1936 Macdonald Brier

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1936 Macdonald Brier
Host city Toronto, Ontario
Arena Granite Curling Club
DatesMarch 2–5
WinnerFlag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba
Curling club Stratchcona CC, Winnipeg
Skip Ken Watson
Third Grant Watson
Second Marvin MacIntyre
Lead Charles Kerr
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The 1936 Macdonald Brier , the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 2 to 5, 1936 at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario. [1] This was the first Brier in which teams from British Columbia and Prince Edward Island would participate, increasing the field from 8 to 10 teams. This arrangement remained until 1951 when Newfoundland was added to the Brier field.

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Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Ken Watson, captured the Brier Tankard with a round robin record of 8-1. This was Manitoba's seventh Brier championship overall and the first of three titles for Watson as a skip. A tiebreaker game was played to determine the runner-up as both Team Alberta and Team New Brunswick finished the round robin with 7-2 records. Alberta defeated New Brunswick 8-6 in the tiebreaker to finish runner-up.

Watson's rink also set a Brier record for most points scored in a tournament (142) which still stands as of 2024. Watson and his rink steamrolled through the competition thanks to their long slides, which caused controversy at the competition. Up until then, most curlers delivered their stones with a foot still in the hack, however the Watson rink slid out from the hack. [2] Despite their dominance, they did not claim the Brier title until their final round robin game against New Brunswick. With both teams having identical 7–1 records at the time, the match attracted the largest Brier crowd in history up to that point. The game was fairly lacklustre, however the last end was not. Watson had to draw against three New Brunswick stones on his last rock to claim the championship. [3]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: [4]

AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaNew BrunswickNorthern Ontario
Granite CC, Edmonton

Skip: George Wanless
Third: Billy Rose
Second: Dave Ritchie
Lead: William Murray

Vancouver CC, Vancouver

Skip: William Whalen Sr.
Third: William Whalen Jr.
Second: J.W. Nation
Lead: W.R. Broatch

Strathcona CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Ken Watson
Third: Grant Watson
Second: Marvin MacIntyre
Lead: Charles Kerr

Campbellton CC, Campbellton

Skip: Reginald Shives
Third: Earl Mowatt
Second: Frederick J. McRae
Lead: Harold Perley

Haileybury CC, Haileybury

Skip: Emmett Smith
Third: Daniel Millar
Second: William Beecroft
Lead: Melvin Robb

Nova ScotiaOntarioPrince Edward IslandQuebecSaskatchewan
Halifax CC, Halifax

Skip: Murray Macneill
Third: J.R. Murphy
Second: Charles Burchell
Lead: A.L. Harrington

Sarnia CC, Sarnia

Skip: Hector Cowan
Third: William McCart
Second: Alex Hayes
Lead: Murray Chilton

Montague CC, Montague

Skip: James McIntyre
Third: C.K. Wightman
Second: R.W. Beck
Lead: I.A. Younker

Victoria CC, Quebec City

Skip: C.B. Bignell
Third: Gordon Ross Jr.
Second: K.O. Baptist
Lead: Lionel Roy

Regina CC, Regina

Skip: Leslie Youngson
Third: David Clayton
Second: Charles Gardner Jr.
Lead: C.A. McNevin

Round Robin standings

Key
Brier champion
Teams to Tiebreaker
ProvinceSkipWLPFPA
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba Ken Watson 8114259
New Brunswick Reginald Shives 7211077
Alberta George Wanless 7210380
British Columbia William Whalen Sr. 639080
Ontario Hector Cowan 549685
Northern Ontario Emmett Smith 549580
Saskatchewan Leslie Youngson 458794
Quebec C.B. Bignell 2777137
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia Murray Macneill 1878111
Prince Edward Island James McIntyre 0972147

