1st Grey Cup
1909 Canadian Football championship game
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| Date | December 4, 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Rosedale Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Rosedale, Toronto | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | W.B. Hendry | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 3,807 | ||||||||||||||||||
← 1908 Championship 2nd Grey Cup → | |||||||||||||||||||
The 1st Grey Cup was an inter-league championship game played on December 4, 1909, between the Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union champion University of Toronto Varsity Blues and the Ontario Rugby Football Union champion Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club. The University of Toronto won the game, 26–6.[1][2] While the Canadian Dominion Football Championship had been contested since 1884, this was the first such game that was awarded a trophy.[3] This was the University of Toronto's third Dominion Championship and their fifth appearance in the national championship game. This was Toronto Parkdale's first appearance in a Dominion Championship game.
Game summary
U. of Toronto Varsity Blues (26) - TDs, Hugh Gall, Murray Thomson, Smirle Lawson; cons., Bill Ritchie; singles, Gall (8), Lawson (2).
Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club (6) - TD, Tom Meighan; single, Percy Killaly.
See also
- "Grey Cup 1909". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on 2008-12-07. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
- "The Grey Cup 1909-2009" (PDF). Canadian Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
References
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- Varsity Stadium (1898–present)
- Head coach: Darrell Adams
- York Lions (Red & Blue Bowl)
- League: U Sports
- Conference: Ontario University Athletics
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