1953 Macdonald Brier

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1953 Macdonald Brier
Host city Sudbury, Ontario
Arena Sudbury Arena
DatesMarch 2–7
Attendance12,500
WinnerFlag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba
Curling club Dauphin CC, Dauphin
Skip Ab Gowanlock
Third Jim Williams
Second Art Pollon
Lead Russ Jackman
FinalistFlag of Quebec.svg  Quebec
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The 1953 Macdonald Brier , the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 2 to 7, 1953 at Sudbury Arena in Sudbury, Ontario. A total of 12,500 fans attended the event. [1]

Contents

Both Team Manitoba and Team Quebec finished round robin play tied with 8-2 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff to determine the Brier championship. Manitoba, who was skipped by Ab Gowanlock defeated Quebec in the playoff 8–6 to capture the Brier Tankard. This was Manitoba's fourteenth Brier championship and Gowanlock's second title as a skip with his other title coming in 1938.

The 15 years between Brier championships by Gowanlock set a record for the longest gap between Brier championships by a skip, which to date is still a record. The title gap is also still a record by any player (since equaled by Steve Gould in 1996 and 2011 as a lead [lower-alpha 1] ). At 52 years of age, Gowanlock is to date the oldest Brier winning skip in history.

Event Summary

Heading into the final draw, Quebec was sitting at 8–1 with Saskatchewan still left to play. Manitoba had already completed their round robin portion with an 8–2 record, thus drawing a bye in the final draw. All Quebec needed was a victory over Saskatchewan to capture their first Brier championship while Manitoba needed a Quebec loss to force a tiebreaker to decide the Brier championship.

In the final draw, Quebec led 3-1 after four ends, but Saskatchewan would score three in the fifth end and go on to steal three more in the next two ends and eventually won 9–5 to force a tiebreaker between Manitoba and Quebec for the Brier championship.

In the tiebreaker, Quebec led Manitoba 2-1 after four ends. Manitoba then scored one in the fifth end to tie the game and steal one in the sixth and two in the seventh to take a 5–2 lead. Quebec responded with three in the eighth and a steal of one in the ninth to take a 6–5 lead. Manitoba tied the game in the tenth and took a 7–6 lead after a steal of one in the eleventh. Even though Quebec had shot rock in the last end, Manitoba would go onto steal one more and win 8–6 to capture their fourteenth Brier championship and the second for Gowanlock as skip.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: [3]

AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaNew Brunswick
The Glencoe Club, Calgary

Skip: Leonard Haw
Third: Frederick Agnew
Second: David Haggarty
Lead: Edward Miller

Trail CC, Trail

Skip: Reg Stone
Third: Roy Stone
Second: Douglas McGibney
Lead: Hunt McKay

Dauphin CC, Dauphin

Skip: Ab Gowanlock
Third: Jim Williams
Second: Art Pollon
Lead: Russ Jackman

Beaver CC, Moncton

Skip: Ralph Noble
Third: Horace Trites
Second: Albert Eagles
Lead: Harris Mitton

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

Skip: Norman Rockwell
Third: Lewis Ayre
Second: Jack Stoneman
Lead: Wilbert Howell

Port Arthur CC, Thunder Bay

Skip: Grant Watson
Third: Don McEwen
Second: Frank Sargent
Lead: Archibald Grant

Bridgewater CC, Bridgewater

Skip: Bernard Haines
Third: Ralph Simmons
Second: Pennell Richardson
Lead: Lee Rhodenizer

Chatham Granite Club, Chatham

Skip: Peter Gilbert
Third: Gord Gilbert
Second: Robert Gilbert
Lead: James Harrington

Prince Edward IslandQuebecSaskatchewan
Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Frank Acorn
Third: Stewart Moore
Second: Charles Kydd
Lead: James Campbell

St. George CC, Westmount

Skip: Kenneth Weldon
Third: Ches McCance
Second: William Isaac
Lead: James Turney

Delisle CC, Delisle

Skip: James Hill
Third: John Bentley
Second: Harold Worth Jr.
Lead: Elmer MacNevin

Round robin standings

Key
Teams to Tiebreaker Playoff
ProvinceSkipWLPFPA
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec Kenneth Weldon 829974
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba Ab Gowanlock 8212180
Saskatchewan James Hill 7311483
British Columbia Reg Stone 7312791
Northern Ontario Grant Watson 7311187
Alberta Leonard Haw 6411184
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia Bernard Haines 5510095
Ontario Peter Gilbert 469197
New Brunswick Ralph Noble 2871118
Prince Edward Island Frank Acorn 1977127
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland Norman Rockwell 01070156

