Manitoba Rugby Football Union
Manitoba Rugby Football Union was a
MRFU teams
- Winnipegs - 1930 to 1935
- Winnipeg Rugby Football Club - 1892 to 1906
- Winnipeg Rowing Club - 1902 to 1914
- Winnipeg Tammany Tigers - 1913 to 1929
- Winnipeg Victorias Rugby Club - 1919 to 1927 & 1935
- Winnipeg Shamrocks - 1903 & 1905
- Brandon Football Club - 1906
- Wesley College Football Club - 1897 to 1898
- Royal Canadian Dragoons - 1897 to 1898
- Royal School of Infantry / 90th Regiment - 1888[4]
- Garrison Rugby Club - 1932 to 1933[5]
- University of Manitoba Varsity & Bisons - 1920 to 1926 & 1934
- Osborne Rugby Football Club - 1892 to 1893
- Winnipeg Canoe Club - 1915
MRFU Champions
- St.John's Rugby Football Club
- 1893 - St.John's Rugby Football Club
- 1894 - Winnipeg Rugby Football Club
- 1895 - St.John's Rugby Football Club
- 1896 - St.John's Rugby Football Club
- St.John's Rugby Football Club and Winnipeg Rugby Football Clubfinished in a three-way tie)
- 1898 - St.John's Rugby Football Club
- 1899 - St.John's Rugby Football Club
- 1900 - Winnipeg Rugby Football Club
- 1901 - Winnipeg Rugby Football Club
- 1902 - Winnipeg Rowing Club
- 1903 - Winnipeg Shamrocks
- 1904 - Winnipeg Rowing Club
- 1905 - Winnipeg Rowing Club
- 1906 - Winnipeg Rowing Club
- 1907 - Winnipeg Rowing Club
- 1908 - St.John's Rugby Football Club
- 1909 - St.John's Rugby Football Club
- 1910 - Winnipeg Rowing Club
- 1911 - Winnipeg Rowing Club
- 1912 - Winnipeg Rowing Club
- 1913 - Winnipeg Rowing Club
- 1914 - Winnipeg Rowing Club
- Winnipeg Tigers won the only game played in 1915[6]
- 1916 - World War I
- 1917 - World War I
- 1918 - World War I
- 1919 - Winnipeg Victorias
- 1920 - Winnipeg Victorias
- 1921 - Winnipeg Victorias
- 1922 - Winnipeg Victorias
- 1923 - Winnipeg Victorias
- 1924 - Winnipeg Victorias
- 1925 - Winnipeg Tammany Tigers
- Winnipeg St.John's
- Winnipeg Tammany Tigers
- 1928 - suspended play for Tri-City Rugby Football League
- Winnipeg St.John's
- Winnipeg St.John's
- Winnipeg St.John's
- Winnipeg St.John's
- 1933 - Winnipegs
- 1934 - Winnipegs
- 1935 - Winnipegs
TOTALS
- 13 - St.John's Rugby Football Club
- 10 - Winnipeg Rowing Club
- 6 - Winnipeg Victorias Rugby Club
- 3 - Winnipegs (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
- 3 - Winnipeg Rugby Football Club
- 2 - Winnipeg Tammany Tigers
- 1 - Winnipeg Shamrocks
References
- ^ From Rugby to Football: The History of Canadian Football
- ^ Winnipeg Blue Bombers Inducted Into Manitoba Rugby Hall Of Fame
- ^ Football in Winnipeg
- ^ Manitoba Rugby Hall of Fame - The Winnipeg Rugby Football Club
- ^ Quest Through the Decades - 1930s
"The Tigers played their last game in 1929 and a year later morphed into the Winnipeg Football Club, which swallowed up the Garrison – made up of Army servicemen – and then merged with the St. John’s Tigers in 1933." - ^ The Winnipeg Tigers beat the Winnipeg Canoe Club, 10-4, at River Park in Winnipeg, Saturday, October 23