
Montréal, Québec & Kingston, Ontario
1996

1995 British Columbia Lions Media Guide
1996 British Columbia Lions Media Guide
published by Jim Dorash
1996 British Columbia Lions Football Club

Montréal Alouettes Guide Média / Media Guide ’86
published by Club de Football Les Alouettes de Montréal
1986

Ottawa Rough Riders ’87 Media Guide / Guide Média
published by the Ottawa Rough Riders Football Club
 1987

Ottawa Rough Riders 1995 Fact Book
published by the Ottawa Rough Riders Football Club
1995 Ottawa Rough Riders

Toronto Argonauts ’89 Yearbook & Media Guide
published by the Toronto Argonauts Football Club
 1989

Sports Logo Guide – Third Edition
written by John M. Fulgano
published by The Sports Fanatic
San Ramon, California
1997 John M Fulgaro

The Vancouver Sun
October 24th 1998
published by Pacific Press
Vancouver, British Columbia

1997 & 1998 Attendance
kindly supplied courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders Football Club

Canadian Junior Football League
http://www.cjfl.ca/

Ottawa Rough Riders Fan Page
http://roughriders.ottawa.com/history/coachrecord.html

Professional Football Researchers Association
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Sideline/5960/contlg.htm

University of Western Ontario Mustangs
http://members.tripod.com/mustangfootball/overallrecord.htm

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

About this document

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

Text Written by Enda Mulcahy

Kindly given to and edited by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 30 March 2021

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2021

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.

Canadian Rugby Football Union 1885

1885 CANADIAN RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION

The 1885 Canadian Rugby Football Union season was divided into Quebec Rugby Football Union and Ontario Rugby Football Union Championships, with the winners of each meeting in the Canadian Rugby Football Union Senior Championship Game.

ONTARIO RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION

CITY FINAL

Ottawa Football Club 28London0
[References: see Canadian Football Lamanac list of Sources]

COLLEGE FINAL

Ottawa College19University of Toronto2
[References: see Canadian Football Lamanac list of Sources]

LEAGUE FINAL

Ottawa Collegewon
[References: see Canadian Football Lamanac list of Sources]

QUÉBEC RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION

SPRING CHAMPIONSHIP

Montréal AAA11Westmount Britannia AC 4
[References: see Canadian Football Lamanac list of Sources]

CHALLENGE GAMES

Montréal AAA defeatedWestmount Britannia Athletic Club 
Montréal AAA 46McGill University 1
Montréal AAA defeated Westmount Britannia Athletic Club 
[References: see Canadian Football Lamanac list of Sources]

CANADIAN RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

Québec 3Ontario  0
[References: see Canadian Football Lamanac list of Sources]

(declared draw game)

Report

The 1885 Canadian Rugby Football Union Senior Championship Game was declard a drawn game despite Québec having triumphed 3-0 over Ontario. It appears to have been a representative match after Montréal AAA won the Québec Rugby Football Union Championship (again divided into a Spring Championship followed by Challenge Games ) and Ottawa College had won the Ontario Rugby Football Union Championship (divided into a College Final and City Final with the winners meeting in the ORFU Final).

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

SOURCES

Ontario Rugby Football Union
Québec Rugby Football Union
Western Canada Rugby Football Union
Manitoba Rugby Football Union
Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union
Alberta Rugby Football Union
British Columbia Rugby Football Union
Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union
Kingston Rugby Football League
Winnipeg Rugby Football League
Intermediate Champions
CFL Attendance Statistics – All Teams for 1982, 1983, 1986 and 1987
Calgary Stampeders Attendance Statistics 1979
Edmonton Eskimo Attendance Statistics 1966-1987
Montréal Alouettes Attendance Statistics 1977
CFL versus NFL Scores
kindly supplied by David Clamen
Thornhill, Ontario
Canada

Canadian Football League Facts Figures & Records 1986 Edition
Canadian Football League Facts Figures & Records 1994 Edition
Canadian Football League Facts Figures & Records 1995 Edition
Canadian Football League Facts Figures & Records 1996 Edition
Canadian Football League Facts Figures & Records 1997 Edition
published by Canadian Football League
Fifth Floor
110 Elginton Avenue West
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
M4R 1A3
1986-1997 Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League
http://www.cfl.ca

Canadian Football – The Grey Cup Years
written by Frank Cosentino
published by Musson Book Company Limited
Don Mills, Ontario
Canada
1969 Frank Cosentino

A Passing Game – A History of the CFL
written by Frank Cosentino
published by Bain & Cox
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada
1995 Frank Cosentino

100 Years of Canadian Football
written by Gordon Currie
published by Pagurian Press Limited
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
1968 Pagurian Press Limited

Rider Pride – The Story of Canada’s Best-Loved Football Team
written by Bob Calder and Garry Andrews
published by Western Producer Prairie Books
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1984

Gael Force – A Century of Football At Queen’s
written by Merv Daub
published by McGill-Queen’s University Press
Montréal, Québec & Kingston, Ontario
1996

1995 British Columbia Lions Media Guide
1996 British Columbia Lions Media Guide
published by Jim Dorash
1996 British Columbia Lions Football Club

Montréal Alouettes Guide Média / Media Guide ’86
published by Club de Football Les Alouettes de Montréal
1986

Ottawa Rough Riders ’87 Media Guide / Guide Média
published by the Ottawa Rough Riders Football Club
 1987

Ottawa Rough Riders 1995 Fact Book
published by the Ottawa Rough Riders Football Club
1995 Ottawa Rough Riders

Toronto Argonauts ’89 Yearbook & Media Guide
published by the Toronto Argonauts Football Club
 1989

Sports Logo Guide – Third Edition
written by John M. Fulgano
published by The Sports Fanatic
San Ramon, California
1997 John M Fulgaro

The Vancouver Sun
October 24th 1998
published by Pacific Press
Vancouver, British Columbia

1997 & 1998 Attendance
kindly supplied courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders Football Club

Canadian Junior Football League
http://www.cjfl.ca/

Ottawa Rough Riders Fan Page
http://roughriders.ottawa.com/history/coachrecord.html

Professional Football Researchers Association
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Sideline/5960/contlg.htm

University of Western Ontario Mustangs
http://members.tripod.com/mustangfootball/overallrecord.htm

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

About this document

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

Text Written by Enda Mulcahy

Kindly given to and edited by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 27 March 2021

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2021

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.

An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar Playing Stickball in Choctaw Nation 2018

Report

Stickball is a Native American (Choctaw) sport similar to Baseball.

The Choctaws gave Ireland a consignment of grain during the famine as they could identify with the starvation. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar paid the first ever visit by a sitting Taoiseach to the Choctaw Nation on St. Patrick’s Day 2018, and played a bit of Stickball.

Video Footage (Cherokee Nation Stickball 2016)

Cherokee Nation Stickball 2016

References

Websites

[1] Irish Times (2019) Choctaw Generosity to Famine Ireland Saluted by Varadkar [Internet] Available from:  https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/choctaw-generosity-to-famine-ireland-saluted-by-varadkar-1.3424542 [Accessed 27 June 2019]

Media

[2] Cherokee Nation You Tube (2016) Cherokee Nation Stickball [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5XXOEPCro0 [Accessed 25 March 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Little Mountain (Belfast Sliders Softball)

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 25 March 2021

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2021

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The World’s 50 Versions of Football (With Links)

With 10 Codes of Gridiron (North American Football), 10 Codes of National Football (GAA, English Soccer, Rugby Versions, Australian Rules etc), 16 Codes of Wheelchair, Tag, Beach and Reduced Numbers Football (Street Soccer, Rugby Sevens, Beach AFL, Flag Football etc) and 14 Versions of World Football (Uncodified or Ancient Games undergoing Revival), there is Football for all.

Note: This is not a complete list: There are more Obscure or Unusual ones than in this list.

North American Gridiron Football

LeagueLink
National Football Leaguehttp://www.nfl.com/
National Collegiate Athletic Association Footballhttp://www.ncaa.com/sports/football/fbs
Canadian Football Leaguehttps://www.cfl.ca/
Liga de Futbol Americano Mexicohttp://lfa.mx/
XFLhttps://www.xfl.com/
Indoor Football Leaguehttps://goifl.com/
X-League Extreme Football League (Legends)https://extfl.com/
Fan Controlled Footballhttps://www.fcf.io/
American 7s Football Leaguehttps://www.a7fl.com/
Early Footballhttps://www.profootballresearchers.org/index.html
North American Gridiron Football Leagues

World Football Leagues

LeagueLink
English Premier Leaguehttps://www.premierleague.com/
Australian Football Leaguehttps://www.afl.com.au/
Gaelic Athletic Association Footballhttps://www.gaa.ie/football/
International Rules Footballhttps://www.gaa.ie/search/?q=International%20Rules
Super Rugby (Rugby Union)https://super.rugby/superrugby/
National Rugby Leaguehttps://www.nrl.com/
Major Arena Soccer Leaguehttps://www.maslsoccer.com/
Copa Libertadores Futsalhttps://www.conmebol.com/es/libertadores-futsal-argentina2019
Calcio Fiorentinohttps://www.calciostoricofiorentino.it/
Lelo Burti (Georgia)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scQcgvuEMh4
World Football Codes

