1947 Macdonald Brier

The 1947 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 3 to 6, 1947 at Saint John Arena in Saint John, New Brunswick.

1947 Macdonald Brier
Host city	Saint John, New Brunswick
Arena	Saint John Arena
Dates	March 3-6
Attendance	10,000[1]
Winner	Manitoba
Curling club	Deer Lodge CC, Winnipeg
Skip	Jimmy Welsh
Third	Alex Welsh
Second	Jock Reid
Lead	Harry Monk Sr.
« 1946 1948 »

Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Jimmy Welsh won the Brier Tankard after finishing round robin play unbeaten with a 9-0 record. This was Manitoba's eleventh Brier championship and the fifth time in which a team finished the Brier unbeaten.

British Columbia and Saskatchewan finished round robin play tied for second with 6-3 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff for runner-up where British Columbia would beat Saskatchewan 10-9. In the game, Saskatchewan skip Garnet Campbell missed a shot for six in the 11th end, scoring one instead. In the 12th end, BC scored a three-ender to win the game.^[2]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[3]

Alberta[4]	British Columbia	Manitoba	New Brunswick	Northern Ontario
Calgary CC, Calgary Skip: Howard Palmer Third: Bob Munro Second: Chub Irish Lead: Bill Watson	Trail CC, Trail Skip: Frenchy D'Amour Third: Robert McGhie Second: Frederick Wendell Lead: James Mark	Deer Lodge CC, Winnipeg Skip: Jimmy Welsh Third: Alex Welsh Second: Jock Reid Lead: Harry Monk Sr.	Fredericton CC, Fredericton Skip: Arthur Limerick Third: Walter Limerick Second: Victor Limerick Lead: James Howie	Kirkland Lake CC, Kirkland Lake Skip: Don Best Third: Thomas Marston Second: Lynn Williamson Lead: Harry McNabb
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island	Quebec	Saskatchewan
Mayflower CC, Halifax Skip: Jeffrey Flinn Third: Harold Lanaghan Second: Reginald Piercey Lead: William Ward	Toronto CC, Toronto Skip: Nicol MacNicol Third: Edmond O'Donnell Second: Gordon Denison Lead: Adam F. Spencer	Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Frank Acorn Third: Andrew Likely Second: John Squarebriggs Lead: Arnett Howatt	Victoria CC, Quebec City Skip: Robert Cream Third: Thomas Beattie Second: Herbert Simons Lead: Tomas DeWolfe	Avonlea CC, Avonlea Skip: Garnet Campbell Third: Glen Campbell Second: Lloyd Campbell Lead: Alexander Campbell

Round robin standings

Key
	Brier champion

Province	Skip	W	L	PF	PA
Manitoba	Jimmy Welsh	9	0	122	65
British Columbia	Frenchy D'Amour	6	3	90	75
Saskatchewan	Garnet Campbell	6	3	97	91
New Brunswick	Arthur Limerick	5	4	100	89
Northern Ontario	Don Best	5	4	94	77
Nova Scotia	Jeffrey Flinn	4	5	81	87
Alberta	Howard Palmer	4	5	95	78
Ontario	Nicol MacNicol	3	6	83	98
Quebec	Robert Cream	2	7	79	107
Prince Edward Island	Frank Acorn	1	8	60	134

Round robin results

Draw 1

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
British Columbia (D'Amour)	1	1	0	3	0	3	0	5	0	1	0	1	15

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Palmer)	0	2	1	4	0	1	0	0	4	0	2	1	15
Quebec (Cream)	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Ontario (MacNichol)	1	0	0	1	3	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	11
Saskatchewan (Campbell)	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	2	2	13

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Northern Ontario (Best)	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	8
Nova Scotia (Flinn)	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	7

Draw 2

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Palmer)	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	7
British Columbia (D'Amour)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	3	3	0	11

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Northern Ontario (Best)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	10
Manitoba (Welsh)	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	12

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Campbell)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	4
Nova Scotia (Flinn)	1	3	1	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	15

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	6
Ontario (MacNichol)	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	9

Draw 3

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Welsh)	2	2	0	0	3	4	2	5	0	3	1	0	22
Saskatchewan (Campbell)	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	7

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

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Nova Scotia (Flinn)	1	1	2	0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	12
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	2	2	0	9

Draw 4

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (D'Amour)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	9
Saskatchewan (Campbell)	2	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	10

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

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

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

Draw 5

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (D'Amour)	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	7
Manitoba (Welsh)	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	10

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

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

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Ontario (MacNichol)	3	2	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	17
Quebec (Cream)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	2	9

Draw 6

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Welsh)	2	0	3	0	1	0	3	2	1	2	1	0	15
Nova Scotia (Flinn)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Alberta (Palmer)	1	1	2	1	4	1	0	3	4	1	1	2	21

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Cream)	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	7
British Columbia (D'Amour)	0	1	0	4	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	12

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Campbell)	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	7
Northern Ontario (Best)	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	10

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Ontario (MacNichol)	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	8
New Brunswick (Limerick)	0	2	2	5	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	2	17

Draw 7

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Campbell)	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	3	2	3	1	1	18
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Northern Ontario (Best)	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	10
British Columbia (D'Amour)	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	3	1	0	11

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Nova Scotia (Flinn)	0	1	1	0	3	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	12
Ontario (MacNichol)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
New Brunswick (Limerick)	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	9
Alberta (Palmer)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	2	5	14

Draw 8

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Welsh)	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	7	2	1	0	4	18
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (D'Amour)	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	9
Ontario (MacNichol)	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	8

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Campbell)	0	0	3	3	0	2	1	0	3	1	0	1	14
Alberta (Palmer)	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	7

Draw 9

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Ontario (MacNichol)	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	6
Manitoba (Welsh)	2	0	3	1	1	1	0	2	0	5	0	0	15

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Nova Scotia (Flinn)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	7
British Columbia (D'Amour)	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	9

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
New Brunswick (Limerick)	0	0	4	0	4	2	0	2	0	3	1	0	16
Prince Edward Island (Acorn)	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	9

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

Playoff

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (D'Amour)	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	10
Saskatchewan (Campbell)	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	9