Canadian Challenge Cup Competition Finals

The Duke of Connaught, then Governor General of Canada, presented a trophy to the Dominion of Canada Football Association in 1913 to be presented to the national champions. In 1926, that cup was replaced by the F.A. Trophy given to the then Dominion of Canada Football Association by the Football Association of England. The first names of the players are listed where known; however, the newspapers in the years before 1940 often didn’t print first names.

1913 – Winners – NORWOOD WANDERERS (Winnipeg) – Connaught Cup

League Competition played at Arena Park in Fort William, Ontario

September 1, 1913, at Arena Park in Fort William, Ontario
Fort William CPR  3  (Dean 2, Read)
Toronto Old Country  2  (Hutchinson pen, McKenzie)
HT: 1–0        Att:  2000      Ref:  Fred Rodgers (Winnipeg)
Fort William: Entwhistle – P. Cassidy, Charlie Murray – Algert Walker,
  J. Ryder, Joe Raby – John Dean, Parker, Dave Cassidy, Charlie Read,
  Sinclair.
Toronto: Brownlee – Hutchinson, Colquhoun – Scott, Leys, Taylor – Johnny
  Donald, Kennedy, McKenzie, Cooper, Reid.

September 2, 1913, at Arena Park in Fort William, Ontario
Norwood Wanderers  3  (Simmonds 2, Bradshaw)
Lachine  0
HT: 1–0     Att: 3000     Ref: Thomas Crompton (Port Arthur)
Norwood: A.Shoobert – W. Anderson, Alex Simpson – Harry McMaster,
  W. Innes, Bob Whitehead – Billy McFarlane, Billy Bradshaw, Simmonds,
  Bob Cook, B.Mayson.
Lachine: Wilson – Stafford, Martin – Gray, Dennis, Flanagan –
  Hollingsworth, Gibson, Whyte, Fitton, Merry.

September 3, 1913, at Arena Park in Fort William, Ontario
Norwood Wanderers  1  (Simmonds)
Toronto Old Country  1  (McKenzie pen)
HT: 0–0         Att:        Ref: Thomas Crompton (Port Arthur)
Norwood: A.Shoobert – W. Anderson, Alex Simpson – Harry McMaster,
  W. Innes, Bob Whitehead – Billy McFarlane, Billy Bradshaw, Simmons,
  Bob Cook, B. Mayson.
Toronto: Brownlee – McKenzie, Colquhoun – Taylor, Hutchinson, Banks –
  Johnny Donald, Scott, McKenzie, Coupar, Reid.

September 4, 1913, at Arena Park in Fort William, Ontario
Lachine  3  (Whyte 2, Fitton)
Fort William CPR  0
HT: 2–0         Att:           Ref: Taylor (Toronto)
Lachine: Wilson – Stafford, Martin – Gray, Dennis, Flanagan –
  Hollingsworth, Gibson, Whyte, Fitton, Merry.
Fort William: Entwhistle – T. Cassidy, Charlie Murray – Rocker, J. Ryder,
  Joe Raby – John Dean, McLaughlin, Parker, Charlie Reid, Sinclair.

September 5, 1913, at Arena Park in Fort William, Ontario
Toronto Old Country  0
Lachine  0
HT:                Att:           Ref:
Toronto: Brownlee – Hutchinson, Colquhoun – Tillet, Kennedy, Leys –
  Johnny Donald, Scott, McKenzie, Cooper, Reid.
Lachine: Wilson – Stafford, Martin – Gray, Dennis, Flanagan –
  Hollingsworth, Whyte, Fitton, Gibson, Merry.

