1939 Macdonald Brier

The 1939 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 5 to 9, 1939 at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario.^[1]

1939 Macdonald Brier
Host city	Toronto, Ontario
Arena	Granite Curling Club
Dates	March 5–9
Winner	Ontario
Curling club	Kitchener Granite CC, Kitchener
Skip	Bert Hall
Third	Perry Hall
Second	Ernie Parkes
Lead	Campbell Seagram
Finalist	Manitoba (Ross Kennedy)
« 1938 1940 »

Both Team Manitoba and Team Ontario finished round robin play with 8-1 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff for the Brier championship. Ontario, who was skipped by Bert Hall, won the tiebreaker game over Manitoba 12-10 to capture Ontario's second Brier Tankard.

Event Summary

After the sixth draw, there were five teams that had a chance at winning the Brier: British Columbia, Manitoba, Northern Ontario, Ontario, and Saskatchewan. Both British Columbia and Ontario were undefeated at 6-0 while Manitoba and Northern Ontario had one loss each, and Saskatchewan with two losses.

Both undefeated teams and one loss teams would play each other in the next draw (Draw 7) with Ontario would win the battle of unbeatens over British Columbia 13-8 while Manitoba edged Northern Ontario 11-10. In the next draw, Northern Ontario eliminated Saskatchewan 9-8, but were eliminated themselves when Manitoba beat British Columbia 14-7 while Ontario remained unbeaten with a 13-8 win over Alberta.

With one draw remaining, Ontario only needed a win or a Manitoba loss to Saskatchewan to clinch the Brier while Manitoba had to win and hope Ontario would lose to Northern Ontario to force a playoff. Manitoba's wishes came true as they held off Saskatchewan 12-10 and Northern Ontario handed Ontario a 13-5 defeat forcing a tiebreaker game between Ontario and Manitoba as they both finished 8-1 in round robin play.

In the playoff, Ontario would jump out to a 7-2 lead after the fourth end. But Manitoba would charge back and after a steal of one in the tenth, Manitoba cut the lead to 10-9 with two ends left. Ontario pulled away and scored two in the eleventh. With Manitoba only scoring one in the last end, Ontario clinched the Brier Tankard for the second time.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[2]

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba	New Brunswick	Northern Ontario
Calgary CC, Calgary Skip: Howard Palmer Third: Jacob Curliss Second: Ernest Irving Lead: St. Clair Webb	Hasting CC, Vancouver Skip: Roland David Third: Francis Avery Second: Roland Wickstrom Lead: George Law	Strathcona CC, Winnipeg Skip: Ross Kennedy Third: William MacDonald Second: Robert Hume Lead: Clair Wells	Fredericton CC, Fredericton Skip: Walter Limerick Third: Arthur Limerick Second: Victor Limerick Lead: James Howie	Haileybury CC, Haileybury Skip: Daniel Millar Third: Duncan Sutherland Second: William Beecroft Lead: Lorne Umphrey
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island	Quebec	Saskatchewan
Mayflower CC, Halifax Skip: Charles Durrant Third: Frank Arthur Second: John Wood Lead: Horton Norman	Kitchener Granite CC, Kitchener Skip: Bert Hall Third: Perry Hall Second: Ernie Parkes Lead: Campbell Seagram	Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Rankine McLaine Third: Gordon Hughes Second: Heath McIntrye Lead: Charles Williams	Quebec CC, Quebec City Skip: Robert Cream Third: Edward Thompson Second: Edward Ployart Lead: Samuel Trueman	Prince Albert CC, Prince Albert Skip: George Dunbar Third: John Brower Second: Robert Glass Lead: James McNeill

Round Robin standings

Key
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Province	Skip	W	L	PF	PA
Ontario	Bert Hall	8	1	105	66
Manitoba	Ross Kennedy	8	1	113	65
British Columbia	Roland David	7	2	105	79
Northern Ontario	Daniel Millar	7	2	107	76
Saskatchewan	George Dunbar	5	4	96	81
Alberta	Howard Palmer	4	5	87	85
Nova Scotia	Charles Durrant	3	6	79	108
New Brunswick	Walter Limerick	2	7	68	101
Prince Edward Island	Rankine McLaine	1	8	72	127
Quebec	Robert Cream	0	9	71	115

