Championship Games

Date	Winners		Runners-Up
01.11.1890	University of Toronto II	16	Hamilton Ontarios	8
07.11.1891	Queens University II	13	Hamilton Jr Tigers	10
10.11.1892	Osgoode Hall II	20	Hamilton Tigers II	2
04.11.1893	University of Toronto Varsity III	19	Hamilton Tigers III	9
10.11.1894	Toronto Athletic Club Lomes II	22	Kingston Granites II	19
02.11.1895	Hamilton Tigers III	28	Kingston Granites II	7
07.11.1896	Kingston Granites II	39	Hamilton Jr Tigers III	10
06.11.1897	University of Toronto Varsity III	9	Petroloea FC II	5
12.11.1898	London Rugby Club II	7	University of Toronto Varsity III	2
18.11.1899	London Jrs	36	Kingston Nationals	0
10.11.1900	Toronto Argonauts II	6	Kingston Limestones	0
16.11.1901	University of Toronto Varsity III	15	Kingston Limestones	0

Report

The Junior Ontario Rugby Football Union Championship was won by 10 different teams over a 12-year period from 1890 to 1901. Most notable among the teams is the appearance of the Toronto Argonauts II team and Hamilton Tigers III, Junior teams of future Canadian Football League teams.

The Canadian Junior Football League has been running Amateur Province-based Championships since 1887, under various names (Canadian Rugby Union, Canadian Junior Football League). In Canada Gridiron Football was known as Rugby until the Canadian Football League split away from the Canadian Rugby Union in 1958 to form its own Professional League and adopt more American Football Rules. The sport has been known as Canadian Football since. (For more on Canadian Football history see: Canadian Football Leagues

References

Images

[1] Canadian Junior Football League | Facebook (2011) CJFL Profile Picture: March 3, 2011 [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/s720x720/172369_166507693399012_2554406_o.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_eui2=AeEmInrSy7Bp5Q4nj_j07-ZNBsVadK5KjxZ41fzEaVCISv70yVik13v0v3zYpBxRgsfUNu-p8l9wNdwiUtbFgjxmLVz-GqrX6CXGQ0Q1t3vEOg&_nc_ohc=qW-lYWvPX78AQld50UAOtsqMmpIdM9heSa3xodVrfPzv-6YUYkLSkRtlA&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=6d635c510b3954231714cee2128f1767&oe=5E6D4BE8%5BAccessed 20 December 2019]

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[2] British Columbia Football Conference (2019) CJFL Records | All Time Standings [Internet] Available from: https://cdn4.sportngin.com/attachments/document/0132/8193/Team_Standings_1887-2016.pdf?_ga=2.223530395.1807741386.1558376670-2095904572.1558376670 [Accessed 21 May 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Robert Burns. Judith Burns, Steve Hearn, Anton Pippo O’Grady, John Wills, John Morahan & John Kane.

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