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 .
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.[1]
Event summary [ ] 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)[2]
Teams [ ] The teams are listed as follows:[3]
Halifax
St. John
Quebec
Montreal
, Halifax
Skip: Murray MacNeill Third: Second: Lead:
Saint John Composite Rink[a] Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
, Quebec City
Skip: Major Third: Second: Lead:
, Montreal
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
Toronto
Sarnia
Haileybury
Yellow Grass
High Park CC , Toronto Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
, Sarnia
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
, Haileybury
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
, Yellow Grass, SK
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
Standings [ ] Scores [ ] March 1 [ ] Draw 1 (morning)[7] [8]
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
Halifax (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
St. John (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
Haileybury (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
Sarnia (MacKenzie)
1
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
2
13
Yellow Grass (Barkwell)
0
1
0
2
0
2
1
2
0
1
0
3
0
0
12
Draw 2 (afternoon)[9]
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
Yellow Grass (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
Haileybury (Smith)
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
1
10
Sarnia (MacKenzie)
0
2
0
2
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
9
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
St. John (Malcolm)
4
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
2
0
4
15
Halifax (Macneill)
0
2
1
0
1
0
1
3
0
0
4
0
2
0
14
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
March 2 [ ] Draw 3 (morning)[10] [11]
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
St. John (Malcolm)
1
1
2
1
0
3
3
0
2
1
2
0
0
0
16
Sarnia (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
Yellow Grass (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
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Haileybury (Smith)
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
X
X
4
Halifax (Macneill)
1
1
1
2
0
5
0
0
2
1
0
1
X
X
14
Draw 4 (afternoon)[12]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Final
Haileybury (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 B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Yellow Grass (Barkwell)
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
2
0
3
0
0
X
9
Halifax (Macneill)
2
1
1
2
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
1
X
12
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
Sarnia (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
St. John (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
Draw 5 (evening)[13]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Halifax (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
St. John (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
Sarnia (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
Yellow Grass (Barkwell)
0
1
0
1
1
2
0
1
1
0
1
2
1
0
11
Haileybury (Smith)
1
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
9
March 3 [ ] Draw 6 (morning)
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Yellow Grass (Barkwell)
1
0
1
1
0
2
1
1
0
3
0
3
0
0
13
St. John (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
Halifax (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
Sarnia (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
Haileybury (Smith)
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
1
1
11
Draw 7 (afternoon)[14] [15]
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
Yellow Grass (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
Sarnia (MacKenzie)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
4
1
0
1
1
9
Halifax (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
St. John (Malcolm)
0
2
0
3
0
0
1
1
0
3
1
0
2
3
16
Haileybury (Smith)
2
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
8
Team selection [ ] Teams were chosen by invitation. Many provinces had yet to have provincial championships.[16]
Western Canada: Winners of the "Macdonald Brier event" playoff between Manitoba and Saskatchewan.[17]
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[18]
Northern Ontario: Winners of the Grand Aggregate of the Northern Curling Association bonspiel[19]
Ontario: A selection of the winners of the Ontario Tankard [20]
Toronto: Winners of the Canada Life trophy .
Quebec: Winners of the Quebec Bonspiel.[21]
New Brunswick: Selected by the New Brunswick Curling Association.[18] Notes [ ]
^ curled out of the in Saint John, out of the in Saint John, out of the (Campbellton ) and out of the (Bathurst )[4]
^ The rink represented all of Western Canada in this tournament, but were from Saskatchewan.
References [ ]
^ Weeks, Bob; The Brier , pg 32
^ Tim Hortons Brier#History ^ "1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive" .^ 2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters
^ "1927 Ozzie Barkwell Curling Team" .^ "Lyall, Lt. Col. Peter – CCA Hall of Fame | ACC Temple de la Renommée Virtuelle" .^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AbwtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5YsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6808%2C272828 ^ "1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive" .^ "1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive" .^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ArwtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5YsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3540%2C402671 ^ "1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive" .^ "1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive" .^ "1927 Macdonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive" .^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A7wtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5YsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6755%2C551972 ^ "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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