47-950: Canadian Rugby Union may refer to: Football Canada , the governing body of amateur Canadian football in Canada, previously known as the Canadian Rugby Union from 1892 to 1967. Canadian football , the Canadian version of gridiron football, formerly referred to as rugby Rugby Canada , which has governed rugby union in Canada since its incorporation in 1974. Rugby union in Canada Canada national rugby union team , men's Canada women's national rugby union team See also [ edit ] Rugby league in Canada Canada Rugby League ,
94-432: A noble and political family, though at birth not in direct line to inherit the earldom. His father, General Charles Grey, was a younger brother of the 3rd Earl , who died without issue. As General Grey was deceased, the titles descended to his eldest living son Albert, then in his forties. Albert was educated at Harrow School before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge , where he graduated MA and LLM. "His grandfather
141-727: A commission to establish uniform rules of play at different levels including collegiate and senior. He approached multiple football coaches and sought feedback on best ways to implement standard playing rules. After the CRU did not operate from 1916 to 1918 due to World War I , Hewitt returned as president for the 1919 season . Due to disagreements on playing rules in Western Canada, lack of interest in Eastern Canada, and students prioritizing studies instead of intercollegiate sports; national playoffs were not held in 1919. Despite
188-601: A day intended to celebrate Samuel de Champlain into a celebration of James Wolfe . At other times, and unlike future viceroys, the Governor General's influence expanded blatantly into government policy. Grey initially supported Asian immigration to Canada. He opposed the head tax imposed by the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 on Chinese immigrants to Canada. He was invited to visit the province of British Columbia but declined as protest against
235-632: A part of his broader desire for a reform movement. He supported Canadian football and established the Grey Cup , which is awarded to the winner of the Senior Amateur Football Championship of Canada; it is today presented to the champions of the professional-level Canadian Football League . In 1963 Grey was elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame for his contributions to the game. He gave to
282-594: A visit to Canada by Prince Fushimi Sadanaru of the Empire of Japan . Throughout his tenure as governor general, Grey supported the arts and, when he departed Canada in 1911, he left behind him the Grey Competition for Music and Drama, first held in 1907. Grey also donated trophies to the Montreal Horse Show and for figure skating. He was a patron of sport, his feelings on health and fitness
329-636: Is the governing body for gridiron football in Canada headquartered in Ottawa , Ontario . Football Canada focuses primarily its own Canadian form of the sport, and is currently the world's only national governing body for Canadian football . The governing body is also Canada's representative member of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF), the world's governing body for American football . In this capacity, it organizes
376-557: The British Empire into an Imperial Federation . Grey thus split with Prime Minister William Gladstone in 1886 over Irish home rule and became a Liberal Unionist , but the shift was short-lived as Grey failed to win his constituency again in the 1886 general election . Eight years later, in October 1894, Grey succeeded his uncle, the 3rd Earl Grey , as the 4th Earl Grey and returned to Parliament when taking his seat in
423-617: The Canada men's national team which competes in IFAF competitions using American rules. The organization, which is now known as Football Canada, was founded on June 12, 1880, as the Canadian Rugby Football Union , disbanded then revived on October 21, 1882, and re-organized as the Canadian Rugby Union on December 19, 1891. The CRU was founded to govern a sport which at the time had rules similar to
470-542: The Dominion of Newfoundland (then not yet a part of Canada) and several times to the United States to visit President Theodore Roosevelt , with whom Grey developed a strong bond. Grey often exercised his right, as representative of a constitutional monarch, to advise, encourage, and warn. He desired social reform and cohesion. He put his support behind prison reforms in Canada to provide greater social justice. He
517-665: The House of Lords . As a friend of Cecil Rhodes , Lord Grey became one of the first four trustees responsible for the administration of the scholarship funds which established the Rhodes Scholarship and he was invited by Rhodes to be a member of the board of directors and director of the British South Africa Company , coming to serve as the main liaison between Rhodes and the Secretary of State for