Wheelchair, Beach & Tag Football

SportLink
Wheelchair Rugbyhttps://www.paralympic.org/wheelchair-rugby
Wheelchair Footballhttp://adaptedsports.org/
Powerchair Soccerhttps://www.fai.ie/domestic/football-for-all/association-of-irish-powerchair-football
AFL Wheelchairhttps://dsr.org.au/afl-wheelchair/#:~:text=AFL%20Wheelchair%20is%20an%20adapted,disability%20the%20opportunity%20to%20play.&text=The%20game%20is%20played%20between,either%20end%20of%20the%20field.
Beach Footballhttps://www.usbeachflagfootball.org/
Beach Soccerhttps://www.beachsoccer.com/
Beach Rugbyhttps://beachrugbyaustralia.com.au/
Beach AFLhttps://aflinternational.com/beach-footy/
Football Fives (Soccer)https://www.redbull.com/int-en/event-series/neymar-jrs-five/
Rugby Sevenshttps://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/?lang=en
GAA Football Sevenshttps://kilmacudcrokes.com/football/football-all-ireland-7s-0
AFL 9shttps://afl9s.com.au/
Flag Football (American)https://flagfootballworld.com/
Street Soccerhttps://globalstreetsoccer.com/
Tag Rugbyhttps://www.tagrugby.ie/Contact-ITRA-HQ.html
AFL Tags and Tailshttps://play.afl/auskick/activities/tags-and-tails
Wheelchair, Beach, Tag & Reduced Numbers Football

Uncodified World Football

Country / GameLink to Video or Media
China / Cujuhttps://web.archive.org/web/20060414084626/http://qlqwl.com.cn/english/news/t20040910_377495.htm
Japan / Kemarihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO3vRH2z8jo
India / Yubi LakpiNone
Aotearoa-New Zealand / https://archive.is/20130920185818/http://innz.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=533353
Australian Aboriginal / Marn Grookhttps://archive.is/20130920185818/http://innz.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=533353
Central America / Pok-ta-Pok(Ulama)https://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/174771
Normandy (France) / La Soulehttp://www.jeuxtradinormandie.fr/
Iceland / Knattleikrhttp://knattleikr.blogspot.com/
Scotland / Ba Gamehttp://www.orkneyjar.com/tradition/bagame/
Britain / Uppies & Downies and Shrovetide Footballhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lamUNwU9v3A
Canada / Broomballhttps://www.gatewayicecenter.com/page/show/1453223-what-is-broomball-
Eton Wall Gamehttps://www.thegentlemansjournal.com/house-note/sam-leith-history-eton-wall-game-sport/
Roman Harpastumhttps://www.topendsports.com/sport/extinct/harpastum.htm
Greek Episkyros
https://healthandfitnesshistory.com/ancient-sports/greek-episkyros-ball-game/

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Everyone who has ever played or enjoyed watching any version of Football

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 25 March 2021

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2020

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.

Canadian Rugby Union Senior Champions 1892-1908

CRU Senior Champions 1892-1908

YearChampionFinalistVenue
1892Osgoode HallMontréal AAAToronto
1893Queen’s UniversityMontréal AAAMontréal
1894Ottawa CollegeQueen’s UniversityToronto
1895University of TorontoMontréal AAAMontréal
1896Ottawa CollegeUniversity of TorontoToronto
1897Ottawa CollegeHamilton TigersMontréal
1898Ottawa Rough RidersOttawa CollegeOttawa
1899no decision  
1900Ottawa Rough RidersBrockvilleBrockville
1901Ottawa CollegeToronto ArgonautsMontréal
1902Ottawa Rough RidersOttawa CollegeOttawa
1903no decision  
1904no decision  
1905University of TorontoOttawa Rough RidersToronto
1906Hamilton TigersMcGill UniversityMontréal
1907Montreal AAAPeterboroughMontréal
1908Hamilton TigersUniversity of TorontoToronto
Canadian Rugby Union Senior Champions 1892-1908 [References: See References Section Below]

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)

