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In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
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Canadian football
Canadian team sport
Canadian football, or simply football, is a sport in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete on a field 110 yards (101 m) long and 65 yards (59 m) wide, attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's end zone.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
1st Grey Cup
1909 Canadian Football championship game
The 1st Grey Cup was an inter-league championship game played on December 4, 1909, between the Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union champion Toronto Varsity and the Ontario Rugby Football Union champion Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club. The University of Toronto won the game, 26–6.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
University of Toronto
Public university in Ontario, Canada
The University of Toronto is a public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Toronto Varsity Blues
Sports teams of the University of Toronto, Canada
The Toronto Varsity Blues are the intercollegiate sports program at the University of Toronto. Its 43 athletic teams regularly participate in competitions held by Ontario University Athletics and U Sports. The Varsity Blues trace their founding to 1877, with the formation of the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Toronto Parkdale
Amateur Canadian football and hockey club based in Toronto, Ontario (1909-23)
Toronto Parkdale was an amateur Canadian football and hockey club based in the Parkdale neighbourhood in the west end of Toronto. As a branch of the Parkdale Canoe Club established in August 1905, the club's hockey and football teams were nicknamed the Paddlers. They were also…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)