Victoria Travellers Football Club
Defunct Canadian football team
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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]
| Victoria Travellers Football Club | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Founded | 1926 |
| Folded | 1933 |
| Headquartered | Victoria, British Columbia |
| League / conference affiliations | |
| British Columbia Rugby Football Union Western Canada Rugby Football Union | |
| Championships | |
| League championships: 0 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
Victoria Revellers
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) | ||||||||