Round Robin results

Draw 1

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Smith)1002000203008
New Brunswick (Shives)02202110201213
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Ontario (Cowan)0100010000103
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Watson)40413041210121
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Youngson)00311002111212
Quebec (Bignell)3100011000006
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Alberta (Wanless)11024123001015
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Macneill)0010000021015
Sheet E123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Whalen)02111013020011
Prince Edward Island (McIntyre)1000020010116

Draw 2

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Watson)20200203221014
Alberta (Wanless)0101102000016
Sheet B123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Shives)10110030200311
Saskatchewan (Youngson)0100120101208
Sheet C123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Whalen)00200042131013
Quebec (Bignell)12013100000311
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Ontario (Cowan)21050005130017
Prince Edward Island (McIntyre)00102120003110
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Macneill)01030000202210
Northern Ontario (Smith)10101133010011

Draw 3

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Alberta (Wanless)02102402040116
Prince Edward Island (McIntyre)1001001020308
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Watson)1010101100016
Northern Ontario (Smith)02030100112010
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Youngson)30311003021014
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Macneill)0100011010026
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Ontario (Cowan)20320102134119
Quebec (Bignell)0100101000003
Sheet E123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Whalen)00101102031312
New Brunswick (Shives)0401001020008

Draw 4

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Alberta (Wanless)0000001030004
New Brunswick (Shives)21311202031117
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (McIntyre)0010010210106
Saskatchewan (Youngson)14033010050118
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Smith)31032000313016
Quebec (Bignell)0010011100037
Sheet D123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Whalen)0001200200016
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Watson)11200110214013
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Macneill)0000030010015
Ontario (Cowan)13112011013014

Draw 5

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Macneill)1100000300207
British Columbia (Whalen)00311110120111
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Alberta (Wanless)30100040224016
Saskatchewan (Youngson)0101130100018
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (McIntyre)0010100020307
New Brunswick (Shives)32010312010316
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Watson)30310230222523
Quebec (Bignell)0100200100004
Sheet E12345678910111213Final
Northern Ontario (Smith)02001012010108
Ontario (Cowan)10230100100019

Draw 6

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Ontario (Cowan)0020200301019
New Brunswick (Shives)11010110402011
Sheet B123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Whalen)0010020210309
Saskatchewan (Youngson)11011020020210
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Watson)22101004010314
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Macneill)0002021020209
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Quebec (Bignell)00014104150016
Prince Edward Island (McIntyre)31200030003113
Sheet E12345678910111213Final
Alberta (Wanless)01003000021119
Northern Ontario (Smith)10120111100008

Draw 7

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Youngson)0200000020105
Northern Ontario (Smith)10311213010114
Sheet B123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Shives)00100103210210
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Macneill)1102102000209
Sheet C123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Whalen)00301120201010
Ontario (Cowan)1201000101017
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Quebec (Bignell)0210000101207
Alberta (Wanless)20010240300214
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Watson)73202033012225
Prince Edward Island (McIntyre)0001030010005

Draw 8

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Youngson)0010100201207
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Watson)22030420100115
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (McIntyre)1001010003208
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Macneill)03104011300215
Sheet C123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Shives)03231100203015
Quebec (Bignell)2000001101049
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Alberta (Wanless)21102040010112
Ontario (Cowan)0001010210207
Sheet E123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Whalen)11010203200212
Northern Ontario (Smith)0010201002107

Draw 9

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Watson)12004001020111
New Brunswick (Shives)0012021020109
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Youngson)1001100020005
Ontario (Cowan)00300110011411
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Alberta (Wanless)10001101500211
British Columbia (Whalen)0111001001106
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (McIntyre)1200030010119
Northern Ontario (Smith)00411015010013
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Quebec (Bignell)30105010010314
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Macneill)02020103301012

Tiebreaker

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Alberta (Wanless)1020110011018
New Brunswick (Shives)0101001200106

References

  1. 1936 MacDonald Brier - Curlingzone
  2. The Brier, by Bob Weeks, ppg 39-41
  3. Weeks, ppg 41-42
  4. "1936 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive". Archived from the original on 2022-04-19.