1931 Macdonald Brier

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1931 Macdonald Brier
Host city
Granite Curling Club
DatesMarch 3–5
Winner Manitoba
Curling clubStratchcona CC, Winnipeg
SkipBob Gourley
ThirdErnest Pollard
SecondArnold Lockerbie
LeadRay Stewart
« 1930
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The 1931

the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario.[1]

Team Manitoba, skipped by Bob Gourley, captured the Brier Tankard with a round robin record of 8-1. This was Manitoba's fourth consecutive Brier championship. A tiebreaker game was played to determine the runner-up as both Ontario and Toronto finished the round robin with 6-3 records. Ontario defeated Toronto in an extra end 13-12 to finish runner-up.

This was the last Brier to feature Montreal and Toronto as their own teams.

The 1931 Brier was one of only two Briers (the other being 1932) to feature no ends that were blanked.[2] This Brier also set the record at the time for the most extra ends played in a single Brier with six (five in the round robin plus the runner-up tiebreaker playoff).

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[3]

Alberta Manitoba Montreal New Brunswick Northern Ontario
Red Deer CC, Red Deer

Skip: Robert Welliver
Third: Joe LaFrance
Second: Jack Fulton
Lead: George Lindsay

Strathcona CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Bob Gourley
Third: Ernest Pollard
Second: Arnold Lockerbie
Lead: Ray Stewart

Montreal GCA, Montreal

Skip: William Brown
Third: Art Condie
Second: Rob Braithwaite
Lead: Harry Walker

Bathurst CC, Bathurst

Skip: Nicholas Thibodeau
Third: Joseph Connolly
Second: Daniel Connolly
Lead: John Kennah

Sault Ste. Marie CC, Sault Ste. Marie

Skip: John Nicholson
Third: James Shaw
Second: George Murr
Lead: Lloyd Mason

Nova Scotia Ontario Quebec Saskatchewan Toronto
Mayflower CC, Halifax

Skip: Henry McLeod
Third: Charles Durrant
Second: Frank Arthur
Lead: H.W. Gates

The Granite Club, Toronto

Skip: Ed Brower
Third: John Rennie
Second: John Brower
Lead: Robert Hamilton

Caledonia CC, Montreal

Skip: Peter Lyall
Third: Ormiston Roy
Second: Howard Stewart
Lead: John Roy

Saskatoon

Skip: Jack Miller
Third: Bill McArter
Second: Bert Barbour
Lead: Percy Young[4]

Barrie

Skip: Selvin Meredith
Third: A.D. Simon
Second: Charles Beelby
Lead: Albert Simon

Round Robin standings

Key
Brier champion
Teams to Tiebreaker
Team Skip W L PF PA
 Manitoba Bob Gourley 8 1 138 85
Ontario Ed Brower 6 3 111 73
Toronto Selvin Meredith 6 3 100 88
Saskatchewan Jack Miller 5 4 107 89
Alberta Robert Welliver 4 5 99 100
Northern Ontario John Nicholson 4 5 93 102
Quebec Peter Lyall 4 5 86 104
Montreal William Brown 3 6 83 113
New Brunswick Nicholas Thibodeau 3 6 84 96
 Nova Scotia Henry McLeod 2 7 75 126

Round Robin results

Draw 1

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Montreal (Brown) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
Ontario (Brower) 4 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 14
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Lyall) 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 1 11
New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 1 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Manitoba (Gourley) 2 2 3 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 16
Saskatchewan (Miller) 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 2 1 1 12
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Welliver) 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 5 0 3 0 1 15
Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 11
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Nova Scotia (McLeod) 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 9
Toronto (Meredith) 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 2 4 18

Draw 2

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Miller) 2 0 0 3 0 2 5 0 2 0 2 0 16
Alberta (Welliver) 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Manitoba (Gourley) 4 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 0 2 16
Ontario (Brower) 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 2 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 14
New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Toronto (Meredith) 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 10
Montreal (Brown) 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Lyall) 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 4 18
 Nova Scotia (McLeod) 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8

Draw 3

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Welliver) 0 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 13
Montreal (Brown) 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Toronto (Meredith) 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 10
Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Miller) 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 11
Ontario (Brower) 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Manitoba (Gourley) 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 3 4 0 4 0 19
Quebec (Lyall) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Nova Scotia (McLeod) 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 X 9
New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 6

Draw 4

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Brower) 2 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 3 0 2 0 14
Alberta (Welliver) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
Saskatchewan (Miller) 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 9
New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
 Manitoba (Gourley) 3 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 11
Toronto (Meredith) 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 12
Quebec (Lyall) 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 11
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
Montreal (Brown) 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 10
 Nova Scotia (McLeod) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 9

Draw 5

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Montreal (Brown) 7 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 15
New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Miller) 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 X 15
Toronto (Meredith) 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Brower) 1 4 0 2 3 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 17
Quebec (Lyall) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Manitoba (Gourley) 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 11
Alberta (Welliver) 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 10
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Nova Scotia (McLeod) 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 11
Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 10

Draw 6

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Montreal (Brown) 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 4 0 1 1 14
Saskatchewan (Miller) 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Toronto (Meredith) 5 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 15
Quebec (Lyall) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 2 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 4 0 14
Alberta (Welliver) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Manitoba (Gourley) 2 1 6 0 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 17
Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Brower) 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 2 X 13
 Nova Scotia (McLeod) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 3

Draw 7

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 2 1 12
Saskatchewan (Miller) 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
Ontario (Brower) 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 11
New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Toronto (Meredith) 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 13
Alberta (Welliver) 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Manitoba (Gourley) 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 5 0 2 16
 Nova Scotia (McLeod) 0 3 1 2 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 14
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Lyall) 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 X 13
Montreal (Brown) 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 X 6

Draw 8

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Manitoba (Gourley) 0 4 1 5 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 22
Montreal (Brown) 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Welliver) 3 1 2 3 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 17
 Nova Scotia (McLeod) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Lyall) 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 10
Saskatchewan (Miller) 1 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 11
Toronto (Meredith) 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Brower) 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 X 14
Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 X 7

Draw 9

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 1 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 13
 Manitoba (Gourley) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 2 2 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
Toronto (Meredith) 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 13
Ontario (Brower) 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 11
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 2 3 0 0 14
Montreal (Brown) 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Welliver) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 9
Quebec (Lyall) 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Miller) 1 2 0 6 1 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 18
 Nova Scotia (McLeod) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 6

Tiebreaker

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
Ontario (Brower) 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 13
Toronto (Meredith) 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 12

References

  1. ^ 1931 MacDonald Brier - Curlingzone
  2. ^ "MacDonald Brier Records - Curling Canada Stats Archive".
  3. ^ "1931 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive". Archived from the original on 2022-04-15.
  4. ^ "One Curler Short, Hub Skip Rallies to Beat Cochran". Regina Leader-Post. February 12, 1931. p. 16. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
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