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1933 Macdonald Brier
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Canadian men's curling championship
March 2026
1933 Macdonald Brier Toronto, Ontario Granite Curling Club March 7–9 Alberta Royal CC, Edmonton Cliff Manahan Harold Deeton Hank Wolfe Bert Ross 1932 1934
The 1933 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 7 to 9, 1933 at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario.1933 MacDonald Brier - Curlingzone
Team Alberta, skipped by Cliff Manahan snapped Manitoba's five year reign as champions and captured their first Brier Tankard with a 6-1 record in round robin play. Both Team Manitoba and Team Ontario would finish tied for second in round robin play with 5-2 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff for the runner-up spot. Ontario defeated Manitoba 12-8 in the playoff to finish runner-up.
This was the first Brier in which none of the games went to an extra end.https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/records MacDonald Brier Records - Curling Canada Stats Archive
Event Summary
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Coming into the 1933 edition of the Brier, Team Manitoba had won five straight Brier championships (a record that still stands as of 2024). Heading into the last draw (Draw 7), Team Alberta led with a 5-1 record while Team Manitoba and Team Ontario were one game back with 4-2 records.
For Manitoba to have a shot in collecting their sixth straight Brier Tankard, they would have to defeat Alberta to force a tiebreaker playoff. Ontario was still in the mix for the tankard as well, needing a win over Nova Scotia and an Alberta loss to join both Alberta and Manitoba in the tiebreaker playoff. An Alberta win would clinch the championship for them.
Ontario did their job by defeating Nova Scotia 16-5 in 10 ends, but Alberta secured their first Brier Tankard with a convincing 11-3 win over Manitoba in 10 ends. Ontario defeated Manitoba in the tiebreaker game for runner-up 12-8.
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1933 1933 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20210509153523/https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1933 2021-05-09
white AlbertaManitoba#FFFF00 New BrunswickNorthern OntarioRoyal CC, Edmonton
Skip: Cliff Manahan
Third: Harold Deeton
Second: Hank Wolfe
Lead: Bert RossDeer Lodge CC, Winnipeg
Skip: John Douglas
Third: Jimmy Welsh
Second: Alex Welsh
Lead: Jock ReidThistle CC, Saint John
Skip: Johnny Malcolm
Third: Don Malcolm
Second: Harold Kinsman
Lead: Ralph FowlerKirkland Lake CC, Kirkland Lake
Skip: Jerry Abrams
Third: Mel Charron
Second: Thomas Ramsay
Lead: Bert Elliottwhite Nova ScotiaOntariowhite Quebecgold SaskatchewanBluenose CC, New Glasgow
Skip: J.A. Cunningham
Third: Henry McCulloch
Second: J.R. Murray
Lead: Harry SutherlandThistle CC, Hamilton
Skip: Gordon M. Campbell
Third: Donald A. Campbell
Second: Gordon Coates
Lead: Duncan A. CampbellThistle CC, Montreal
Skip: H.C. Fortier
Third: Harry Walker
Second: Arthur Condie
Lead: William WeldonRosthern CC, Rosthern
Skip: Cliff McLauchlan
Third: Fred Hayes
Second: William Stuart
Lead: William Baum
Round Robin standings
KeyBrier championTeams to Tiebreaker
ProvinceSkipWLPFPA Alberta Cliff Manahan 6 1 88 50 Manitoba 1905 John Douglas 5 2 83 52 Ontario Gordon M. Campbell 5 2 98 51 Saskatchewan Cliff McLauchlan 4 3 69 84 New Brunswick John Malcolm 3 4 79 83 Northern Ontario Jerry Abrams 3 4 68 83 J.A. Cunningham 2 5 55 94 Quebec H.C. Fortier 0 7 54 97
Round Robin results
Draw 1
A (Cunningham) 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 8 Saskatchewan (McLauchlan) 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 1 13
B Alberta (Manahan) 3 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 14 New Brunswick (Malcolm) 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 11
C Northern Ontario (Abrams) 2 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 1 15 Quebec (Fortier) 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 8
D Manitoba 1905 (Douglas) 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 12 Ontario (Campbell) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 7
Draw 2
A (Cunningham) 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 12 Quebec (Fortier) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8
B New Brunswick (Malcolm) 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 10 Manitoba 1905 (Douglas) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 9
C Saskatchewan (McLauchlan) 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 Ontario (Campbell) 1 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 3 4 1 1 17
D Alberta (Manahan) 2 1 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 13 Northern Ontario (Abrams) 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 10
Draw 3
A Saskatchewan (McLauchlan) 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 12 Northern Ontario (Abrams) 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 13
B New Brunswick (Malcolm) 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 8 Ontario (Campbell) 3 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 3 3 3 22
C Manitoba 1905 (Douglas) 1 3 0 3 0 4 1 0 1 5 2 X 20 (Cunningham) 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 6
D Alberta (Manahan) 2 1 0 5 0 1 3 2 X X X X 14 Quebec (Fortier) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X 2
Draw 4
A (Cunningham) 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 Northern Ontario (Abrams) 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 2 2 3 0 2 16
B Manitoba 1905 (Douglas) 1 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 11 Quebec (Fortier) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 10
C Alberta (Manahan) 1 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 12 Ontario (Campbell) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 9
D New Brunswick (Malcolm) 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 9 Saskatchewan (McLauchlan) 0 3 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 12
Draw 5
A New Brunswick (Malcolm) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 8 (Cunningham) 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 13
B Manitoba 1905 (Douglas) 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 4 X 14 Northern Ontario (Abrams) 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 6
C Alberta (Manahan) 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 11 Saskatchewan (McLauchlan) 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 2 12
D Quebec (Fortier) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X X 4 Ontario (Campbell) 1 3 0 4 0 3 2 1 0 1 X X 15
Draw 6
A Alberta (Manahan) 2 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 X X 13 (Cunningham) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 3
B Quebec (Fortier) 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 New Brunswick (Malcolm) 0 0 1 0 4 0 3 2 2 1 4 0 17
C Northern Ontario (Abrams) 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 5 Ontario (Campbell) 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 X 12
D Manitoba 1905 (Douglas) 0 0 4 3 1 1 4 1 X X X X 14 Saskatchewan (McLauchlan) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X 2
Draw 7
A Alberta (Manahan) 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 X X 11 Manitoba 1905 (Douglas) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X X 3
B Ontario (Campbell) 0 6 0 0 4 2 1 1 2 0 X X 16 (Cunningham) 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 5
C New Brunswick (Malcolm) 3 1 2 2 0 2 3 0 3 X X X 16 Northern Ontario (Abrams) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X X X 3
D Saskatchewan (McLauchlan) 5 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 Quebec (Fortier) 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 12
Tiebreaker
A Manitoba 1905 (Douglas) 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 8 Ontario (Campbell) 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 12
References
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