1955 Macdonald Brier

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1955 Macdonald Brier
Host city Regina, Saskatchewan
Arena Regina Stadium
DatesMarch 7–11
Attendance51,725
Winner Saskatchewan
Curling club Avonlea CC, Avonlea
Skip Garnet Campbell
Third Don Campbell
Second Glen Campbell
Lead Lloyd Campbell
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The 1955 Macdonald Brier , the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 7 to 11, 1955 at Regina Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan. A total of 51,725 fans attended the event, which was a Brier record at the time. [1]

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Team Saskatchewan, who was skipped by Garnet Campbell won the Brier Tankard by finishing round robin play unbeaten with a 10-0 record. This was Saskatchewan's first ever Brier championship and the ninth time in which a team finished a Brier undefeated.

The Draw 1 game between New Brunswick and Ontario was the first time that a Brier game went to a second extra end. The 14 ends were the most ends played in a game since the first Brier in 1927 when regulation games went 14 ends.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: [2]

AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaNew Brunswick
Claresholm CC, Claresholm

Skip: Hugh Brown
Third: Oscar Markle
Second: C.L. Dodd
Lead: William Brown

Trail CC, Trail

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

Strathcona CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Roy Forsythe
Third: Donald Lord
Second: Frank Muirhead
Lead: Donald Reid

Edmundston CC, Edmundston

Skip: Edgar St. Pierre
Third: Walter Brebner
Second: James Coster
Lead: Eugene Abbis

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

Skip: Norman Rockwell
Third: Leonard Oliver
Second: Norman Pounder
Lead: Carmen Rockwell

Granite CC, North Bay

Skip: Rudy Steski
Third: Robert Wyatt
Second: Owen Staples
Lead: Earl McCormick

Truro CC, Truro

Skip: Gerald Glinz
Third: Avard Mann
Second: Frank Hoar
Lead: William Peters

Royal Canadian CC, Toronto

Skip: Andrew Grant
Third: Walter Derrett
Second: Earl Hushagen
Lead: Ray Grant

Prince Edward IslandQuebecSaskatchewan
Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Wendell MacDonald
Third: John Squarebriggs
Second: Andrew Likely
Lead: Elmer MacDonald

C de C Jacques Cartier, Quebec City

Skip: Olivier Samson
Third: William MacDonald
Second: Gabriel Boivin
Lead: Aime Ouellet

Avonlea CC, Avonlea

Skip: Garnet Campbell
Third: Don Campbell
Second: Glen Campbell
Lead: Lloyd Campbell

Round robin standings

Key
Brier champion
ProvinceSkipWLPFPA
Saskatchewan Garnet Campbell 10013561
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba Roy Forsythe 9110570
Ontario Andrew Grant 7311781
British Columbia Reg Stone 649993
Northern Ontario Rudy Steski 6410976
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia Gerald Glinz 5595111
Alberta Hugh Brown 469293
Prince Edward Island Wendell MacDonald 468398
New Brunswick Edgar St. Pierre 2886122
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec Olivier Samson 1974134
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland Norman Rockwell 1971127

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Time (UTC-07:00) [3]

Draw 1

Monday, March 7 3:00 PM

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)0020010200005
Northern Ontario (Steski)01011020212212
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Campbell)13160402101120
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Rockwell)0000101001003
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Samson)0101101010016
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Forsythe)10200202013011
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Alberta (Brown)1020010001016
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Glinz)02010010303010
Sheet E1234567891011121314Final
Ontario (Grant)3111210000300214
New Brunswick (St. Pierre)0000004113030012

Draw 2

Monday, March 7 8:00 PM

Sheet A123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (St. Pierre)0401301000009
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Forsythe)10200305311117
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Glinz)0000000020013
British Columbia (Stone)12111123043019
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Steski)21020104221015
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Samson)0010103000038
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)0101000111038
Saskatchewan (Campbell)10101110006011
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Alberta (Brown)0300000010015
Ontario (Grant)10112221021013

