Curling competition at Toronto, Ontario
The 1927 Macdonald Brier Tankard , the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held March 1–3 at the Granite Club in Toronto . This edition of the Brier would be the first, with it also being the first time it was hosted in Ontario, and the first time it was hosted in Toronto's Granite Club .[ 1]
Skip Murray MacNeill , skip of the Nova Scotia champion Halifax rink would win the inaugural tournament, leading his rink of skips (his original team couldn't make the trip) to victory.
The event began with an opening banquet with Ontario Lieutenant Governor William Donald Ross and Ontario Premier Howard Ferguson welcoming players.[ 2]
After successful trips by the winner of the Manitoba Bonspiel in 1925 and their participation in the Quebec Bonspiel being deemed popular enough to consider a national tournament in 1926, the Stewart brothers of Macdonald Tobacco would sponsor what would become the Brier in 1927. Played at the Granite Club in Toronto, the tournament would feature teams from four provinces, two cities, and a representative from Western Canada and Northern Ontario, the latter becoming a fixture at the Brier. It would be the only Brier that would have all games go 14 ends (with two games going to a 15th end to break ties)[ 3]
The teams are listed as follows:[ 4]
Round Robin standings [ edit ] Round Robin results [ edit ] Tuesday, March 1 (Morning) [ 9] [ 10]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Quebec (Whyte)
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
2
10
Nova Scotia (Macneill )0
1
0
1
2
0
3
2
0
0
0
2
2
0
13
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
New Brunswick (Malcolm)
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
1
9
Toronto (Scott)0
0
3
0
2
1
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
11
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Montreal (Lyall)3
0
0
0
3
0
2
3
2
0
1
1
0
0
15
Northern Ontario (Smith)
0
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Ontario (MacKenzie)1
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
2
13
Saskatchewan (Barkwell)
0
1
0
2
0
2
1
2
0
1
0
3
0
0
12
Tuesday, March 1 (afternoon) [ 11]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Montreal (Lyall)
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
3
0
0
8
Saskatchewan (Barkwell)4
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
4
0
13
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Northern Ontario (Smith)2
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
1
10
Ontario (MacKenzie)
0
2
0
2
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Quebec (Whyte)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
5
Toronto (Scott)1
0
1
3
1
1
2
0
1
2
0
0
1
2
15
Wednesday, March 2 (morning) [ 12] [ 13]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Quebec (Whyte)0
1
1
0
1
0
0
2
2
0
2
1
1
3
14
Montreal (Lyall)
1
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
New Brunswick (Malcolm)1
1
2
1
0
3
3
0
2
1
2
0
0
0
16
Ontario (MacKenzie)
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
3
1
10
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Saskatchewan (Barkwell)1
2
0
5
0
1
1
0
3
0
0
4
0
0
17
Toronto (Scott)
0
0
4
0
4
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
2
2
15
Wednesday, March 2 (afternoon) [ 14]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Final
Northern Ontario (Smith)1
2
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
11
Toronto (Scott)
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
4
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
10
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Quebec (Whyte)
0
6
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
13
Ontario (MacKenzie)1
0
1
0
4
0
0
1
3
0
0
2
0
3
15
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
New Brunswick (Malcolm)
0
0
0
2
1
0
3
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
10
Montreal (Lyall)2
1
3
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
3
1
0
13
Wednesday, March 2 (evening) [ 15]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Nova Scotia (Macneill )2
0
0
0
0
2
0
3
0
3
2
0
2
0
14
Toronto (Scott)
0
2
1
1
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
10
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Quebec (Whyte)
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
X
5
New Brunswick (Malcolm)0
2
0
1
0
1
2
0
2
2
1
1
1
X
13
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Montreal (Lyall)
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
X
8
Ontario (MacKenzie)0
3
0
0
5
2
1
0
2
0
1
0
2
X
16
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Saskatchewan (Barkwell)0
1
0
1
1
2
0
1
1
0
1
2
1
0
11
Northern Ontario (Smith)
1
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
9
Thursday, March 3 (morning)
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Saskatchewan (Barkwell)
1
0
1
1
0
2
1
1
0
3
0
3
0
0
13
New Brunswick (Malcolm)0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
5
0
3
2
14
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Montreal (Lyall)
3
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
9
Nova Scotia (Macneill )0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
13
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Ontario (MacKenzie)
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
4
0
3
1
1
15
Toronto (Scott)0
0
5
1
3
1
0
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
16
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Final
Quebec (Whyte)
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
10
Northern Ontario (Smith)2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
1
1
11
Thursday, March 3 (afternoon) [ 16] [ 17]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Quebec (Whyte)3
2
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
11
Saskatchewan (Barkwell)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
1
0
2
1
0
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Ontario (MacKenzie)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
4
1
0
1
1
9
Nova Scotia (Macneill )2
2
1
0
1
2
0
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
13
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Montreal (Lyall)
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
10
Toronto (Scott)0
2
1
0
4
0
1
3
0
0
2
0
0
0
13
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
New Brunswick (Malcolm)0
2
0
3
0
0
1
1
0
3
1
0
2
3
16
Northern Ontario (Smith)
2
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
8
Teams were chosen by invitation. Many provinces had yet to have provincial championships.[ 18]
Western Canada: Winners of the "Macdonald Brier event" playoff between Manitoba and Saskatchewan.[ 19]
Nova Scotia: "Four best players (in the province)." Macneill was chosen as winner of the Johnson Cup.
Montreal: Amalgamation rink, selected by the Granite Association of Montreal[ 20]
Northern Ontario: Winners of the Grand Aggregate of the Northern Curling Association bonspiel[ 21]
Ontario: A selection of the winners of the Ontario Tankard [ 22]
Toronto: Winners of the Canada Life trophy .
Quebec: Winners of the Quebec Bonspiel.[ 23]
New Brunswick: Selected by the New Brunswick Curling Association.[ 20]
^ "MacDonald Brier: Main" .^ Weeks, Bob; The Brier , pg 32
^ Tim Hortons Brier#History ^ "1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive" . Archived from the original on 2021-06-17.^ 2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters
^ a b The Brier , by Bob Weeks , pg 22^ "1927 Ozzie Barkwell Curling Team" .^ "Lyall, Lt. Col. Peter – CCA Hall of Fame | ACC Temple de la Renommée Virtuelle" .^ "The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search" . news.google.com .^ "1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive" . stats.curling.io .^ "1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive" .^ "The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search" . news.google.com .^ "1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive" .^ "1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive" .^ "1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive" .^ "The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search" . news.google.com .^ "1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive" .^ Weeks, Bob; The Brier , pp 22-25
^ "Ossie Barkwell to Curl at Winnipeg" . Regina Leader-Post . February 21, 1927. Retrieved September 17, 2020 .^ a b "Smith Rink of Haileybury is Curling Today" . North Bay Nugget . March 1, 1927. Retrieved February 4, 2022 .^ "Haileybury Rink Plays in Toronto" . North Bay Nugget . March 1, 1927. Retrieved February 4, 2022 .^ "Dominion Curling Tourney Proposed" . Montreal Gazette . October 18, 1926. Retrieved October 10, 2020 .^ "Eight in First Brier" . Regina Leader-Post . March 6, 1976. Retrieved October 10, 2020 .
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