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 .[ 1]
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 1932 ) to feature no ends that were blanked.[ 2] 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).
The teams are listed as follows:[ 3]
Alberta
Manitoba
Montreal
New Brunswick
Northern Ontario
Red Deer CC , Red Deer
Skip: Robert Welliver
Third: Joe LaFrance
Second: Jack Fulton
Lead: George Lindsay
Strathcona CC , Winnipeg
Skip: Bob Gourley
Third: Ernest Pollard
Second: Arnold Lockerbie
Lead: Ray Stewart
Montreal GCA , Montreal
Skip: William Brown
Third: Art Condie
Second: Rob Braithwaite
Lead: Harry Walker
Bathurst CC , Bathurst
Skip: Nicholas Thibodeau
Third: Joseph Connolly
Second: Daniel Connolly
Lead: John Kennah
Sault Ste. Marie CC , Sault Ste. Marie
Skip: John Nicholson
Third: James Shaw
Second: George Murr
Lead: Lloyd Mason
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Toronto
Mayflower CC , Halifax
Skip: Henry McLeod
Third: Charles Durrant
Second: Frank Arthur
Lead: H.W. Gates
The Granite Club , Toronto
Skip: Ed Brower
Third: John Rennie
Second: John Brower
Lead: Robert Hamilton
Caledonia CC , Montreal
Skip: Peter Lyall
Third: Ormiston Roy
Second: Howard Stewart
Lead: John Roy
Saskatoon CC , Saskatoon
Skip: Jack Miller
Third: Bill McArter
Second: Bert Barbour
Lead: Percy Young [ 4]
Barrie CC , Barrie
Skip: Selvin Meredith
Third: A.D. Simon
Second: Charles Beelby
Lead: Albert Simon
Round Robin standings
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Key
Brier champion
Teams to Tiebreaker
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Montreal (Brown)
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
5
Ontario (Brower)
4
2
0
1
0
2
1
0
1
2
0
1
14
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Lyall)
0
0
2
0
0
4
0
1
2
1
0
1
11
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)
1
3
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
9
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Gourley )
2
2
3
0
1
0
4
0
4
0
0
0
16
Saskatchewan (Miller)
0
0
0
2
0
4
0
2
0
2
1
1
12
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Welliver)
0
2
0
0
1
3
0
5
0
3
0
1
15
Northern Ontario (Nicholson)
2
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
3
0
2
0
11
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (McLeod)
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
4
2
0
0
0
9
Toronto (Meredith)
3
1
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
3
2
4
18
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Miller)
2
0
0
3
0
2
5
0
2
0
2
0
16
Alberta (Welliver)
0
1
3
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
3
11
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Gourley )
4
1
0
0
3
1
1
1
0
3
0
2
16
Ontario (Brower)
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Northern Ontario (Nicholson)
2
3
1
0
1
2
1
0
0
2
1
1
14
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Toronto (Meredith)
0
1
0
1
1
2
1
0
2
2
0
0
10
Montreal (Brown)
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
3
9
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Lyall)
0
4
3
1
0
0
0
1
3
1
1
4
18
Nova Scotia (McLeod)
2
0
0
0
3
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
8
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Welliver)
0
1
0
1
3
3
1
0
0
3
0
1
13
Montreal (Brown)
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
3
0
10
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Toronto (Meredith)
1
1
2
1
0
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
10
Northern Ontario (Nicholson)
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
3
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Miller)
2
2
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
11
Ontario (Brower)
0
0
1
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
2
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Gourley )
2
0
2
0
2
1
1
3
4
0
4
0
19
Quebec (Lyall)
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
6
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (McLeod)
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
2
X
9
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)
0
1
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
X
6
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Brower)
2
0
0
1
0
3
1
2
3
0
2
0
14
Alberta (Welliver)
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Saskatchewan (Miller)
1
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
9
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)
0
0
1
1
0
2
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Manitoba (Gourley )
3
0
1
1
0
3
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
11
Toronto (Meredith)
0
2
0
0
3
0
2
1
0
1
0
1
0
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Northern Ontario (Nicholson)
0
0
0
0
2
4
0
2
2
2
0
0
12
Quebec (Lyall)
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
11
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Montreal (Brown)
3
0
0
1
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
10
Nova Scotia (McLeod)
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
9
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Montreal (Brown)
7
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
15
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
3
1
0
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Miller)
3
0
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
X
15
Toronto (Meredith)
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
X
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Brower)
1
4
0
2
3
1
0
2
1
1
1
1
17
Quebec (Lyall)
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Gourley )
0
0
0
0
4
3
1
1
0
1
0
1
11
Alberta (Welliver)
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
10
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (McLeod)
0
2
2
0
1
0
1
1
0
2
1
1
11
Northern Ontario (Nicholson)
4
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
10
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Montreal (Brown)
0
1
0
0
3
2
0
2
4
0
1
1
14
Saskatchewan (Miller)
2
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
4
0
0
10
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Toronto (Meredith)
5
1
1
0
4
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
15
Quebec (Lyall)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
4
0
3
0
2
10
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)
1
0
1
3
0
0
3
0
2
0
4
0
14
Alberta (Welliver)
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
4
0
1
0
1
9
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Brower)
2
0
1
1
0
2
1
2
0
2
2
X
13
Nova Scotia (McLeod)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
X
3
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Northern Ontario (Nicholson)
1
0
0
1
0
2
2
0
3
0
2
1
12
Saskatchewan (Miller)
0
2
4
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
10
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Ontario (Brower)
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
1
0
1
1
1
2
11
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)
4
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
9
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Toronto (Meredith)
2
3
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
13
Alberta (Welliver)
0
0
1
0
1
0
4
2
0
0
0
0
8
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Gourley )
1
0
0
0
6
0
0
2
0
5
0
2
16
Nova Scotia (McLeod)
0
3
1
2
0
3
1
0
2
0
2
0
14
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Lyall)
2
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
X
13
Montreal (Brown)
0
1
1
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
X
6
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Gourley )
0
4
1
5
0
5
0
1
1
0
0
5
22
Montreal (Brown)
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Welliver)
3
1
2
3
2
0
1
0
3
1
1
0
17
Nova Scotia (McLeod)
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
0
1
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Lyall)
0
1
3
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
2
10
Saskatchewan (Miller)
1
0
0
3
3
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Thibodeau)
0
4
1
0
0
3
0
1
0
1
0
1
11
Toronto (Meredith)
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
8
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Brower)
4
0
4
0
1
0
0
3
0
2
0
X
14
Northern Ontario (Nicholson)
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
0
1
0
1
X
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Toronto (Meredith)
2
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
2
0
3
2
13
Ontario (Brower)
0
1
0
2
0
0
5
0
2
0
1
0
0
11
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Northern Ontario (Nicholson)
1
1
0
0
1
0
2
4
2
3
0
0
14
Montreal (Brown)
0
0
3
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
8
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Welliver)
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
2
1
1
1
1
9
Quebec (Lyall)
1
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
5
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Miller)
1
2
0
6
1
0
3
0
3
1
1
0
18
Nova Scotia (McLeod)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
3
6
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Ontario (Brower)
3
0
2
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
1
13
Toronto (Meredith)
0
1
0
1
0
3
2
1
1
2
0
1
0
12