1931 Macdonald Brier

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
Host cityToronto, Ontario
ArenaGranite Curling Club
DatesMarch 3 (1931-03-03) – March 5, 1931 (1931-03-05)
Winner Manitoba
Curling clubStratchcona CC, Winnipeg
SkipBob Gourley
ThirdErnest Pollard
SecondArnold Lockerbie
LeadRay Stewart
« 1930
1932 »

Team Manitoba who was skipped by Bob Gourley captured the Brier Tankard with a round robin record of 8-1. This would be 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 would go on to defeat Toronto in an extra end 13-12 to finish runner-up.

This would be the last Brier to feature Montreal and Toronto as their own teams.

The 1931 Brier would be one of only two Briers (the other being 1932) to feature no ends that were blanked.[1] 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).

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[2]

Alberta Manitoba Montreal New Brunswick Northern Ontario
Red Deer CC, Red Deer

Skip: Rob 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[3]

 Barrie CC, Barrie

Skip: Selvin Meredith
Third: A.D. Simon
Second: Charles Beelby
Lead: Albert Simon

Round robin standings
Key
Brier champion
Teams to Tiebreaker Playoff
Province Skip W L PF PA
 ManitobaBob Gourley8113885
OntarioEd Brower6311173
TorontoSelvin Meredith6310088
SaskatchewanJack Miller5410789
AlbertaRob Welliver4599100
Northern OntarioJohn Nicholson4593102
QuebecPeter Lyall4586104
MontrealWilliam Brown3683113
New BrunswickNicholas Thibodeau368496
 Nova ScotiaHenry McLeod2775126

Round robin results

Draw 1
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

Draw 2
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

Draw 3
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

Draw 4
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

Draw 5
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

Draw 6
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 D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Manitoba (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
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

Draw 7
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

Draw 8
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

Draw 9
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 1 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 13
 Manitoba (Gourley) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 2 2 10
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

Playoff
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
  1. "MacDonald Brier Records - Curling Canada Stats Archive".
  2. "1931 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive".
  3. "One Curler Short, Hub Skip Rallies to Beat Cochran". Regina Leader-Post. February 12, 1931. p. 16. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
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