Manitoba Rugby Football Union was a Canadian football league, founded on Monday February 22, 1892. The league merged with the Alberta Rugby Football Union and Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union to form the Western Canada Rugby Football Union on Saturday October 21, 1911.From Rugby to Football: The History of Canadian FootballWinnipeg Blue Bombers Inducted Into Manitoba Rugby Hall Of FameFootball in Winnipeg
MRFU teams +TeamYearsWinnipegs1930–1935Winnipeg Rugby Football Club1892–1906St. John's Rugby Football Club1892–1913, 1919, 1925–1931Winnipeg Rowing Club1902–1914Winnipeg Tammany Tigers1913–1929Winnipeg Victorias Rugby Club1919–1927, 1935Winnipeg Shamrocks1903, 1905Brandon Football Club1906Wesley College Football Club1897–1898Royal Canadian Dragoons1897–1898Royal School Infantry/90th RegimentManitoba Rugby Hall of Fame - The Winnipeg Rugby Football Club1888Garrison Rugby Club1932–1933University of Manitoba Bisons and Varsity1920–1926, 1934Osborne Rugby Football Club1892–1893Winnipeg Canoe Club1915
MRFU Champions +YearTeam1892St. John's Rugby Football Club18931894Winnipeg Rugby Football Club1895St. John's Rugby Football Club18961897No Champion1898St. John's Rugby Football Club18991900Winnipeg Rugby Football Club19011902Winnipeg Rowing Club1903Winnipeg Shamrocks1904Winnipeg Rowing Club1905190619071908St. John's Rugby Football Club19091910Winnipeg Rowing Club19111912191319141915No League Play1916World War I191719181919Winnipeg Victorias Rugby Club192019211922192319241925Winnipeg Tammany Tigers1926Winnipeg St. John's1927Winnipeg Tammany Tigers1928St Johns Royalists and Winnipeg Tammany Tigers played in the Western Inter-Provincial Rugby Football League1929 1892 - St. John's Rugby Football Club 1893 - St. John's Rugby Football Club 1894 - Winnipeg Rugby Football Club 1895 - St. John's Rugby Football Club 1896 - St. John's Rugby Football Club 1897 - No Champion (Wesley College Football Club, St.John's Rugby Football Club and Winnipeg Rugby Football Club finished in a three-way tie) 1898 - St. John's Rugby Football Club 1899 - St. John's Rugby Football Club 1900 - Winnipeg Rugby Football Club 1901 - Winnipeg Rugby Football Club 1902 - Winnipeg Rowing Club 1903 - Winnipeg Shamrocks 1904 - Winnipeg Rowing Club 1905 - Winnipeg Rowing Club 1906 - Winnipeg Rowing Club 1907 - Winnipeg Rowing Club 1908 - St. John's Rugby Football Club 1909 - St. John's Rugby Football Club 1910 - Winnipeg Rowing Club 1911 - Winnipeg Rowing Club 1912 - Winnipeg Rowing Club 1913 - Winnipeg Rowing Club 1914 - Winnipeg Rowing Club 1915 - No League Play - Winnipeg Tigers won the only game played in 1915The Winnipeg Tigers beat the Winnipeg Canoe Club, 10-4, at River Park in Winnipeg, Saturday, October 23 1916 - World War I 1917 - World War I 1918 - World War I 1919 - Winnipeg Victorias 1920 - Winnipeg Victorias 1921 - Winnipeg Victorias 1922 - Winnipeg Victorias 1923 - Winnipeg Victorias 1924 - Winnipeg Victorias 1925 - Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 1926 - Winnipeg St. John's 1927 - Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 1928 - St Johns Royalists and Winnipeg Tammany Tigers played in the Western Inter-Provincial Rugby Football League 1929 - Winnipeg St.John's 1930 - Winnipeg St.John's 1931 - Winnipeg St.John's 1932 - Winnipeg St.John's 1933 - Winnipegs 1934 - Winnipegs 1935 - Winnipegs
TOTALS 13 - St.John's Rugby Football Club 10 - Winnipeg Rowing Club 6 - Winnipeg Victorias Rugby Club 3 - Winnipegs (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) 3 - Winnipeg Rugby Football Club 2 - Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 1 - Winnipeg Shamrocks
References
Football Canada - CANADIAN FOOTBALL TIMELINES (1860 – PRESENT) HISTORY OF THE WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS