Canada remained in the UK's cultural orbit after Canada and the U.S. borrowed rugby from the UK. While both countries modified the game to suit their own purposes, Canadian rugby (later football)(remained more rugby-like than American football until after WWII). Unlike Canada, American football rules allowed the forward pass by 1910, even if most teams made little use of it, and the game remained rather rough despite numerous safety-related rules changes.
The Weymouth Recreation Ground, a #ForgottenField https://www.footballgroundmap.com/ground/recreation-ground/weymouth
Now the site of an Asda Superstore between Marsh, Quay, and Weston Rds.