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#1732772388379564-545: The International Rugby Board (IRB). In the years that followed, the CRU made numerous rule changes that resulted in a game reasonably similar to the American one but unrecognizable to a rugby union enthusiast. In the early-1910s, CRU held annual discussions dealing with rules changes due to the influence American football . The CRU elected W. A. Hewitt president for the 1915 season . He appointed
611-811: The Western Interprovincial Football Union in the West were far more competitive than other circuits. By the 1950s, the two major unions had become openly professional, and in 1956 formed the Canadian Football Council (CFC) as an umbrella organization. In 1958, the CFC seceded from the CRU and became the Canadian Football League , whose teams became the sole competitors for the Grey Cup (though
658-545: The rugby football being played in the United Kingdom . In 1909, Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey , Governor General of Canada , donated a trophy to the CRU to be awarded for the Rugby Football Championship of Canada. This trophy became known as the Grey Cup . Even by this time, however, the rules being played in Canada were vastly different from the rules used in countries that were part of
705-641: The British PR Society. 4. Public House Trust [temperance refreshment houses], which is "a necessary adjunct to the first two items of his programme." On 28 March 1916, he was appointed by King George V as Chancellor of the Order of St. Michael and St. George . Grey died in August 1917 at his family residence. (On his deathbed, he penned a "stirring" letter to the editor of the London Times on
752-674: The CRU changed its name to the Canadian Amateur Football Association (CAFA) in 1967. The CAFA changed its name again to Football Canada in 1986. In French, its name had long been Football Canada. Men's Women's Played from 2014-20, the annual International Bowl series was a collaboration between Football Canada and USA Football featuring a series of exhibition games between the rival football nations in Texas in January and February. The event built on
799-827: The Colonies , Joseph Chamberlain , in the periods immediately before and after the Jameson Raid on the Transvaal . As the Administrator of Southern Rhodesia , Sir Leander Starr Jameson , was disgraced by the Jameson Raid, the British government, then headed by the Marquess of Salisbury , in 1896 asked Lord Grey to serve as Jameson's immediate replacement, staying in that role until 1897. Two years later, Grey
846-664: The Crown a horse-drawn carriage he had purchased from the Governor-General of Australia , which is still today used as the state landau, and added a study and conservatory to Rideau Hall , the sovereign's and governor general's Ottawa residence; the latter was torn down in 1924. Grey and his wife were commended for their work in Canada and for their championing social reforms. Laurier said Lord Grey gave "his whole heart, his whole soul, and his whole life to Canada." On leaving office in 1911 Earl Grey and his family returned to
893-585: The Dominion of Canada ," which followed on the passing of the Militia Act in 1904. At the request of Sir Robert Baden-Powell , Grey also undertook the role of Chief Scout of Canada. During the time Grey occupied the viceregal office (1904-1911) Canada experienced large-scale immigration, industrialisation, and economic development, and secured increased independence from the United Kingdom. It
940-596: The Earl of Minto . (Minto was married to Grey's sister, Mary Caroline Grey.) The appointment came at a good time for Grey, as a series of failed investments in South Africa had left him penniless; a gift from his wife's aunt, Lady Wantage (widow of the Lord Wantage ), was used to supplement his salary as governor general. On 16 June 1905 Grey was designated as "Governor General of Canada and Commander-in-Chief of
987-531: The Member of Parliament for East Gloucestershire. Together, they had five children, one of whom died in early childhood. Grey stood for parliament at South Northumberland in 1878 (at the age of 28). He received the same number of votes as his opponent Edward Ridley , but Grey declined a scrutiny and was not returned. It was not until the general election of 1880 that Grey, the Liberal Party candidate,
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#17327723883791034-566: The Quebec celebrations, and Grey believed the official ceremony would promote Franco-Anglo-American friendship. The government arranged for the attendance of the Prince of Wales (later King George V), American and French warships, and a host of visiting dignitaries. The Ligue saw the ceremony as solely a tribute to the Empire. Bourassa and other Quebec nationalists complained that Grey had transformed
1081-590: The United Kingdom, where he became president of the Royal Colonial Institute (now the Royal Commonwealth Society ). He did not retire from public affairs. He lobbied and organized toward several goals: 1. to help those who are endeavoring to fight the slums. 2. to help the worker forward in the path of his natural evolution from the status of worker to that of partner. 3. proportional representation – by "the removal of
