The 1931 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 3 to 5, 1931 at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario.1931 MacDonald Brier - Curlingzone
Team Manitoba, skipped by Bob Gourley, captured the Brier Tankard with a round robin record of 8-1. This was Manitoba's fourth consecutive Brier championship. A tiebreaker game was played to determine the runner-up as both Ontario and Toronto finished the round robin with 6-3 records. Ontario defeated Toronto in an extra end 13-12 to finish runner-up.
This was the last Brier to feature Montreal and Toronto as their own teams.
The 1931 Brier was one of only two Briers (the other being ) to feature no ends that were blanked. This Brier also set the record at the time for the most extra ends played in a single Brier with six (five in the round robin plus the runner-up tiebreaker playoff).
Teams The teams are listed as follows: ManitobaNorthern OntarioRed Deer CC, Red Deer Skip: Robert Welliver Third: Joe LaFrance Second: Jack Fulton Lead: George LindsayStrathcona CC, Winnipeg Skip: Bob Gourley Third: Ernest Pollard Second: Arnold Lockerbie Lead: Ray StewartMontreal GCA, Montreal Skip: William Brown Third: Art Condie Second: Rob Braithwaite Lead: Harry WalkerBathurst CC, Bathurst Skip: Nicholas Thibodeau Third: Joseph Connolly Second: Daniel Connolly Lead: John KennahSault Ste. Marie CC, Sault Ste. Marie Skip: John Nicholson Third: James Shaw Second: George Murr Lead: Lloyd MasonOntarioMayflower CC, Halifax Skip: Henry McLeod Third: Charles Durrant Second: Frank Arthur Lead: H.W. GatesThe Granite Club, Toronto Skip: Ed Brower Third: John Rennie Second: John Brower Lead: Robert HamiltonCaledonia CC, Montreal Skip: Peter Lyall Third: Ormiston Roy Second: Howard Stewart Lead: John RoySaskatoon CC, Saskatoon Skip: Jack Miller Third: Bill McArter Second: Bert Barbour Lead: Percy Young Barrie CC, Barrie Skip: Selvin Meredith Third: A.D. Simon Second: Charles Beelby Lead: Albert Simon
Round Robin standings KeyBrier championTeams to Tiebreaker TeamSkipWLPFPA Bob Gourley 8 1 138 85 Ontario Ed Brower 6 3 111 73 Toronto Selvin Meredith 6 3 100 88 Saskatchewan Jack Miller 5 4 107 89 Alberta Robert Welliver 4 5 99 100 Northern Ontario John Nicholson 4 5 93 102 Quebec Peter Lyall 4 5 86 104 Montreal William Brown 3 6 83 113 New Brunswick Nicholas Thibodeau 3 6 84 96 Henry McLeod 2 7 75 126
Round Robin results
Draw 1
Draw 2
Draw 3
Draw 4
Draw 5
Draw 6
Draw 7
Draw 8
Draw 9
Tiebreaker
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