SOURCES

Ontario Rugby Football Union
Québec Rugby Football Union
Western Canada Rugby Football Union
Manitoba Rugby Football Union
Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union
Alberta Rugby Football Union
British Columbia Rugby Football Union
Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union
Kingston Rugby Football League
Winnipeg Rugby Football League
Intermediate Champions
CFL Attendance Statistics – All Teams for 1982, 1983, 1986 and 1987
Calgary Stampeders Attendance Statistics 1979
Edmonton Eskimo Attendance Statistics 1966-1987
Montréal Alouettes Attendance Statistics 1977
CFL versus NFL Scores
kindly supplied by David Clamen
Thornhill, Ontario
Canada

Canadian Football League Facts Figures & Records 1986 Edition
Canadian Football League Facts Figures & Records 1994 Edition
Canadian Football League Facts Figures & Records 1995 Edition
Canadian Football League Facts Figures & Records 1996 Edition
Canadian Football League Facts Figures & Records 1997 Edition
published by Canadian Football League
Fifth Floor
110 Elginton Avenue West
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
M4R 1A3
1986-1997 Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League
http://www.cfl.ca

Canadian Football – The Grey Cup Years
written by Frank Cosentino
published by Musson Book Company Limited
Don Mills, Ontario
Canada
1969 Frank Cosentino

A Passing Game – A History of the CFL
written by Frank Cosentino
published by Bain & Cox
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada
1995 Frank Cosentino

100 Years of Canadian Football
written by Gordon Currie
published by Pagurian Press Limited
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
1968 Pagurian Press Limited

Rider Pride – The Story of Canada’s Best-Loved Football Team
written by Bob Calder and Garry Andrews
published by Western Producer Prairie Books
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1984

Gael Force – A Century of Football At Queen’s
written by Merv Daub
published by McGill-Queen’s University Press
Montréal, Québec & Kingston, Ontario
1996

1995 British Columbia Lions Media Guide
1996 British Columbia Lions Media Guide
published by Jim Dorash
1996 British Columbia Lions Football Club

Montréal Alouettes Guide Média / Media Guide ’86
published by Club de Football Les Alouettes de Montréal
1986

Ottawa Rough Riders ’87 Media Guide / Guide Média
published by the Ottawa Rough Riders Football Club
 1987

Ottawa Rough Riders 1995 Fact Book
published by the Ottawa Rough Riders Football Club
1995 Ottawa Rough Riders

Toronto Argonauts ’89 Yearbook & Media Guide
published by the Toronto Argonauts Football Club
 1989

Sports Logo Guide – Third Edition
written by John M. Fulgano
published by The Sports Fanatic
San Ramon, California
1997 John M Fulgaro

The Vancouver Sun
October 24th 1998
published by Pacific Press
Vancouver, British Columbia

1997 & 1998 Attendance
kindly supplied courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders Football Club

Canadian Junior Football League
http://www.cjfl.ca/

Ottawa Rough Riders Fan Page
http://roughriders.ottawa.com/history/coachrecord.html

Professional Football Researchers Association
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Sideline/5960/contlg.htm

University of Western Ontario Mustangs
http://members.tripod.com/mustangfootball/overallrecord.htm

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

About this document

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

Text Written by Enda Mulcahy

Kindly given to and edited by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 17 March 2021

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2021

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.

Canadian Rugby Football Union Senior Champions 1884-1887

CRFU Senior Champions 1884-1887

 ChampionFinalistVenue
1884Montréal Football ClubToronto ArgonautsToronto
1885QuébecOntarioToronto
1886Ottawa CollegeMontréal AAAOttawa
1887Ottawa CollegeMcGill UniversityMontréal
[References: see Sources]

Report

After 1883 when the Quebec and Ontario Rugby Football Unions played separate schedules, there was a Playoff between the two Champions for the Canadian Rugby Football Union Senior Championship, won in 1884 by Montréal Football Club, 1885 by Québec and 1886 and 1887 by Ottawa College. Thereafter no Canadian Senior Championship game was played until 1892.

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

SOURCES

Ontario Rugby Football Union
Québec Rugby Football Union
Western Canada Rugby Football Union
Manitoba Rugby Football Union
Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union
Alberta Rugby Football Union
British Columbia Rugby Football Union
Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union
Kingston Rugby Football League
Winnipeg Rugby Football League
Intermediate Champions
CFL Attendance Statistics – All Teams for 1982, 1983, 1986 and 1987
Calgary Stampeders Attendance Statistics 1979
Edmonton Eskimo Attendance Statistics 1966-1987
Montréal Alouettes Attendance Statistics 1977
CFL versus NFL Scores
kindly supplied by David Clamen
Thornhill, Ontario
Canada

