The
1906
Events
January–February
* January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...
Dominion Championship was a
Canadian football game that was played on December 1, 1906, between the
Hamilton Tigers and the
McGill University Seniors, that determined the Senior Rugby Football champion of Canada.
[ The Ontario Rugby Football Union champion Tigers defeated the ]Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
champion McGill squad 29–3 to their first Dominion Championship.
Background
In 1905
As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...
, the Tigers refused to travel to the home of the Quebec Rugby Football Union (QRFU) champion Ottawa Rough Riders
The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. Formerly one of the oldest and longest-lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine ...
that year and were banned by the Canadian Rugby Union (CRU) from playing in the Dominion Championship despite having a perfect record.[ In 1906, the CRU stated that if the Tigers wanted to qualify for the Dominion Final, they would have to defeat the 1906 QRFU champion Montreal Club by Quebec rules and the 1906 CIRFU champion McGill University club by college rules. At the time, the ORFU played with Burnside rules. Despite these challenges, Hamilton defeated Montreal 11–6 in the Dominion Semi-Final before dominating the Dominion Final against McGill and coasting to a 29–3 victory.][
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References
Rugby union competitions in Canada
1906 in Canadian football
1906 awards
1906 in Quebec
Hamilton Tigers (football)
McGill Redbirds football
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