# 1929 Macdonald Brier

The 1929 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from February 26 to March 1, 1929 at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario.
Team Manitoba won their second consecutive Briar Tankard with Gordon Hudson as skip finishing round robin play undefeated. This was the first time a team went unbeaten in a single Brier. Hudson also became the first skip to win back-to-back Brier championships.

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Alberta | Manitoba | Montreal | New Brunswick | Northern Ontario |
| Edmonton CC, Edmonton Skip: Arnold Johnson Third: Charlie Cairns Second: Stewart Williams Lead: Jack Hays | Strathcona CC, Winnipeg Skip: Gordon Hudson Third: Don Rollo Second: Ron Singbusch Lead: Bill Grant | Thistle CC, Montreal Skip: George Kent Third: David O'Meara Second: Bill McLuckie Lead: William C. Hodgson | Moncton CA, Moncton Skip: Wendell MacDonald Third: Fred McAndrews Second: Ambrose Wheeler Lead: Harold Lockhart | Chapleau CC, Chapleau Skip: George Nicholson Third: Thomas Godfrey Second: Frank Hamlin Lead: William Thompson |
| Nova Scotia | Ontario | Quebec | Saskatchewan | Toronto |
| Halifax CC, Halifax Skip: H. St. Clair Silver Third: Al MacInnes Second: Jim Donahoe Lead: L.E. Sievert | Lindsay CC, Lindsay Skip: Frank Carew Third: Walter Reesor Second: Frank Williams Lead: Dick Butler | Victoria CC, Quebec City Skip: Archie Bell Third: A.A. Fleming Second: H. Huestis Lead: E.E. Turner | Regina CC, Regina Skip: Dick Ross Third: Ash Parkinson Second: Alex Smith Lead: Walter Nesbitt | The Granite Club, Toronto Skip: Ed Brower Third: Jack Brower Second: Stanley Beatty Lead: Harry Howard |

## Round Robin standings

Key :
* Brier champion
| Team | Skip | W | L | PF | PA |
| Manitoba | Gordon Hudson | 9 | 0 | 120 | 54 |
| Saskatchewan | Dick Ross | 7 | 2 | 110 | 85 |
| Toronto | Ed Brower | 6 | 3 | 109 | 85 |
| New Brunswick | Wendell MacDonald | 6 | 3 | 98 | 86 |
| Northern Ontario | George Nicholson | 5 | 4 | 79 | 104 |
| Ontario | Frank Carew | 4 | 5 | 91 | 91 |
| Quebec | Archie Bell | 3 | 6 | 79 | 94 |
| Alberta | Arnold Johnson | 2 | 7 | 82 | 109 |
| Nova Scotia | H. St. Clair Silver | 2 | 7 | 96 | 102 |
| Montreal | George Kent | 1 | 8 | 64 | 123 |

## Round Robin results
### Draw 1

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Manitoba (Hudson) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| Toronto (Brower) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| New Brunswick (MacDonald) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Nova Scotia (Silver) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Northern Ontario (Nicholson) | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Quebec (Bell) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
| Alberta (Johnson) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Montreal (Kent) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Saskatchewan (Ross) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Ontario (Carew) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |

### Draw 2

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Manitoba (Hudson) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Quebec (Bell) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| New Brunswick (MacDonald) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Saskatchewan (Ross) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Northern Ontario (Nicholson) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Alberta (Johnson) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Nova Scotia (Silver) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Montreal (Kent) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Toronto (Brower) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Ontario (Carew) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |

### Draw 3

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Toronto (Brower) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Alberta (Johnson) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Northern Ontario (Nicholson) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Nova Scotia (Silver) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Ontario (Carew) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Quebec (Bell) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Saskatchewan (Ross) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Montreal (Kent) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Manitoba (Hudson) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| New Brunswick (MacDonald) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |

### Draw 4

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Manitoba (Hudson) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Ontario (Carew) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Toronto (Brower) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | X | X | 17 |
| Northern Ontario (Nicholson) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| New Brunswick (MacDonald) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | X | 17 |
| Montreal (Kent) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Saskatchewan (Ross) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| Nova Scotia (Silver) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Quebec (Bell) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 10 |
| Alberta (Johnson) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |

### Draw 5

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Manitoba (Hudson) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 16 |
| Northern Ontario (Nicholson) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | X | X | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Saskatchewan (Ross) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Quebec (Bell) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Ontario (Carew) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| Montreal (Kent) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Toronto (Brower) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Nova Scotia (Silver) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| New Brunswick (MacDonald) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Alberta (Johnson) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |

### Draw 6

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Nova Scotia (Silver) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Manitoba (Hudson) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 12 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Northern Ontario (Nicholson) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Montreal (Kent) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Quebec (Bell) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Toronto (Brower) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Ontario (Carew) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| New Brunswick (MacDonald) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Saskatchewan (Ross) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Alberta (Johnson) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |

### Draw 7

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Manitoba (Hudson) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Montreal (Kent) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Saskatchewan (Ross) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | X | 15 |
| Northern Ontario (Nicholson) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Quebec (Bell) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Nova Scotia (Silver) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Ontario (Carew) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Alberta (Johnson) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Toronto (Brower) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| New Brunswick (MacDonald) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |

### Draw 8

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Quebec (Bell) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Montreal (Kent) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| New Brunswick (MacDonald) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | X | X | 15 |
| Northern Ontario (Nicholson) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Saskatchewan (Ross) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Toronto (Brower) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Manitoba (Hudson) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 14 |
| Alberta (Johnson) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Nova Scotia (Silver) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Ontario (Carew) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |

### Draw 9

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Saskatchewan (Ross) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Manitoba (Hudson) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Alberta (Johnson) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| Nova Scotia (Silver) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Toronto (Brower) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Montreal (Kent) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Northern Ontario (Nicholson) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Ontario (Carew) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| New Brunswick (MacDonald) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| Quebec (Bell) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |