1951 Macdonald Brier

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1951 Macdonald Brier
Host city Halifax, Nova Scotia
Arena Dalhousie Memorial Arena
DatesMarch 6–10
Attendance17,000
WinnerFlag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia
Curling club Kentville CC, Kentville
Skip Don Oyler
Third George Hanson
Second Frederick Dyke
Lead Wallace Knock
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The 1951 Macdonald Brier , the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 6 to 10, 1951 at Dalhousie Memorial Arena in Halifax, Nova Scotia. A total of 17,000 fans attended the event. [1] This would be the first Brier in which a team from Newfoundland would compete, increasing the field from 10 to 11 teams. This arrangement would last until 1975, when a combined Northwest Territories/Yukon entry was added to the field.

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Team Nova Scotia, who was skipped by Don Oyler won the Brier Tankard as they finished round robin play unbeaten with a 10–0 record. This was the second time in which Nova Scotia had won the Brier, with their previous title being the inaugural event in 1927. This was the seventh time in which a team finished a Brier undefeated and the first non-Manitoban team to do so. Oyler would quit competitive curling after his Brier championship due to a sore wrist, which effected his delivery. [2]

British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan all tied for second with 7-3 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff between the three teams for runner-up. British Columbia would ultimately be the runner-up as they defeated Saskatchewan 8–0 in the second tiebreaker game. Saskatchewan defeated Manitoba 9–7 in the first tiebreaker game. This was the last time in the Macdonald era in which there would be a tiebreaker playoff contested for runner-up as going forward, tiebreaker playoff games would only be played if two or more teams were tied for first place.

British Columbia's win over Saskatchewan in the second tiebreaker was the first game in Brier history in which there was a shutout. [3]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: [4]

AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaNew Brunswick
Granite CC, Edmonton

Skip: William Gray
Third: Glenn Gray
Second: John Ferry
Lead: Warren Scott

Trail CC, Trail

Skip: Alf Chesser
Third: John J. Cameron
Second: Maxwell Gordon
Lead: Harry Rothery

Strathcona CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Roy Forsythe
Third: Lorne Stewart
Second: Alixter McDiairmid
Lead: Arthur Meers

Bathurst CC, Bathurst

Skip: Nicholas Thibodeau
Third: Huntley Ferguson
Second: Charles McArdle
Lead: John E. Cameron

NewfoundlandNorthern OntarioNova ScotiaOntario
St. Johns CC, St. John's

Skip: Thomas Hallett
Third: Claude Hall
Second: Frederick Wylie
Lead: Edmund Hiscock

Copper Cliff CC, Copper Cliff

Skip: Walter Johnstone
Third: Arnold Boyd
Second: Walter Flowers
Lead: William MacKay

Kentville CC, Kentville

Skip: Don Oyler
Third: George Hanson
Second: Frederick Dyke
Lead: Wallace Knock

The Granite Club, Toronto

Skip: Gordon Campbell
Third: Stanley Jones
Second: Reginald Mooney
Lead: Colin Campbell

Prince Edward IslandQuebecSaskatchewan
Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Frank Acorn
Third: John Squarebriggs
Second: William MacNeill
Lead: Melvin Jenkins

Sigma CC, Val-d'Or

Skip: Merle Thomas
Third: Jean Paul Bonneville
Second: Augustus Peppard
Lead: Albert Randall

Rosetown CC, Rosetown

Skip: John Franklin
Third: Clifford Annabel
Second: George Heartwell
Lead: Harold Lloyd

Round robin standings

Key
Brier champion
Teams to tiebreaker playoff
ProvinceSkipWLPFPA
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia Don Oyler 10011460
British Columbia Alf Chesser 7312289
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba Roy Forsythe 7311898
Saskatchewan John Franklin 7310979
Alberta William Gray 649884
Ontario Gordon Campbell 6494101
New Brunswick Nichols Thibodeau 3798121
Northern Ontario Walter Johnstone 3790113
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec Merle Thomas 379299
Prince Edward Island Frank Acorn 2895120
Newfoundland Thomas Hallett 1966132

Round robin results

Draw 1

Tuesday, March 6 [5]

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Alberta (Gray)0310000020118
Northern Ontario (Johnstone)0000211104009
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Franklin)0100101023019
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Oyler)10020304001011
Sheet C123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Chesser)01023132101014
Newfoundland (Hallett)3010000001016
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Forsythe)22020100110110
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Thomas)0010301200209
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Ontario (Campbell)1200000010228
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)00213131010012

Draw 2

Tuesday, March 6 [5]

Sheet A123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)0202002001018
Alberta (Gray)20102101201010
Sheet B12345678910111213Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Forsythe)201010503010114
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)010204020202013
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Thomas)0010201020039
British Columbia (Chesser)23040205031020
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Newfoundland (Hallett)0100001010115
Saskatchewan (Franklin)20221203030015
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Ontario (Campbell)1100011101017
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Oyler)0022100010309

Draw 3

Wednesday, March 7 [5]

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Alberta (Gray)0022010100006
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Oyler)22001020212416
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Thomas)1020000000104
Saskatchewan (Franklin)01011111120110
Sheet C123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Chesser)12300112011113
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)0001300010005
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Ontario (Campbell)04000022022012
Newfoundland (Hallett)20221100100110
Sheet E12345678910111213Final
Northern Ontario (Johnstone)001210031200515
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)120002100031010

Draw 4

Wednesday, March 7 [5]

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Alberta (Gray)01120021110211
Newfoundland (Hallett)1000030000004
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)20010030113011
Saskatchewan (Franklin)03101203000313
Sheet C123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Chesser)0000201020319
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Forsythe)41220301020015
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Thomas)0110101010117
Ontario (Campbell)1002010103008
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Oyler)1020010410009
Northern Ontario (Johnstone)0101001001105

Draw 5

Thursday, March 8 [5]

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Alberta (Gray)1000201202019
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Thomas)0021010010207
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Franklin)01010220111110
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Forsythe)1030100300008
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Newfoundland (Hallett)20001222020112
Northern Ontario (Johnstone)03140000101010
Sheet D123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)11001000010X4
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Oyler)00220111204X13
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)10400220010212
Ontario (Campbell)01042004200013

Draw 6

Thursday, March 8 [5]

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)0002010020016
Alberta (Gray)21101021022012
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Forsythe)11021010040010
Ontario (Campbell)0020010110218
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Johnstone)0100100301107
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Thomas)20010510100414
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Franklin)0031011010007
British Columbia (Chesser)13002002021112
Sheet E123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)01013020211415
Newfoundland (Hallett)1030020100007

Draw 7

Friday, March 9 [5]

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Alberta (Gray)13121011020012
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Forsythe)0000030010217
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Johnstone)00301311020112
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)21010000402010
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Oyler)21110200220112
Newfoundland (Hallett)0000101100104
Sheet D123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)02040103301115
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Thomas)3010102002009
Sheet E123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Chesser)10040210101010
Ontario (Campbell)02104002020011

Draw 8

Friday, March 9 [5]

Sheet A123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Chesser)00400310401013
Alberta (Gray)02011002010411
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Forsythe)01302000503014
Northern Ontario (Johnstone)1001001201017
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Thomas)0010110030006
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Oyler)2201000101018
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)01120302003012
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)10004020120111
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Ontario (Campbell)1000100203119
Saskatchewan (Franklin)0131011010008

Draw 9

Friday, March 9 [5]

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Franklin)0112010010107
Alberta (Gray)1000102001016
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Oyler)20401110302014
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)0101000201027
Sheet C123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)02120010030110
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Forsythe)20001405202016
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Newfoundland (Hallett)0000200200015
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Thomas)11220120311014
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Johnstone)0210010201209
British Columbia (Chesser)60012010100112

Draw 10

Saturday, March 10 [5]

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Ontario (Campbell)0110000301107
Alberta (Gray)20021210400113
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Johnstone)0102001010106
Saskatchewan (Franklin)30200102030213
Sheet C123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Chesser)10104301130X14
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)01020020001X6
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Forsythe)10101011002X7
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Oyler)03020200320X12
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Newfoundland (Hallett)0010030010005
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)11011011013212

Draw 11

Saturday, March 10 [5]

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)0003001210007
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Thomas)11102300023013
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Newfoundland (Hallett)3010001010118
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Forsythe)01053105020017
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Oyler)10020102101210
British Columbia (Chesser)0010101002005
Sheet D123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)1100300010107
Saskatchewan (Franklin)00150240040117
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Ontario (Campbell)01012021030111
Northern Ontario (Johnstone)00200400301010

Playoff

Tiebreaker #1 Tiebreaker #2
British Columbia 8
Saskatchewan 9 Saskatchewan 0
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba 7

Tiebreaker #1

Saturday, March 10

Sheet C123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Franklin)0002012102019
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Forsythe)0020200020107

Tiebreaker #2

Saturday, March 10

Sheet C123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Chesser)00211112XXXX8
Saskatchewan (Franklin)00000000XXXX0

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