Curling competition at Toronto, Ontario
The 1928 Macdonald Brier Tankard , the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held February 28[ 1] Granite Club in Toronto .[ 2]
For the first time, a tiebreaker playoff would determine the Brier champion as Alberta , Manitoba , and Toronto all finished round robin play with 7–2 records. Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Gordon Hudson defeated both Toronto and Alberta in the playoff to win the Brier.
Event Summary
After a successful Brier in 1927 , the 1928 edition of the tournament was held again at the Granite Club in Toronto . For the first time, teams from Alberta , Manitoba , and Saskatchewan brought their own teams to the Brier. This increased the Brier field from 8 to 10 teams, which would last until 1931. In addition, regulation games would be shortened from 14 ends to 12 ends.
After a 7-0 start, it appeared that Team Manitoba would cruise to a Brier championship. But Manitoba would lose their last two games and finish in a three-way tie with Alberta and Toronto with 7-2 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff between those three teams. The trustees of the event did not anticipate a three way tie, so had to scramble to devise a format to resolve it. They opted for a round robin between the three teams.[ 3] [ 4]
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:[ 5]
Alberta
Manitoba
Montreal
New Brunswick
Northern Ontario
Rosetown CC , Rosetown, SK Skip: Joe Heartwell Third: Charles Taylor Second: John Lang Lead: Allan Duncan
Strathcona CC , Winnipeg Skip: Gordon Hudson Third: Sam Penwarden Second: Ron Singbusch Lead: Bill Grant
Granite CC , Montreal Skip: William Hutchison Third: N.D.McLeod Second: T. Howard "Thane" Stewart Lead: Roy Ormiston
Thistle CC , Saint John Skip: Johnny Malcolm Third: Bill Shaw Second: John Trigg Lead: Frank White
Sudbury CC , Sudbury Skip: Albert Tobey Third: Frank Muirhead Second: Bob Morrison Lead: Jim Scott
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Toronto
Sydney CC , Sydney Skip: Harry Stevenson Third: Hugh Ross Second: W.D. MacKay Lead: J.B. Lynch
Granite CC , Toronto Skip: Vic McWilliams Third: Ed Brower Second: John Brandon Lead: Bob Hamilton
Victoria CC , Quebec City Skip: S.G. Newton Third: E.L. Altheer Second: W.J. Banks Lead: J.E. Purcell
Regina CC , Regina Skip: W.L. McGillivray Third: Fred Graham Second: Ralph Teasdale Lead: C.S. Pace
Lakeview CC , Toronto Skip: Charlie Snow [ 6] Third: Harvey Sproule Second: Stu Graham Lead: Thomas Dale
Round Robin standings
Round Robin results
Draw 1
Tuesday, February 28 (morning) [ 7]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Montreal (Hutchison)
0
0
1
3
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
7
New Brunswick (Malcolm)4
1
0
0
0
1
3
0
1
0
2
3
15
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (McGillivray)
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
8
Toronto (Snow)3
0
3
1
0
1
0
0
3
3
0
0
14
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Stevenson)
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
1
0
1
0
1
7
Manitoba (Hudson )4
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
11
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Northern Ontario (Tobey)
0
0
1
0
2
1
1
0
0
3
0
0
8
Ontario (McWilliams)1
2
0
2
0
0
0
2
3
0
3
1
14
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Heartwell)2
0
1
2
2
0
0
2
1
2
0
1
13
Quebec (Newton)
0
2
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
2
0
7
Draw 2
Tuesday, February 28 (afternoon)
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Toronto (Snow)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
X
3
Alberta (Heartwell)1
0
3
2
1
2
1
0
2
3
0
X
15
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (McWilliams)0
4
0
5
2
0
5
0
1
0
2
0
19
Montreal (Hutchison)
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Newton)
0
3
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
4
2
11
Northern Ontario (Tobey)1
0
3
3
2
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
14
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Hudson )0
0
0
1
3
2
0
1
0
3
1
0
11
Saskatchewan (McGillivray)
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
2
8
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Malcolm)
0
1
1
0
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
2
9
Nova Scotia (Stevenson)2
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
2
0
2
0
10
Draw 3
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Hudson )1
3
0
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
2
2
17
Quebec (Newton)
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Heartwell)3
1
3
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
X
13
New Brunswick (Malcolm)
0
0
0
0
3
1
1
0
1
1
0
X
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (McGillivray)0
3
0
0
2
0
3
1
1
0
2
0
12
Ontario (McWilliams)
1
0
3
1
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
1
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Toronto (Snow)3
0
0
2
3
0
0
1
0
3
1
1
14
Montreal (Hutchison)
0
3
2
0
0
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
10
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Northern Ontario (Tobey)3
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
4
0
1
1
15
Nova Scotia (Stevenson)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
3
0
2
0
0
8
Draw 4
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Heartwell)
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
2
2
0
8
Saskatchewan (McGillivray)1
1
1
0
2
1
0
1
3
0
0
1
11
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Malcolm)3
0
0
0
0
1
5
0
0
0
3
1
13
Quebec (Newton)
0
3
1
1
1
0
0
2
1
3
0
0
12
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Toronto (Snow)2
0
0
1
0
5
0
1
3
0
2
0
14
Ontario (McWilliams)
0
3
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
11
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Nova Scotia (Stevenson)2
