The 1942 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 2 to 5, 1942 at Quebec Arena in Quebec City, Quebec.[1]

1942 Macdonald Brier
Host cityQuebec City, Quebec
ArenaQuebec Arena
DatesMarch 2–5
Winner Manitoba
Curling clubStrathcona CC, Winnipeg
SkipKen Watson
ThirdGrant Watson
SecondCharles Scrymgeour
LeadJames Grant
« 1941
1946 »

Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Ken Watson won the Brier Tankard by finishing round robin play with an 8-1 record. This was Manitoba's tenth Brier championship overall and the second Brier won by Watson's rink, who won their first Brier in 1936.

Both British Columbia and Ontario would finish tied for second with 7-2 records, which would've necessitated a tiebreaker playoff under Brier rules at the time. But due to the Quebec Aces hockey team needing the arena for their QSHL playoffs on March 7, it was announced that no tiebreaker playoff would be played and that the tie for second place would be allowed to stand.[2] This prevented a showdown between brothers Gordon and Donald Campbell were skipping Ontario and BC respectively.[3]

For the first time since the 1933 Brier, none of the games went to an extra end.[4]

Quebec's loss in Draw 8 against British Columbia was their 22nd straight loss in Brier competition, setting a record for most consecutive Brier losses. The record was previously held by Prince Edward Island, who had lost 21 straight Brier games from 1937 to 1939. Quebec's losing streak would eventually reach 25 games before they would win a game again in 1946.

Due to the onset of World War II,[5] the 1942 Brier would be the last Brier to be played until 1946. This would also be the only opportunity that Quebec Arena would host a Brier as the arena burnt down a few months later.

Conditions at the Arena were considered "tricky, almost unplayable".[3]

Teams edit

The teams are listed as follows:[6]

Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Northern Ontario
Viking CC, Viking

Skip: John Slavik
Third: Vincent Slavik
Second: Cecil Runyon
Lead: Kenneth Hilliker

Vancouver CC, Vancouver

Skip: Donald A. Campbell
Third: Francis Avery
Second: Robert Henderson
Lead: George Law

Strathcona CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Ken Watson
Third: Grant Watson
Second: Charles Scrymgeour
Lead: James Grant

Bathurst CC, Bathurst

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

Sudbury CC, Sudbury

Skip: William McMitchell
Third: Albert Cooper Jr.
Second: Don Groom
Lead: Albert Cooper Sr.

Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan
Bridgewater CC, Bridgewater

Skip: Irving Hebb
Third: Norman Rafuse
Second: Warner Bickle
Lead: Frank Cook

Thistle CC, Hamilton

Skip: Gordon M. Campbell
Third: Duncan A. Campbell
Second: William Kennedy
Lead: Rufus Stone

Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Russ Cruikshank
Third: Harry Sear
Second: Reginald Bell
Lead: Donald Gass

Huntingdon CC, Huntingdon

Skip: John Ross Jr.
Third: Erle Martin
Second: Christopher Newman
Lead: John Carr

Rosetown CC, Rosetown

Skip: John Franklin
Third: Fraser Heartwell
Second: John Lang
Lead: John Sansom

Round-robin standings edit

Key
Brier champion
Province Skip W L PF PA
  Manitoba Ken Watson 8 1 109 71
British Columbia Donald A. Campbell 7 2 111 88
Ontario Gordon M. Campbell 7 2 114 82
New Brunswick Daniel Connolly 6 3 106 77
Alberta John Slavik 5 4 91 83
Saskatchewan John Franklin 4 5 89 74
Northern Ontario William McMitchell 4 5 87 89
Prince Edward Island Russ Cruikshank 3 6 69 107
  Nova Scotia Irving Hebb 1 8 66 110
Quebec John Ross Jr. 0 9 50 111

