The Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) adopted the Burnside Rules which reduced teams to 12 men per side, put into play the snap-back system of moving the ball, required the offensive team to gain 10 yards on three downs, abolished the throw-in from the sidelines, permitted only six men on the line, stated that all goals by kicking were to be worth two points, and the opposition was to line up 10 yards from the defenders on all kicks. The rules were to be made uniform across the country as quickly as possible. The Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union (CIRFU), Quebec Rugby Football Union (QRFU) and Canadian Rugby Union (CRU) refused to adopt the new Rules.
QRFU and CRU reduced their rosters from 15 to 14 players. CRU ruled that possession could not go beyond three scrimmages unless during the third scrimmage the ball was moved five yards on a run or a kick. Ottawa returned to the QRFU and the Manitoba Rugby Football Union (MRFU) moved to a fall schedule.
Regular seasonedit
Final regular season standingsedit
Note: GP = games played, W = wins, L = losses, T = ties, PF = points for, PA = points against, Pts = points
1903, canadian, football, contents, news, regular, season, final, regular, season, standings, league, champions, playoffs, referencesnews, editthe, ontario, rugby, football, union, orfu, adopted, burnside, rules, which, reduced, teams, side, into, play, snap, . Contents 1 News 2 Regular season 2 1 Final regular season standings 3 League champions 4 Playoffs 5 ReferencesNews editThe Ontario Rugby Football Union ORFU adopted the Burnside Rules which reduced teams to 12 men per side put into play the snap back system of moving the ball required the offensive team to gain 10 yards on three downs abolished the throw in from the sidelines permitted only six men on the line stated that all goals by kicking were to be worth two points and the opposition was to line up 10 yards from the defenders on all kicks The rules were to be made uniform across the country as quickly as possible The Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union CIRFU Quebec Rugby Football Union QRFU and Canadian Rugby Union CRU refused to adopt the new Rules QRFU and CRU reduced their rosters from 15 to 14 players CRU ruled that possession could not go beyond three scrimmages unless during the third scrimmage the ball was moved five yards on a run or a kick Ottawa returned to the QRFU and the Manitoba Rugby Football Union MRFU moved to a fall schedule Regular season editFinal 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 1 Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Hamilton Tigers 4 4 0 0 139 51 8 Toronto Torontos 4 2 2 0 73 75 4 Hamilton WEPC 4 0 4 0 35 97 0 Quebec Rugby Football Union 2 Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Ottawa Rough Riders 6 5 1 0 75 31 10 Montreal Football Club 6 4 2 0 78 43 8 University of Ottawa 6 3 3 0 57 43 6 Britannia Football Club 6 0 6 0 23 116 0 Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union 1 Team GP W L T Pts Varsity Blues 4 3 0 1 7 McGill Redmen 4 2 2 0 4 Queen s University 4 0 3 1 1 Manitoba Rugby Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Winnipeg Shamrocks 4 3 1 0 106 36 6 Winnipeg Rowing Club 4 2 2 0 38 59 4 St John s Rugby Football Club 4 1 3 0 29 78 2League champions editFootball union League champion CIRFU University of Toronto ORFU Hamilton Tigers QRFU Ottawa Rough Riders MRFU Winnipeg ShamrocksPlayoffs editNo Dominion Final was played this year due to a rules dispute over the newly adopted Burnside Rules used by the ORFU References edit a b Home cflapedia com Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2010 12 18 Retrieved 2011 06 04 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link nbsp This Canadian football related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1903 in Canadian football amp oldid 1128962096, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,