September 6, 1913, at Arena Park in Fort William, Ontario
Norwood Wanderers  2  (Simmonds 2)
Fort William CPR  2  (Parker, Dean pen)
HT: 0–1          Att:           Ref: Wilson (Lachine)
Norwood: A.Shoobert – W. Anderson, Alex Simpson – Harry McMaster,
  W. Innes, Bob Whitehead – Billy McFarlane, Billy Bradshaw, Simmons,
  Bob Cook, B. Mayson.
Fort William: Victor – T. Cassidy, Charlie Murray – Algert Walker, J. Ryder,
  Joe Raby – John Dean, McLaughlin, Parker, Charlie Reid, Sinclair.

1914 – Winners – NORWOOD WANDERERS (Winnipeg) – Connaught Cup

League Competition played in Winnipeg, Manitoba

September 7, 1914, at Winnipeg Stadium in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Norwood Wanderers  0
Toronto Eatonias  0
HT:                Att: 4500     Ref: Sam Davidson (Winnipeg)
Norwood: Walter Simpson – Alex Simpson, Harry McMaster – Baird,
  Wakeley, Bert Shoobert – Nicholson, Billy Bradshaw, McDowell, McRae,
  Grant.
Eatonias: Craig – Robert Muir, C. Gilchrist – R. McAdam, E. Baldwin,
  D. Abbott – Patterson, W. Givens, H. McQueen, H. McNeilly, Molineaux.

September 7, 1914, at the Exhibition Grounds in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Fort William CPR  4 (Green 2, Ryder, Reid)
Regina Leader  1 (Weicker)
HT: 1–0          Att:              Ref: J. Duncanson (Winnipeg)
Fort William: Brighton – Dickenson, Charlie Murray – Algert Walker,
  J. Ryder, McEwan – Summers, McLaughlin, Green, Charlie Reid, Sinclair.
Regina: Blenkhorn – Wrigley, Totten – W.H. Childs, C. Bagley, R. Allan –
  Cant, Rogers, J.R. Davison, Doc Weicker, Holland.

September 8, 1914, at Winnipeg Stadium in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Norwood Wanderers  1 (Jackson)
Fort William CPR  1 (Green)
HT: 1–0          Att:               Ref: J. Duncanson (Winnipeg)
Norwood: Walter Simpson – Alex Simpson, Harry McMaster – Baird,
  Wakeley, Bert Shoobert – Nicholson, Billy Bradshaw, Jackson, Grant,
  Harry Ambler.
Fort William: Brighton – Dickenson, Charlie Murray – Algert Walker,
  J. Ryder, McEwan – Summers, McLaughlin, Green, Charlie Reid, Sinclair.

September 8, 1914, at Winnipeg Stadium in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Lachine  2 (Martin pen, Morris)
Regina Leader  0
HT: 1–0          Att:               Ref:
Lachine: Lawley – Stafford, Martin – Gray, Walker, Free – Cuin, Whyte,
  Morris, Gibson, Merry.
Regina: Blenkhorn – Wrigley, Childs – Allan, Beggley, Bowers – Cant,
  Rogers, Davison, Weicker, Holland. 

September 10, 1914, at Winnipeg Stadium in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Norwood Wanderers  2 (Wakeley, McRae)
Regina Leader  0
HT: 1–0          Att:                Ref: M. Montgomery
Norwood: Walter Simpson – Alex Simpson, Harry McMasters – Baird,
  Wakeley, Bert Shoobert – Nicholson, Steele, Grant, McRae, Patterson.
Regina: Blenkhorn – Wrigley, Totten – Childs, Bagley, Allan – Cant, Rogers,
  Davison, Weicker, Holland. 

September 10, 1914, at Winnipeg Stadium in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Toronto Eatonias  3 (McQueen 2: 1pen, Adgey)
Lachine  1 (Martin pen)
HT: 1–0          Att:                Ref: R. Ritchie
Toronto: Craig – Robert Muir, Gilchrist – McAdam, Baldwin, Givens –
  Jackson, Adgey, McQueen, McNeilly, Molineaux.
Lachine: Lawley – Stafford, Martin – Free, Walker, Flanagan – Gray,
  Whyte, Morris, Gibson, Merry.