Canadian Football League Facts Figures & Records 1986 Edition
Canadian Football League Facts Figures & Records 1994 Edition
Canadian Football League Facts Figures & Records 1995 Edition
Canadian Football League Facts Figures & Records 1996 Edition
Canadian Football League Facts Figures & Records 1997 Edition
published by Canadian Football League
Fifth Floor
110 Elginton Avenue West
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
M4R 1A3
1986-1997 Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League
http://www.cfl.ca

Canadian Football – The Grey Cup Years
written by Frank Cosentino
published by Musson Book Company Limited
Don Mills, Ontario
Canada
1969 Frank Cosentino

A Passing Game – A History of the CFL
written by Frank Cosentino
published by Bain & Cox
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada
1995 Frank Cosentino

100 Years of Canadian Football
written by Gordon Currie
published by Pagurian Press Limited
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
1968 Pagurian Press Limited

Rider Pride – The Story of Canada’s Best-Loved Football Team
written by Bob Calder and Garry Andrews
published by Western Producer Prairie Books
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1984

Gael Force – A Century of Football At Queen’s
written by Merv Daub
published by McGill-Queen’s University Press
Montréal, Québec & Kingston, Ontario
1996

1995 British Columbia Lions Media Guide
1996 British Columbia Lions Media Guide
published by Jim Dorash
1996 British Columbia Lions Football Club

Montréal Alouettes Guide Média / Media Guide ’86
published by Club de Football Les Alouettes de Montréal
1986

Ottawa Rough Riders ’87 Media Guide / Guide Média
published by the Ottawa Rough Riders Football Club
 1987

Ottawa Rough Riders 1995 Fact Book
published by the Ottawa Rough Riders Football Club
1995 Ottawa Rough Riders

Toronto Argonauts ’89 Yearbook & Media Guide
published by the Toronto Argonauts Football Club
 1989

Sports Logo Guide – Third Edition
written by John M. Fulgano
published by The Sports Fanatic
San Ramon, California
1997 John M Fulgaro

The Vancouver Sun
October 24th 1998
published by Pacific Press
Vancouver, British Columbia

1997 & 1998 Attendance
kindly supplied courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders Football Club

Canadian Junior Football League
http://www.cjfl.ca/

Ottawa Rough Riders Fan Page
http://roughriders.ottawa.com/history/coachrecord.html

Professional Football Researchers Association
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Sideline/5960/contlg.htm

University of Western Ontario Mustangs
http://members.tripod.com/mustangfootball/overallrecord.htm

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

About this document

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

Text Written by Enda Mulcahy

Kindly given to and edited by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 17 March 2021

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2021

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.

Canadian Rugby (Football) University v Toronto 1875

FOOTBALL MATCH – UNIVERSITY VS. ARGONAUTS

Early on Saturday morning it began to be talked about town among lovers of athletic sports that a foot-ball match had been arranged for the afternoon between the University (of Toronto) team and the Argonauts, the respective champions of the Canadian and English games. No very great publicity was given to the announcement of the match, though, owing to the amount of attention that has lately been attracted to the relative merits of the rival games and to the newspaper warfare that has been going on between their respective adherents, considerable interest was felt in the result of the struggle. The day was all that could have been desired by those who were to take part in the match, though rather too cold for the comfort of spectators. Nevertheless a large number – a very considerable portion of whom were ladies – had at an early hour assembled on the lawn and terraces in front of the University buildings, where the match was to take place. It was understood that play was to commence at half past two o’clock, but as that hour approached it became evident that it would be some time at least before the match would actually commence. The various members of the two teams soon, however, began to come straggling up in twos and threes, so that by three o’clock each captain was able to muster a respectable representation of his followers. The poles were pitched nearly north and south at a distance of apparently about two hundred yards. The Argonauts won the toss for choice of goals, and elected to kick toward the Observatory, or away from the University buildings. As soon as the choice was announced the two teams collected around their respective goals and began to prepare for the contest.

As the men were standing thus collected at the goals a fine opportunity was afforded of comparing the physique of the two teams. The contrast was most marked: The Argonauts seemed [sic] men, large, strong, heavy, and yet active, not a man of them probably under twenty three years of age or twelve stone in weight – many of them heavily bearded, and all with a manly and experienced look that quite accounted for the general impression prevalent among the spectators that they would make short work of their antagonists. The University team, on the other hand, was precisely the ideal Collection of college boys, termed men by courtesy, the oldest among them probably not more than twenty-two, and the average apparently about eighteen. [They] would probably average about one hundred and seventy each. The remaining fifteen of the college team would range between 130 and 150.

Play was commenced at 3:35 pm, the referee placing the ball in the centre of the field, and giving the signal for the two teams to run for the kick. It was at once manifest that the Argonauts were greatly superior in speed as well as in strength. The kick off was easily won by Shanly, who sent the ball flying high in the air and right on to the College goal. It was of course caught by a College man, and kicked back toward the opposite goal. Play commenced at once in earnest, and the difference between the two styles of play became apparent immediately. Leaving behind five of their number to guard their goal, the remainder of the Argonauts at once rushed in a body to attack. The University men, each of whom had his appointed station, out of which, according to their captain, he would feel about as uncomfortable as a fish out of water, came sloping up the field at a swinging sort of trot until each had found his respective place, quite regardless of the fierce and exciting struggle that was going on behind them and right in front of their own goal.

For the first twenty minutes the ball scarcely ever left the College goal. The University captain seemed not to think it necessary to strengthen his defence, but left the task of guarding the goal to some half dozen of his men who, accordingly, while the struggle lasted, were compelled to fight against an odds of over two to one. The attack of the Argonauts was, however, too fierce to last, and as the game wore on the ball began to be oftener out from the crowd, and occasionally to approach more nearly the centre of the field. At last Murphy, the College Captain, standing just about midway between the goals, secures a free kick – a beautiful drop kick – sends the ball flying high over the heads of the Argonauts, who are rushing up to the defence, and straight into Aylworth’s hands; another free kick passes the ball on to Gunn. Gunn springs forward, seizes it, swings round on one heel, and with a most beautifully scientific kick drives the ball right through the Argonauts’ goal.

A scene of wild enthusiasm ensued, as the University men came trooping up to felicitate themselves and receive the congratulations of their friends on the successful result of the game. Play was almost immediately resumed – the kick off was again easily won by the Argonauts, and a repetition of the former fierce attack on the College goal resumed. Gradually, though, the ball was worked up toward the other end of the field, and in spite of the most determined exertions of the Argonauts kept there until time was called at five o’clock. The first game lasted a little more than half an hour – the second was not completed. Where every man played almost equally well, it seems favidious to particularize, yet Lambe, Perram, Greenfield, and Macqueson of the Argonauts, and Sutherland, Murphy, Spotton, and Gunn, of the College team, deserve especial mention for the sustained excellence of their play.

The Argonauts immediately challenged the College team to play a return match according to the Rugby rules. It is not yet known, however, whether it has been decided to accept the challenge. No obligation rests upon the University to accept it, inasmuch as they claim only to be champions of the Canadian game. The match of Saturday securely establishes them in the possession of this coveted distinction. Victors in a struggle with antagonists so renowned as the Argonaut Foot-ball Team, their title to the championship is one that no Canadian team can either gainsay or resist. The match of Saturday was one possessing particular interest from the peculiar circumstances under which it was played. The challenge from the Argonauts was one the University team could not decline. They incurred, however, great risk in accepting it. To have been beaten in their own game by a club playing according to rules so totally different from theirs would have been to have sunk themselves into oblivion, yet by victory they gained nothing that they did not possess before. Their captain, however, took them, he says, into the match with no fears for the result; the superior skill and science of his men – certainly not their strength or activity – proved his confidence in them was not misplaced.

References

The Daily Globe, Toronto – Monday, November 22, 1875

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Dave Stewart-Candy

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

Kindly given to and edited by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 17 March 2021

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2021

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LEXFA Liga Xtrema de Futbol Arena Mexico Arena 2019

LEXFA Logo [References: 1]

