Victoria Travellers Football Club
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 Club.[1][2][3][4]
| Founded | 1926 |
|---|---|
| Folded | 1933 |
| Based in | Victoria, British Columbia |
| League | British Columbia Rugby Football Union Western Canada Rugby Football Union |
| League titles | 1 league championship - 1926 |
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
The team was renamed Capitals in 1929, and lasted to 1933. A popular sports club, it fielded several other sports teams.[7]
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 | 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
| 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
- The Meraloma Club
- Meraloma - Football (Past Section)
- Early Meraloma Football History
- Canada's Least Known Early Football Unions
- The organization also sponsored the junior football team Regina Associated Canadian Travelers in 1929 and 1930; see CJFL Team Standings: 1887-2017.
- Victoria Travellers on CFLdb
- Labour had its own baseball team a century ago. It defied racism