1128-529: The amateurs had effectively been locked out since 1954). During the CFL's Grey Cup meetings in November 1966 , the CRU transferred its ownership of the Grey Cup to a CFL trusteeship. In exchange, the CRU received $ 50,000 per year to assist the development of amateur football. As an organization with no direct jurisdiction over the professional clubs and having become a distinct sport from rugby union by this time,
1175-549: The benefit of their inhabitants, instead of for the benefit of the United Kingdom. Grey was educated at Harrow School and then Trinity College, Cambridge , where he studied history and law. After graduating in 1873, Grey became private secretary to Sir Henry Bartle Frere and, as Frere was a member of the Council of India , Grey accompanied Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales , on his tour of India . In 1877, Grey married Alice Holford , daughter of Robert Stayner Holford ,
1222-410: The close and serious consideration of social reformers, as those affecting the condition of women. The possession of a vote by women who are heads of households will lead to the formation of associations and unions for the protection and advancement of the interests of their sex." Another reform he supported was electoral reform, favoring proportional representation and Single transferable voting . H
1269-524: The disparity between Parliamentary constituencies with 40,000 electors, on the one hand, and on the other, other constituencies with less than as many hundreds." (through creation of equal-sized single-member districts. Earl Grey was also a proponent of PR in the sense of elected representation reflecting how votes are cast. In 1916, he was honorary president of the Proportional Representation Society of Canada and president of
1316-616: The divergence, the sport continued to be referred to as rugby for many years. The CRU did not change its name despite the obvious confusion (rugby union was known as English rugby in Canada). By the 1940s, however, another development was to cause further changes to the CRU's mandate. It was now clear that two of its member leagues, the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union in Eastern Canada and
1363-476: The entire British Empire, his pronouncements frequently raised the ire of Bourassa and the Quebec nationalists. Grey helped plan the tercentennial of Quebec in 1908. This event marked the 300th anniversary of the landing of Samuel de Champlain at what later became Quebec City . The Cabinet agreed to Grey's suggestion to have the Plains of Abraham designated as a national park. this was to be done to coincide with
1410-709: The exclusionary measures implemented by the BC government under premier Richard McBride . However, following the Japanese victory in the Russo-Japanese War , he expressed concerned about the so-called Yellow Peril and worked with the federal Cabinet to explore restrictions on Asian immigration other than the head tax. He was nevertheless appalled by the 1907 anti-Asian riots in Vancouver , organized by BC's Asiatic Exclusion League . Later that same year, he arranged
1457-645: The former British garrisons at Halifax, Nova Scotia , and Esquimalt, British Columbia , after which the Royal Canadian Navy was created by the Naval Service Act . The Act was so identified with Grey that, in Quebec , it was referred to as Grey's Bill and opposed by Henri Bourassa and his Ligue nationaliste canadienne . Although Grey strongly promoted national unity among French and English Canadians, as well as advocating unity within
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1551-521: The organization partnered with the CFL to further refine the program. These are the CRU champions before the dedication of the Grey Cup. The 1909 game was the first game for the Grey Cup. See the article ' List of Grey Cup champions ' for the complete Grey Cup listing. Source: Ottawa Citizen, November 28, 1910, page 8. Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey , GCB , GCMG , GCVO , PC (28 November 1851 – 29 August 1917)
1598-704: The previous International Bowl (2010 – 2013) format of Team USA vs. Team World. Canada's under-18 team for the International Bowl was selected from the top players and coaches at the prior summer's Football Canada Cup. Football Canada offers coaches training through the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) for flag, touch and tackle football. NCCP streams As part of its NCCP program, Football Canada's Safe Contact module teaches safe contact tackling and blocking as well as concussion education. In 2014,
1645-549: The third Earl , and thereafter took his place in the House of Lords , while simultaneously undertaking business ventures around the British Empire as Director of the British South Africa Company from 1898, he experienced a steep learning curve during high tension with the Boers. As administrator in Rhodesia he was directly responsible to Cecil Rhodes for conduct of the colony's business from 1894 to 1897. On his return in 1899 he
1692-491: The title Canadian Rugby Union . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canadian_Rugby_Union&oldid=1150658836 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Football Canada Football Canada
