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Victoria Travellers Football Club

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Victoria Travellers Football Club
Founded1926
Folded1933
Based inVictoria, British Columbia
LeagueBritish Columbia Rugby Football Union
Western Canada Rugby Football Union
League titles1 league championship - 1926

The Victoria Travellers Football Club was a Canadian football that played in the British Columbia Rugby Football Union and the Western Canada Rugby Football Union from 1926 to 1933.[1][2][3][4]

The team was sponsored by the Order of United Commercial Travelers, a service organization known for its good works, which had recently expanded into Canada.[5] The sponsorship ended in 1928 but the club continued on under another name.[6]

The Victoria Travellers Football Club won the first BCRFU championship, their only one in 8 seasons.

Victoria Capitals

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The team was renamed Capitals in 1929, and lasted to 1933. A popular sports club, it fielded several other sports teams.[7]

Victoria Revellers

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The final BCRFU team in Victoria was the Revellers, playing in 1939 and 1940 and winning the championship in the league's final season.

BCRFU season-by-season

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Victoria Travellers Football Club
Season G W L T PF PA Pts Finish Playoffs
1926 3 2 0 1 33 18 5 1st Won BCRFU Championship, lost west semi final to St.John's Rugby Football Club, 21-2
1927 6 2 2 2 91 52 6 3rd
1928 6 2 4 0 59 66 4 3rd
Victoria Capitals
Season G W L T PF PA Pts Finish Playoffs
1929 4 1 3 0 21 58 2 4th
1930 4 1 3 0 36 28 2 4th
1931 4 2 2 0 24 33 4 2nd
1932 5 1 4 0 46 101 2 4th
1933 Lost BCRFU Championship 2 game playoff to New Westminster Dodekas on points, 14-11 (1-6 & 10–8)

Other Victoria, B.C. based team

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Victoria Revellers
Season G W L T PF PA Pts Finish Playoffs
1939 6 0 6 0 25 105 0 4th Beat Knights of Columbus in BCRFU playoff, 6–1, lost final to University of British Columbia Thunderbirds, 17-6
1940 4 4 0 0 44 14 8 1st Won BCRFU Championship

References

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  1. ^ The Meraloma Club
  2. ^ Meraloma - Football (Past Section)
  3. ^ Early Meraloma Football History
  4. ^ Canada's Least Known Early Football Unions
  5. ^ The organization also sponsored the junior football team Regina Associated Canadian Travelers in 1929 and 1930; see CJFL Team Standings: 1887-2017.
  6. ^ Victoria Travellers on CFLdb
  7. ^ Labour had its own baseball team a century ago. It defied racism