1920 in Canadian football 1920 in Canadian football CIRFU and IRFU adopted a four-yard Interference rule while the CRU opted for three yards of Interference. ARFU played games with 12 players per side and introduced the snap-back. The reduction in the number of players was done for monetary reasons as train rates were high after World War I. The CRU would make the same changes in 1921. The MRFU champion Winnipeg Victorias were unable to field a full team for the WCRFU finals and withdrew from competition. The MRFU wanted to substitute the second place University of Manitoba Varsity team but the SRFU refused
England national amateur football team players. The strength of the English amateur team meant they were still able to beat many of these sides and in fact they were unbeaten in 20 matches from 1906 to 1910. Whilst these England amateur matches are not considered full senior internationals by The Football Association, they are deemed to be by their opponents. As such, the England amateur side delivered both Germany's and Belgium's biggest defeat in 1909, beating them 9–0 and 11–2 respectively. There is a difference of opinion as to whether the England amateur team was effectively the Great Britain Olympic football team at the 1908