1942 Macdonald Brier

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1942 Macdonald Brier
Host city Quebec City, Quebec
Arena Quebec Arena
DatesMarch 2–5
WinnerFlag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba
Curling club Strathcona CC, Winnipeg
Skip Ken Watson
Third Grant Watson
Second Charles Scrymgeour
Lead James Grant
«  1941
1946  »

The 1942 Macdonald Brier , the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 2 to 5, 1942 at Quebec Arena in Quebec City, Quebec. [1]

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Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Ken Watson won the Brier Tankard by finishing round robin play with an 8-1 record. This was Manitoba's tenth Brier championship overall and the second Brier won by Watson's rink, who won their first Brier in 1936.

Both British Columbia and Ontario would finish tied for second with 7-2 records, which would've necessitated a tiebreaker playoff under Brier rules at the time. But due to the Quebec Aces hockey team needing the arena for their QSHL playoffs on March 7, it was announced that no tiebreaker playoff would be played and that the tie for second place would be allowed to stand. [2] This prevented a showdown between brothers Gordon and Donald Campbell were skipping Ontario and BC respectively. [3]

For the first time since the 1933 Brier, none of the games went to an extra end. [4]

Quebec's loss in Draw 8 against British Columbia was their 22nd straight loss in Brier competition, setting a record for most consecutive Brier losses. The record was previously held by Prince Edward Island, who had lost 21 straight Brier games from 1937 to 1939. Quebec's losing streak would eventually reach 25 games before they would win a game again in 1946.

Due to the onset of World War II, [5] the 1942 Brier would be the last Brier to be played until 1946. This would also be the only opportunity that Quebec Arena would host a Brier as the arena burnt down a few months later.

Conditions at the Arena were considered "tricky, almost unplayable". [3]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: [6]

AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaNew BrunswickNorthern Ontario
Viking CC, Viking

Skip: John Slavik
Third: Vincent Slavik
Second: Cecil Runyon
Lead: Kenneth Hilliker

Vancouver CC, Vancouver

Skip: Donald A. Campbell
Third: Francis Avery
Second: Robert Henderson
Lead: George Law

Strathcona CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Ken Watson
Third: Grant Watson
Second: Charles Scrymgeour
Lead: James Grant

Bathurst CC, Bathurst

Skip: Daniel Connolly
Third: Joseph Connolly
Second: John Kennah
Lead: Aurele Landry

Sudbury CC, Sudbury

Skip: William McMitchell
Third: Albert Cooper Jr.
Second: Don Groom
Lead: Albert Cooper Sr.

Nova ScotiaOntarioPrince Edward IslandQuebecSaskatchewan
Bridgewater CC, Bridgewater

Skip: Irving Hebb
Third: Norman Rafuse
Second: Warner Bickle
Lead: Frank Cook

Thistle CC, Hamilton

Skip: Gordon M. Campbell
Third: Duncan A. Campbell
Second: William Kennedy
Lead: Rufus Stone

Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Russ Cruikshank
Third: Harry Sear
Second: Reginald Bell
Lead: Donald Gass

Huntingdon CC, Huntingdon

Skip: John Ross Jr.
Third: Erle Martin
Second: Christopher Newman
Lead: John Carr

Rosetown CC, Rosetown

Skip: John Franklin
Third: Fraser Heartwell
Second: John Lang
Lead: John Sansom

Round-robin standings

Key
Brier champion
ProvinceSkipWLPFPA
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba Ken Watson 8110971
British Columbia Donald A. Campbell 7211188
Ontario Gordon M. Campbell 7211482
New Brunswick Daniel Connolly 6310677
Alberta John Slavik 549183
Saskatchewan John Franklin 458974
Northern Ontario William McMitchell 458789
Prince Edward Island Russ Cruikshank 3669107
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia Irving Hebb 1866110
Quebec John Ross Jr. 0950111

