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.The Meraloma ClubEarly Meraloma Football HistoryCanada's Least Known Early Football Unions
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.The organization also sponsored the junior football team Regina Associated Canadian Travelers in 1929 and 1930; see CJFL Team Standings: 1887-2017. The sponsorship ended in 1928 but the club continued on under another name.Victoria Travellers on CFLdb
The Victoria Travellers Football Club won the first BCRFU championship, their only one in 8 seasons.
Victoria Capitals The team was renamed Capitals in 1929, and lasted to 1933. A popular sports club, it fielded several other sports teams.Labour had its own baseball team a century ago. It defied racism
Victoria Revellers 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
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 24th 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 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
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