1950 Macdonald Brier

1950 Macdonald Brier
1950 Macdonald Brier
Host city	Vancouver, British Columbia
Arena	Kerrisdale Arena
Dates	March 6–10
Attendance	25,000
Winner	Northern Ontario
Curling club	Kirland Lake CC, Kirkland Lake
Skip	Tom Ramsay
Third	Len Williamson
Second	Bill Weston
Lead	Bill Kenny
	« 1949 1951 »

Last updated April 30, 2025

The 1950 Macdonald Brier , the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 6 to 10, 1950 at Kerrisdale Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia. A total of 25,000 fans attended the event.^[1]

Alberta, Manitoba, and Ontario all tied for second with 6-3 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff between the three teams for runner-up. Manitoba would ultimately be the runner-up as they defeated Ontario 13-8 in the second tiebreaker game. Ontario defeated Alberta 7-5 in the first tiebreaker game.

Event Summary

Heading into the final day of the Brier, Northern Ontario and Ontario were the front runners to win the Brier with 5-1 records. Alberta and Quebec one game behind at 4-2 while British Columbia, Manitoba, and Nova Scotia still in the mix at 3-3.

In the Thursday morning session, Northern Ontario defeated British Columbia 6-5, thus eliminating all the three loss teams from Brier championship contention. Manitoba stomped Alberta 15-6, also eliminating Alberta from championship contention while Quebec beat Ontario 13-8. This left Northern Ontario, Ontario, and Quebec in contention for the championship.

Northern Ontario would clinch the Brier Tankard in the afternoon session on Thursday with a 14-1 victory over Nova Scotia. In the remaining Thursday afternoon games, BC would defeat Quebec 8-7, Alberta defeated Ontario 11-7, and Manitoba beat Prince Edward Island 16-9. Even though the championship was already decided, this did not mean that this edition of the Brier would end anticlimactically in the Thursday evening session as there was a possibility of a five-way playoff for second place between Alberta, BC, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec.

In the final round robin session on Thursday evening, Alberta would beat Nova Scotia 11-10 clinching them at least a spot in the playoff and eliminating BC in the process. Quebec's 16-2 loss to Saskatchewan meant that Quebec was no longer a possibility for the playoff. With Ontario demolishing New Brunswick 20-4 and Manitoba edging Brier champion Northern Ontario 8-7, this meant that Alberta, Manitoba, and Ontario would decide who would finish runner-up. The first tiebreaker would be played late Thursday night into Friday morning while the second tiebreaker would be played Friday morning.

In the second place tiebreaker playoff, Manitoba would draw the bye meaning that Alberta and Ontario would play in the first tiebreaker with the winning facing Manitoba in the second tiebreaker. In the first tiebreaker, Alberta held a 5-2 lead after eight ends, but Ontario would score five in the next four ends to win 7-5. In the second tiebreaker, Manitoba would score four in the first end. Ontario would come back to tie the game at 5 after the fifth end, but Manitoba would score four in the sixth and never look back as they took runner-up over Ontario 13-8.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba^[6]	New Brunswick	Northern Ontario
Royal CC, Edmonton Skip: Cliff Manahan Third: Ross Manahan Second: Gordon Haynes Lead: William Bull	Trail CC, Trail Skip: Bung Cartmell Third: Ty Cobb Second: Charlie Cook Lead: Dave Garnham	Elmwood CC, Winnipeg Skip: Bill McTavish Third: Norm Hume Second: Gord Lillyman Lead: Ken Conn	Beaver CC, Moncton Skip: Jimmy Vance Third: Lee Allanach Second: Ralph Lister Lead: Ron Dickie	Kirkland Lake CC, Kirkland Lake Skip: Tom Ramsay Third: Len Williamson Second: Bill Weston Lead: Bill Kenny
Nova Scotia	Ontario^[7]	Prince Edward Island	Quebec	Saskatchewan
Bridgewater CC, Bridgewater Skip: Bernard Haines Third: Eric Joudry Second: Ralph Simmons Lead: Lee Rhodenizer	KW Granite CC, Kitchener Skip: Carl Asmussen Third: Ty Shantz Second: Cully Schmidt Lead: Ed Schultz	Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Heath Saunders Third: Doug Saunders Second: Daniel O'Rourke Lead: David MacLeod	Victoria CC, Quebec City Skip: Herbie Simons Third: Thomas Beattie Second: Bobby Cream Lead: Andrew Beattie	Prince Albert CC, Prince Albert Skip: Ernie Whitter Third: Buster Ortloff Second: Bill Whitter Lead: John Whitter

Round-robin standings

Key
	Brier champion
	Teams to tiebreaker playoff

Province	Skip	W	L	PF	PA
Northern Ontario	Tom Ramsay	7	2	93	61
Alberta	Cliff Manahan	6	3	97	86
Manitoba	Billy McTavish	6	3	100	74
Ontario	Carl Asmussen	6	3	102	71
British Columbia	Bung Cartmell	5	4	74	72
Quebec	Herbie Simons	5	4	72	78
Nova Scotia	Bernard Haines	4	5	91	85
Saskatchewan	Ernie Whitter	3	6	83	80
New Brunswick	Jimmy Vance	2	7	79	113
Prince Edward Island	Heath Saunders	1	8	67	138

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Pacific Time (UTC−08:00)

Draw 1

Monday, March 6 3:00 PM^[3]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Simons)	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	3	1	0	0	10
Manitoba (McTavish)	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Prince Edward Island (Saunders)	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7
New Brunswick (Vance)	4	0	2	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	3	17

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (Cartmell)	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	10
Nova Scotia (Haines)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	11

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Manahan)	0	1	2	0	1	0	3	3	0	2	0	1	13
Northern Ontario (Ramsay)	2	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	12

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Ontario (Asmussen)	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	9
Saskatchewan (Whitter)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	6

Draw 2

Monday, March 6 8:00 PM^[3]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Nova Scotia (Haines)	2	0	3	0	0	6	0	0	5	1	2	0	19
Prince Edward Island (Saunders)	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Simons)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	8
Northern Ontario (Ramsay)	0	2	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (McTavish)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	8
Ontario (Asmussen)	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	11

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
British Columbia (Cartmell)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	9
Saskatchewan (Whitter)	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	8

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Manahan)	2	1	0	5	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	12
New Brunswick (Vance)	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	9

Draw 3

Tuesday, March 7 9:30 AM^[3]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Whitter)	1	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	12
Alberta (Manahan)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (Cartmell)	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	7
Ontario (Asmussen)	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	11

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
New Brunswick (Vance)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	8
Northern Ontario (Ramsay)	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Nova Scotia (Haines)	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	9
Manitoba (McTavish)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	2	11

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Quebec (Simons)	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	8
Prince Edward Island (Saunders)	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	9

Draw 4

Tuesday, March 7 2:30 PM^[3]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (Cartmell)	0	1	2	0	3	0	1	1	2	0	4	0	14
New Brunswick (Vance)	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Alberta (Manahan)	1	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	10
Quebec (Simons)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	1	1	11

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Whitter)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	7
Manitoba (McTavish)	1	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	12

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Prince Edward Island (Saunders)	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	8
Northern Ontario (Ramsay)	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	3	2	0	1	2	14

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Nova Scotia (Haines)	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5
Ontario (Asmussen)	0	2	1	2	0	3	0	1	2	0	2	0	13

Draw 5

Wednesday, March 8 3:00 PM^[8]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Northern Ontario (Ramsay)	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	11
Ontario (Asmussen)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Whitter)	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	7
Nova Scotia (Haines)	0	3	0	1	0	1	2	1	4	0	1	0	13

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Manahan)	0	1	3	3	0	2	0	6	0	3	1	2	21
Prince Edward Island (Saunders)	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Simons)	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	8
New Brunswick (Vance)	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (Cartmell)	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	6
Manitoba (McTavish)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	5

Draw 6

Wednesday, March 8 3:00 PM^[8]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (Cartmell)	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	6
Alberta (Manahan)	0	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
New Brunswick (Vance)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	9
Manitoba (McTavish)	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	7	2	0	17

