Canadian men's curling championship
The 1955 Macdonald Brier , the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 7 to 11, 1955 at Regina Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan . A total of 51,725 fans attended the event, which was a Brier record at the time.[ 1]
Team Saskatchewan , who was skipped by Garnet Campbell won the Brier Tankard by finishing round robin play unbeaten with a 10-0 record. This was Saskatchewan's first ever Brier championship and the ninth time in which a team finished a Brier undefeated.
Following their win, the Scottish pipers played "The Campbells Are Coming " in their honour at the closing ceremonies. Speakers at the closing ceremonies included William John Patterson , the province's lieutenant governor, Ross Harstone , Tankard trustee and David M. Stewart of Macdonald Tobacco . Premier Tommy Douglas presented silver trays to the members of the Campbell team. Douglas announced that they would be honoured by the government in the provincial legislature and presented with gifts.[ 2]
The Draw 1 game between New Brunswick and Ontario was the first time that a Brier game went to a second extra end. The 14 ends were the most ends played in a game since the first Brier in 1927 when regulation games went 14 ends.
The teams are listed as follows:[ 3]
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Claresholm CC , Claresholm
Skip: Hugh Brown
Third: Oscar Markle
Second: C.L. Dodd
Lead: William Brown
Trail CC , Trail
Skip: Reg Stone
Third: Roy Stone
Second: Douglas McGibney
Lead: Hunt McKay
Strathcona CC , Winnipeg
Skip: Roy Forsythe
Third: Donald Lord
Second: Frank Muirhead
Lead: Donald Reid
Edmundston CC , Edmundston
Skip: Edgar St. Pierre
Third: Walter Brebner
Second: James Coster
Lead: Eugene Abbis
Newfoundland
Northern Ontario
Nova Scotia
Ontario
St. John's CC , St. John's
Skip: Norman Rockwell
Third: Leonard Oliver
Second: Norman Pounder
Lead: Carmen Rockwell
Granite CC , North Bay
Skip: Rudy Steski
Third: Robert Wyatt
Second: Owen Staples
Lead: Earl McCormick
Truro CC , Truro
Skip: Gerald Glinz
Third: Avard Mann
Second: Frank Hoar
Lead: William Peters
Royal Canadian CC , Toronto
Skip: Andrew Grant
Third: Walter Derrett
Second: Earl Hushagen
Lead: Ray Grant
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Charlottetown CC , Charlottetown
Skip: Wendell MacDonald
Third: John Squarebriggs
Second: Andrew Likely
Lead: Elmer MacDonald
C de C Jacques Cartier , Quebec City
Skip: Olivier Samson
Third: William MacDonald
Second: Gabriel Boivin
Lead: Aime Ouellet
Avonlea CC , Avonlea
Skip: Garnet Campbell
Third: Don Campbell
Second: Glen Campbell
Lead: Lloyd Campbell
Round robin standings [ edit ]
Round robin results [ edit ]
All draw times are listed in Mountain Time (UTC-07:00 )[ 4]
Monday, March 7 3:00 PM
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Samson)
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
6
Manitoba (Forsythe)
1
0
2
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
3
0
11
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Brown)
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
6
Nova Scotia (Glinz)
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
0
3
0
10
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Ontario (Grant)
3
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
2
14
New Brunswick (St. Pierre)
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
1
3
0
3
0
0
12
Monday, March 7 8:00 PM
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (St. Pierre)
0
4
0
1
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
9
Manitoba (Forsythe)
1
0
2
0
0
3
0
5
3
1
1
1
17
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Glinz)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
3
British Columbia (Stone)
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
3
0
4
3
0
19
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Northern Ontario (Steski)
2
1
0
2
0
1
0
4
2
2
1
0
15
Quebec (Samson)
0
0
1
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
8
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Brown)
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
5
Ontario (Grant)
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
2
1
0
13
Tuesday, March 8 9:30 AM
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Grant)
0
2
2
0
1
2
0
3
0
0
4
1
15
British Columbia (Stone)
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
5
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Northern Ontario (Steski)
2
0
3
0
1
2
0
1
0
1
1
2
13
New Brunswick (St. Pierre)
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Campbell )
1
2
0
2
4
2
0
3
0
0
3
1
18
Quebec (Samson)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
3
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Brown)
0
2
0
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
7
Manitoba (Forsythe)
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
4
0
2
1
1
11
Tuesday, March 8 2:30 PM
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
British Columbia (Stone)
0
1
0
3
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
8
Manitoba (Forsythe)
1
0
2
0
2
0
1
1
0
3
0
1
11
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Grant)
1
0
1
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
7
Nova Scotia (Glinz)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
3
3
1
0
1
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Brown)
1
0
3
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
8
Northern Ontario (Steski)
0
2
0
3
0
0
4
0
1
0
4
2
16
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Quebec (Samson)
0
0
3
2
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
1
11
Newfoundland (Rockwell)
1
2
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
10
Wednesday, March 9 3:00 PM
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Forsythe)
0
2
0
3
0
0
0
3
0
0
3
0
11
Nova Scotia (Glinz)
1
0
1
0
2
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Samson)
1
0
0
3
0
1
0
2
1
0
2
0
10
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)
0
3
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
4
0
1
12
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Rockwell)
0
1
0
4
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
11
New Brunswick (St. Pierre)
1
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
8
Wednesday, March 9 8:00 PM
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Rockwell)
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
7
Alberta (Brown)
0
4
0
1
1
2
0
2
0
2
0
2
14
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Glinz)
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
5
Northern Ontario (Steski)
1
0
1
3
0
5
0
0
2
2
0
1
15
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Forsythe)
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
4
2
0
0
0
9
Ontario (Grant)
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
1
2
8
Thursday, March 10 9:30 AM
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Rockwell)
0
1
0
1
0
3
1
0
2
0
2
0
10
British Columbia (Stone)
1
0
3
0
3
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
12
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
5
Alberta (Brown)
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
4
0
10
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (St. Pierre)
0
0
0
2
1
2
0
1
1
3
0
2
12
Quebec (Samson)
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
7
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Northern Ontario (Steski)
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
6
Ontario (Grant)
1
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
3
2
0
2
12
Thursday, March 10 2:30 PM
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Brown)
3
0
0
3
1
2
1
0
4
0
2
1
17
Quebec (Samson)
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Glinz)
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
3
0
2
10
Newfoundland (Rockwell)
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Northern Ontario (Steski)
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
5
Manitoba (Forsythe)
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
8
Thursday, March 10 7:30 PM
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Brown)
2
1
2
0
4
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
12
New Brunswick (St. Pierre)
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Grant)
0
3
0
1
3
3
0
3
0
0
4
3
20
Newfoundland (Rockwell)
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Quebec (Samson)
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
9
British Columbia (Stone)
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
1
10
Friday, March 11 9:30 AM
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
British Columbia (Stone)
0
0
4
1
0
2
0
2
1
0
1
0
11
New Brunswick (St. Pierre)
1
1
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
2
0
1
10
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Samson)
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
3
0
1
0
1
9
Nova Scotia (Glinz)
3
0
2
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
6
0
17
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Forsythe)
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
3
1
11
Newfoundland (Rockwell)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
3
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Ontario (Grant)
0
2
1
2
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
9
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
8
Friday, March 11 2:30 PM
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Samson)
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
1
0
6
Ontario (Grant)
1
0
0
2
1
0
2
0
2
0
0
4
12
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Forsythe)
0
1
1
0
2
2
0
1
2
0
1
0
10
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
2
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
British Columbia (Stone)
0
3
1
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
9
Alberta (Brown)
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
3
0
1
1
8
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (St. Pierre)
0
0
3
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
7
Nova Scotia (Glinz)
4
1
0
3
0
1
0
2
1
1
0
1
14
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Rockwell)
2
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
7
Northern Ontario (Steski)
0
1
2
0
3
0
2
1
0
1
0
1
11
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