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.
^Labour had its own baseball team a century ago. It defied racism
January 01, 1970
victoria, travellers, football, club, defunct, canadian, baseball, team, victoria, capitals, canadian, football, that, played, british, columbia, rugby, football, union, western, canada, rugby, football, union, from, 1926, 1933, founded1926folded1933based, inv. For defunct Canadian baseball team see Victoria Capitals 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 ClubFounded1926Folded1933Based inVictoria British ColumbiaLeagueBritish Columbia Rugby Football UnionWestern Canada Rugby Football UnionLeague titles1 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 Contents 1 Victoria Capitals 2 Victoria Revellers 3 BCRFU season by season 4 Other Victoria B C based team 5 ReferencesVictoria Capitals editThe team was renamed Capitals in 1929 and lasted to 1933 A popular sports club it fielded several other sports teams 7 Victoria Revellers editThe 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 editVictoria 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 amp 10 8 Other Victoria B C based team editVictoria 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 ChampionshipReferences edit 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Victoria Travellers Football Club amp oldid 1218981899, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
