Canadian men's curling championship
The 1931 Macdonald Brier , the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 3 to 5, 1931 at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario .[1]
Team Manitoba , skipped by Bob Gourley , captured the Brier Tankard with a round robin record of 8-1. This was Manitoba's fourth consecutive Brier championship. A tiebreaker game was played to determine the runner-up as both Ontario and Toronto finished the round robin with 6-3 records. Ontario defeated Toronto in an extra end 13-12 to finish runner-up.
This was the last Brier to feature Montreal and Toronto as their own teams.
The 1931 Brier was one of only two Briers (the other being 1932 ) to feature no ends that were blanked.[2] This Brier also set the record at the time for the most extra ends played in a single Brier with six (five in the round robin plus the runner-up tiebreaker playoff).
The teams are listed as follows:[3]
Alberta Manitoba Montreal New Brunswick Northern Ontario Red Deer CC , Red Deer Skip: Robert Welliver Third: Joe LaFrance Second: Jack Fulton Lead: George Lindsay
Strathcona CC , Winnipeg Skip: Bob Gourley Third: Ernest Pollard Second: Arnold Lockerbie Lead: Ray Stewart
Montreal GCA , Montreal Skip: William Brown Third: Art Condie Second: Rob Braithwaite Lead: Harry Walker
Bathurst CC , Bathurst Skip: Nicholas Thibodeau Third: Joseph Connolly Second: Daniel Connolly Lead: John Kennah
Sault Ste. Marie CC , Sault Ste. Marie Skip: John Nicholson Third: James Shaw Second: George Murr Lead: Lloyd Mason
Nova Scotia Ontario Quebec Saskatchewan Toronto Mayflower CC , Halifax Skip: Henry McLeod Third: Charles Durrant Second: Frank Arthur Lead: H.W. Gates
The Granite Club , Toronto Skip: Ed Brower Third: John Rennie Second: John Brower Lead: Robert Hamilton
Caledonia CC , Montreal Skip: Peter Lyall Third: Ormiston Roy Second: Howard Stewart Lead: John Roy
Saskatoon CC , Saskatoon Skip: Jack Miller Third: Bill McArter Second: Bert Barbour Lead: Percy Young [4]
Barrie CC , Barrie Skip: Selvin Meredith Third: A.D. Simon Second: Charles Beelby Lead: Albert Simon
Round Robin standings [ edit ] Key Brier champion Teams to Tiebreaker
Round Robin results [ edit ] Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Montreal (Brown) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 Ontario (Brower) 4 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 14
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Quebec (Lyall) 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 1 11 New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 1 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Manitoba (Gourley ) 2 2 3 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 16 Saskatchewan (Miller) 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 2 1 1 12
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Alberta (Welliver) 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 5 0 3 0 1 15 Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 11
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Nova Scotia (McLeod) 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 9 Toronto (Meredith) 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 2 4 18
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Saskatchewan (Miller) 2 0 0 3 0 2 5 0 2 0 2 0 16 Alberta (Welliver) 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Manitoba (Gourley ) 4 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 0 2 16 Ontario (Brower) 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 2 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 14 New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Toronto (Meredith) 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 10 Montreal (Brown) 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Quebec (Lyall) 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 4 18 Nova Scotia (McLeod) 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Alberta (Welliver) 0 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 13 Montreal (Brown) 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Toronto (Meredith) 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 10 Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Saskatchewan (Miller) 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 11 Ontario (Brower) 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Manitoba (Gourley ) 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 3 4 0 4 0 19 Quebec (Lyall) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Nova Scotia (McLeod) 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 X 9 New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 6
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Ontario (Brower) 2 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 3 0 2 0 14 Alberta (Welliver) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final Saskatchewan (Miller) 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 9 New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final Manitoba (Gourley ) 3 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 11 Toronto (Meredith) 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 12 Quebec (Lyall) 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 11
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final Montreal (Brown) 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 10 Nova Scotia (McLeod) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 9
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Montreal (Brown) 7 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 15 New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Saskatchewan (Miller) 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 X 15 Toronto (Meredith) 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Ontario (Brower) 1 4 0 2 3 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 17 Quebec (Lyall) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Manitoba (Gourley ) 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 11 Alberta (Welliver) 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 10
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Nova Scotia (McLeod) 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 11 Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 10
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Montreal (Brown) 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 4 0 1 1 14 Saskatchewan (Miller) 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Toronto (Meredith) 5 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 15 Quebec (Lyall) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 2 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 4 0 14 Alberta (Welliver) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Ontario (Brower) 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 2 X 13 Nova Scotia (McLeod) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 3
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 2 1 12 Saskatchewan (Miller) 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final Ontario (Brower) 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 11 New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Toronto (Meredith) 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 13 Alberta (Welliver) 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Manitoba (Gourley ) 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 5 0 2 16 Nova Scotia (McLeod) 0 3 1 2 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 14
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Quebec (Lyall) 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 X 13 Montreal (Brown) 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 X 6
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Manitoba (Gourley ) 0 4 1 5 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 22 Montreal (Brown) 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Alberta (Welliver) 3 1 2 3 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 17 Nova Scotia (McLeod) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Quebec (Lyall) 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 10 Saskatchewan (Miller) 1 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 11 Toronto (Meredith) 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Ontario (Brower) 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 X 14 Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final Toronto (Meredith) 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 13 Ontario (Brower) 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 11
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 2 3 0 0 14 Montreal (Brown) 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Alberta (Welliver) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 9 Quebec (Lyall) 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Saskatchewan (Miller) 1 2 0 6 1 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 18 Nova Scotia (McLeod) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 6
Tiebreaker [ edit ] Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final Ontario (Brower) 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 13 Toronto (Meredith) 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 12
References [ edit ]
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