1927 Macdonald Brier

March 2026 1927 Macdonald Brier Tankard Toronto, Ontario Granite Club, Toronto March 1–3 Halifax CC, Halifax Murray MacNeill Al MacInnes Cliff Torey Jim Donahoe 1928 The 1927 Macdonald Brier Tankard, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held March 1–3 at the Granite Club in Toronto. This edition of the Brier would be the first, with it also being the first time it was hosted in Ontario, and the first time it was hosted in Toronto's Granite Club.https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=371 MacDonald Brier: Main Murray MacNeill, skip of the Nova Scotia champion Halifax rink, would win the inaugural tournament, leading his rink of skips (his original team couldn't make the trip) to victory. The event began with an opening banquet with Ontario Lieutenant Governor William Donald Ross and Ontario Premier Howard Ferguson welcoming players.Weeks, Bob; The Brier, pg 32 Event summary After successful trips by the winner of the Manitoba Bonspiel in 1925 and their participation in the Quebec Bonspiel being deemed popular enough to consider a national tournament in 1926, the Stewart brothers of Macdonald Tobacco would sponsor what would become the Brier in 1927. Played at the Granite Club in Toronto, the tournament would feature teams from four provinces, two cities, and a representative from Western Canada and Northern Ontario, the latter becoming a fixture at the Brier. It would be the only Brier that would have all games go 14 ends (with two games going to a 15th end to break ties).Tim Hortons Brier#History Teams The teams are listed as follows:https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1927 1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20210617205407/https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1927 2021-06-17 white MontrealNew BrunswickNorthern OntarioNova ScotiaGranite CA, Montreal Skip: Peter Lyall Third: Willie Brown Second: Howard Stewart Lead: Bruce StewartSaint John Composite RinkMalcolm curled out of the Thistle Curling Club in Saint John, Beatteay out of the St. Andrews Curling Club in Saint John, Shives out of the Campbellton Curling Club (Campbellton) and MacKay out of the Bathurst Curling Club (Bathurst)2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters Skip: Johnny Malcolm Third: Fred Beatteay Second: Reg Shives Lead: Elbridge MacKayHaileybury CC, Haileybury Skip: Emmett Smith Third: Dunc Sutherland Second: Dan Millar Lead: Mel HuntHalifax CC, Halifax Skip: Murray MacNeill Third: Al MacInnes Second: Cliff Torey Lead: Jim DonahoeOntarioQuebecSaskatchewan (Western Canada)white TorontoSarnia CC, Sarnia Skip: Robert MacKenzie Third: Bill WatsonThe Brier, by Bob Weeks, pg 22 Second: Mel Hunt Lead: Harry WatsonQuebec CC, Quebec City Skip: Major Robert Whyte Third: Robert Morton Second: Malcolm Holliday Lead: Joe PowerYellow Grass CC, Yellow Grass, SK Skip: Oswald Barkwell Third: Alf Hill Second: Hector Hay Lead: Pete WilkenHigh Park CC, Toronto Skip: William Scott Third: Ed Peaker Second: Thomas Wright Lead: Fred Lucas Map of teams left 400 300 Canada 650 10px Provincial Winners Canada 45.559 -73.877 Black pog.svg 80 top Lyall #ffe Canada 45.109 -66.666 Black pog.svg 80 top Malcolm #ffe Canada 47.448 -79.634 Black pog.svg 80 top Smith #ffe Canada 44.634 -63.575 Black pog.svg 80 right MacNeill Canada 42.995 -82.405 Black pog.svg 80 bottom MacKenzie #ffe Canada 46.857 -71.657 Black pog.svg 80 top Whyte Canada 49.806 -104.174 Black pog.svg 80 top Barkwell Canada 43.643 -79.459 Black pog.svg 80 top Scott Round-robin standings KeyBrier champion TeamSkipWLPFPAEWELBE Murray Macneill 6 1 93 6653411 New Brunswick Johnny Malcolm 5 2 93 7453440 Toronto William Scott 4 3 90 8151480 Saskatchewanhttps://sasksportshalloffame.com/inductees/1927-ozzie-barkwell-curling-team/ 1927 Ozzie Barkwell Curling Team Oswald BarkwellThe Oswald Barkwell rink represented all of Western Canada in this tournament, but were from Saskatchewan. 3 4 84 8247482 Ontario Robert MacKenzie 3 4 87 8846510 Northern Ontario Emmett Smith 3 4 62 8544531 Quebec Major Robert Whyte 2 5 68 8446511 Montrealhttp://www.curling.ca/hof/people/lyall-lt-col-peter-d-l/ Lyall, Lt. 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Peter – CCA Hall of Fame | ACC Temple de la Renommée Virtuelle Peter Lyall 2 5 71 88 45493 Round-robin results Draw 1 Tuesday, March 1 (Morning)https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AbwtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5YsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6808,272828 The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search news.google.comhttps://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1927#draw-1-sheet-d 1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive stats.curling.io A Quebec (Whyte) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 10 (Macneill) 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 13 B New Brunswick (Malcolm) 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 9 Toronto (Scott) 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 11 C Montreal (Lyall) 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 15 Northern Ontario (Smith) 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 9 D Ontario (MacKenzie) 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 13 Saskatchewan (Barkwell) 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 12 Draw 2 Tuesday, March 1 (afternoon)https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1927#draw-2 1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive A Montreal (Lyall) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 8 Saskatchewan (Barkwell) 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 13 B Northern Ontario (Smith) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 10 Ontario (MacKenzie) 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 9 C New Brunswick (Malcolm) 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 4 15 (Macneill) 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 4 0 2 0 14 D Quebec (Whyte) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 Toronto (Scott) 1 0 1 3 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 15 Draw 3 Wednesday, March 2 (morning)https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ArwtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5YsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3540,402671 The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search news.google.comhttps://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1927#draw-3 1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive A Quebec (Whyte) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 3 14 Montreal (Lyall) 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 8 B New Brunswick (Malcolm) 1 1 2 1 0 3 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 16 Ontario (MacKenzie) 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 10 C Saskatchewan (Barkwell) 1 2 0 5 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 17 Toronto (Scott) 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 15 D Northern Ontario (Smith) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X X 4 (Macneill) 1 1 1 2 0 5 0 0 2 1 0 1 X X 14 Draw 4 Wednesday, March 2 (afternoon)https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1927#draw-4 1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive A Northern Ontario (Smith) 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 11 Toronto (Scott) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 B Saskatchewan (Barkwell) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 X 9 (Macneill) 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 X 12 C Quebec (Whyte) 0 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 13 Ontario (MacKenzie) 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 3 15 D New Brunswick (Malcolm) 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 10 Montreal (Lyall) 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 13 Draw 5 Wednesday, March 2 (evening)https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1927#draw-5 1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive A (Macneill) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 14 Toronto (Scott) 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 10 B Quebec (Whyte) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 New Brunswick (Malcolm) 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 X 13 C Montreal (Lyall) 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 8 Ontario (MacKenzie) 0 3 0 0 5 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 X 16 D Saskatchewan (Barkwell) 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 11 Northern Ontario (Smith) 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 9 Draw 6 Thursday, March 3 (morning) A Saskatchewan (Barkwell) 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 13 New Brunswick (Malcolm) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 3 2 14 B Montreal (Lyall) 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 (Macneill) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 13 C Ontario (MacKenzie) 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 3 1 1 15 Toronto (Scott) 0 0 5 1 3 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 16 D Quebec (Whyte) 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 Northern Ontario (Smith) 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 11 Draw 7 Thursday, March 3 (afternoon)https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A7wtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5YsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6755,551972 The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search news.google.comhttps://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1927#draw-7 1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive A Quebec (Whyte) 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 Saskatchewan (Barkwell) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 9 B Ontario (MacKenzie) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 9 (Macneill) 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 13 C Montreal (Lyall) 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 10 Toronto (Scott) 0 2 1 0 4 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 D New Brunswick (Malcolm) 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 2 3 16 Northern Ontario (Smith) 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 Team selection Teams were chosen by invitation. Many provinces had yet to have provincial championships.Weeks, Bob; The Brier, pp 22-25 Western Canada: Winners of the "Macdonald Brier event" playoff between Manitoba and Saskatchewan.Ossie Barkwell to Curl at Winnipeg February 21, 1927 Regina Leader-Post https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59494382/the-leader-post/ September 17, 2020 Nova Scotia: "Four best players (in the province)." Macneill was chosen as winner of the Johnson Cup. Montreal: Amalgamation rink, selected by the Granite Association of MontrealSmith Rink of Haileybury is Curling Today March 1, 1927 North Bay Nugget https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94208506/north-bay-nugget/ February 4, 2022 Northern Ontario: Winners of the Grand Aggregate of the Northern Curling Association bonspielHaileybury Rink Plays in Toronto March 1, 1927 North Bay Nugget https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94208960/north-bay-nugget/ February 4, 2022 Ontario: A selection of the winners of the Ontario TankardDominion Curling Tourney Proposed October 18, 1926 Montreal Gazette https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60856045/the-gazette/ October 10, 2020 Toronto: Winners of the Canada Life trophy. Quebec: Winners of the Quebec Bonspiel.Eight in First Brier March 6, 1976 Regina Leader-Post https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60857915/the-leader-post/ October 10, 2020 New Brunswick: Selected by the New Brunswick Curling Association. Notes References Macdonald Brier, 1927 Macdonald Brier, 1927 Category:The Brier Category:Curling in Toronto Macdonald Brier Macdonald Brier Category:1920s in Toronto Category:Curling competitions in Ontario