Overview of the events of 1923 in Canadian football
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 [ edit ] Final regular season standings [ edit ] Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
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
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 [ edit ] Grey Cup playoffs [ edit ] Note: All dates in 1923
ARFU Finals [ edit ] Date Away Home ARFU Finals Games 1 & 2 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 [ edit ]
West final [ edit ] Regina advances to the Grey Cup.
East semifinal [ edit ] Hamilton Tigers advances to the East Final.
East final [ edit ] Queen's advances to the Grey Cup.
Playoff bracket [ edit ] 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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]