1886 CANADIAN RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION

The 1886 Canadian Rugby Football Union (Canadian Football) season was again decided between the winners of the Quebec Rugby Football Union Championship and the Ontario Rugby Football Union Championship. The QRFU consisted of three teams playing a two-game season followed by a single-game playoff. The ORFU season consisted of two Championships – the College Championship and the City Championship – each consisting of 6 teams playing three rounds of single elimination followed by a League Final between the City and College Champions.

ONTARIO RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION

CITY PLAYOFFS

Toronto Argonauts	68	Peterborough	6
Ottawa Football Club	defeated Kingston	by defaulted
ROUND 2
Toronto Argonauts	12	Ottawa Football Club	7
London	11	Sarnia	0
CITY FINAL
Toronto Argonauts	defeated	London

COLLEGE PLAYOFFS

Queen’s University	4	Royal Military College	2
Upper Canada College	15	Trinity College	0
ROUND 2
University of Toronto	23	Upper Canada College	0
Ottawa College	17	Queen’s University	0
COLLEGE FINAL
Ottawa College	2	University of Toronto	2 *
Ottawa College	12	University of Toronto	1 **

*(game called due to darkness)

**(replay)

LEAGUE FINAL

Ottawa College

13

Toronto Argonauts

0

QUÉBEC RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION

QUÉBEC RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	PTS
Montréal Amateur Athletic Association	2	2	0	0	27	6	4
Westmount Britannia Athletic Club	2	1	1	0	22	15	2
McGill University	2	0	2	0	9	37	0

PLAYOFF

Montréal AAA

19

Westmount Britannia AC

0

CANADIAN RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

Ottawa College

15

Montréal AAA

10

Report

The Canadian Rugby Football Union (Canadian Football) Senior Championship had been won in 1886 by Ottawa College who triumphed 15-10 in the Championship Game over Montréal AAA. Ottawa College had won the Ontario Rugby Football Union Championship against Toronto Argonauts 13-0 after winning first the College Final 12-1 in a replay over the University of Toronto. Toronto Argonauts had been City Champions having defeated London in the City Final. The Quebec Rugby Football Union Championship was decided between Montréal AAA and Westmount Brittania AC, with Montréal AAA winning 19-0 in the Playoff after the two sides had finished ahead of McGill University in the three-team QRFU League, which was also won by Montréal AAA .

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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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