Round Robin results

Draw 1

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Prince Edward Island (McLaine)	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
British Columbia (David)	4	0	0	1	2	4	0	3	2	1	1	3	21

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Nova Scotia (Durrant)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	5
Ontario (Hall)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	2	11

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
New Brunswick (Limerick)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	6
Northern Ontario (Millar)	1	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	13

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Palmer)	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	10
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	3	1	0	1	12

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Cream)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	6
Manitoba (Kennedy)	4	0	2	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	5	1	20

Draw 2

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Nova Scotia (Durrant)	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	8
British Columbia (David)	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	2	11

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)	0	2	0	0	3	0	4	2	0	2	0	0	13
Prince Edward Island (McLaine)	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Ontario (Hall)	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	3	1	1	0	3	13
Quebec (Cream)	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Kennedy)	1	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	1	10
New Brunswick (Limerick)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Northern Ontario (Millar)	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	10
Alberta (Palmer)	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	9

Draw 3

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
British Columbia (David)	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	10
Quebec (Cream)	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Northern Ontario (Millar)	1	2	0	4	0	2	2	1	2	0	3	0	17
Prince Edward Island (McLaine)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
New Brunswick (Limerick)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	4
Ontario (Hall)	2	0	2	3	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	2	15

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Nova Scotia (Durrant)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	5
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)	0	3	1	0	1	3	1	1	2	0	0	2	14

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Palmer)	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	1	8
Manitoba (Kennedy)	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	9

Draw 4

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Kennedy)	1	0	4	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	2	3	16
Nova Scotia (Durrant)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (David)	0	2	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	10
Alberta (Palmer)	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Cream)	0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	9
Northern Ontario (Millar)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	0	3	12

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Prince Edward Island (McLaine)	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	9
Ontario (Hall)	1	0	0	2	0	3	5	0	1	3	0	3	18

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
New Brunswick (Limerick)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	0	2	0	10

Draw 5

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
New Brunswick (Limerick)	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	11
Nova Scotia (Durrant)	4	0	3	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	13

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Kennedy)	3	3	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	3	0	2	16
Prince Edward Island (McLaine)	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Cream)	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	9
Alberta (Palmer)	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	4	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (David)	0	3	1	2	0	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	14
Northern Ontario (Millar)	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	10

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Ontario (Hall)	1	0	0	3	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	9
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	1	8

Draw 6

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Nova Scotia (Durrant)	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	6
Northern Ontario (Millar)	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	13

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Cream)	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	7
New Brunswick (Limerick)	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	13

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Prince Edward Island (McLaine)	2	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	8
Alberta (Palmer)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	1	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	7
British Columbia (David)	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	0	0	1	12

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Kennedy)	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
Ontario (Hall)	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	8

Draw 7

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Palmer)	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	2	2	0	1	12
New Brunswick (Limerick)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Prince Edward Island (McLaine)	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	8
Nova Scotia (Durrant)	2	1	0	4	1	0	0	4	0	3	0	1	16

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)	5	1	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	14
Quebec (Cream)	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	2	1	0	0	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (David)	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	1	0	8
Ontario (Hall)	1	1	0	1	5	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	13

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Kennedy)	0	4	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	11
Northern Ontario (Millar)	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	1	10

Draw 8

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Prince Edward Island (McLaine)	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	9
New Brunswick (Limerick)	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	1	1	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Northern Ontario (Millar)	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	9
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Cream)	1	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	11
Nova Scotia (Durrant)	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	12

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (David)	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	7
Manitoba (Kennedy)	0	2	0	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	4	1	14

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Palmer)	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	8
Ontario (Hall)	0	0	1	0	4	0	3	0	2	2	0	1	13

Draw 9

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Cream)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	6
Prince Edward Island (McLaine)	1	0	1	1	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	11

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	10
Manitoba (Kennedy)	0	3	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	12

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (David)	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	12
New Brunswick (Limerick)	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Ontario (Hall)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	5
Northern Ontario (Millar)	1	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	3	13

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Palmer)	1	4	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	13
Nova Scotia (Durrant)	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	9

Tiebreaker

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Ontario (Hall)	0	2	2	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	12
Manitoba (Kennedy)	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	0	1	10