Draw 3

Tuesday, March 8 9:30 AM

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Ontario (Grant)02201203004115
British Columbia (Stone)1001001011005
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Steski)20301201011213
New Brunswick (St. Pierre)0101001010004
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Campbell)12024203003118
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Samson)0000001011003
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)13130001001010
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Rockwell)0000111031018
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Alberta (Brown)0202011010007
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Forsythe)10101004021111

Draw 4

Tuesday, March 8 2:30 PM

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Campbell)11010205030114
New Brunswick (St. Pierre)0010101010206
Sheet B123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Stone)0103020010108
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Forsythe)10202011030111
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Ontario (Grant)1011012000107
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Glinz)01001003310110
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Alberta (Brown)1030100102008
Northern Ontario (Steski)02030040104216
Sheet E12345678910111213Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Samson)003210102010111
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Rockwell)120002020102010

Draw 5

Wednesday, March 9 3:00 PM

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Forsythe)02030003003011
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Glinz)1010211011019
Sheet B123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Stone)00010300302110
Northern Ontario (Steski)2300100201009
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Campbell)20002021130011
Alberta (Brown)0110010000115
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Samson)10030102102010
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)03002020040112
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Rockwell)01040111200111
New Brunswick (St. Pierre)1010300001208

Draw 6

Wednesday, March 9 8:00 PM

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Rockwell)1010002010207
Alberta (Brown)04011202020214
Sheet B123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (St. Pierre)03020201130012
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)0030102000309
Sheet C123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Stone)2102001020008
Saskatchewan (Campbell)00200202021110
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Glinz)0100101000205
Northern Ontario (Steski)10130500220115
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Forsythe)0002010420009
Ontario (Grant)0100101002128

Draw 7

Thursday, March 10 9:30 AM

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Rockwell)01010310202010
British Columbia (Stone)10303002010212
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)0102001000015
Alberta (Brown)00500000104010
Sheet C123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (St. Pierre)00021201130212
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Samson)1210001000207
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Glinz)0002020101028
Saskatchewan (Campbell)15104020204019
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Steski)0210010100106
Ontario (Grant)10012010320212

Draw 8

Thursday, March 10 2:30 PM

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Alberta (Brown)30031210402117
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Samson)0210000101005
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)2010210010018
British Columbia (Stone)0101002101107
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Glinz)01100120030210
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Rockwell)2001100110107
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Steski)0101011001005
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Forsythe)1020100110118
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Ontario (Grant)0011010101117
Saskatchewan (Campbell)32004050100015

Draw 9

Thursday, March 10 7:30 PM

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Alberta (Brown)21204010101012
New Brunswick (St. Pierre)0001020101016
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Ontario (Grant)03013303004320
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Rockwell)1010001011005
Sheet C12345678910111213Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Samson)10011003020109
British Columbia (Stone)022000102020110
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)00020311002211
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Glinz)3210000012009
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Campbell)0110020201018
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Forsythe)1000101010206

Draw 10

Friday, March 11 9:30 AM

Sheet A123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Stone)00410202101011
New Brunswick (St. Pierre)11003020020110
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Samson)0101020301019
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Glinz)30203020106017
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Forsythe)11211010003111
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Rockwell)0000010011003
Sheet D12345678910111213Final
Ontario (Grant)02120020100019
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)20003001020008
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Campbell)3010201010109
Northern Ontario (Steski)0201010101017

Draw 11

Friday, March 11 2:30 PM

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Samson)0100010102106
Ontario (Grant)10021020200412
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Forsythe)01102201201010
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)1001002001027
Sheet C123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Stone)0312010101009
Alberta (Brown)1000101030118
Sheet D123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (St. Pierre)0030102000107
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Glinz)41030102110114
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Rockwell)2001030000107
Northern Ontario (Steski)01203021010111

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