| 1947 Macdonald Brier | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Saint John, New Brunswick |
| Arena | Saint John Arena |
| Dates | March 3-6 |
| Attendance | 10,000 [1] |
| Winner | |
| Curling club | Deer Lodge CC, Winnipeg |
| Skip | Jimmy Welsh |
| Third | Alex Welsh |
| Second | Jock Reid |
| Lead | Harry Monk Sr. |
« 1946 1948 » | |
The 1947 Macdonald Brier , the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 3 to 6, 1947 at Saint John Arena in Saint John, New Brunswick.
Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Jimmy Welsh won the Brier Tankard after finishing round robin play unbeaten with a 9-0 record. This was Manitoba's eleventh Brier championship and the fifth time in which a team finished the Brier unbeaten.
British Columbia and Saskatchewan finished round robin play tied for second with 6-3 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff for runner-up where British Columbia would beat Saskatchewan 10-9. In the game, Saskatchewan skip Garnet Campbell missed a shot for six in the 11th end, scoring one instead. In the 12th end, BC scored a three-ender to win the game. [2]
The teams are listed as follows: [3]
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Brier champion | |
| Province | Skip | W | L | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Welsh | 9 | 0 | 122 | 65 | |
| British Columbia | Frenchy D'Amour | 6 | 3 | 90 | 75 |
| Saskatchewan | Garnet Campbell | 6 | 3 | 97 | 91 |
| New Brunswick | Arthur Limerick | 5 | 4 | 100 | 89 |
| Northern Ontario | Don Best | 5 | 4 | 94 | 77 |
| Jeffrey Flinn | 4 | 5 | 81 | 87 | |
| Alberta | Howard Palmer | 4 | 5 | 95 | 78 |
| Ontario | Nicol MacNicol | 3 | 6 | 83 | 98 |
| Quebec | Robert Cream | 2 | 7 | 79 | 107 |
| Prince Edward Island | Frank Acorn | 1 | 8 | 60 | 134 |
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| New Brunswick (Limerick) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Prince Edward Island (Acorn) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| British Columbia (D'Amour) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Alberta (Palmer) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Quebec (Cream) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Ontario (MacNichol) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Saskatchewan (Campbell) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Northern Ontario (Best) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Alberta (Palmer) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| British Columbia (D'Amour) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Northern Ontario (Best) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Quebec (Cream) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| New Brunswick (Limerick) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Saskatchewan (Campbell) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Prince Edward Island (Acorn) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Ontario (MacNichol) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Alberta (Palmer) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Ontario (MacNichol) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | |
| Saskatchewan (Campbell) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| British Columbia (D'Amour) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| New Brunswick (Limerick) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Northern Ontario (Best) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| Quebec (Cream) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | |
| Prince Edward Island (Acorn) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| Alberta (Palmer) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| British Columbia (D'Amour) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| Saskatchewan (Campbell) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| New Brunswick (Limerick) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Ontario (MacNichol) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Northern Ontario (Best) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Prince Edward Island (Acorn) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Quebec (Cream) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| British Columbia (D'Amour) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Prince Edward Island (Acorn) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Northern Ontario (Best) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Alberta (Palmer) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| New Brunswick (Limerick) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Saskatchewan (Campbell) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Ontario (MacNichol) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Quebec (Cream) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | |
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Prince Edward Island (Acorn) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alberta (Palmer) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Quebec (Cream) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| British Columbia (D'Amour) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Saskatchewan (Campbell) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Northern Ontario (Best) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Ontario (MacNichol) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| New Brunswick (Limerick) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Quebec (Cream) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Saskatchewan (Campbell) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Prince Edward Island (Acorn) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Northern Ontario (Best) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| British Columbia (D'Amour) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Ontario (MacNichol) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
| New Brunswick (Limerick) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Alberta (Palmer) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18 | |
| Prince Edward Island (Acorn) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
| Northern Ontario (Best) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| New Brunswick (Limerick) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Quebec (Cream) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| British Columbia (D'Amour) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Ontario (MacNichol) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Saskatchewan (Campbell) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Alberta (Palmer) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Ontario (MacNichol) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| British Columbia (D'Amour) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Saskatchewan (Campbell) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Quebec (Cream) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| New Brunswick (Limerick) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Prince Edward Island (Acorn) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Alberta (Palmer) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Northern Ontario (Best) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| British Columbia (D'Amour) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Saskatchewan (Campbell) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |