2nd Grey Cup
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The 2nd Grey Cup
was played on November 26, 1910, before 12,000 fans at A.A.A. Grounds at Hamilton
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The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeated the Hamilton Tigers
16 to 7.
(2), Dixon (2), Maynard.
Hamilton Tigers (7) - FG, Kid Smith; singles, Ben Simpson
(3), Smith.
Grey Cup
The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...
was played on November 26, 1910, before 12,000 fans at A.A.A. Grounds at Hamilton
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
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The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeated the Hamilton Tigers
Hamilton Tigers (football)
The Hamilton Tigers were a Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario that played in the Ontario Rugby Football Union from 1883 to 1906 and 1948 to 1949 and in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union from 1907 to 1947. The club was a founding member of both the ORFU in 1883 and the IRFU in...
16 to 7.
Game summary
U. of Toronto Varsity Blues (16) - TDs, Red Dixon, Jack Maynard; cons., Maynard; singles, Hugh GallHugh Gall
Hugh Gall was a Canadian football player considered to be one of the best runners and punters of his era.After playing half-back in Toronto for Parkdale Collegiate, Gall joined the University of Toronto varsity team in 1907 and played there for four seasons...
(2), Dixon (2), Maynard.
Hamilton Tigers (7) - FG, Kid Smith; singles, Ben Simpson
Ben Simpson
Benjamin L. Simpson was a star football player in the Canadian Football League for seven seasons for the Hamilton Tigers. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1963 and into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.-References:* *...
(3), Smith.