CRU adopted use of the forward pass on a limited basis in Junior, Interscholastic, Western Canada Rugby Union, Western Intercollegiate Union and the Grey Cup final.
The first legal pass in Canada was thrown by Gerry Seiberling and the first reception was by Ralph Losie of Calgary Altomah-Tigers against Edmonton on September 21. Jersey Jack Campbell of Regina threw the first forward pass in a Grey Cup game and Jerry Erskine made the first reception. The first touchdown pass was by Edmonton's Joe Cook to Pal Power in the second quarter of a game against the University of Alberta on September 28. The first interception return for a touchdown was by Joe Hess of the University of Alberta in the same game when he caught a pass by Cook.
Regular season [ edit ] Final regular season standings [ edit ] Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
Ontario Rugby Football Union [1] Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Eastern Section Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 6 6 0 0 104 27 12 Kitchener Panthers 6 3 3 0 59 33 6 St, Michael's 6 2 4 0 51 103 4 Camp Borden 6 1 5 0 14 65 2 Western Section Sarnia Imperials 6 6 0 0 85 19 12 Windsor Greyhounds 6 3 3 0 50 73 6 Hamilton Tiger Cubs 6 2 4 0 40 66 4 Toronto Varsity Orphans 6 1 5 0 50 68 2
*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs
Manitoba Rugby Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Winnipeg St.John's 4 2 2 0 42 35 4 Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 4 2 2 0 35 42 4
Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Regina Roughriders 4 3 0 1 41 6 7 Saskatoon Quakers 4 1 2 1 23 30 3 Moose Jaw Maroons 4 1 3 0 16 44 2
League Champions [ edit ] Football Union League Champion IRFU Hamilton Tigers WCRFU Regina Roughriders CIRFU Queen's University ORFU Sarnia Imperials MRFU St John's College SRFU Regina Roughriders ARFU Calgary Tigers BCRFU Vancouver Athletic Club
Grey Cup Playoffs [ edit] Note: All dates in 1929
MRFU Tie-Breaker [ edit] Date Away Home October 30 Winnipeg St.John's 10 Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 1
The Winnipeg St.John's advance to western playoff versus the Regina Roughriders
ORFU Final [ edit] Date Away Home November 11 Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 0 Sarnia Imperials 3
Sarnia advances to the East Semi-Final.
CIRFU Final [ edit] Date Away Home November 16 Varsity Blues 5 Queen's Golden Gaels 15
Queen's advances to the East Final.
East Semi-Final [ edit] Date Away Home November 16 Sarnia Imperials 2 Hamilton Tigers 14
Hamilton advances to the East Final.
East Final [ edit] Date Away Home November 23 Hamilton Tigers 14Queen's Golden Gaels 3
Hamilton advances to the Grey Cup game.
West Semi-Final [ edit] Date Away Home November 2 Regina Roughriders 19St. John's Royalists 3
Regina advances to the West Final.
West Final [ edit] Date Away Home November 11 Calgary Tigers 8 Regina Roughriders 15
Due to the BCRFU schedule being declared too long for the WCRFU playoffs Regina advances directly to the Grey Cup game. [3]
Playoff Bracket [ edit] Quarter Finals Semi Finals Grey Cup Final IRFU Hamilton Tigers 14 ORFU Sarnia Imperials 2 IRFU Hamilton Tigers 14 EAST CIRFU Queen's University 3 CIRFU University of Toronto 5 CIRFU Queen's University 15 IRFU Hamilton Tigers 14 SRFU Regina Roughriders 3 no game no game ARFU Calgary Tigers 8 WEST SRFU Regina Roughriders[4] 15 SRFU Regina Roughriders 19 MRFU St. John's College 3
Grey Cup Championship [ edit] November 3017th Annual Grey Cup Game: A.A.A. Grounds - Hamilton, Ontario
Regina Roughriders 3 Hamilton Tigers 14 The Hamilton Tigers are the 1929 Grey Cup Champions
[ edit] Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (IRFU MVP) – Red Wilson (?), Toronto Argonauts References [ edit] ^ https://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=TqguAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kNoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5334%2C6621940 Ottawa Citizen - 12 November 1929 ^ "Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search". news.google.ca . Retrieved 2017-03-06 . ^ "The Calgary Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com . Retrieved 2017-03-06 . ^ Regina advances to final when BCRFU does not challenge them.