Round robin results

Draw 1

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Rockwell)0000002200037
Saskatchewan (Hill)31111400331018
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Gowanlock)1102001102109
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Haines)0010320010018
Sheet C123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Noble)0100021101006
Alberta (Haw)10312000401113
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)0002010101005
Northern Ontario (Watson)12301020102214
Sheet E123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Stone)10500210210214
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Weldon)0200100100105

Draw 2

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Watson)2020000100XX5
Saskatchewan (Hill)0201221061XX15
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Rockwell)1110201001018
British Columbia (Stone)0002010210309
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)00100301004110
Alberta (Haw)33012020210014
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Ontario (Gilbert)0000120003039
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Weldon)21120011201011
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Gowanlock)12021041021014
New Brunswick (Noble)0010010020026

Draw 3

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Ontario (Gilbert)00220210233015
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Rockwell)0100200200016
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Hill)0100001002015
Alberta (Haw)10101201202010
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Gowanlock)11403021000214
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)0002020022109
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Haines)02030210110111
New Brunswick (Noble)1020100100207
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Watson)00201001042111
British Columbia (Stone)33030210200014

Draw 4

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Weldon)22201121201115
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Rockwell)0001000001002
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Haines)02020023010212
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)10303100101010
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Watson)30005110030114
Ontario (Gilbert)0301000110107
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Alberta (Haw)10102130200111
British Columbia (Stone)03010001041010
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Gowanlock)22111200500014
Saskatchewan (Hill)0000003201006

Draw 5

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Watson)0011002001005
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Weldon)2000010100127
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Gowanlock)10301103010010
British Columbia (Stone)0101002010319
Sheet C12345678910111213Final
New Brunswick (Noble)001010301101210
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)02010202001008
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Haines)00110310100411
Saskatchewan (Hill)2200100101007
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Ontario (Gilbert)20201101102010
Alberta (Haw)0102001003018

Draw 6

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Watson)13131024001016
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Rockwell)00000100210610
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Hill)20106212030017
New Brunswick (Noble)0101000010216
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Gowanlock)20102032200012
Ontario (Gilbert)0103010001219
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Weldon)10201002202010
Alberta (Haw)0102011002029
Sheet E12345678910111213Final
British Columbia (Stone)20101210001019
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Haines)01010001130108

Draw 7

Sheet A123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Stone)02102011203012
New Brunswick (Noble)1001010001015
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Alberta (Haw)32201232002017
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Rockwell)0003000021017
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Hill)1003101010209
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)0110000101015
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Haines)1010002210018
Ontario (Gilbert)0101100001105
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Weldon)1110020020018
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Gowanlock)0001101201107

Draw 8

Sheet A123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Stone)03411542140025
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)1000000000517
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Weldon)00213202101214
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Haines)4100001001007
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Gowanlock)03102405204122
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Rockwell)1001001002005
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Ontario (Gilbert)0011201110108
New Brunswick (Noble)0100040001017
Sheet E12345678910111213Final
Northern Ontario (Watson)00111020100219
Alberta (Haw)11000202011008

Draw 9

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Haines)21440210330020
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Rockwell)0000100200328
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Weldon)11030402210014
New Brunswick (Noble)0010101000216
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Ontario (Gilbert)20120210030011
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)0100100100317
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Hill)20204303001318
British Columbia (Stone)03020030120011
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Watson)04003200102214
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Gowanlock)2011002102009

Draw 10

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Weldon)02012001112010
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)1010021000016
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Gowanlock)01130010020210
Alberta (Haw)1000110200106
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Watson)02104010201011
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Haines)0002010103018
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Hill)12001110103010
Ontario (Gilbert)0021000101049
Sheet E123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Noble)10010044002214
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Rockwell)0120220011009

Draw 11

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Watson)01023200110212
New Brunswick (Noble)1010000100104
Sheet B123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Stone)31010202130114
Ontario (Gilbert)0040201000108
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Hill)0010321000209
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Weldon)1101000010015
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Alberta (Haw)02220200124015
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Haines)1000301100017
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)01022010002210
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Rockwell)1010020121008

Playoff

Sheet C123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Gowanlock)0100112001118
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Weldon)0002000310006

Notes

  1. Gould was an alternate for Jeff Stoughton's championship rink in 1999, but did not play any games during that Brier. Curling Canada excludes alternates from their records, therefore Gould also had 15 years between Brier championships instead of 12. [2]

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