1739-457: Was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada from 1904 to 1911, the ninth since Canadian Confederation . He was a radical Liberal aristocrat and a member of a string of liberal high society clubs in London. An active and articulate campaigner in late Victorian England, he was associated with many of the leading Imperialists seeking change. Albert Grey was born into
1786-479: Was active in Canadian political affairs, including national unity, leaving behind him a number of legacies, the most prominent being the Grey Cup . Grey was the younger and only surviving son of General Sir Charles Grey —a younger son of former British prime minister the second Earl Grey and later the private secretary to Prince Albert and later still to Queen Victoria —and his wife, Caroline Eliza Farquhar, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Harvie Farquhar, Bt . He
1833-581: Was active in the Proportional Representation Society of Britain. (At the time of his passing, he was its president). He organized a model STV election in Northumberland in 1885, remarkably using untrained coal miners as staff to conduct it successfully. Inspired by the theories of Giuseppe Mazzini , Grey became an advocate of imperialism and was one of the founders of the Imperial Federation League , which sought to transform
1880-512: Was also an advocate for electoral reform, endorsing proportional representation . His past calls for political equality for Irish Catholics were relevant to Canada's internal politics, divided as the population was between Catholics and Protestants, Francophones and Anglophones. As governor General, Grey also encouraged his prime minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier , to support the Imperial Federation he had long championed, but Laurier
1927-526: Was also appointed as Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland and published a brief biography of a young relative, Hubert Hervey, who was killed in the Second Matabele War . On 4 October 1904 announcement made that King Edward VII had, by commission under the royal sign-manual and signet , approved the recommendation of his British prime minister, Arthur Balfour , to appoint Grey as his representative to Canada, replacing Grey's brother-in-law,
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1974-498: Was appointed Lord Lieutenant of his native Northumberland. Grey was appointed as Governor General of Canada by King Edward VII in 1904, on the recommendation of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Arthur Balfour , to replace the Earl of Minto as viceroy and occupied that post until succeeded by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn , in 1911. Grey travelled extensively in Canada and
2021-518: Was born at Cadogan House, Middlesex. Many members of the family had enjoyed successful political careers based on reform, including to colonial policies; Grey's grandfather, while prime minister, championed the Reform Act 1832 and in 1846, Grey's uncle, the third Earl Grey , as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies during the first ministry of Lord John Russell , was the first to suggest that colonies should be self-sustaining and governed for
2068-646: Was elected as a member of parliament (MP) for South Northumberland, a seat he held until it was replaced under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and he moved to be the MP for Tyneside , following that year's election . In 1884 he wrote to the Manchester-based Women's Suffrage Journal declaring his support for women's suffrage, writing that "[t]here are no questions which receive so little attention, or which, in my opinion, so urgently call for
2115-483: Was the 2nd Earl Grey , who was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834 and, reputedly, the recipient of a diplomatic gift from China of black tea scented with bergamot oil, which became known as Earl Grey tea ." In 1878, Albert Grey entered into politics as a member of the Liberal Party and, after relinquishing a tied vote to his opponent, eventually won a place in the British House of Commons in 1880. In 1894 Grey inherited an earldom from his uncle,
2162-406: Was uninterested. Grey suggested the construction of a railway hotel in the federal capital - the outcome was the palatial Château Laurier , completed in 1912. Grey's years of urging Laurier to get the Cabinet and Parliament to agree to the idea of a Canadian navy were more fruitful. At the Governor General's urging, the Canadian and British governments agreed to have Canada assume control of
2209-405: Was with Grey's granting of Royal Assent to the appropriate Acts of Parliament that Alberta and Saskatchewan were separated from the North-West Territories to become provinces, The Governor General, writing to the King at the time, stated "[each one] a new leaf in Your Majesty's Maple Crown." As Governor General, he travelled extensively around the ever-growing country. He journeyed abroad to
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