1931 Macdonald Brier

June 2026 Canadian men's curling championship March 2026 1931 Macdonald Brier Toronto, Ontario Granite Curling Club March 3–5 Manitoba 1905 Stratchcona CC, Winnipeg Bob Gourley Ernest Pollard Arnold Lockerbie Ray Stewart 1930 1932 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.1931 MacDonald Brier - Curlingzone 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.https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/records MacDonald Brier Records - Curling Canada Stats Archive 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).June 2026 Teams The teams are listed as follows:https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1931 1931 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20220415164330/https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1931 2022-04-15 white AlbertaManitobawhite Montreal#FFFF00 New BrunswickNorthern OntarioRed Deer CC, Red Deer Skip: Robert Welliver Third: Joe LaFrance Second: Jack Fulton Lead: George LindsayStrathcona CC, Winnipeg Skip: Bob Gourley Third: Ernest Pollard Second: Arnold Lockerbie Lead: Ray StewartMontreal GCA, Montreal Skip: William Brown Third: Art Condie Second: Rob Braithwaite Lead: Harry WalkerBathurst CC, Bathurst Skip: Nicholas Thibodeau Third: Joseph Connolly Second: Daniel Connolly Lead: John KennahSault Ste. Marie CC, Sault Ste. Marie Skip: John Nicholson Third: James Shaw Second: George Murr Lead: Lloyd Masonwhite Nova ScotiaOntariowhite Quebecgold Saskatchewanwhite TorontoMayflower CC, Halifax Skip: Henry McLeod Third: Charles Durrant Second: Frank Arthur Lead: H.W. GatesThe Granite Club, Toronto Skip: Ed Brower Third: John Rennie Second: John Brower Lead: Robert HamiltonCaledonia CC, Montreal Skip: Peter Lyall Third: Ormiston Roy Second: Howard Stewart Lead: John RoySaskatoon CC, Saskatoon Skip: Jack Miller Third: Bill McArter Second: Bert Barbour Lead: Percy YoungOne Curler Short, Hub Skip Rallies to Beat Cochran February 12, 1931 16 Regina Leader-Post https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99887823/the-leader-post/ April 16, 2022 Barrie CC, Barrie Skip: Selvin Meredith Third: A.D. Simon Second: Charles Beelby Lead: Albert Simon Round Robin standings KeyBrier championTeams to Tiebreaker TeamSkipWLPFPA Manitoba 1905 Bob Gourley 8 1 138 85 Ontario Ed Brower 6 3 111 73 Toronto Selvin Meredith 6 3 100 88 Saskatchewan Jack Miller 5 4 107 89 Alberta Robert Welliver 4 5 99 100 Northern Ontario John Nicholson 4 5 93 102 Quebec Peter Lyall 4 5 86 104 Montreal William Brown 3 6 83 113 New Brunswick Nicholas Thibodeau 3 6 84 96 Henry McLeod 2 7 75 126 Round Robin results Draw 1 A 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 B 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 C Manitoba 1905 (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 D 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 E (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 Draw 2 A 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 B Manitoba 1905 (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 C 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 D 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 E Quebec (Lyall) 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 4 18 (McLeod) 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 Draw 3 A 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 B 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 C 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 D Manitoba 1905 (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 E (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 Draw 4 A 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 B 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 C Manitoba 1905 (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 D 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 E Montreal (Brown) 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 10 (McLeod) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 9 Draw 5 A 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 B 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 C 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 D Manitoba 1905 (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 E (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 Draw 6 A 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 B 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 C 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 D Manitoba 1905 (Gourley) 2 1 6 0 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 17 Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 6 E Ontario (Brower) 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 2 X 13 (McLeod) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 3 Draw 7 A 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 B 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 C 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 D Manitoba 1905 (Gourley) 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 5 0 2 16 (McLeod) 0 3 1 2 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 14 E 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 Draw 8 A Manitoba 1905 (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 B Alberta (Welliver) 3 1 2 3 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 17 (McLeod) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 C 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 D 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 E 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 Draw 9 A New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 1 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 13 Manitoba 1905 (Gourley) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 2 2 10 B 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 C 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 D 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 E Saskatchewan (Miller) 1 2 0 6 1 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 18 (McLeod) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 Tiebreaker A 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 Macdonald Brier, 1931 Macdonald Brier, 1931 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