1949 Macdonald Brier
The 1949 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 7 to 11, 1949 at Hamilton Forum in Hamilton, Ontario.
| 1949 Macdonald Brier | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Arena | Hamilton Forum |
| Dates | March 7–11 |
| Attendance | 16,500 |
| Winner | Manitoba |
| Curling club | Strathcona CC, Winnipeg |
| Skip | Ken Watson |
| Third | Grant Watson |
| Second | Lyle Dyker |
| Lead | Charles Reid |
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Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Ken Watson captured the Brier Tankard by finishing round robin play unbeaten with a 9-0 record. This was Manitoba's twelfth Brier championship and the sixth time that a team finished the Brier unbeaten. Watson would become the first skip to win the Brier three times as his rink won previously in 1936 and 1942.
This was the first Brier in which two teams (Manitoba and British Columbia) entered the final draw unbeaten and the first Brier since 1936 to feature a "winner take all" match in the round robin to decide the Brier champion.
This was also the fourth Brier in which there were no extra ends.