Victoria Travellers Football Club
{{Short description|Defunct Canadian football team}}
{{for|defunct Canadian baseball team|Victoria Capitals}}
{{Infobox American football team
| name = Victoria Travellers Football Club
| founded = 1926
| folded = 1933
| location = Victoria, British Columbia
| field =
| league = British Columbia Rugby Football Union
Western Canada Rugby Football Union
| nickname=
| league_champs = 1 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.[https://www.bcfootballhalloffame.com/the-meraloma-club/ The Meraloma Club][https://www.meraloma.com/football-past-section Meraloma - Football (Past Section)][http://magickallgateway.org/lread/Football/Tackle/earlyhistory.html Early Meraloma Football History][http://collectingcanadianfootball.blogspot.com/2021/01/canadas-least-known-early-football.html Canada'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.[https://stats.cfldb.ca/team/victoria-travellers/ 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.[https://amateursport.wordpress.com/2020/11/23/labour-had-its-own-baseball-team-a-century-ago-it-defied-racism/ Labour had its own baseball team a century ago. It defied racism]
Victoria Revellers
BCRFU season-by-season
| class="wikitable" | |||||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="10" |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 | |
| bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="10" |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) |