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Alberta (Slavik)11011030503X15
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)00100101010X4
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Watson)03101101112011
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Hebb)2001001000015
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Franklin)1200030000006
Ontario (G. Campbell)00121011120110
Sheet D123456789101112Final
British Columbia (D. Campbell)01100120103110
Northern Ontario (McMitchell)20025002020013
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Quebec (Ross)0040000002006
New Brunswick (Connolly)51011112401118

Draw 2

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Franklin)31011001031011
Alberta (Slavik)0020002010016
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (McMitchell)10201000020410
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Watson)03020313304019
Sheet C123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Connolly)05310040210117
British Columbia (D. Campbell)1000310100107
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Hebb)10020033102012
Ontario (G. Campbell)01201300040314
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Quebec (Ross)0022110003009
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)12000031301112

Draw 3

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Watson)20020030313115
New Brunswick (Connolly)0210210100007
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Quebec (Ross)0110000100003
Saskatchewan (Franklin)10041100131214
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Ontario (G. Campbell)10400221200113
Northern Ontario (McMitchell)0201400000108
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)0120000101117
British Columbia (D. Campbell)20022310300013
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Hebb)0110101021029
Alberta (Slavik)30030102003012

Draw 4

Sheet A123456789101112Final
British Columbia (D. Campbell)04020012024015
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Hebb)1010210030019
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)0000102100XX4
Ontario (G. Campbell)4111060045XX22
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (McMitchell)01042040033017
Quebec (Ross)1010010100004
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Alberta (Slavik)1011200010118
New Brunswick (Connolly)0100011103007
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Watson)0103010001039
Saskatchewan (Franklin)1020200110108

Draw 5

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Franklin)0110300101007
New Brunswick (Connolly)10020130203113
Sheet B123456789101112Final
British Columbia (D. Campbell)04011021005X14
Ontario (G. Campbell)10300100110X7
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Alberta (Slavik)20202002002010
Northern Ontario (McMitchell)0101010012028
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Watson)0301010101108
Quebec (Ross)2010101010017
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)11041002021315
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Hebb)0010021030007

Draw 6

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Quebec (Ross)0100010001306
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Hebb)1001001210017
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Franklin)0100200003017
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)20110112101010
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Alberta (Slavik)01030303021013
Ontario (G. Campbell)10301050100314
Sheet D123456789101112Final
British Columbia (D. Campbell)00300421111013
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Watson)23012000000311
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (McMitchell)2000020100308
New Brunswick (Connolly)02012010120110

Draw 7

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Alberta (Slavik)20100221010110
Quebec (Ross)0101100010105
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Watson)31001211200011
Ontario (G. Campbell)0012000002218
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Franklin)00203010200311
British Columbia (D. Campbell)11010302013012
Sheet D123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Connolly)02002011031010
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)0011010030017
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Hebb)02010000102X6
Northern Ontario (McMitchell)10201111010X8

Draw 8

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Franklin)22100400012315
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Hebb)0001101120006
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Quebec (Ross)0011100100026
British Columbia (D. Campbell)20000310223013
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Watson)31000100011411
Alberta (Slavik)00122022100010
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Ontario (G. Campbell)02004310003114
New Brunswick (Connolly)10210002220010
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (McMitchell)11100401010110
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)0002201010107

Draw 9

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)10020000000X3
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Watson)03203111111X14
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Ontario (G. Campbell)01212020112X12
Quebec (Ross)10000102000X4
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Franklin)10003200111110
Northern Ontario (McMitchell)0021001100005
Sheet D123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Connolly)23011003130014
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Hebb)0010011000115
Sheet E123456789101112Final
British Columbia (D. Campbell)11200040204X14
Alberta (Slavik)00030101020X7

References

  1. 1942 MacDonald Brier - Curlingzone
  2. "Manitoba canters to curling crown". Newspapers.com. Montreal Gazette. March 6, 1942. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  3. 1 2 The Brier, by Bob Weeks, pg 42
  4. "MacDonald Brier Records - Curling Canada Stats Archive".
  5. "Cancel Brier!". Newspapers.com. Regina Leader-Post. December 8, 1942. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  6. "1942 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive". Archived from the original on 2021-12-19.