Canadian Football News in 1930

The Winnipeg Rugby Club was formed on May 14 at the annual meeting of the MRFU. The team played as the Winnipegs and adopted the colours of green and white. On September 29 in the first game played in Canada under floodlights, the

Hamilton Tigers The Hamilton Tigers were a professional ice hockey team based in Hamilton, Ontario. They competed in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1920 to 1925. The Tigers were formed by the sale of the Quebec Bulldogs NHL franchise to Hamilton intere ...

defeated the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

in an exhibition game at Athletic Park. The first game in Eastern Canada under floodlights was on October 29 between Oshawa and Toronto Balmy Beach in Toronto's Ulster Stadium. The convert kicking spot was moved from the 35-line to the 25 but only drop kicks were allowed.

Regular season

Final regular season standings

''Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points'' *Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.

League Champions

Grey Cup playoffs

''Note: All dates in 1930''

ORFU final

*''Sarnia advances to the East Semifinal.''

East semifinal

*''Hamilton advances to the East Final.''https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XxQuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SYwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6529%2C3760912 The Montreal Gazette - November 24, 1930

East final

*''Toronto advances to the Grey Cup game.''

West quarterfinal

*''Regina will play Calgary.''

West semifinal

*''Regina advances to the Western Final.''

Western Finals

*''Regina won the total-point series by 21-0. Regina advances to the Grey Cup game.''

Playoff bracket

Grey Cup Championship

1930 Canadian Football Awards

* Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (IRFU MVP) – Frank Turville (RB), Toronto Argonauts

References

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