1954 Macdonald Brier

{{Infobox curling

| Name = 1954 Macdonald Brier

| Logo =

| Size =

| Host city = Edmonton, Alberta

| Arena = Edmonton Gardens

| Dates = March 1–5

| Attendance = 32,000

| Winner = Alberta

| Curling club = Granite CC, Edmonton

| Skip = Matt Baldwin

| Third = Glenn Gray

| Second = Pete Ferry

| Lead = Jim Collins

| Alternate =

| Coach =

| Finalist =

| prev = {{Brier|1953}}

| next = {{Brier|1955}}

}}

The 1954 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 1 to 5, 1954 at Edmonton Gardens in Edmonton, Alberta. A total of 32,000 fans attended the event.{{cite web |title=EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf |url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2022/03/EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf |publisher=Curling Canada |access-date=25 April 2022 |pages=59 |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425203008/https://www.curling.ca/files/2022/03/EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf |url-status=live }}

Team Alberta, who was skipped by Matt Baldwin became the third team to win Brier Tankard in their hometown as they finished round robin play with a 9-1 record. This was Alberta's fifth Brier championship and the first of three by Baldwin as a skip. At age 27, Baldwin would also at the time be the youngest skip to win a Brier.

Baldwin is also remembered for pleasing the cheering hometown Edmonton crowd as during their final game against New Brunswick, he slid halfway down the sheet of ice when throwing his final rock of the event, which was legal under curling rules at the time, but was never attempted. The rock stopped right on the button, cementing Baldwin's status as a "rock star".{{cite news|last=Stock|first=Curtis|title=Brier consequences: Has it really been 59 years since that famous slide down the ice?|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/edmonton-journal/20130302/283296045000716|accessdate=June 13, 2021|newspaper=The Edmonton Journal|date=March 2, 2013}}{{cite web |author1=TSN.ca |title=Top 10 colourful curlers from the Brier (TSN.ca) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1uLdbk8B-g&t=72s |website=youtube.com |access-date=4 May 2022}}

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:{{Cite web|url=https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1954|title=1954 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive|access-date=2022-05-04|archive-date=2021-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509165305/https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1954|url-status=live}}

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!bgcolor=#0033FF width=225|{{font color|white|Alberta}}

!style="background:#09f; width:225px;"|British Columbia

!style="background:#FFCC33; width:225px;"|Manitoba

!bgcolor=#000000 width=225|{{font color|#FFFF00|New Brunswick}}

Granite CC, Edmonton

Skip: Matt Baldwin

Third: Glenn Gray

Second: Pete Ferry

Lead: Jim Collins

|Vancouver CC, Vancouver

Skip: Bung Cartmell

Third: Leslie Kitson

Second: James Dickson

Lead: Reginald Fry

|Deer Lodge CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Jimmy Welsh

Third: Alex Welsh

Second: Jock Reid

Lead: Harry Monk

|Beaver CC, Moncton

Skip: Richard McCully

Third: Wilfred Taylor

Second: Cecil McManus

Lead: Ralph Harley

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!style="background:#f57; width=200|Newfoundland

!style="background:#0c6; width:200px;"|Northern Ontario

!bgcolor=#0080C0 width=200|{{font color|white|Nova Scotia}}

!bgcolor=#FF0000 width=200|Ontario

St. John's CC, St. John's

Skip: Robert Kent

Third: John Norris

Second: Gordon Stirling

Lead: Gerald Hanley

|Granite CC, Sudbury

Skip: Don Groom

Third: Raymond Cook

Second: Robert McInnes

Lead: Thomas Callaghan

|Mayflower CC, Halifax

Skip: Reginald Piercey

Third: Wesley Burge

Second: Charles Piper Jr.

