1938 Macdonald Brier

1938 Macdonald Brier
1938 Macdonald Brier
Host city	Toronto, Ontario
Arena	Granite Curling Club
Dates	February 28–March 3
Winner	Manitoba
Curling club	Glenboro CC, Glenboro
Skip	Ab Gowanlock
Third	Elwyn Cartmell
Second	William McKnight
Lead	Edward McKnight
	« 1937 1939 »

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]

Team Manitoba, 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

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

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

Draw 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[1] 1938 MacDonald Brier - Curlingzone

[2] "1938 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive". Archived from the original on 2021-05-09.

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