Canadian men's curling championship
The 1952 Macdonald Brier , the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 3 to 8, 1952 at Winnipeg Amphitheatre in Winnipeg, Manitoba . Winnipeg became the first Canadian city outside of Toronto to host a Brier more than once. A total of 12,500 fans attended the event.[ 1]
Team Manitoba , who was skipped by Billy Walsh became the second team to capture the Brier Tankard in their hometown as they finished round robin play unbeaten with a 10–0 record. This was the thirteenth time that Manitoba had won the Brier and the eighth time in which a team finished a Brier undefeated. This would also be the first of two Briers won by Walsh , with his other championship coming in 1956 .
This was the fifth and most recent Brier in which there were no games that went to an extra end.[ 2]
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:[ 3]
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Bassano CC , Bassano Skip: Arthur Simpson Third: Aubrey Gore Second: Ronald MacLean Lead: Norman Dalsto
Trail CC , Trail Skip: Reg Stone Third: Scotty Ross Second: Maxwell Gordon Lead: Douglas McGibney
Fort Rouge CC , Winnipeg Skip: Billy Walsh Third: Al Langlois Second: Andy McWilliams Lead: John Watson
Fredericton CC , Fredericton Skip: Victor Limerick Third: Arthur Limerick Second: Craig Cartwright Lead: Richard Malloy
Newfoundland
Northern Ontario
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Corner Brook CC , Corner Brook Skip: J.W. Tomelin Third: Norman Hood Second: Alexander Fisher Lead: Austin Boyd
Kenora CC , Kenora Skip: Jim Guy Third: Jack Pike Second: Leo Fregeau Lead: Raymond Parnell
Truro CC , Truro Skip: Henry Blanchard Third: Avard Mann Second: Edward Henry Lead: Larry Hatfield
Peterborough CC , Peterborough Skip: Ralph Clark Third: Victor Brown Second: Kenneth Bissett Lead: Burritt Harrison
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Charlottetown CC , Charlottetown Skip: Frank Hansen Third: Christopher Gallant Second: Charles Kydd Lead: Harold McInnis
St. George CC , Westmount Skip: Kenneth Weldon Third: Ches McCance Second: Joseph Hawkins Lead: James Turney
Nipawin CC , Nipawin Skip: Frank Hastings Third: Nels Witherow Second: Alvin Turner Lead: Fritz Ostberg
Round-robin standings
Round-robin results
Draw 1
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Tomelin)
0
1
0
1
0
4
0
0
1
0
0
0
7
Alberta (Simpson)2
0
3
0
3
0
3
2
0
3
6
1
23
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Walsh )0
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
0
1
9
Saskatchewan (Hastings)
1
0
0
3
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Clark)1
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
7
British Columbia (Stone)
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Limerick)2
0
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
3
0
11
Quebec (Weldon)
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
6
Draw 2
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Simpson)
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
6
Nova Scotia (Blanchard)1
0
1
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
8
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Walsh )0
1
2
0
2
0
1
0
2
1
1
0
10
Quebec (Weldon)
1
0
0
1
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
1
7
Draw 3
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Limerick)
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
7
Ontario (Clark)0
1
0
1
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
1
9
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Weldon)1
0
0
2
3
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
10
Prince Edward Island (Hansen)
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
1
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Hastings)2
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
6
Newfoundland (Tomelin)
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
5
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Blanchard)0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
4
3
1
1
12
Northern Ontario (Guy)
0
2
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
7
Draw 4
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Simpson)0
0
2
2
0
1
0
1
1
0
2
2
11
Northern Ontario (Guy)
0
3
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Clark)
2
0
1
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
7
Manitoba (Walsh )0
2
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
1
9
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Hastings)
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
6
Nova Scotia (Blanchard)2
1
0
0
3
3
1
1
2
0
0
2
15
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Tomelin)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
4
Quebec (Weldon)1
1
0
1
0
0
3
0
1
0
1
1
9
Draw 5
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Hastings)
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
4
Alberta (Simpson)0
0
0
3
1
1
0
3
1
2
0
1
12
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Walsh )0
0
2
0
1
1
0
1
2
0
0
1
8
New Brunswick (Limerick)
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Clark)3
4
1
1
0
4
0
0
0
4
0
3
20
Prince Edward Island (Hansen)
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
4
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Tomelin)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
4
British Columbia (Stone)0
0
5
1
1
2
2
4
0
2
1
0
18
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Weldon)
2
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
3
0
0
0
8
Nova Scotia (Blanchard)0
1
1
0
3
1
0
3
0
2
1
1
13
Draw 6
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Weldon)
1
0
1
0
3
0
3
0
2
0
0
1
11
Alberta (Simpson)0
5
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
3
1
0
13
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
British Columbia (Stone)0
1
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
2
2
0
9
Nova Scotia (Blanchard)
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Northern Ontario (Guy)
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
4
10
Saskatchewan (Hastings)3
1
2
0
2
0
2
0
3
1
0
0
14
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Clark)1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
9
Newfoundland (Tomelin)
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
6
Draw 7
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Simpson)0
2
0
1
0
2
1
0
2
0
2
0
10
British Columbia (Stone)
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Clark)0
0
0
2
0
3
0
2
1
0
0
0
8
Nova Scotia (Blanchard)
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
1
1
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Tomelin)
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
5
New Brunswick (Limerick)1
0
1
1
0
0
2
2
0
0
1
0
8
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Northern Ontario (Guy)
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
7
Quebec (Weldon)0
3
0
1
0
1
0
3
0
1
0
2
11
Draw 8
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Simpson)0
2
1
0
2
0
1
0
3
0
1
0
10
Ontario (Clark)
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Tomelin)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
1
1
6
Manitoba (Walsh )1
1
2
2
0
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
12
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Blanchard)
1
0
1
4
0
2
0
1
0
0
2
0
11
New Brunswick (Limerick)2
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
12
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Hastings)1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
7
Quebec (Weldon)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
6
Draw 9
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Simpson)0
1
0
1
1
2
0
1
2
0
1
0
9
New Brunswick (Limerick)
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Blanchard)
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
5
Manitoba (Walsh )0
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
2
1
4
0
12
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Clark)
2
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
9
Northern Ontario (Guy)0
1
0
6
1
1
0
1
2
0
0
2
14
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Hastings)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
4
British Columbia (Stone)1
1
0
2
1
0
2
1
1
0
1
0
10
Draw 10
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Walsh )0
3
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
8
Alberta (Simpson)
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Weldon)1
0
2
0
2
3
0
1
1
0
0
1
11
British Columbia (Stone)
0
1
0
3
0
0
2
0
0
1
2
0
9
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Hastings)
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
5
Ontario (Clark)0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
6
Draw 11
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Simpson)1
0
1
0
2
0
2
2
1
0
0
1
10
Prince Edward Island (Hansen)
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Weldon)0
1
0
3
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
8
Ontario (Clark)
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
1
0
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Limerick)0
2
1
0
2
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
9
Saskatchewan (Hastings)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
5
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Tomelin)
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
Nova Scotia (Blanchard)0
0
2
3
0
1
2
0
1
0
1
1
11
References
External links
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