Manitoba Organization: Victoria Hockey Club

This Winnipeg-based hockey club was formed in 1890. It captured the Stanley Cup, then awarded in recognition of amateur championship, in February 1896 and February 1901. Some members of the club through the years were as follows:

Member	Position	Year(s)
Gerald Bate Aldous (1885-1946)	?	?
J. E. Aldous	Centre	1910-1911
Donald Henderson “Dan” Bain (1874-1962)	Centre, Captain, Honorary President	1894-1912
Basil G. Baker	Goal	1910-1911
H. Baker	?	1911-1912
Ralph Dennistoun Baker (1895-1960)	?	1911-1912
Fred Bawlf	Left Wing	1910-1912
William Richard Bawlf (1881-1972)	Vice-President	1910-1912
Ralph Keir Beairsto (1884-1950)	?	?
Charles S. “Charlie” Belcher	Rover	1910-1912
John Robinson Benson (1876-1952)	?	1896-1898
C. Boswell	?	1896-1897
Arthur J. “Art” Brown	Goal	1900-1901
H. Bruce	?	1897-1897
Frederick Todd Cadham (1880-1961)	Spare, Forward, Captain	1900-1903
Francis Caldwell	Centre	1910-1912
C. J. “Toat” Campbell	Left Wing	1896-1900
G. A. Carruthers	?	1900-1901
J. Carter	Vice-President	1897-1898
Abram Code (1868-1928)	Vice-President	1896-1897
S. Dion	?	1911-1912
Magnus L. Flett	Cover Point	1900-1907
Roderick McLeod “Roddy” Flett (1873-1927)	Point	1896-1903
H. Fowler	Point	1910-1912
Anthony B. “Tony” Gingras	Right Wing	1897-1903
Michael “Mike” Grant	Cover Point	1896
John Crichton “Jack” Green-Armytage (1872-1943)	Captain, Coach, Forward, President	1892-1901
Frederick Turner “Fred” Higginbotham (c1867-1896)	Point	1892-1896
Martin “Mart” Hooper	Trainer	1899-1901
Thomas A. “Addie” Howard	Forward, Captain	1892-1898
L. Howe	?	1896-1897
Charles W. “Charlie” Johnstone	Rover, Cover Point	1896-1902
William “Billy” Kean	?	1903
A. H. Logan	Secretary-Treasurer	1896-1897
J. Marshall	Spare	1900-1901
Bruce McBean (1873-1959)	?	?
John K. “Jack” McCulloch (1872-1918)	Counter Point and Vice President	1892-1893
George Henry “Whitey” Merritt (c1860-1916)	Goal, President	1892-1900
Leslie M. “Les” Moffatt	Cover, Captain	1910-1912
Claude Wearing Nash (1879-?)	Vice-President	1910-1912
Edward B. Nixon (1858-1918)	President	1896-1897
F. J. Olsen	?	1903
J. D. Pratt	President	1910-1912
Walter Pratt Jr.	?	1900-1901
Claude C. Robinson	Secretary-Treasurer	1910-1912
W. E. Robinson	Captain, Secretary-Treasurer	1896-1901
Robert George Rogers (1889-1945)	?	?
W. N. Roxburgh	Centre	1899-1900
S. Macdonald	?	1896-1897
Frederick Scanlon	?	1902-1903
G. H. Stead	Assistant Secretary	1910-1912
A. A. Strang	?	1896-1897
Harry Sullivan	Trainer	1910-1912
C. K. Temple	Forward	1892-1893
J. C. Thomson	Forward	1892-1895
John Calder Waugh (1874-1930)	Secretary-Treasurer	1892-1895
J. White	?	1896-1897
Henry Walter Whitla (1874-1956)	Secretary-Treasurer	1897-1898
G. A. Wickson	Right Wing	1910-1912
E. Burke Wood	Left Wing	1900-1902

See also:

“An Immense Hold in the Public Estimation:” The First Quarter Century of Hockey in Manitoba, 1886-1911 by Morris Mott
Manitoba History, Number 43, Spring / Summer 2002

Manitoba Organization: Winnipeg Falcons

“Flawed games, splendid ceremonies: The hockey matches of the Winnipeg Vics, 1890-1903” by Morris Mott, Prairie Forum, 10(1): 169-187, 1985.

Sources:

We gratefully acknowledge information from the Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame used to compile this page.

We thank Dave Benson for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 3 July 2017