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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