Quebec Provincial Championship 1902
| Winners | Runners-Up | ||
| Championship | |||
| Quebec Jrs | 6 | Westmount II Rugby Club | 0 |
| Westmount II Rugby Club | 19 | Quebec Jrs | 4 |
| (Westmount II won series 19-10) |
Quebec Provincial Championship 1903
| Winners | Runners-Up | ||
| Provincial Playoffs | |||
| Westmount II | 29 | Quebec City Jrs | 0 |
| Westmount II | 7 | Quebec City Jrs | 1 |
| (Westmount II won series 36-1) |
Quebec Provincial Championship 1904
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Playdowns | ||||
| 1904 | Quebec City Jrs | 16 | Grand Trunk FC | 0 + |
| 1904 | Montreal Rugby Club III | 23 | Grand Trunk FC | 4 |
| Championship | ||||
| 1904 | Montreal Rugby Club III | 26 | Quebec City Juniors | 9 |
+ Declared a 0-0 tie as Quebec City played with Intermediate Age Players.
Quebec Provincial Championship 1904
| Winners | Runners-Up | ||
| Championship | |||
| Grand Trunk FC | 5 | Quebec City Jrs | 0 |
| Grand Trunk FC | 10 | Quebec City Jrs | 1 |
| (Grand Trunk won series 15-1) |
Report
The Junior Quebec Rugby Football Union was one of two Canadian Football Junior Leagues in Quebec for the period 1902 to 1905, with the Quebec Independent Junior Football league being the other. The Champions of the two Leagues played a Provincial Championship Series between them.
The winners Provincial Championship in the time were Westmount II Rugby Club (1902, 1903), Montreal Rugby Club III (1904) and Grand Trunk FC (1905)
The Canadian Junior Football League has been running Amateur Province-based Championships for players aged 18-23 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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