The St. John's Rugby Football Club was a Canadian football team in Winnipeg, Manitoba, formed in October 1887, that played in the Manitoba Rugby Football Union and Western Canada Rugby Football Union between 1892 and 1932.St. John's on CFLdb The team was founded by students of St. John's College, but as information about this team has been mostly lost to history, it seems that the football team was not officially associated with the college (as mention of the team is not found in any of the school's official history). There was a St. John's Royalists junior football team, but no information links it to the MRFU club.Manitoba Lacrosse Hall of Fame - Teams & ClubsQuest Through the Decades | 1930sManitoba Rugby Hall of Fame - The Winnipeg Rugby Football Club
The St. John's Rugby Football Club was a very successful team, having won 13 MRFU championships in the 31 seasons they played.
While the St. John's Rugby Football Club did merge with new Winnipeg Rugby Football Club in 1932, the team is not part of the official history or records of Winnipeg's current team: the Blue Bombers.Football in Winnipeg
MRFU season-by-season
Season G W L T PF PA Pts Finish Playoffs 1892 4 3 1 0 40 28 6 1st MRFU Champion 1893 4 3 0 1 48 3 7 1st MRFU Champion1894 4 1 3 0 31 42 0 2nd 1895 4 3 1 0 39 16 6 1st MRFU Champion 1896 3 2 1 0 34 23 4 1st MRFU Champion 1897 5 3 2 0 38 69 6 1st3-way tie - no champion 1898 5 5 0 0 55 24 10 1st MRFU Champion 1899 6 5 1 0 83 29 101st MRFU Champion 1900 6 2 3 1 23 39 5 2nd 1901 6 2 4 0 35 49 4 2nd 1902 4 0 4 0 37 68 0 3rd 1903 4 1 3 0 29 78 2 3rd 1904 4 3 1 0 43 20 6 1st - tied lost MRFU playoff to Winnipeg Rowing Club, 20-8 1905 2 0 2 0 3 50 0 4th 1906 4 1 3 0 8 52 6 3rd 1907 4 1 3 0 21 55 2 2nd 1908 5 3 1 1 64 43 7 1st MRFU Champion 1909 4 3 1 0 38 35 61st MRFU Champion 1910 4 1 3 0 28 61 2 2nd 1911 4 1 3 0 24 61 2 2nd 1912 5 1 3 1 28 54 3 2nd 1913 4 2 2 0 32 51 4 1st - tied Won MRFU playoff game Vs Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 23–8, lost MRFU final to Winnipeg Rowing Club, 13-2 1914 Did Not Play 1915 no league play 1916 to 1918 League suspended due to the Great War 1919 3 0 3 0 1 36 0 3rd 1920 to 1924 Did Not Play 1925 6 1 5 0 17 57 24th 1926 6 4 2 0 63 27 8 1st - tied Won MRFU Championship 14–5 over Winnipeg Victorias, lost west semi final to Regina, 13-5 1927 4 0 4 0 10 55 0 3rd 1928 5 3 1 1 43 28 7 2nd Tri-City Rugby Football League - Lost west final to Regina, 12-1 1929 4 2 2 0 42 35 4 1st - tied Won MRFU Championship playoff over Winnipeg Tammany Tigers, 10–1, lost west semi final to Regina, 19-3 1930 4 4 0 0 75 5 81st MRFU Champion, lost west playoff to Regina, 23-0 1931 3 3 0 0 29 5 61st MRFU Champion, lost west semi final to Regina, 47-5 1932 6 5 0 1 101 13 111st MRFU Champion, lost west semi final to Regina, 9-1Totals136686261,1621,211––
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