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Football league from Quebec
The
Quebec Rugby Football Union
(QRFU) was a football league consisting of teams from
Quebec
and formed in 1883. Eastern Ontario teams like
Ottawa City
and
Ottawa College
joined in 1894.
League formation and play
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The QRFU was formed officially on January 16, 1883, 10 days after the
Ontario Rugby Football Union
. Teams from the QRFU would compete against member clubs of the ORFU for the
Dominion Championship
of the CRFU beginning the following season. The QRFU adopted the ORFU point-scoring system in 1884 with the formation of the
Canadian Rugby Football Union
. The
Montreal Foot Ball Club
claimed the first ever CRFU Championship 30?0 over the
Toronto Football Club
.
Teams of the QRFU played 15 men to a side, and did not adopt a down system until 1904, when it agreed that a team must make five yards on its third scrimmage to keep possession of the ball.
Scoring
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The QRFU valued a goal from the field (field goal) as six points, a try (touchdown), goals from a try, penalties and free kicks as four points; two points for safety touches; and one point for kicks to the deadline, rouges and touch in goals.
Teams
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QRFU Champions
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Most QRFU Championships
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Incarnations of QRFU
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The QRFU ceased operations in the
1907
after losing their best teams to the
IRFU
. The league returned in 1937 for a single season and made another return during World War II.
The league is not related to, nor shares any history, with the
Quebec Rugby Federation
, which administers
rugby
football in
Quebec
.
See also
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References
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