Victoria Travellers Football Club
# 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.

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 sponsorship ended in 1928 but the club continued on under another name.

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.

## 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 |