LEXFA Arena Autumn 2019

PWLTPFPAPts
Division 1 A
*Spartans CDMX66002268612
*Cowboys651015211210
*Generales64201581318
*Demonios Showtime63301551126
Carneros Pre6240931734
Division 1B
*Supermans651017916210
*Toritos Texcoco63301281596
*Black Thunder62401451404
*Sharks62401191714
Cat Crazy6240881074
Knights61501071302
Division 2
Bufalos65101739310
Aztecas65101378210
Colmillos64201441208
Zopilotes6420124698
Ducks64201191008
Chivos Negros63301701276
Acueband63301621306
Carneros Pri63301231356
Spartans ODA62401151674
Warriors Pachuca6240831364
Gamos6240791254
Perros Negros624077924
Head Hunters61501111302
Division 3
Sooners651019410310
Orcas651019311610
Jugosos64201881698
Titanes64201761398
Therions6420132718
Jokers63301831806
Niners63301421646
Dragones Aztecas63301311356
Coyotes Toluca62401111434
Irons6240931704
Thundercats6150851452
High Voltage6060621630
Division 4
Peleadores651018212710
Carneros Se651015910510
Oklahoma64201641178
Pig Machine64201551298
Mustangs6420881018
Army6330138956
Vikingos63301381516
Comanches63301351306
Chargers63301241116
Gorilas Salvajes63301211596
Myrmidons62401321374
Batman6240921094
Division 5
Air Force65101289210
Jaguares6420129888
Cheyennes6420109908
Black Chiefs62401641514
Panteras62401361484
Tigers Xtreme62401291674
Centauros62401121294
Puercos Salvajes6240791614
Silverbacks61501101572
Mustangs Tlahuac6150771242
Rhinos6150761602
Hellfish6060541670
Lega Extrema de Futbol Arena Mexico LEXFA Division I Otoño Standings 2019 [Reference: 8; 10-13]
DateHome TeamAway Team
Division 5 Primera Ronda
27.10.2019Cheyennes14Tigers Xtreme8
Division 4 Primera Ronda
27.10.2019Oklahoma27Army14
26.10.2019Pig Machine12Mustangs6
Division 2 Primera Ronda
27.10.2019Bufalos34Carnerors Pride13
27.10.2019Aztecas ODA13Acueband0
Division 5 Semfinales
02.11.2019Air Force37Black Chiefs22
02.11.2019Jaguares30Cheyennes20
Division 4 Semifinales
03.11.2019Peleadores31Pig Machine34
03.11.2019Carneros Senior28Oklahoma35
Division 3 semifinales
02.11.2019Sooners32Therions31
03.11.2019Orcas42Jugosos26
Division 2 semifinales
03.11.2019Bufalos45Chivos Negros34
02.11.2019Aztecas ODA14Ducks2
Division 5 Finale
09.11.2019Air Force21Jaguares18
Division 4 Finale
10.11.2019Pig Machine18Oklahoma26
Division 3 Finale
09.11.2019Sooners29Orcas14
Division 2 Finale
10.11.2019Bufalos29Aztecas ODA24
[References: 9]
DateHome TeamAway Team
Semi-Finales 1B
26.10.2019Supermans26Sharks7
27.10.2019Toritos Texcoco19Black Thunder41
Semi-Finales 1A
26.10.2019Spartans CDMX48Demonios Showtime32
26.10.2019Generales24Cowboys18
Finale 1B
02.11.2019Supermans42Black Thunder26
Finale 1A
02.11.2019Spartans CDMX34Generales12
Lega Extrema de Futbol Arena Mexico LEXFA Division I Otoño Playoffs 2019 [Reference: 9]

Report

The Autumn (Otoño) season in the LEXFA (Lega Extrema de Futbol Arena) in Mexico was won by Spartans CDMXin 2019. There were 6 Divisions (1A, 1B and 2 to 5) playing inter-locking schedules, with 61 teams playing in total in the Arena League. Peleadores, which translates as Fighters, used the same logo as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish – the Fighting Leprechaun. The Peleadores won the Division 4 League title, but were knocked out in the Semi-Finals by Pig Machine 34-31.

LEXFA is an Arena (8v8 Indoor) version of American Football that has become quite popular in Mexico. A team called the Irish, who used the Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo played in a lower division.

Banner showing 10 LEXFA teams and the Trophy [Reference: 2]

References

Images

[1] LEXFA Wayback Machine (2020) Lexfa-ORO-2 [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Lexfa-ORO-2.png [Accessed 8 August 2020]

[2] LEXFA Wayback Machine (2017) bannerTop [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20131115003038im_/http://arenafootball.com.mx/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/bannerTop.jpg [Accessed 8 August 2020]

Websites

[3] LEXFA (2020) Tablas de Posiciones [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/tablas-de-posiciones/ [Accessed 8 August 2020]

[4] LEXFA (2019) Finales [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/playoffs/ [Accessed 8 August 2020]

[5] LEXFA(2019) Semifinals y Finales [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/playoffs/#1572295727138-bdd3bccf-2846 [Accessed 8 August 2020]

[6] LEXFA (2019) Primera Ronda [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/playoffs/#1571783907460-0c128cb1-0e9b [Accessed 8 August 2020]

[7] LEXFA (2020) Master Division 1 [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/table/master-division-1/  [Accessed 8 August 2020]

[8] LEXFA (2020) Master Division 2 [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/table/master-division-2/ [Accessed 8 August 2020]

[9] LEXFA (2020) Calendar: Fixtures Results [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/calendar/fixtures-results/ [Accessed 8 August 2020]

[10] LEXFA (2020) Tablas de Posiciones Division 2 [2]  [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/table/division-2/ [Accessed 8 August 2020]

