1934: Jr. Rough Riders 09, Strathconas 02

Ottawa's presence in the junior QRFU came to an end in 1929 but junior football did not disappear altogether, it just took a year off. A local six-team league was formed in 1931 called the City Junior Rugby Football League, or some variation thereof (media was inconsistent in its naming).  

A page was recently built and added to the banner above to record that league's progression. Actually, "progression" might not be the right term, the league quickly shrank to operate with only three or four teams, but it did last longer than I expected. I believed it might have run all of three to five seasons but it carried on in some form until at least 1941. 

1934 got the bulk of the attention this afternoon (before I noticed I totally skipped over 1933). This was a three-team season, Jr. Rough Riders, Strathcona, and New Edinburgh, two of which would play a "curtain raiser" before the "senior" Rough Riders games. 

The game below was something of an exception, I believe. Strathcona had played on October 6th then played this one on October 8th. 

The junior Rough Riders won the league that year. The recap to their final game states that they would wait to find out whether they'd play a team from another league in some sort of regional playoff but aside from what appeared to be an exhibition game against Smiths Falls Collegiate, I have not located an actual playoff contest.