Lead: William Peters

|Hamilton Thistle Club, Hamilton

Skip: Ross Tarleton

Third: Rogert Cross

Second: Gordon Wilson

Lead: Ernest Lock

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!style="background:#090; width:200px;"|Prince Edward Island

!style="background:#008080; width:200px;"|{{font color|white|Quebec}}

!bgcolor=#009900 width=200|{{font color|gold|Saskatchewan}}

Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Wendell MacDonald

Third: John Squarebriggs

Second: Elmer MacDonald

Lead: Barry MacDonald

|Arvida CC, Chicoutimi

Skip: William Tracy

Third: William White

Second: Ford Loucks

Lead: William Wallace

|Avonlea CC, Avonlea

Skip: Garnet Campbell

Third: Don Campbell

Second: Glen Campbell

Lead: Gordon Campbell

Round robin standings

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|align=left|Brier champion

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bgcolor=#ffffcc \| Alberta	Matt Baldwin	9	1	125	67
Saskatchewan	Garnet Campbell	8	2	114	85
{{NS}}	Reginald Piercey	6	4	108	112
Northern Ontario	Donald Groom	6	4	107	77
British Columbia	Bung Cartmell	6	4	99	98
Ontario	Ross Tarleton	6	4	109	89
New Brunswick	Richard McCully	4	6	94	103
{{flag\|Manitoba\|1905}}	Jimmy Welsh	4	6	90	98
Prince Edward Island	Wendell MacDonald	3	7	87	100
{{QC}}	William Tracy	3	7	95	111
{{flag\|Newfoundland and Labrador\|1952\|name=Newfoundland}}	Robert Kent	0	10	57	145

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Time (UTC-07:00)

=Draw 1=

Monday, March 1 3:00 PM{{cite news |title=Baldwins Meet Tough Opponents During First Three Days of Brier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101017684/edmonton-journal/ |access-date=4 May 2022 |work=Edmonton Journal |date=March 1, 1954 |page=16}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = A

| team1 = Alberta (Baldwin)

|0|1|0|4|0|4|0|1|0|0|2|0| |12

| team2 = Saskatchewan (Campbell)

|3|0|1|0|1|0|2|0|0|2|0|1| |10

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = B

| team1 = Ontario (Tarleton)

|0|5|1|0|1|2|1|0|2|2|0|2| |16

| team2 = {{flag|Manitoba|1905}} (Welsh)

|1|0|0|3|0|0|0|1|0|0|2|0| |7

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = C

| team1 = Northern Ontario (Groom)

|2|0|1|4|0|3|1|0|1|2|0|3| |17

| team2 = British Columbia (Cartmell)

|0|1|0|0|2|0|0|2|0|0|1|0| |6

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = D

| team1 = {{flag|Newfoundland and Labrador|1952|name=Newfoundland}} (Kent)

|0|1|0|0|0|0|1|0|1|0|0|2| |5

| team2 = Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)

|1|0|1|1|1|4|0|2|0|1|2|0| |13

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = E

| team1 = {{NS}} (Piercey)

|0|2|1|0|0|1|0|3|1|0|0|3| |11

| team2 = {{QC}} (Tracy)

|4|0|0|2|3|0|2|0|0|1|1|0| |13

}}

=Draw 2=

Monday, March 1 8:00 PM

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = A

| team1 = {{NS}} (Piercey)

|0|0|0|0|0|1|1|0|0|0|2|0| |4

| team2 = Alberta (Baldwin)

|3|2|3|1|3|0|0|6|1|3|0|2| |24

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = B

| team1 = {{flag|Manitoba|1905}} (Welsh)

|0|3|0|2|0|3|0|1|0|0|0|2| |11

| team2 = {{QC}} (Tracy)

|1|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|1|2|1|0| |7

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = C

| team1 = New Brunswick (McCully)

|1|0|2|0|0|1|0|0|0|3|0|0| |7

| team2 = Saskatchewan (Campbell)

|0|1|0|2|1|0|3|2|3|0|1|1| |14

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = D

| team1 = Northern Ontario (Groom)

|1|2|0|2|1|2|1|1|0|2|2|0| |14

| team2 = {{flag|Newfoundland and Labrador|1952|name=Newfoundland}} (Kent)

|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|1| |3

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = E

| team1 = Ontario (Tarleton)

|0|1|0|2|0|2|1|0|1|0|1|1| |9

| team2 = Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)

|0|0|1|0|1|0|0|2|0|4|0|0| |8

}}

=Draw 3=

Tuesday, March 2 9:00 AM

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = A

| team1 = Alberta (Baldwin)

|0|2|0|2|0|2|2|0|3|1|0|0| |12

| team2 = {{flag|Manitoba|1905}} (Welsh)

|1|0|1|0|1|0|0|2|0|0|0|2| |7

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = B

| team1 = Ontario (Tarleton)

|1|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|1|1|0|3| |8

| team2 = Northern Ontario (Groom)

|0|2|0|2|0|0|1|2|0|0|3|0| |10

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = C

| team1 = British Columbia (Cartmell)

|1|1|0|1|2|0|3|0|2|0|0|0| |10

| team2 = {{flag|Newfoundland and Labrador|1952|name=Newfoundland}} (Kent)

|0|0|1|0|0|1|0|2|0|1|1|1| |7

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = D

| team1 = {{NS}} (Piercey)

|1|0|2|0|1|0|3|0|3|0|1|0| |11

| team2 = New Brunswick (McCully)

|0|3|0|2|0|2|0|3|0|3|0|1| |14

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = E

| team1 = {{QC}} (Tracy)

|0|1|0|0|0|2|0|2|2|0|1|0| |8

| team2 = Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)

|1|0|2|2|2|0|1|0|0|2|0|1| |11

}}

=Draw 4=

Tuesday, March 2 2:30 PM

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = A

| team1 = Alberta (Baldwin)

|0|1|0|0|1|0|1|1|2|0|1|2| |9

| team2 = Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)

|1|0|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|2|0|0| |5

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = B

| team1 = Ontario (Tarleton)

|0|2|0|0|3|2|0|3|0|0|0|0| |10

| team2 = British Columbia (Cartmell)

|1|0|1|1|0|0|2|0|2|1|1|2| |11

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = C

| team1 = New Brunswick (McCully)

|1|1|1|0|0|0|1|0|1|2|0|0|1 |8

| team2 = {{flag|Manitoba|1905}} (Welsh)

|0|0|0|2|1|1|0|1|0|0|0|2|0 |7

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = D

| team1 = {{NS}} (Piercey)

|1|0|4|0|1|0|1|0|2|0|0|2| |11

| team2 = Saskatchewan (Campbell)

|0|1|0|2|0|2|0|2|0|2|1|0| |10

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = E

| team1 = Northern Ontario (Groom)

|0|6|0|1|0|0|2|0|4|0|1|0| |14

| team2 = {{QC}} (Tracy)

|1|0|0|0|1|2|0|1|0|1|0|1| |7

}}

=Draw 5=

Wednesday, March 3 3:00 PM

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = A

| team1 = Saskatchewan (Campbell)

|2|1|0|0|0|0|2|0|0|2|0|0| |7

| team2 = {{flag|Manitoba|1905}} (Welsh)

|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|1|0|0|2|1| |6

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = B

| team1 = Alberta (Baldwin)

|0|1|0|2|1|0|0|1|0|0|0|1| |6

| team2 = Northern Ontario (Groom)

|2|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|1|0| |5

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = C

| team1 = {{QC}} (Tracy)

|1|1|0|1|0|2|0|2|0|2|0|0| |9

| team2 = British Columbia (Cartmell)

|0|0|1|0|3|0|2|0|3|0|1|1| |11

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = D

| team1 = {{flag|Newfoundland and Labrador|1952|name=Newfoundland}} (Kent)

|0|1|0|1|0|0|1|0|0|2|0|1| |6

| team2 = Ontario (Tarleton)

|1|0|3|0|3|2|0|3|1|0|2|0| |15

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = E

| team1 = Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)

|0|0|1|0|2|0|3|4|0|0|2|0| |12

| team2 = New Brunswick (McCully)

|1|1|0|4|0|1|0|0|1|1|0|2| |11

}}

=Draw 6=

Wednesday, March 3 8:00 PM

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = A

| team1 = Alberta (Baldwin)

|3|0|0|1|0|1|0|3|1|0|2|0| |11

| team2 = British Columbia (Cartmell)

|0|1|0|0|1|0|2|0|0|2|0|2| |8

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = B

| team1 = {{NS}} (Piercey)

|1|0|0|2|4|1|0|0|1|1|0|2| |12

| team2 = {{flag|Manitoba|1905}} (Welsh)

|0|1|3|0|0|0|2|1|0|0|3|0| |10

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = C

| team1 = Northern Ontario (Groom)

|4|0|1|1|1|0|2|0|3|1|0|0| |13

| team2 = New Brunswick (McCully)

|0|3|0|0|0|1|0|1|0|0|2|2| |9

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = D

| team1 = Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)

|0|0|0|0|1|2|0|0|1|1|0|3| |8

| team2 = Saskatchewan (Campbell)

|1|1|1|2|0|0|1|1|0|0|2|0| |9

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = E

| team1 = {{flag|Newfoundland and Labrador|1952|name=Newfoundland}} (Kent)

|0|1|0|0|0|1|1|0|2|0|0|0| |5

| team2 = {{QC}} (Tracy)

|1|0|3|1|1|0|0|1|0|3|1|1| |12

}}

=Draw 7=

Thursday, March 4 9:30 AM{{cite news |title=Baldwins Meet Tough Opponents During First Three Days of Brier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101017684/edmonton-journal/ |access-date=4 May 2022 |work=Edmonton Journal |date=March 1, 1954 |page=16}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = A

| team1 = New Brunswick (McCully)

|0|0|0|2|0|0|1|1|0|0|0|1| |5

| team2 = British Columbia (Cartmell)

|1|1|1|0|2|1|0|0|1|1|2|0| |10

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = B

| team1 = Alberta (Baldwin)

|2|2|0|4|0|2|0|1|0|5|0|4| |20

| team2 = {{flag|Newfoundland and Labrador|1952|name=Newfoundland}} (Kent)

|0|0|1|0|2|0|1|0|1|0|1|0| |6

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = C

| team1 = Northern Ontario (Groom)

|2|0|2|0|1|0|1|0|0|1|0|1| |8

| team2 = Saskatchewan (Campbell)

|0|1|0|3|0|1|0|2|0|0|3|0| |10

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = D

| team1 = {{NS}} (Piercey)

|2|0|0|3|0|1|3|3|1|2|0|1| |16

| team2 = Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)

|0|1|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|2|0| |4

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = E

| team1 = Ontario (Tarleton)

|0|1|0|1|0|2|2|0|5|1|1|0| |13

| team2 = {{QC}} (Tracy)

|1|0|1|0|4|0|0|3|0|0|0|1| |10

}}

=Draw 8=

Thursday, March 4 3:00 PM

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = A

| team1 = Ontario (Tarleton)

|0|2|1|0|0|1|0|1|1|0|2|0| |8

| team2 = Alberta (Baldwin)

|0|0|0|0|0|0|3|0|0|1|0|1| |5

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = B

| team1 = British Columbia (Cartmell)

|2|0|1|0|3|0|0|1|0|0|0|0| |7

| team2 = Saskatchewan (Campbell)

|0|1|0|1|0|0|1|0|4|1|1|1| |10

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = C

| team1 = Northern Ontario (Groom)

|2|0|0|0|3|0|0|0|2|0|0|0| |7

| team2 = {{NS}} (Piercey)

|0|1|2|0|0|2|1|0|0|3|1|2| |12

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = D

| team1 = {{flag|Manitoba|1905}} (Welsh)

|0|0|0|3|0|1|2|1|1|1|0|1| |10

| team2 = Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)

|1|1|3|0|3|0|0|0|0|0|1|0| |9

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = E

| team1 = New Brunswick (McCully)

|5|3|0|1|1|0|0|0|4|0|0|2| |16

| team2 = {{flag|Newfoundland and Labrador|1952|name=Newfoundland}} (Kent)

|0|0|1|0|0|1|1|1|0|1|1|0| |6

}}

=Draw 9=

Thursday, March 4 8:00 PM

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = A

| team1 = Northern Ontario (Groom)

|0|1|0|1|0|2|0|0|1|0|1|1| |7

| team2 = {{flag|Manitoba|1905}} (Welsh)

|1|0|2|0|4|0|0|1|0|1|0|0| |9

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = B

| team1 = {{flag|Newfoundland and Labrador|1952|name=Newfoundland}} (Kent)

|0|2|1|0|1|0|0|2|3|0|0|0| |9

| team2 = Saskatchewan (Campbell)

|1|0|0|3|0|5|4|0|0|2|2|2| |19

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = C

| team1 = Ontario (Tarleton)

|0|0|1|0|0|4|0|0|0|3|1|0| |9

| team2 = New Brunswick (McCully)

|1|1|0|0|3|0|1|2|2|0|0|2| |12

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = D

| team1 = {{QC}} (Tracy)

|0|0|1|0|0|4|0|0|0|3|1|0| |9

| team2 = Alberta (Baldwin)

|2|2|0|1|3|0|1|1|6|0|0|0| |16

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = E

| team1 = British Columbia (Cartmell)

|0|5|0|0|0|0|2|0|1|0|3|0| |11

| team2 = {{NS}} (Piercey)

|2|0|1|1|1|1|0|2|0|2|0|3| |13

}}

=Draw 10=

Friday, March 5 9:30 AM

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = A

| team1 = British Columbia (Cartmell)

|2|1|0|2|0|2|0|5|2|0|0|0| |14

| team2 = {{flag|Manitoba|1905}} (Welsh)

|0|0|1|0|1|0|2|0|0|1|1|2| |8

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = B

| team1 = Saskatchewan (Campbell)

|2|2|1|0|0|3|0|3|0|1|0|1| |13

| team2 = Ontario (Tarleton)

|0|0|0|2|2|0|1|0|1|0|2|0| |8

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = C

| team1 = {{QC}} (Tracy)

|0|2|0|0|3|0|2|0|1|0|3|0| |11

| team2 = New Brunswick (McCully)

|2|0|1|1|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|1| |7

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = D

| team1 = Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)

|0|2|0|1|0|1|0|0|2|0|1|2| |9

| team2 = Northern Ontario (Groom)

|1|0|2|0|3|0|3|2|0|1|0|0| |12

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = E

| team1 = {{flag|Newfoundland and Labrador|1952|name=Newfoundland}} (Kent)

|0|0|1|0|1|3|0|0|0|1|0|0| |6

| team2 = {{NS}} (Piercey)

|2|1|0|1|0|0|2|1|1|0|3|0| |11

}}

=Draw 11=

Friday, March 5 2:30 PM

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = A

| team1 = Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)

|1|1|0|1|0|3|0|1|0|1|0|0| |8

| team2 = British Columbia (Cartmell)

|0|0|2|0|1|0|2|0|3|0|2|1| |11

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = B

| team1 = {{NS}} (Piercey)

|2|1|0|0|0|0|3|0|0|0|0|1| |7

| team2 = Ontario (Tarleton)

|0|0|1|2|4|2|0|1|1|1|1|0| |13

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = C

| team1 = Saskatchewan (Campbell)

|2|0|0|0|2|0|2|0|3|0|3|0| |12

| team2 = {{QC}} (Tracy)

|0|0|1|0|0|3|0|2|0|2|0|1| |9

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = D

| team1 = Alberta (Baldwin)

|1|0|0|1|0|1|2|1|0|3|0|1| |10

| team2 = New Brunswick (McCully)

|0|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|2|0| |5

}}

{{Curlingbox12

| sheet = E

| team1 = {{flag|Newfoundland and Labrador|1952|name=Newfoundland}} (Kent)

|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|2|0|1|0|0| |4

| team2 = {{flag|Manitoba|1905}} (Welsh)

|3|1|2|0|0|0|3|0|3|0|0|3| |15

}}

References

External links

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