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

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union[1] Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Hamilton Tigers 6 4 1 1 58 54 9 Toronto Argonauts 6 3 1 2 71 41 8 Montreal AAA 6 2 3 1 45 73 5 Ottawa Rough Riders 6 1 5 0 54 60 2

Ontario Rugby Football Union[2] 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

Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union[3] Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Queen's University 4 4 0 0 70 14 8 Varsity Blues 4 1 3 0 38 52 2 McGill Redmen 4 1 3 0 31 73 2

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

Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Regina Rugby Club	4	3	1	0	38	8	6
Saskatoon Quakers	4	1	3	0	8	38	2

Alberta Rugby Football Union

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	2	2	0	0	30	9	4
University of Alberta Varsity	2	0	2	0	9	30	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

Football Union	League Champion
IRFU	Hamilton Tigers
WCRFU	Regina Roughriders
CIRFU	Queen's University
ORFU	Hamilton Rowing Club
MRFU	Winnipeg Victorias
SRFU	Regina Roughriders
ARFU	Edmonton Eskimos

Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1923

ARFU Finals

ARFU Finals Games 1 & 2

Date	Away	Home
October 27	Edmonton Eskimos 13	Calgary 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

Date	Away	Home
November 3	Edmonton Eskimos 6	Regina Rugby Club 9

West final

Date	Away	Home
November 10	Regina Rugby Club 11	Winnipeg Victorias 1

• Regina advances to the Grey Cup.

East semifinal

Date	Away	Home
November 17	Hamilton Rowing Club 1	Hamilton Tigers 24

• Hamilton Tigers advances to the East Final.

East final

Date	Away	Home
November 24	Queen's University 13	Hamilton Tigers 5

• 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

December 1 11th Annual Grey Cup Game: Varsity Stadium – Toronto, Ontario
Regina Rugby Club 0	Queen's University 54
Queen's University are the 1923 Grey Cup Champions

1923 Toronto Globe Eastern All-Stars

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