The 1929 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from February 26[1] to March 1, 1929[2] at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario.[3]

1929 Macdonald Brier
Host cityToronto, Ontario
ArenaGranite Curling Club
DatesFebruary 26–March 1
Winner Manitoba
Curling clubStrathcona CC, Winnipeg
SkipGordon Hudson
ThirdDon Rollo
SecondRon Singbush
LeadBill Grant
« 1928
1930 »

Team Manitoba won their second consecutive Briar Tankard with Gordon Hudson as skip finishing round robin play undefeated. This was the first time a team went unbeaten in a single Brier. Hudson also became the first skip to win back-to-back Brier championships.

Teams

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The teams are listed as follows:[4]

Alberta Manitoba Montreal New Brunswick Northern Ontario
Edmonton CC, Edmonton

Skip: Arnold Johnson
Third: Charlie Cairns[5]
Second: Stewart Williams[5]
Lead: Jack Hays[5]

Strathcona CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Gordon Hudson
Third: Don Rollo
Second: Ron Singbusch
Lead: Bill Grant

Thistle CC, Montreal

Skip: George Kent
Third: David O'Meara
Second: Bill McLuckie
Lead: William C. Hodgson

Moncton CA, Moncton

Skip: Wendell MacDonald
Third: Fred McAndrews
Second: Ambrose Wheeler
Lead: Harold Lockhart

Chapleau CC, Chapleau

Skip: George Nicholson
Third: Thomas Godfrey
Second: Frank Hamlin
Lead: William Thompson

Nova Scotia Ontario Quebec Saskatchewan Toronto
Halifax CC, Halifax

Skip: H. St. Clair Silver
Third: Al MacInnes
Second: Jim Donahoe
Lead: L.E. Sievert[6]

Lindsay CC, Lindsay

Skip: Frank Carew
Third: Walter Reesor
Second: Frank Williams
Lead: Dick Butler

Victoria CC, Quebec City

Skip: Archie Bell
Third: A.A. Fleming
Second: H. Huestis
Lead: E.E. Turner

Regina CC, Regina

Skip: Dick Ross
Third: Ash Parkinson
Second: Alex Smith[7]
Lead: Walter Nesbitt[7]

The Granite Club, Toronto

Skip: Ed Brower
Third: Jack Brower
Second: Stanley Beatty
Lead: Harry Howard

Round Robin standings

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Key
Brier champion
Team Skip W L PF PA
  Manitoba Gordon Hudson 9 0 120 54
Saskatchewan Dick Ross 7 2 110 85
Toronto Ed Brower 6 3 109 85
New Brunswick Wendell MacDonald 6 3 98 86
Northern Ontario George Nicholson 5 4 79 104
Ontario Frank Carew 4 5 91 91
Quebec Archie Bell 3 6 79 94
Alberta Arnold Johnson 2 7 82 109
  Nova Scotia H. St. Clair Silver 2 7 96 102
Montreal George Kent 1 8 64 123

Round Robin results

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Draw 1

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Hudson) 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 12
Toronto (Brower) 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (MacDonald) 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 10
  Nova Scotia (Silver) 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 1 5 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 15
Quebec (Bell) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
Alberta (Johnson) 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 11
Montreal (Kent) 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 10
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Ross) 1 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 14
Ontario (Carew) 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 8

Draw 2

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Hudson) 2 2 0 1 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 13
Quebec (Bell) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (MacDonald) 5 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 15
Saskatchewan (Ross) 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 3 11
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 2 0 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 13
Alberta (Johnson) 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Silver) 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 4 3 2 0 20
Montreal (Kent) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Toronto (Brower) 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 2 10
Ontario (Carew) 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 9

Draw 3

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Toronto (Brower) 3 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 2 0 1 14
Alberta (Johnson) 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 13
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 0 0 0 2 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 13
  Nova Scotia (Silver) 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Carew) 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 12
Quebec (Bell) 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Ross) 3 0 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 14
Montreal (Kent) 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 10
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Hudson) 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 11
New Brunswick (MacDonald) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5

Draw 4

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Hudson) 0 1 5 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 14
Ontario (Carew) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Toronto (Brower) 1 3 0 3 0 2 3 2 3 0 X X 17
Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (MacDonald) 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 4 X 17
Montreal (Kent) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Ross) 0 4 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 16
  Nova Scotia (Silver) 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 12
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Bell) 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 X 10
Alberta (Johnson) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 X 4

Draw 5

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Hudson) 0 3 0 3 2 5 2 0 1 0 X X 16
Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Ross) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 10
Quebec (Bell) 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Carew) 1 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 2 3 0 15
Montreal (Kent) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Toronto (Brower) 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 11
  Nova Scotia (Silver) 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (MacDonald) 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 12
Alberta (Johnson) 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 10

Draw 6

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Silver) 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
  Manitoba (Hudson) 0 5 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 X 12
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 2 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 11
Montreal (Kent) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Bell) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 7
Toronto (Brower) 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 14
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Carew) 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 14
New Brunswick (MacDonald) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Ross) 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 10
Alberta (Johnson) 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 9

Draw 7

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Hudson) 1 1 0 2 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 14
Montreal (Kent) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Ross) 3 3 1 1 0 1 4 0 1 1 X X 15
Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Bell) 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 3 0 13
  Nova Scotia (Silver) 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Carew) 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 2 12
Alberta (Johnson) 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Toronto (Brower) 0 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 16
New Brunswick (MacDonald) 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 9

Draw 8

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Bell) 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 11
Montreal (Kent) 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (MacDonald) 3 0 2 0 2 0 3 2 2 1 X X 15
Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Ross) 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 11
Toronto (Brower) 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Hudson) 4 1 0 4 2 3 X X X X X X 14
Alberta (Johnson) 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X X X X 1
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Silver) 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 13
Ontario (Carew) 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 9

Draw 9

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Ross) 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 9
  Manitoba (Hudson) 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 2 14
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Johnson) 0 0 2 1 1 0 5 0 0 2 0 4 15
  Nova Scotia (Silver) 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 14
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Toronto (Brower) 2 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 10
Montreal (Kent) 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 5 14
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Nicholson) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 9
Ontario (Carew) 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (MacDonald) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 4 11
Quebec (Bell) 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 10

References

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  1. ^ "Three Rinks Tied for MacDonald Brier Trophy". Vancouver Province. February 27, 1929. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "MacDonald Brier Tankard Won By Winnipeg Curlers". Vancouver Province. March 2, 1929. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  3. ^ 1929 MacDonald Brier - Curlingzone
  4. ^ "1929 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive". Archived from the original on 2022-04-13.
  5. ^ a b c "Western Rinks Leave". Montreal Gazette. February 25, 1929. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  6. ^ Brier Media Guide, "Macdonald Brier.xls"; pg3, "Macdonald Brier Teams - 1929"
  7. ^ a b "Ross Rink Wins in Saskatchewan". Winnipeg Tribune. February 11, 1929. Retrieved September 18, 2020.