| 1931 Macdonald Brier | |
| Host City: | Toronto, Ontario |
| Arena: | Granite Curling Club |
| Dates: | March 3–5 |
| Winner: | |
| Curling Club: | Stratchcona CC, Winnipeg |
| Skip: | Bob Gourley |
| Third: | Ernest Pollard |
| Second: | Arnold Lockerbie |
| Lead: | Ray Stewart |
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.[1]
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) to feature no ends that were blanked.[2] 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).
The teams are listed as follows:[3]
| bgcolor=#0033FF width=200 | Manitoba | bgcolor=#800080 width=200 | bgcolor=#000000 width=200 | Northern Ontario | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Deer CC, Red DeerSkip: Robert Welliver Third: Joe LaFrance Second: Jack Fulton Lead: George Lindsay | Strathcona CC, WinnipegSkip: Bob Gourley Third: Ernest Pollard Second: Arnold Lockerbie Lead: Ray Stewart | Montreal GCA, MontrealSkip: William Brown Third: Art Condie Second: Rob Braithwaite Lead: Harry Walker | Bathurst CC, BathurstSkip: Nicholas Thibodeau Third: Joseph Connolly Second: Daniel Connolly Lead: John Kennah | Sault Ste. Marie CC, Sault Ste. MarieSkip: John Nicholson Third: James Shaw Second: George Murr Lead: Lloyd Mason | ||||
| bgcolor=#0080C0 width=200 | bgcolor=#FF0000 width=200 | Ontario | bgcolor=#009900 width=200 | bgcolor=#004080 width=200 | ||||
| Mayflower CC, HalifaxSkip: Henry McLeod Third: Charles Durrant Second: Frank Arthur Lead: H.W. Gates | The Granite Club, TorontoSkip: Ed Brower Third: John Rennie Second: John Brower Lead: Robert Hamilton | Caledonia CC, MontrealSkip: Peter Lyall Third: Ormiston Roy Second: Howard Stewart Lead: John Roy | Saskatoon CC, SaskatoonSkip: Jack Miller Third: Bill McArter Second: Bert Barbour Lead: Percy Young[4] | Barrie CC, BarrieSkip: Selvin Meredith Third: A.D. Simon Second: Charles Beelby Lead: Albert Simon |
| Key | ||
|---|---|---|
| Brier champion | ||
| Teams to Tiebreaker | ||
| Team | Skip | W | L | PF | PA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | 138 | 85 | |||
| 6 | 3 | 111 | 73 | |||
| 6 | 3 | 100 | 88 | |||
| 5 | 4 | 107 | 89 | |||
| 4 | 5 | 99 | 100 | |||
| 4 | 5 | 93 | 102 | |||
| 4 | 5 | 86 | 104 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 83 | 113 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 84 | 96 | |||
| 2 | 7 | 75 | 126 |