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Simons)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	5
Nova Scotia (Haines)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Prince Edward Island (Saunders)	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	6
Ontario (Asmussen)	0	0	4	1	0	3	3	0	2	3	2	0	18

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Northern Ontario (Ramsay)	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	11
Saskatchewan (Whitter)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5

Draw 7

Thursday, March 9 9:30 AM^[9]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Simons)	2	0	3	0	1	0	2	3	1	0	0	1	13
Ontario (Asmussen)	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (Cartmell)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5
Northern Ontario (Ramsay)	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Whitter)	4	1	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	16
Prince Edward Island (Saunders)	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Nova Scotia (Haines)	4	0	2	0	2	0	4	3	1	2	0	2	20
New Brunswick (Vance)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Manahan)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	6
Manitoba (McTavish)	1	0	0	0	2	1	3	3	2	0	3	0	15

Draw 8

Thursday, March 9 2:30 PM^[9]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Whitter)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	6
New Brunswick (Vance)	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	11

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (McTavish)	2	2	1	3	0	0	2	1	2	3	0	0	16
Prince Edward Island (Saunders)	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (Cartmell)	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	8
Quebec (Simons)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Ontario (Asmussen)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	7
Alberta (Manahan)	0	2	0	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	11

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Nova Scotia (Haines)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Northern Ontario (Ramsay)	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	14

Draw 9

Thursday, March 9 7:30 PM^[9]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Northern Ontario (Ramsay)	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
Manitoba (McTavish)	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Manahan)	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	11
Nova Scotia (Haines)	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
New Brunswick (Vance)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	4
Ontario (Asmussen)	2	3	3	1	0	5	0	4	1	1	0	0	20

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Simons)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	2
Saskatchewan (Whitter)	2	2	1	0	1	3	3	1	3	0	0	X	16

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (Cartmell)	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	9
Prince Edward Island (Saunders)	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	8

Playoff

Tiebreaker #1			Tiebreaker #2

				Manitoba	13
	Alberta	5		Ontario	8
	Ontario	7

Tiebreaker #1

Thursday, March 9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Manahan)	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	5
Ontario (Asmussen)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	7

Tiebreaker #2

Friday, March 10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (McTavish)	4	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	13
Ontario (Asmussen)	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	8

References

↑ "EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf" (PDF). Curling Canada. p. 59. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
↑ "1950 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive". Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
1 2 3 4 5 McConnell, Ken (6 March 1950). "The Brier Handicap". The Vancouver Daily Province. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
↑ "Brier Battle Array". Vancouver Sun. March 4, 1950. p. 15. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
↑ "Record Crowd Jams Rink to See Curling". Vancouver Sun. March 9, 1950. p. 16. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
↑ "Rink to beat at colorful (sic) Brier". Vancouver Sun. March 6, 1950. p. 12. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
↑ "Coming to Vancouver". Vancouver Sun. March 6, 1950. p. 12. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
1 2 "Wednesday's Draw". The Vancouver Daily Province. 7 March 1950. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
1 2 3 "Thursday's Draw". The Vancouver Daily Province. 8 March 1950. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

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[attendance-1] "EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf" (PDF). Curling Canada. p. 59. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.

[2] "1950 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive". Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2022-04-28.

[handicap-3] 1 2 3 4 5 McConnell, Ken (6 March 1950). "The Brier Handicap". The Vancouver Daily Province. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

[4] "Brier Battle Array". Vancouver Sun. March 4, 1950. p. 15. Retrieved April 28, 2022.

[5] "Record Crowd Jams Rink to See Curling". Vancouver Sun. March 9, 1950. p. 16. Retrieved April 28, 2022.

[6] "Rink to beat at colorful (sic) Brier". Vancouver Sun. March 6, 1950. p. 12. Retrieved April 28, 2022.

[7] "Coming to Vancouver". Vancouver Sun. March 6, 1950. p. 12. Retrieved April 28, 2022.

[Wednesday-8] 1 2 "Wednesday's Draw". The Vancouver Daily Province. 7 March 1950. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

[Thursday-9] 1 2 3 "Thursday's Draw". The Vancouver Daily Province. 8 March 1950. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

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