History of Canadian Soccer - Galt Football Club

History of Canadian Soccer 1876-1940 by Colin Jose ONTARIO
Home Page Colin Jose Welcome Canada Canada - National Great Teams Canadian Tours Overseas British Tours in Canada Provinces Alberta British Columbia Manitoba Newfoundland Nova Scotia Ontario History National Soccer League Galt Football Club Associations: Hamilton and District Football Association London and District Football Association Ontario Football Association Toronto and District Football Association Western Football Association Competitions: British Consols Trophy Carls-Rite Cup Crawford Cup Hamilton Spectator Cup London Free Press Cup Ontario Cup Thomson Cup Quebec Saskatchewan Contact Info		Galt Football Club: Olympic Champions, 1904 The Manitoba Tour, 1903 The players who made the trip to Manitoba were: Ernest Linton, George Ducker, John B. Gourlay, Robert Lane, Albert Johnston, John A. Fraser, Frederick Steep, Tom S. Taylor, George Hancock, Harold Deeton, George Hall and Eddie West. The team was managed by Louis B. Duff, and they took Tom G. Elliott, later to become the president of the Ontario and Canadian associations, along as a referee. July 1 Galt F.C. 4: Owen Sound 0 July 4 Galt F.C. 3: Fort William 0 July 6 Galt F.C. 2: Winnipeg YMCA 0 July 7 Galt F.C. 2: Winnipeg Bisons 1 July 8 Galt F.C. 2: Gretna 0 July 9 Galt F.C. 4: Manitou 0 July 10 Galt F.C. 5: Plum Coulee 0 July 11 Galt F.C. 2: Crystal City 1 July 13 Galt F.C. 4: Pilot Mound 0 July 15 Galt F.C. 4: Deloraine 0 July 16 Galt F.C. 1: Hartney 0 July 17 Galt F.C. 2: Brandon 0 July 18 Galt F.C. 0: Souris 0 July 20 Galt F.C. 3: Gladstone 0 July 21 Galt F.C. 3: Portage la Prairie 0 July 23 Galt F.C. 1: Winnipeg Shamrocks 0 July 25 Galt F.C. 4: Fort William 0 Canadian Championship In the early 1900s, there was no national football association in Canada, and therefore no official national championship. However, that did not stop teams from declaring themselves national champions. Galt did so in 1905 in beating Montreal Westmount both in Montreal on June 13 and in Galt on July 3. The game in Montreal was won by Galt 2–1, and the return game by the same score. These are the details. June 13, 1905 at the Montreal A.A.A. Grounds, Quebec. Referee; Frank Calder of Montreal. Westmount 1 (?) Galt F.C. 2 (Steep, Hall) Westmount: W. Clapp – G.H. Heald, H.J. Woodburn – W. Martin, W. Neville, J. Martin – J. Nairn, W. Deans, W. Whiteside, J. McFarlane, W.R. Crabbe. Galt: Linton – Ducker, Gourlay – Lane (Douglas), Johnston, Fraser – Finlayson, Steep, Hall, Imlah, Brady. July 3, 1905 at Dickson Park in Galt, Ontario. Referee: James Bennett of Galt Galt 2 (Hall, Steep) Westmount 1 (Whiteside) Galt: Linton- Ducker, Gourlay – Fraser, Douglas, Love – Finlayson, Steep, Hall, Imlah, Brady. Westmount: Clapp – Woodburn, Payne – Goodman, Neville, Crabb – Toomey, Reynolds, Whiteside, Deans, Nairn. 1905 – International Game In 1905, an English amateur team toured Eastern Canada and the Eastern United States. This team, known as The Pilgrims, played in Galt on September 17, 1905. The game was billed as being for The Championship of the World, seeing as it featured the Olympic Champions. The game attracted a lot of attention, not only in Canada but also in the northern U.S., and was well covered by a large variety of newspapers in Canada. Special trains were run from Hamilton and Toronto, and the crowd at Dickson Park on the Grand River was estimated as being 3500. The game ended in a 3–3 tie. Less than one year after the Galt triumph in St. Louis, there were new names in the lineup, notably James, John and James Brady and Finlayson. Dickson Park is still there today. Galt vs the Pilgrims September 17, 1905, at Dickson Park in Galt, Ontario Galt F.C. 3 Pilgrims 3 HT: Att: 3500 Ref: Bennett (Galt) Galt: Ernest Linton – George Ducker, John Gourlay – C. James, Albert Johnston, Otto Christman – John Brady, James Brady, Fred Steep, Gordon McDonald, W. Finlayson. Pilgrims: Milton – Milnes, Walmsley – Storey, Nuttall, Barnesdale – Raine, Fletcher, Woodward, Coopland, Bryning. Champion Teams of the Western Football Association The Porridge Eating Galt Invincible’s 1885–1886 Players: J.N. MacKendrick, J.R. Blake, W. Harvie, J.S. Gray, William Young, T.J. Kelleher, Walter P. Thomson, J. Barbour, E. Webster. 1886–1887 Players: F.D. Palmer, J.R. Blake, W. Harvie, T.W. Murray, W. Burnet, R.D. Kay, T.J. Kelleher, Walter P. Thomson, P. Parker, J. Barbour, E. Webster. 1893 Spring Players: Alonso C. Caldwell, R.R. Elliott, J.R. Blake, J. Schwartz, A.B. Vardon, D. Buchanan, A.C. Hilborn, T.T. Aitken, F. Herbert Hindmarsh, C.J. Dickson, G.G. Hume. 1901 Players: Thomas G. Elliott, George Ducker, John B. Gourlay, R.J. Spalding, A.R. Goldie, Robert Lane, Tom S. Taylor, T.T. Aitken, F. Herbert Hindmarsh, James Bennett, George Hancock. 1902 Players: T. Despond, George Ducker, John B. Gourlay, R.J. Spalding, Albert Johnston, Robert Lane, Tom S. Taylor, Eddie J. West, F. Herbert Hindmarsh, George Hancock, Harold Deeton. 1903 Players: W.S. McKay, George Ducker, John B. Gourlay, Robert Lane, Albert Johnston, John A. Fraser, Tom S. Taylor, George Hancock, F. Herbert Hindmarsh, Eddie J. West, James Hindmarsh, Sam Scarlett. 1904 Players: Albert Ernest Linton, George Ducker, John B. Gourlay, Robert Lane, John A. Fraser, Otto L. Christman, William Twaits, Albert Henderson, Frederick W. Steep, W. McInnes, W.E. Douglas, Parnell Gourlay, George Hall and Alexander Hall. 1910 Fall Players: H. Johnston, J. Cuzens, S. Law, E. Scott, W. Dakin, J. Hutton, E. Holtzman, J. Hussack, George Hall, M. Cluney, W. 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