Round-robin results edit

Draw 1 edit

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Slavik) 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 5 0 3 X 15
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Watson) 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 11
  Nova Scotia (Hebb) 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Franklin) 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Ontario (G. Campbell) 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (D. Campbell) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 1 10
Northern Ontario (McMitchell) 2 0 0 2 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 13
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Ross) 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6
New Brunswick (Connolly) 5 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 4 0 1 1 18

Draw 2 edit

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Franklin) 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 11
Alberta (Slavik) 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (McMitchell) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 10
  Manitoba (Watson) 0 3 0 2 0 3 1 3 3 0 4 0 19
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Connolly) 0 5 3 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 17
British Columbia (D. Campbell) 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Hebb) 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 1 0 2 0 12
Ontario (G. Campbell) 0 1 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 3 14
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Ross) 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 9
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 1 1 12

Draw 3 edit

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Watson) 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 3 1 3 1 15
New Brunswick (Connolly) 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Ross) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Saskatchewan (Franklin) 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 2 14
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (G. Campbell) 1 0 4 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 13
Northern Ontario (McMitchell) 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 7
British Columbia (D. Campbell) 2 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 13
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Hebb) 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 9
Alberta (Slavik) 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 12

Draw 4 edit

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (D. Campbell) 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 4 0 15
  Nova Scotia (Hebb) 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 X X 4
Ontario (G. Campbell) 4 1 1 1 0 6 0 0 4 5 X X 22
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (McMitchell) 0 1 0 4 2 0 4 0 0 3 3 0 17
Quebec (Ross) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Slavik) 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 8
New Brunswick (Connolly) 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Watson) 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 9
Saskatchewan (Franklin) 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 8

Draw 5 edit

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Franklin) 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7
New Brunswick (Connolly) 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 2 0 3 1 13
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (D. Campbell) 0 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 5 X 14
Ontario (G. Campbell) 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Slavik) 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 10
Northern Ontario (McMitchell) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Watson) 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 8
Quebec (Ross) 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 3 15
  Nova Scotia (Hebb) 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 7

Draw 6 edit

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Ross) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 6
  Nova Scotia (Hebb) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Franklin) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 7
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Slavik) 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 0 13
Ontario (G. Campbell) 1 0 3 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 3 14
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (D. Campbell) 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 1 1 1 1 0 13
  Manitoba (Watson) 2 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (McMitchell) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 8
New Brunswick (Connolly) 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 10

Draw 7 edit

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Slavik) 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 10
Quebec (Ross) 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Watson) 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 11
Ontario (G. Campbell) 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Franklin) 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 11
British Columbia (D. Campbell) 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 3 0 12
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Connolly) 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 10
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Hebb) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 X 6
Northern Ontario (McMitchell) 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 X 8

Draw 8 edit

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Franklin) 2 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 3 15
  Nova Scotia (Hebb) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Ross) 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6
British Columbia (D. Campbell) 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 3 0 13
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Watson) 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 11
Alberta (Slavik) 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (G. Campbell) 0 2 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 14
New Brunswick (Connolly) 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 10
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (McMitchell) 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 10
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7

Draw 9 edit

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3
  Manitoba (Watson) 0 3 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 X 14
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (G. Campbell) 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 X 12
Quebec (Ross) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Franklin) 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 10
Northern Ontario (McMitchell) 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Connolly) 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 14
  Nova Scotia (Hebb) 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (D. Campbell) 1 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 4 X 14
Alberta (Slavik) 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 7

References edit

  1. ^ 1942 MacDonald Brier - Curlingzone
  2. ^ "Manitoba canters to curling crown". Newspapers.com. Montreal Gazette. March 6, 1942. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  3. ^ a b The Brier, by Bob Weeks, pg 42
  4. ^ "MacDonald Brier Records - Curling Canada Stats Archive".
  5. ^ "Cancel Brier!". Newspapers.com. Regina Leader-Post. December 8, 1942. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  6. ^ "1942 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive". Archived from the original on 2021-12-19.