The 1938 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from February 28 to March 3, 1938 at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario.[1]

1938 Macdonald Brier
Host cityToronto, Ontario
ArenaGranite Curling Club
DatesFebruary 28–March 3
Winner Manitoba
Curling clubGlenboro CC, Glenboro
SkipAb Gowanlock
ThirdElwyn Cartmell
SecondWilliam McKnight
LeadEdward McKnight
« 1937
1939 »

Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Ab Gowanlock finished round robin play unbeaten with a 9-0 record becoming only the third team to win the Brier with an undefeated record. This was also Manitoba's eighth Brier championship overall. The defending Brier champions, the Cliff Manahan rink of Alberta finished runner-up with an 8-1 record as their only loss came to Manitoba.

Teams edit

The teams are listed as follows:[2]

Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Northern Ontario
Royal CC, Edmonton

Skip: Cliff Manahan
Third: Wesley Robinson
Second: Ross Manahan
Lead: Lloyd McIntyre

Vancouver CC, Vancouver

Skip: William Finlay
Third: Frederick Tinling
Second: Lionel Tinling
Lead: William LeSage

Glenboro CC, Glenboro

Skip: Ab Gowanlock
Third: Elwyn Cartmell
Second: William McKnight
Lead: Edward McKnight

Bathurst CC, Bathurst

Skip: Daniel Connolly
Third: Joseph Connolly
Second: John Kennah
Lead: Aurele Landry

Timmins CC, Timmins

Skip: John Walker
Third: Samuel Caldbick
Second: Robert Donald
Lead: John Gauthier

Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan
Mayflower CC, Halifax

Skip: Charles Durrant
Third: Henry McLeod
Second: Frank Arthur
Lead: Edward Simm

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: John Fraser
Lead: Charles Williams

Quebec CC, Quebec City

Skip: Robert Cream
Third: Sidney Annett
Second: Edward Ployart
Lead: Percy Woods

Prince Albert CC, Prince Albert

Skip: Manfield Humphries
Third: John Brower
Second: George Dunbar
Lead: Sudbury Reed

Round Robin standings edit

Key
Brier champion
Province Skip W L PF PA
  Manitoba Ab Gowanlock 9 0 116 62
Alberta Cliff Manahan 8 1 105 73
British Columbia William Finlay 6 3 97 75
New Brunswick Daniel Connolly 5 4 104 89
Ontario Bert Hall 4 5 99 92
  Nova Scotia Charles Durrant 4 5 93 103
Saskatchewan Manfield Humphries 4 5 102 97
Northern Ontario John Walker 3 6 81 107
Quebec Robert Cream 2 7 72 112
Prince Edward Island Rankine McLaine 0 9 62 121

Round Robin results edit

Draw 1 edit

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Manahan) 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 14
Quebec (Cream) 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Humphries) 1 4 0 1 3 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 16
Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Durrant) 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 8
Ontario (Hall) 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 4 1 0 4 14
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (Finlay) 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 9
New Brunswick (Connolly) 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Gowanlock) 3 2 0 3 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 1 16
Northern Ontario (Walker) 0 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 9

Draw 2 edit

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 2 2 12
Ontario (Hall) 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 14
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Walker) 1 1 1 2 1 3 0 1 3 0 1 0 14
Quebec (Cream) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (Finlay) 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 1 1 12
  Nova Scotia (Durrant) 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Humphries) 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 9
  Manitoba (Gowanlock) 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 10
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Manahan) 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 14
New Brunswick (Connolly) 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 9

Draw 3 edit

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 7
British Columbia (Finlay) 1 1 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Cream) 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 9
Saskatchewan (Humphries) 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 4 5 1 0 16
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Connolly) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 8
Northern Ontario (Walker) 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
Ontario (Hall) 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 7
  Manitoba (Gowanlock) 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Manahan) 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 12
  Nova Scotia (Durrant) 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 8

Draw 4 edit

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Walker) 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 11
Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Hall) 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 4 12
New Brunswick (Connolly) 0 4 0 4 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 15
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Manahan) 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 7
  Manitoba (Gowanlock) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 3 13
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Durrant) 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 2 1 3 0 1 13
Saskatchewan (Humphries) 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 10
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Cream) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5
British Columbia (Finlay) 1 1 0 4 4 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 16

Draw 5 edit

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Humphries) 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 5 1 0 13
British Columbia (Finlay) 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Walker) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 10
  Nova Scotia (Durrant) 0 0 1 2 3 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 13
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Cream) 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 11
Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Gowanlock) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 4 1 13
New Brunswick (Connolly) 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Hall) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5
Alberta (Manahan) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 8

Draw 6 edit

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Gowanlock) 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 2 2 0 1 14
Quebec (Cream) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Durrant) 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 7
New Brunswick (Connolly) 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 14
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
British Columbia (Finlay) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 11
Ontario (Hall) 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
Alberta (Manahan) 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 13
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Walker) 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6
Saskatchewan (Humphries) 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 13

Draw 7 edit

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (Finlay) 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 7
  Manitoba (Gowanlock) 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Connolly) 0 2 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 11
Quebec (Cream) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Humphries) 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
Ontario (Hall) 1 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 4 1 14
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Manahan) 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 15
Northern Ontario (Walker) 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Durrant) 3 2 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 2 1 3 18
Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3

Draw 8 edit

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Manahan) 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 11
British Columbia (Finlay) 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Gowanlock) 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 12
Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Durrant) 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 12
Quebec (Cream) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Hall) 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 2 17
Northern Ontario (Walker) 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 10
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Connolly) 2 3 0 4 0 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 17
Saskatchewan (Humphries) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 9

Draw 9 edit

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Gowanlock) 1 0 4 5 0 1 6 0 2 0 2 0 21
  Nova Scotia (Durrant) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Hall) 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 8
Quebec (Cream) 0 1 1 2 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 13
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Humphries) 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 10
Alberta (Manahan) 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Connolly) 1 0 4 3 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 15
Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (Finlay) 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 11
Northern Ontario (Walker) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 7

References edit

  1. ^ 1938 MacDonald Brier - Curlingzone
  2. ^ "1938 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive". Archived from the original on 2021-05-09.