1927 Macdonald Brier

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.

1927 Macdonald Brier Tankard
Host cityToronto, Ontario
ArenaGranite Club, Toronto
DatesMarch 1–3, 1927
Winner Halifax (Nova Scotia)
Curling clubHalifax CC, Halifax
SkipMurray MacNeill
ThirdAl MacInnes
SecondCliff Torey
LeadJim Donahoe
FinalistSt. John (New Brunswick)
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Skip 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.[1]

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)[2]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[3]

Halifax
(Nova Scotia)		 St. John
(New Brunswick)		 Quebec Montreal
Halifax CC, Halifax

Skip: Murray MacNeill
Third: Al MacInnes
Second: Cliff Torey
Lead: Jom Donahoe

 Saint John Composite Rink[lower-alpha 1]

Skip: Johnny Malcolm
Third: Fred Beatteay
Second: Reg Shives
Lead: Elbridge MacKay

 Quebec CC, Quebec City

Skip: Major Robert Whyte
Third: Robert Morton
Second: Malcolm Holliday
Lead: Joe Power

 Granite CA, Montreal

Skip: Peter Lyall
Third: Willie Brown
Second: Howard Stewart
Lead: Bruce Stewart

Toronto Sarnia
(Ontario)		 Haileybury
(Northern Ontario)		 Yellow Grass
(Western Canada/
Saskatchewan)
High Park CC, Toronto

Skip: William Scott
Third: Ed Peaker
Second: Thomas Wright
Lead: Fred Lucas

 Sarnia CC, Sarnia

Skip: Robert MacKenzie
Third: William Watson
Second: J. M. Hunt
Lead: Harry Watson

 Haileybury CC, Haileybury

Skip: Emmett Smith
Third: Dunc Sutherland
Second: Dan Millar
Lead: Mel Hunt

 Yellow Grass CC, Yellow Grass, SK

Skip: Oswald Barkwell
Third: Alf Hill
Second: Hector Hay
Lead: Pete Wilken

Standings
Team Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE
Halifax (Nova Scotia)Murray Macneill61936653411
St. John (New Brunswick)Johnny Malcolm52937453440
TorontoWilliam Scott43908151480
Yellow Grass (Western Canada[5]/Saskatchewan)Oswald Barkwell[lower-alpha 2]34848247482
Sarnia (Ontario)Robert MacKenzie34878846510
Haileybury (Northern Ontario)Emmett Smith34628544531
QuebecMajor Robert Whyte25688446511
Montreal[6]Peter Lyall25718845493

Scores

March 1
Draw 1 (morning)[7][8]
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
Quebec (Whyte) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 10
Halifax (Macneill) 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 13
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
St. John (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
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
Montreal (Lyall) 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 15
Haileybury (Smith) 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
Sarnia (MacKenzie) 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 13
Yellow Grass (Barkwell) 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 12
Draw 2 (afternoon)[9]
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
Montreal (Lyall) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 8
Yellow Grass (Barkwell) 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 13
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
Haileybury (Smith) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 10
Sarnia (MacKenzie) 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
St. John (Malcolm) 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 4 15
Halifax (Macneill) 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 4 0 2 0 14
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
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

March 2
Draw 3 (morning)[10][11]
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
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
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
St. John (Malcolm) 1 1 2 1 0 3 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 16
Sarnia (MacKenzie) 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
Yellow Grass (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
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
Haileybury (Smith) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X X 4
Halifax (Macneill) 1 1 1 2 0 5 0 0 2 1 0 1 X X 14
Draw 4 (afternoon)[12]
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final
Haileybury (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
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
Yellow Grass (Barkwell) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 X 9
Halifax (Macneill) 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 X 12
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
Quebec (Whyte) 0 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 13
Sarnia (MacKenzie) 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 3 15
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
St. John (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 (evening)[13]
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
Halifax (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
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
Quebec (Whyte) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 5
St. John (Malocolm) 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 X 13
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
Montreal (Lyall) 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 8
Sarnia (MacKenzie) 0 3 0 0 5 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 X 16
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
Yellow Grass (Barkwell) 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 11
Haileybury (Smith) 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 9

March 3
Draw 6 (morning)
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
Yellow Grass (Barkwell) 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 13
St. John (Malcolm) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 3 2 14
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
Montreal (Lyall) 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9
Halifax (Macneill) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 13
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
Sarnia (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
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final
Quebec (Whyte) 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 10
Haileybury (Smith) 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 11
Draw 7 (afternoon)[14][15]
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
Quebec (Whyte) 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 11
Yellow Grass (Barkwell) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
Sarnia (MacKenzie) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 9
Halifax (Macneill) 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 13
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
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
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
St. John (Malcolm) 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 2 3 16
Haileybury (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.[16]

  • Western Canada: Winners of the "Macdonald Brier event" playoff between Manitoba and Saskatchewan.[17]
  • Nova Scotia: "Four best players (in the province)." Macneill was chosen as winner of the Johnson Cup.
  • Montreal: Amalgamation rink.
  • Ontario: A selection of the winners of the Ontario Tankard[18]
  • Toronto: Winners of the Canada Life trophy.
  • Quebec: Winners of the Quebec Bonspiel.[19]

Notes
  1. Malcolm 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)[4]
  2. The Oswald Barkwell rink represented all of Western Canada in this tournament, but were from Saskatchewan.

References
  1. Weeks, Bob; The Brier, pg 32
  2. Tim Hortons Brier#History
  3. "1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive".
  4. 2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters
  5. "1927 Ozzie Barkwell Curling Team".
  6. "Lyall, Lt. Col. Peter – CCA Hall of Fame | ACC Temple de la Renommée Virtuelle".
  7. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AbwtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5YsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6808%2C272828
  8. "1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive".
  9. "1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive".
  10. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ArwtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5YsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3540%2C402671
  11. "1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive".
  12. "1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive".
  13. "1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive".
  14. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A7wtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5YsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6755%2C551972
  15. "1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive".
  16. Weeks, Bob; The Brier, pp 22-25
  17. "Ossie Barkwell to Curl at Winnipeg". Regina Leader-Post. February 21, 1927. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  18. "Dominion Curling Tourney Proposed". Montreal Gazette. October 18, 1926. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  19. "Eight in First Brier". Regina Leader-Post. March 6, 1976. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
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