1931 Macdonald Brier

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1931 Macdonald Brier
Host city Toronto, Ontario
Arena Granite Curling Club
DatesMarch 3–5
WinnerFlag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba
Curling club Stratchcona CC, Winnipeg
Skip Bob Gourley
Third Ernest Pollard
Second Arnold Lockerbie
Lead Ray Stewart
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The 1931 Macdonald Brier , the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 3 to 5, 1931 at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario. [1]

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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]

AlbertaManitobaMontrealNew BrunswickNorthern 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 ScotiaOntarioQuebecSaskatchewanToronto
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 CC, Saskatoon

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

Barrie CC, Barrie

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

Round Robin standings

Key
Brier champion
Teams to Tiebreaker
TeamSkipWLPFPA
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba Bob Gourley 8113885
Ontario Ed Brower 6311173
Toronto Selvin Meredith 6310088
Saskatchewan Jack Miller 5410789
Alberta Robert Welliver 4599100
Northern Ontario John Nicholson 4593102
Quebec Peter Lyall 4586104
Montreal William Brown 3683113
New Brunswick Nicholas Thibodeau 368496
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia Henry McLeod 2775126

Round Robin results

Draw 1

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Montreal (Brown)0020100100105
Ontario (Brower)42010210120114
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Quebec (Lyall)00200401210111
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)1301102000109
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Gourley)22301040400016
Saskatchewan (Miller)00020402021112
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Alberta (Welliver)02001305030115
Northern Ontario (Nicholson)20120010302011
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (McLeod)0000300420009
Toronto (Meredith)31110210032418

Draw 2

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Miller)20030250202016
Alberta (Welliver)01301002010311
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Gourley)41003111030216
Ontario (Brower)0022000030108
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Nicholson)23101210021114
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)0003000210006
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Toronto (Meredith)01011210220010
Montreal (Brown)1020000100239
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Quebec (Lyall)04310001311418
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (McLeod)2000312000008

Draw 3

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Alberta (Welliver)01013310030113
Montreal (Brown)10200003103010
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Toronto (Meredith)11210210110010
Northern Ontario (Nicholson)0000200100137
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Miller)22002020201011
Ontario (Brower)0012020101029
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Gourley)20202113404019
Quebec (Lyall)0202000001016
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (McLeod)20100012102X9
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)01012100010X6

Draw 4

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Ontario (Brower)20010312302014
Alberta (Welliver)0110100003017
Sheet B12345678910111213Final
Saskatchewan (Miller)13001000010219
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)00110211101008
Sheet C12345678910111213Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Gourley)301103001010111
Toronto (Meredith)020030210101010
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Nicholson)00002402220012
Quebec (Lyall)11120010001411
Sheet E12345678910111213Final
Montreal (Brown)300101210001110
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (McLeod)01102000122009

Draw 5

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Montreal (Brown)71110022000115
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)0000210013108
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Miller)30200111121X15
Toronto (Meredith)01011000000X7
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Ontario (Brower)14023102111117
Quebec (Lyall)0010001000002
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Gourley)00004311010111
Alberta (Welliver)11220000202010
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (McLeod)02201011021111
Northern Ontario (Nicholson)40020100300010

Draw 6

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Montreal (Brown)01003202401114
Saskatchewan (Miller)20120010040010
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Toronto (Meredith)51104110101015
Quebec (Lyall)00010004030210
Sheet C123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)10130030204014
Alberta (Welliver)0100110401019
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Gourley)21602401100017
Northern Ontario (Nicholson)0001001001126
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Ontario (Brower)20110212022X13
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (McLeod)01001000100X3

Draw 7

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Nicholson)10010220302112
Saskatchewan (Miller)02401002010010
Sheet B12345678910111213Final
Ontario (Brower)002010210111211
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)41010100200009
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Toronto (Meredith)23010100122113
Alberta (Welliver)0010104200008
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Gourley)10006002050216
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (McLeod)03120310202014
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Quebec (Lyall)20030001223X13
Montreal (Brown)01101210000X6

Draw 8

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Gourley)04150501100522
Montreal (Brown)1000201001106
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Alberta (Welliver)31232010311017
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (McLeod)0000030200016
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Quebec (Lyall)01300101011210
Saskatchewan (Miller)1003301010009
Sheet D123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)04100301010111
Toronto (Meredith)1001101020208
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Ontario (Brower)40401003020X14
Northern Ontario (Nicholson)01010120101X7

Draw 9

Sheet A123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)12212020300013
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Gourley)00000301022210
Sheet B12345678910111213Final
Toronto (Meredith)201011010203213
Ontario (Brower)010200502010011
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Nicholson)11001024230014
Montreal (Brown)0031010000218
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Alberta (Welliver)0110010211119
Quebec (Lyall)1002101000005
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Miller)12061030311018
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (McLeod)0010010100036

Tiebreaker

Sheet A12345678910111213Final
Ontario (Brower)302030000040113
Toronto (Meredith)010103211201012

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