1937 Macdonald Brier

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1937 Macdonald Brier
Host city Toronto, Ontario
Arena Granite Curling Club
DatesMarch 1–5
Winner Alberta
Curling club Royal CC, Edmonton
Skip Cliff Manahan
Third Wesley Robinson
Second Ross Manahan
Lead Lloyd McIntyre
FinalistFlag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Jimmy Welsh)
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The 1937 Macdonald Brier , the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 1 to 5, 1937 at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario. [1]

Contents

Both Alberta and Manitoba finished round robin play 8–1, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff for the Brier championship. Team Alberta, who was skipped by Cliff Manahan would win the tiebreaker in dominant fashion over Manitoba 19–7 to capture the Brier Tankard. This was Alberta's and Manahan's second Brier championship as Manahan had skipped Alberta to their only other title in 1933.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: [2]

AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaNew BrunswickNorthern Ontario
Royal CC, Edmonton

Skip: Cliff Manahan
Third: Wesley Robinson
Second: Ross Manahan
Lead: Lloyd McIntyre

Vancouver CC, Vancouver

Skip: Roland David
Third: Francis Avery
Second: Frederick Tinling
Lead: George Norgan

Deer Lodge CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Jimmy Welsh
Third: Fred Smith
Second: Jock Reid
Lead: Harry Monk Sr.

Fredericton CC, Fredericton

Skip: Charles Barry
Third: Fred Hatt
Second: Harold Colwell
Lead: Harold Porter

Haileybury CC, Haileybury

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

Nova ScotiaOntarioPrince Edward IslandQuebecSaskatchewan
Truro CC, Truro

Skip: Hugh Ferguson
Third: Victor Crowe
Second: Charles Cox
Lead: George Thomas

Kitchener Granite CC, Kitchener

Skip: Albert Dunker
Third: Irvin Huntington
Second: Arthur Lehnen
Lead: Frederick Hasenflug

Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Arthur Belcher
Third: Philip Cobb
Second: Edmund Miles
Lead: William Lord

Calendonia CC, Montreal

Skip: Ormiston Roy
Third: John Roy
Second: Howard Stewart
Lead: Edwin Maw

Moose Jaw CC, Moose Jaw

Skip: Franklin Smith
Third: William Turner
Second: Earl West
Lead: Archibald Graham

Round Robin standings

Key
Teams to Tiebreaker
ProvinceSkipWLPFPA
Alberta Cliff Manahan 8111374
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba James Welsh 8111765
Northern Ontario Emmett Smith 729474
Saskatchewan Franklin Smith 6311580
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia Hugh Ferguson 5482103
British Columbia Roland David 5411177
Quebec Ormiston Roy 2768121
Ontario Albert Dunker 279083
New Brunswick Charles Barry 1877119
Prince Edward Island Arthur Belcher 1865136

Round Robin results

Draw 1

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Alberta (Manahan)01021012102010
Northern Ontario (E. Smith)2020010001017
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Belcher)1010002011107
Saskatchewan (F. Smith)04063502000222
Sheet C123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Barry)0010100011015
Ontario (Dunker)41020221002014
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Ferguson)2000310110019
British Columbia (David)0112001002108
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Quebec (Roy)0030000011016
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Welsh)13021431001016

Draw 2

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (F. Smith)2101000001106
Alberta (Manahan)0010111120018
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Welsh)00300310103516
New Brunswick (Barry)1101100101006
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Belcher)0001001002026
British Columbia (David)23202301103017
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (E. Smith)12043311000015
Quebec (Roy)00100000532112
Sheet E12345678910111213Final
Ontario (Dunker)12101101010008
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Ferguson)00020020201119

Draw 3

Sheet A123456789101112Final
British Columbia (David)01161200101X13
Alberta (Manahan)10000022010X6
Sheet B123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Barry)0101101010117
Northern Ontario (E. Smith)30300402030015
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Welsh)34130040023020
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Ferguson)0000210220029
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Belcher)1010301010007
Ontario (Dunker)04040101032318
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Quebec (Roy)0101000200026
Saskatchewan (F. Smith)10201510122015

Draw 4

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (E. Smith)01220302203015
Prince Edward Island (Belcher)10001020010510
Sheet B123456789101112Final
British Columbia (David)30310063111019
New Brunswick (Barry)0100120000037
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Welsh)10301031001010
Alberta (Manahan)02030300210314
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Ontario (Dunker)0010013010208
Quebec (Roy)1101200201019
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (F. Smith)43400005003019
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Ferguson)00011210130110

Draw 5

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Alberta (Manahan)01130300310012
New Brunswick (Barry)1000104200109
Sheet B123456789101112Final
British Columbia (David)20102001000X6
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Welsh)01030110421X13
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (F. Smith)02100210120110
Ontario (Dunker)1001100300208
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (E. Smith)00101120120210
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Ferguson)1101000200005
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Quebec (Roy)0120000100048
Prince Edward Island (Belcher)10011110113010

Draw 6

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Quebec (Roy)0001101010004
Alberta (Manahan)12400502014019
Sheet B123456789101112Final
British Columbia (David)11003020100210
Ontario (Dunker)0011010202209
Sheet C123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Barry)1100212101009
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Ferguson)00220000203110
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (F. Smith)1030010010006
Northern Ontario (E. Smith)0000101203108
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Welsh)22104010302015
Prince Edward Island (Belcher)0001010101015

Draw 7

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Ontario (Dunker)00003103201010
Alberta (Manahan)31240010010113
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Welsh)0010201020107
Northern Ontario (E. Smith)0001010101015
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (F. Smith)32210040200014
British Columbia (David)00001302011311
Sheet D12345678910111213Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Ferguson)202010100021110
Prince Edward Island (Belcher)01010201220009
Sheet E123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Barry)1012010110209
Quebec (Roy)01003040030112

Draw 8

Sheet A123456789101112Final
British Columbia (David)1010301011008
Northern Ontario (E. Smith)0101010100419
Sheet B123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Barry)01101010033212
Saskatchewan (F. Smith)20040302400015
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Alberta (Manahan)12022060211118
Prince Edward Island (Belcher)0010020200005
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Ferguson)00104111000210
Quebec (Roy)1102000011107
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Welsh)01012001221010
Ontario (Dunker)1010012000016

Draw 9

Sheet A12345678910111213Final
Alberta (Manahan)020100002050313
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Ferguson)201011110102010
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Welsh)40210001010110
Saskatchewan (F. Smith)0200211010108
Sheet C12345678910111213Final
Northern Ontario (E. Smith)011002031100110
Ontario (Dunker)10031010002109
Sheet D123456789101112Final
British Columbia (David)52101110320319
Quebec (Roy)0001000200104
Sheet E123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Barry)10052020102013
Prince Edward Island (Belcher)0110010101016

Tiebreaker

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Alberta (Manahan)32030504011019
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Welsh)0010102020017

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References

  1. 1937 MacDonald Brier - Curlingzone
  2. "1937 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive". Archived from the original on 2021-06-17.