Leader-Post Trophy Results 1947-1975

Date	Winners		Runners-Up
	The Evergreen Bowl
01.01.1948 Game 1	Vancouver Blue Bombers	13	Hamilton Tiger-Cubs	5
03.01.1948 Game 2	Vancouver Blue Bombers	6	Hamilton Tiger-Cubs	3
	Vancouver won series 19-8)
	CRU Leader-Post Trophy
20.11.1948	Hamilton Jr Wildcats	23	Saskatoon Hilltops	10
20.11.1949	Hamilton Jr Wildcats	14	Vancouver Blue Bombers	11
18.11.1950	Hamilton Jr Tiger-Cats	14	Vancouver Blue Bombers	5
17.11.1951	Hamilton Jr Tiger-Cats	21	Edmonton Maple Leafs	1
22.11.1952	Windsor AKO Fratmen	15	Edmonton Wildcats	12
21.11.1953	Saskatoon Hilltops	34	Windsor AKO Fratmen	6
20.11.1954	Windsor AKO Fratmen	13	Winnipeg Rods	9
19.11.1955	Winnipeg Rods	19	Windsor AKO Fratmen	13
18.11.1956	Winnipeg Rods	21	Toronto Parkdale Lions	10
23.11.1957	Toronto Parkdale Lions	20	Winnipeg Rods	13
23.11.1958	Saskatoon Hilltops	18	NDG Maple Leafs	14
21.11.1959	Saskatoon Hilltops	46	North York Knights	7
19.11.1960	Rosemount Bombers	22	Saskatoon Hilltops	20
15.11.1961	St. James Rods	16	Rosemount Bombers	13
24.11.1962	Edmonton Huskies	7	NDG Maple Leafs	3
18.11.1963	Edmonton Huskies	47	NDG Maple Leafs	3
11.11.1964	Edmonton Huskies	48	NDG Maple Leafs	27
21.11.1965	NDG Maple Leafs	2	Edmonton Huskies	1
11.11.1966	Regina Rams	29	NDG Maple Leafs	14
	CAFA Leader-Post Trophy
12.11.1967	Edmonton Wildcats	29	Burlington Braves	6
11.11.1968	Saskatoon Hilltops	27	Ottawa Sooners	19
15.11.1969	Saskatoon Hilltops	28	Ottawa Sooners	7
13.11.1970	Regina Rams	29	Edmonton Huskies	11
13.11.1971	Regina Rams	42	Burlington Braves	13
11.11.1972	Hamilton Hurricanes	33	Regina Rams	8
10.11.1973	Regina Rams	9	Ottawa Sooners	0
23.11.1974	Ottawa Sooners	17	Vancouver Meralomas	4
16.11.1975	Regina Rams	38	Hamilton Hurricanes	19

Report

The Leader-Post Trophy was the name for the Canadian Bowl from 1948 to 1975. The Trophy was won on a record five occasions during this period by the Saskatoon Hilltops. Other winners were Regina Rams (4), Edmonton Huskies (3), Hamilton Jr Wildcats, Hamilton Jr Tiger-Cats, Windsor AKO Fratmen and Winnipeg Rods twice each. The Trophy was won on a single occasion by Ottawa Sooners, Hamilton Hurricanes, Edmonton Wildcats, NDG Maple Leafs, Rosemount Bombers, Toronto Parkdale Lions and St. James Rods. Vancouver Blue Bombers won the Evergreen Bowl as it was known in 1947, the only year it was called so.

About the Canadian Bowl and Leader-Post Trophy

The Canadian Bowl is the Championship Game of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL), the second level of Canadian Football. It was first played in 1907 as the Canadian Rugby Union (CRU) Junior Championship, then after one year in 1947 as the Evergreen Bowl it became the Leader-Post Trophy. It was known as the Leader-Post Trophy until 1976, two years after the Canadian Rugby Union (CRU) was renamed the Canadian National Junior Football League (CNJFL), when the Trophy was rebranded the Armadale Cup. It was again renamed in 1989, this time as the Canadian Bowl, seven years after the CNJFL became the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL).

About Canadian Football

The 12v12 version of the game played in Canada differs from American Football not only in the number of players allowed on the field at any one time (12 in a Canadian Football team versus 11 in an American Football team), but also in the size of the field (a Canadian Football field is 110 yards long with two 20-yard endzones, while an American Football field is 100 yards long with two 15 yard endzones). Canadian Football teams also have only three downs (attempts) in which to gain 10 yards or the ball is turned over as opposed to four downs in American Football. There is also the possibility of scoring a “Rouge” in Canadian Football – this happens when the ball is kicked through the back of the endzone, and is worth one point.

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]

Websites:

[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]

[3] Canadian Junior Football League (2021) Canadian Bowl Central [Internet] Available from: https://www.cjfl.org/page/show/1285404-canadian-bowl-central [Accessed 4 January 2021]

Images

[4] Canadian Junior Football League (2021) CanadianBowlTrophy[Internet] Available from: https://cdn1.sportngin.com/attachments/photo/8099/3058/CanadianBowlTrophy.jpg [Accessed 4 January 2021]

Acknowledgements

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

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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 4 January 2021

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