Canadian men's curling championship
The 1936 Macdonald Brier , the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 2 to 5, 1936 at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario .[1] This was the first Brier in which teams from British Columbia and Prince Edward Island would participate, increasing the field from 8 to 10 teams. This arrangement remained until 1951 when Newfoundland was added to the Brier field.
Team Manitoba , who was skipped by Ken Watson , captured the Brier Tankard with a round robin record of 8-1. This was Manitoba's seventh Brier championship overall and the first of three titles for Watson as a skip . A tiebreaker game was played to determine the runner-up as both Team Alberta and Team New Brunswick finished the round robin with 7-2 records. Alberta defeated New Brunswick 8-6 in the tiebreaker to finish runner-up.
Watson's rink also set a Brier record for most points scored in a tournament (142) which still stands as of 2024 . Watson and his rink steamrolled through the competition thanks to their long slides, which caused controversy at the competition. Up until then, most curlers delivered their stones with a foot still in the hack, however the Watson rink slid out from the hack.[2] Despite their dominance, they did not claim the Brier title until their final round robin game against New Brunswick. With both teams having identical 7–1 records at the time, the match attracted the largest Brier crowd in history up to that point. The game was fairly lacklustre, however the last end was not. Watson had to draw against three New Brunswick stones on his last rock to claim the championship.[3]
The teams are listed as follows:[4]
Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Northern Ontario Granite CC , Edmonton Skip: George Wanless Third: Billy Rose Second: Dave Ritchie Lead: William Murray
Vancouver CC , Vancouver Skip: William Whalen Sr. Third: William Whalen Jr. Second: J.W. Nation Lead: W.R. Broatch
Strathcona CC , Winnipeg Skip: Ken Watson Third: Grant Watson Second: Marvin MacIntyre Lead: Charles Kerr
Campbellton CC , Campbellton Skip: Reginald Shives Third: Earl Mowatt Second: Frederick J. McRae Lead: Harold Perley
Haileybury CC , Haileybury Skip: Emmett Smith Third: Daniel Millar Second: William Beecroft Lead: Melvin Robb
Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Halifax CC , Halifax Skip: Murray Macneill Third: J.R. Murphy Second: Charles Burchell Lead: A.L. Harrington
Sarnia CC , Sarnia Skip: Hector Cowan Third: William McCart Second: Alex Hayes Lead: Murray Chilton
Montague CC , Montague Skip: James McIntyre Third: C.K. Wightman Second: R.W. Beck Lead: I.A. Younker
Victoria CC , Quebec City Skip: C.B. Bignell Third: Gordon Ross Jr. Second: K.O. Baptist Lead: Lionel Roy
Regina CC , Regina Skip: Leslie Youngson Third: David Clayton Second: Charles Gardner Jr. Lead: C.A. McNevin
Round Robin standings [ edit ] Key Brier champion Teams to Tiebreaker
Round Robin results [ edit ] Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Ontario (Cowan) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Manitoba (Watson ) 4 0 4 1 3 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 21
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Saskatchewan (Youngson) 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 12 Quebec (Bignell) 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Alberta (Wanless) 1 1 0 2 4 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 15 Nova Scotia (Macneill ) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 5
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Manitoba (Watson ) 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 2 1 0 14 Alberta (Wanless) 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final New Brunswick (Shives) 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 3 11 Saskatchewan (Youngson) 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final British Columbia (Whalen) 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 2 1 3 1 0 13 Quebec (Bignell) 1 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Ontario (Cowan) 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 5 1 3 0 0 17 Prince Edward Island (McIntyre) 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 10
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Alberta (Wanless) 0 2 1 0 2 4 0 2 0 4 0 1 16 Prince Edward Island (McIntyre) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Ontario (Cowan) 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 2 1 3 4 1 19 Quebec (Bignell) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Alberta (Wanless) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 New Brunswick (Shives) 2 1 3 1 1 2 0 2 0 3 1 1 17
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Northern Ontario (Smith) 3 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 16 Quebec (Bignell) 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Nova Scotia (Macneill ) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 Ontario (Cowan) 1 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 14
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Alberta (Wanless) 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 4 0 16 Saskatchewan (Youngson) 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Manitoba (Watson ) 3 0 3 1 0 2 3 0 2 2 2 5 23 Quebec (Bignell) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final Northern Ontario (Smith) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 8 Ontario (Cowan) 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Ontario (Cowan) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 9 New Brunswick (Shives) 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 2 0 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final British Columbia (Whalen) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 9 Saskatchewan (Youngson) 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Quebec (Bignell) 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 4 1 5 0 0 16 Prince Edward Island (McIntyre) 3 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 13
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final Alberta (Wanless) 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 9 Northern Ontario (Smith) 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 8
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Saskatchewan (Youngson) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 Northern Ontario (Smith) 1 0 3 1 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 1 14
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final British Columbia (Whalen) 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 10 Ontario (Cowan) 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Quebec (Bignell) 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 7 Alberta (Wanless) 2 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 2 14
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Saskatchewan (Youngson) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 7 Manitoba (Watson ) 2 2 0 3 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 15
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final New Brunswick (Shives) 0 3 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 15 Quebec (Bignell) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Alberta (Wanless) 2 1 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 12 Ontario (Cowan) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Saskatchewan (Youngson) 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 Ontario (Cowan) 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 11
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Alberta (Wanless) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 11 British Columbia (Whalen) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Quebec (Bignell) 3 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 14 Nova Scotia (Macneill ) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 12
Tiebreaker [ edit ] Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Alberta (Wanless) 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 8 New Brunswick (Shives) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 6
References [ edit ]
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