1
0
0
0
1
0
4
0
0
0
2
2
12
Montreal (Hutchison)
0
0
1
2
1
0
1
0
1
2
2
0
0
10
Draw 5
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Hudson )2
1
0
2
0
3
0
0
3
1
1
1
14
New Brunswick (Malcolm)
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
4
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Heartwell)1
1
2
0
2
2
0
0
3
2
0
1
14
Ontario (McWilliams)
0
0
0
4
0
0
4
1
0
0
2
0
11
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (McGillivray)3
1
1
0
1
3
2
3
2
0
0
2
18
Quebec (Newton)
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
4
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Northern Ontario (Tobey)2
0
1
2
0
1
1
3
0
4
0
0
14
Montreal (Hutchison)
0
4
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
1
2
11
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Toronto (Snow)1
2
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
3
1
0
11
Nova Scotia (Stevenson)
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
3
8
Draw 6
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Hudson )3
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
1
4
0
0
14
Montreal (Hutchison)
0
0
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
10
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Northern Ontario (Tobey)3
0
0
2
1
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
11
Alberta (Heartwell)
0
1
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
1
9
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Toronto (Snow)0
0
1
0
3
0
4
1
0
3
0
4
16
Quebec (Newton)
3
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (McGillivray)1
0
2
4
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
1
12
New Brunswick (Malcolm)
0
1
0
0
3
2
0
0
2
2
1
0
11
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (McWilliams)3
1
0
1
2
2
1
0
3
0
0
1
14
Nova Scotia (Stevenson)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
3
0
7
Draw 7
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Heartwell)5
2
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
1
2
X
14
Nova Scotia (Stevenson)
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
X
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Hudson )2
0
0
1
0
0
3
1
1
2
0
2
12
Toronto (Snow)
0
2
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
2
0
8
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (McGillivray)1
1
0
1
0
2
0
7
2
0
0
6
20
Montreal (Hutchison)
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
7
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (McWilliams)4
1
0
4
2
0
0
1
5
2
0
X
19
Quebec (Newton)
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
3
X
6
Draw 8
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Heartwell)0
4
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
9
Manitoba (Hudson )
0
0
2
1
0
1
2
0
2
0
0
0
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Newton)1
0
2
2
0
1
1
1
0
3
1
0
12
Montreal (Hutchison)
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
4
0
0
2
10
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Toronto (Snow)1
3
3
0
2
0
0
1
2
0
3
1
16
Northern Ontario (Tobey)
0
0
0
3
0
4
2
0
0
1
0
0
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Stevenson)3
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
5
0
11
Saskatchewan (McGillivray)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
0
2
10
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (McWilliams)0
2
2
0
3
4
0
1
0
0
0
1
13
New Brunswick (Malcolm)
2
0
0
1
0
0
4
0
1
1
3
0
12
Draw 9
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Ontario (McWilliams)1
2
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
9
Manitoba (Hudson )
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Toronto (Snow)3
0
1
0
2
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
12
New Brunswick (Malcolm)
0
4
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
11
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Northern Ontario (Tobey)1
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
3
11
Saskatchewan (McGillivray)
0
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
2
0
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Montreal (Hutchison)
2
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
9
Alberta (Heartwell)0
1
3
0
2
0
1
2
0
3
0
1
13
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Stevenson)3
1
0
0
4
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
11
Quebec (Newton)
0
0
2
3
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
1
10
Tiebreakers
Friday, March 2 [ 8]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Hudson )0
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
3
1
12
Alberta (Heartwell)
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
7
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Hudson )0
2
0
0
3
1
2
1
0
1
0
X
10
Toronto (Snow)
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
X
6
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Heartwell)0
3
0
4
0
1
0
1
0
0
3
0
12
Toronto (Snow)
3
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
0
1
0
2
11
Provincial and territorial playdowns
References
^ "The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search" .^ 1928 MacDonald Brier - Curlingzone ^ The Brier , by Bob Weeks , pg 29^ "Manitoba Curlers Capture Macdonald Brier Tankard" . Winnipeg Tribune . March 3, 1928. p. 13. Retrieved April 22, 2022 .^ "1928 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive" . Archived from the original on 2021-06-17.^ The Brier , Bob Weeks , pg 26^ "Manitoba and Alberta rinks twice winners" . Regina Leader-Post . February 29, 1928. Retrieved September 17, 2020 .^ "The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search" .^ a b c d "Rinks all ready for Dominion Bonspiel" . Toronto Star . Retrieved October 8, 2023 .^ Weeks, pg 28
^ "Lakeview Curlers Win Chief Trophy" . Windsor Star . Retrieved September 18, 2020 .
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