Overview of the events of 1923 in Canadian football
Canadian Football News in 1923
Calgary Tigers were renamed the 50th Battalion.
Queen's defeats Regina 54–0 as Queen's scored a record nine touchdowns on December 1.
Regular season
Final regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
Ontario Rugby Football Union
Team
GP
W
L
T
PF
PA
Pts
Hamilton Rowing Club 4
4*
0
0
20
9
8
Parkdale Rowing Club
4
2
2*
0
26
4
4
Toronto Varsity Orfuns
4
0
4
0
10
43
0
* Parkdale forfeited last game to Hamilton, 0-0
Manitoba Rugby Football Union
Team
GP
W
L
T
PF
PA
Pts
Winnipeg Victorias 4
4
0
0
176
20
8
University of Manitoba Varsity
4
2
2
0
73
108
4
Winnipeg Tammany Tigers
4
0
4
0
42
163
0
These two games were actually a playoff to see who would play Calgary 50th Battalion in the finals. The results from the full season are unknown.
League Champions
Grey Cup playoffs
Note: All dates in 1923
ARFU Finals
Date
Away
Home
ARFU Finals Games 1 & 2
October 27
Edmonton Eskimos 13Calgary 50th Battalion 7
October 31
Calgary 50th Battalion
Edmonton Eskimos
The second game was cancelled and the Edmonton Eskimos win the ARFU championship. Game was originally scheduled for November 3 but it had to be moved up to accommodate the western playoff versus Regina. Calgary was unable to organize its players on short notice for a mid-week game in Edmonton. West semifinal
West final
Regina advances to the Grey Cup. East semifinal
Hamilton Tigers advances to the East Final. East final
Queen's advances to the Grey Cup. Playoff bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Grey Cup final
CIRFU
Queen's University
BYE
CIRFU
Queen's University
13
EAST
IRFU
Hamilton Tigers
5
IRFU
Hamilton Tigers
24
ORFU
Hamilton Rowing Club
1
CIRFU
Queen's University
54
SRFU
Regina Rugby Club
0
MRFU
Winnipeg Victorias
BYE
MRFU
Winnipeg Victorias
1
WEST
SRFU
Regina Rugby Club
11
SRFU
Regina Rugby Club
9
ARFU
Edmonton Eskimos
6
Grey Cup Championship
NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.
FW - ??? Douglas, Parkdale Rowing Club
HB - Pep Leadley , Queen's University
HB - Warren Snyder , University of Toronto
HB - Harry Batstone , Queen's University
QB - Johnny Evans , Queen's University
C - Ernie Cox , Hamilton Tigers
G - ??? Tuck, Hamilton Tigers
G - Brian Timmins , Ottawa Rough Riders
T - John McKelvey , Queen's University
T - Gear Elford , Hamilton Rowing Club
E - Cap Fear , Toronto Argonauts
E - Bud Thomas , Queen's University References
ISBN 978-0-9739425-4-5 , p.294
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=QBJtjoHflPwC&dat=19231022&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Ottawa Citizen – October 22, 1923
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BGotAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SYoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1198%2C1572699 The Montreal Gazette – November 12, 1923
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