1936 Macdonald Brier | |
Host City: | Toronto, Ontario |
Arena: | Granite Curling Club |
Dates: | March 2–5 |
Winner: | |
Curling Club: | Stratchcona CC, Winnipeg |
Skip: | Ken Watson |
Third: | Grant Watson |
Second: | Marvin MacIntyre |
Lead: | Charles Kerr |
The 1936 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 2 to 5, 1936 at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario.[1] This was the first Brier in which teams from British Columbia and Prince Edward Island would participate, increasing the field from 8 to 10 teams. This arrangement remained until when Newfoundland was added to the Brier field.
Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Ken Watson, captured the Brier Tankard with a round robin record of 8-1. This was Manitoba's seventh Brier championship overall and the first of three titles for Watson as a skip. A tiebreaker game was played to determine the runner-up as both Team Alberta and Team New Brunswick finished the round robin with 7-2 records. Alberta defeated New Brunswick 8-6 in the tiebreaker to finish runner-up.
Watson's rink also set a Brier record for most points scored in a tournament (142) which still stands as of . Watson and his rink steamrolled through the competition thanks to their long slides, which caused controversy at the competition. Up until then, most curlers delivered their stones with a foot still in the hack, however the Watson rink slid out from the hack.[2] Despite their dominance, they did not claim the Brier title until their final round robin game against New Brunswick. With both teams having identical 7–1 records at the time, the match attracted the largest Brier crowd in history up to that point. The game was fairly lacklustre, however the last end was not. Watson had to draw against three New Brunswick stones on his last rock to claim the championship.[3]
The teams are listed as follows:[4]
bgcolor=#0033FF width=200 | British Columbia | Manitoba | bgcolor=#000000 width=200 | Northern Ontario | |||
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Granite CC, EdmontonSkip: George Wanless Third: Billy Rose Second: Dave Ritchie Lead: William Murray | Vancouver CC, VancouverSkip: William Whalen Sr. Third: William Whalen Jr. Second: J.W. Nation Lead: W.R. Broatch | Strathcona CC, WinnipegSkip: Ken Watson Third: Grant Watson Second: Marvin MacIntyre Lead: Charles Kerr | Campbellton CC, CampbelltonSkip: Reginald Shives Third: Earl Mowatt Second: Frederick J. McRae Lead: Harold Perley | Haileybury CC, HaileyburySkip: Emmett Smith Third: Daniel Millar Second: William Beecroft Lead: Melvin Robb | |||
bgcolor=#0080C0 width=200 | bgcolor=#FF0000 width=200 | Ontario | Prince Edward Island | bgcolor=#009900 width=200 | |||
Halifax CC, HalifaxSkip: Murray Macneill Third: J.R. Murphy Second: Charles Burchell Lead: A.L. Harrington | Sarnia CC, SarniaSkip: Hector Cowan Third: William McCart Second: Alex Hayes Lead: Murray Chilton | Montague CC, MontagueSkip: James McIntyre Third: C.K. Wightman Second: R.W. Beck Lead: I.A. Younker | Victoria CC, Quebec CitySkip: C.B. Bignell Third: Gordon Ross Jr. Second: K.O. Baptist Lead: Lionel Roy |
Key | ||
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Brier champion | ||
Teams to Tiebreaker |
Province | Skip | W | L | PF | PA | |
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8 | 1 | 142 | 59 | |||
7 | 2 | 110 | 77 | |||
7 | 2 | 103 | 80 | |||
6 | 3 | 90 | 80 | |||
5 | 4 | 96 | 85 | |||
5 | 4 | 95 | 80 | |||
4 | 5 | 87 | 94 | |||
2 | 7 | 77 | 137 | |||
1 | 8 | 78 | 111 | |||
0 | 9 | 72 | 147 |