Mount Allison, History of Sports, Timeline

Timeline

1908-1911

1908: Mount Allison’s first songbook, Mount Allison Songs, is published
1909, Apr.: Male Academy students begin playing basketball
1910, Feb.: Sumner Cup is donated to new intercollegiate hockey league
1910, Mar.: men’s interclass basketball league is formed
1910, Mar.: third Ladies’ College gymnasium opens, in basement of Hart Hall
1910, Mar. 19: University and Ladies' College women compete for basketball cup. It is the first trophy for women’s sports at Mount Allison
1910, Oct.: students playing practice soccer games
1910, Nov. 2: first intercollegiate women’s basketball game, possibly first in Canada, vs. University of New Brunswick
1910, Nov.: Machum cup donated for men's interclass basketball
1910, Nov.: Mount Allison interclass rugby football teams begin competing for Gass Shield
1910, Nov. 23: varsity rugby football team wins King-Richardson Cup for third and final time
1911, Apr.: first men’s varsity basketball team is formed
1911, Apr.: Mount Allison plays first soccer game with an outside team, vs. Amherst
1911, May: Male Academy gives final gymnastics exhibition during Closing Week ceremonies
1911, May: tennis tournament between town and Mount Allison institutions for Closing Week
1911, Nov.: rugby football team travels for first time to Prince Edward Island
1911, Dec. 12: intercollegiate hockey is banned