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1883 in Canadian football

Overview of the events of 1883 in Canadian football

1883 in sports
Years in Canadian football
← 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 →
Air sports American football Aquatic sports Association football Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Canadian football Chess Climbing Combat sports Sumo Cricket 1882–83 1883 1883–84 Cycling Dance sports Darts Equestrianism Esports Field hockey Flying disc Golf Gymnastics Handball Ice hockey Ice sports Korfball Lumberjack sports Mind sports Modern pentathlon Motorsport Orienteering Paralympic sports Precision sports Shooting Racquetball Roller sports Sailing Skiing Speedway Rugby league‎ Rugby union Snooker 1882–83 1883–84 Strength sports Weightlifting Squash Table tennis Tennis Triathlon Volleyball

Canadian Football News in 1883

The Ontario Rugby Football Union was formed on January 6, 1883. The Quebec Rugby Football Union would organize ten days later.^[1]

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

Quebec Rugby Football Union ^[2]
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Montreal Football Club	4	3	0	1	5	1	7
Britannia Football Club	2	0	1	1	1	2	3
Quebec City Foot-Ball Club	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
McGill University Foot-Ball Club	1	0	1	0	0	2	0

Football Union	League Champion
ORFU	Toronto Foot-Ball Club
QRFU	Montreal Football Club
There were no playoff due to the Tie Schedule.

ORFU Semi-Final
Ottawa Football Club 14	Hamilton Tigers 9

ORFU Final
Toronto Foot-Ball Club 9	Ottawa Football Club 7

No dominion championship was played.

^ Sproule, Robert. "Quebec Rugby Football Union (1883-1906)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-22.
^ Sproule, Robert. "The Montreal Football Club" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-22.