Canadian National Challenge Cup 1914
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The 1914 Connaught Cup was the second edition of the Canadian National Challenge Cup
, one of the oldest soccer tournaments in Canada and one of the first national championships. It was won by Norwood Wanders of St. Boniface, Manitoba. Current editions of the tournament feature a representative from each provincial association and a final match; in 1914 as well as 1913, the competition was played in a league format (under the old system, a win was worth 2 points with a draw worth 1).
Canadian National Challenge Cup
The Challenge Trophy is a national amateur football cup in Canada contested by the champions of individual provincial soccer competitions. It is one of the oldest football competitions in Canada, being held since 1913...
, one of the oldest soccer tournaments in Canada and one of the first national championships. It was won by Norwood Wanders of St. Boniface, Manitoba. Current editions of the tournament feature a representative from each provincial association and a final match; in 1914 as well as 1913, the competition was played in a league format (under the old system, a win was worth 2 points with a draw worth 1).
Qualified teams
- ManitobaManitobaManitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
/hosts: Norwood Wanderers (St. Boniface) - QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
: Lachine (MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
) - SaskatchewanSaskatchewanSaskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
: Regina Leader - OntarioOntarioOntario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
: Toronto Eatonians - New OntarioNorthern OntarioNorthern Ontario is a region of the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron , the French River and Lake Nipissing. The region has a land area of 802,000 km2 and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it contains only about 6% of the population...
(Northern Ontario): Fort William C.P.R.
Standings
| Rank | Teams | Pts | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Norwood Wanderers |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 |  Fort William C.P.R. |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| 3 | Toronto Eatonians |
3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 |  Lachine |
3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 |  Regina Leader |
0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 |