[11] LEXFA (2020) Tablas de Posiciones Division 3 [2]  [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/table/otono-2019-division-3/ [Accessed 8 August 2020]

[12] LEXFA (2020) Tablas de Posiciones Division 4 [2]  [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/table/otono-2019-division-4/  [Accessed 8 August 2020]

[13] LEXFA (2020) Tablas de Posiciones Division 5 [2]  [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/table/otono-2019-division-5/  [Accessed 8 August 2020]

Online References

[14] Google Translate (2020) Google Translate [Internet] available from: https://translate.google.com/ [Accessed 9 August 2020]

[15] Google Maps (2020) Google Maps [Internet] available from: https://www.google.com/maps [Accessed 9 August 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Gunning

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 13 March 2021

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2020-2021

You are free to copy this document in whole or part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.

LEXFA Liga Xtrema de Futbol Arena Mexico Master 2019

LEXFA Logo [Reference: 1]

LEXFA Master 2019

LEXFA Master 2019PWLTPFPA
Master Division 1
*Hormigas651014133
*Frailes54109756
*Dragones54106480
*Mexico63305073
Machine624065105
Master Division 2
*Toritos Texcoco641111060
*Carneros53205250
Venados52305057
*Gladiadores51315488
*Bati41303465
*Frailes CS41303251
*Nordicos41302440
[Refereces: 7-8]
DateHome TeamAway Team
Division 2 Quarter-Finals
19.07.2019Batijugosos0Frailes CS20
21.07.2019Nordicos14Gladiadores0
Division 2 Semi-Finals
28.07.2019Toritos Texcoco32Nordicos6
28.07.2019Frailes CS0Carneros21
Division 1 Semi-Finals
27.07.2019Team Mexico6Hormigas Rojas36
28.07.2019FrailesDragones Rojos
Division 2 Final
04.08.2019Toritos TexcocoCarneros
Division 1 Final
04.08.2019Hormigas Rojos
[Refernces: 9]

Report

The Autumn (Otoño) season in the LEXFA (Lega Extrema de Futbol Americano) in Mexico included an 11v11 League called Master.

LEXFA is an Arena (8v8 Indoor) version of American Football that has become quite popular in Mexico. A team called the Irish, who used the Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo played in a lower division.

Banner showing 10 LEXFA teams and the Trophy [Reference: 2]

References

Images

[1] LEXFA Wayback Machine (2020) Lexfa-ORO-2 [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Lexfa-ORO-2.png [Accessed 8 August 2020]

[2] LEXFA Wayback Machine (2017) bannerTop [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20131115003038im_/http://arenafootball.com.mx/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/bannerTop.jpg [Accessed 8 August 2020]

Websites

[3] LEXFA (2020) Tablas de Posiciones [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/tablas-de-posiciones/ [Accessed 8 August 2020]

[4] LEXFA (2019) Finales [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/playoffs/ [Accessed 8 August 2020]

[5] LEXFA(2019) Semifinals y Finales [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/playoffs/#1572295727138-bdd3bccf-2846 [Accessed 8 August 2020]

[6] LEXFA (2019) Primera Ronda [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/playoffs/#1571783907460-0c128cb1-0e9b [Accessed 8 August 2020]

[7] LEXFA (2020) Master Division 1 [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/table/master-division-1/  [Accessed 8 August 2020]

[8] LEXFA (2020) Master Division 2 [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/table/master-division-2/ [Accessed 8 August 2020]

[9] LEXFA (2020) Calendar: Fixtures Results [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/calendar/fixtures-results/ [Accessed 8 August 2020]

[10] LEXFA (2020) Tablas de Posiciones Division 2 [2]  [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/table/division-2/ [Accessed 8 August 2020]

[10] LEXFA (2020) Tablas de Posiciones Division 3 [2]  [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/table/otono-2019-division-3/ [Accessed 8 August 2020]

[10] LEXFA (2020) Tablas de Posiciones Division 4 [2]  [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/table/otono-2019-division-4/  [Accessed 8 August 2020]

[10] LEXFA (2020) Tablas de Posiciones Division 5 [2]  [Internet] Available from: https://arenafootball.com.mx/table/otono-2019-division-5/  [Accessed 8 August 2020]

Online References

[3] Google Translate (2020) Google Translate [Internet] available from: https://translate.google.com/ [Accessed 9 August 2020]

[4] Google Maps (2020) Google Maps [Internet] available from: https://www.google.com/maps [Accessed 9 August 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Gunning

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 13 March 2021

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2020-2021

You are free to copy this document in whole or part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.