1949 Macdonald Brier

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1949 Macdonald Brier
Host city Hamilton, Ontario
Arena Hamilton Forum
DatesMarch 7–11
Attendance16,500 [1]
WinnerFlag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba
Curling club Strathcona CC, Winnipeg
Skip Ken Watson
Third Grant Watson
Second Lyle Dyker
Lead Charles Reid
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The 1949 Macdonald Brier , the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 7 to 11, 1949 at Hamilton Forum in Hamilton, Ontario.

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Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Ken Watson captured the Brier Tankard by finishing round robin play unbeaten with a 9-0 record. This was Manitoba's twelfth Brier championship and the sixth time that a team finished the Brier unbeaten. Watson would become the first skip to win the Brier three times as his rink won previously in 1936 and 1942.

This was the first Brier in which two teams (Manitoba and British Columbia) entered the final draw unbeaten and the first Brier since 1936 to feature a "winner take all" match in the round robin to decide the Brier champion.

This was also the fourth Brier in which there were no extra ends. [2]

Event Summary

Both Manitoba and the defending champion British Columbia dominated the 1949 Brier as they were both unbeaten heading into the final draw, which would be a "winner take all" match to decide the Brier.

In the deciding game, BC opened with 3 in the first end, but Manitoba would score 7 in the next five ends to take a 7-3 lead through the halfway point. BC would score 3 in the seventh to cut Manitoba's lead to 7-6, but Manitoba would counter in the next end with 3 of their own to increase the lead to 10-6. The next two ends ended in similar fashion as BC scored 2 in the ninth and Manitoba countering with 2 in the tenth. BC would score 1 in the eleventh end and trailed 12-9 heading into the last end needing a big steal to keep their hopes alive. Manitoba would clinch the Brier with 2 in the final end for a 14-9 victory, securing Watson's place in Brier history as the first skip to win three Briers.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: [3] [4]

AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaNew BrunswickNorthern Ontario
Blackie CC, Blackie

Skip: Stu Beagle
Third: Walker Evans
Second: Ray Wellman
Lead: Ed Seney

Trail CC, Trail

Skip: Reg Stone
Third: Hugh Miller
Second: Roy Stone
Lead: Scotty Ross

Granite CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Ken Watson
Third: Grant Watson
Second: Lyle Dyker
Lead: Charles Reid

Newcastle CC, Newcastle

Skip: Bob Galloway
Third: Waldo Crocker
Second: Clarence McDonald
Lead: Arthur Galloway

McIntyre CC, Schumacher

Skip: Jimmy Sutherland
Third: Elmer Dick
Second: Ken Vail
Lead: Hugh Calverley

Nova ScotiaOntarioPrince Edward IslandQuebecSaskatchewan
Halifax CC, Halifax

Skip: Horace Webb
Third: Urban Harrington
Second: Bernard Cleveland
Lead: Ted Sievert

Chatham Granite Club, Chatham

Skip: Peter Gilbert
Third: Gord Gilbert
Second: Don Painter
Lead: John DeKoning

Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Russ Cruikshank
Third: Heath McIntyre
Second: James Howatt
Lead: Hiram Atkinson

C de C Matane, Matane

Skip: Roderique Cote
Third: Herm Gagnon
Second: Charles Cote
Lead: Maurice Piuze

Caledonia CC, Regina

Skip: Harold Horeak
Third: Edward Richter
Second: John Heaney
Lead: Ernest Kittleson

Round robin standings

Key
Brier champion
ProvinceSkipWLPFPA
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba Ken Watson 9013070
British Columbia Reg Stone 8111976
Northern Ontario Jimmy Sutherland 7212184
Ontario Peter Gilbert 5410296
Saskatchewan Harold Horeak 4595100
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia Horace Webb 459890
Prince Edward Island Russ Cruikshank 3677109
New Brunswick Bob Galloway 2777112
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec Roderique Cote 2772112
Alberta Stu Beagle 1868110

Round robin results

Draw 1

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Watson)41050210110217
New Brunswick (Galloway)0010200100105
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Sutherland)00303010200413
British Columbia (Stone)22010302042016
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Cote)0200010100105
Saskatchewan (Horeak)20124010210114
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Alberta (Beagle)0002001001105
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)11101102100210
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Ontario (Gilbert)02003120020111
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Webb)1031000110209

Draw 2

Sheet A123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Galloway)0300000201107
British Columbia (Stone)10212240100215
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Watson)30101010405015
Saskatchewan (Horeak)0102020201019
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)0002012001017
Northern Ontario (Sutherland)21103004201014
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Webb)10430100210113
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Cote)01002022003010
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Ontario (Gilbert)00301203300113
Alberta (Beagle)2201002001109

Draw 3

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Sutherland)31010420301116
Alberta (Beagle)0010100201005
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Ontario (Gilbert)0010110020106
British Columbia (Stone)31010021040214
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Horeak)4001010111009
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)01104020003314
Sheet D123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Galloway)1011110101007
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Webb)03000010402313
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Watson)02522201010116
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Cote)1000001010205

Draw 4

Sheet A123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Stone)20302000200211
Alberta (Beagle)02010203011010
Sheet B123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Galloway)10202302111013
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Cote)0102001000015
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Horeak)20104204010014
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Webb)0101002010218
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Watson)20033103003015
Northern Ontario (Sutherland)0110004012009
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)10400021010110
Ontario (Gilbert)05022100305018

Draw 5

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)1000010103006
British Columbia (Stone)02122010201213
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Alberta (Beagle)0010100000305
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Cote)11010122110313
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Ontario (Gilbert)0201010200039
Northern Ontario (Sutherland)10201020151013
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Horeak)11123011003114
New Brunswick (Galloway)0000010044009
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Watson)03300102030012
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Webb)30011010302011

Draw 6

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Cote)10110010301210
British Columbia (Stone)02003401060016
Sheet B123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Galloway)0001002030028
Ontario (Gilbert)13202302012016
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)0100301100017
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Watson)40410200212016
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Webb)10001031020210
Northern Ontario (Sutherland)01300200203011
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Horeak)10201201020211
Alberta (Beagle)0202002010108

Draw 7

Sheet A123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Stone)11102100212112
Saskatchewan (Horeak)0001002100004
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Cote)40003001101111
Ontario (Gilbert)0111011001006
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Webb)04131210101014
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)1000000102026
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Watson)11101300302214
Alberta (Beagle)0003000202007
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Sutherland)30303010320015
New Brunswick (Galloway)0101010200319

Draw 8

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Alberta (Beagle)01201012320113
New Brunswick (Galloway)1001010000508
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Sutherland)11404020200014
Saskatchewan (Horeak)0002020101219
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)32100220210013
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Cote)0003100100229
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Ontario (Gilbert)0101010121108
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Watson)30303010000111
Sheet E123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Stone)10311032020013
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Webb)0100010010216

Draw 9

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Horeak)02002001030311
Ontario (Gilbert)10210320204015
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Cote)0110001000014
Northern Ontario (Sutherland)20022102412016
Sheet C123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Galloway)00211010112211
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)1100010100004
Sheet D123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Stone)3000003020109
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Watson)01112203020214
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Webb)02111101025014
Alberta (Beagle)1000001030016

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