Historical Cup Pictures

If you look carefully at these pictures you will see that the original design of the Cup had a top. Nothing is known about the top's disappearance.

THE BATHURST TEAM MEMBERS

BACK ROW: A. O'DONNELL (2ND STONE); E. BRANCH (2ND STONE); F. O. LANDRY (1ST STONE); E. P. MACKAY (SKIP);

F. GATAIN (SUB SKIP); J. MACINTOSCH (SKIP); R. C. ROGERS (2ND STONE); JNO. POWER (1ST STONE);

C. H. ELLIS (SUB SKIP)

MIDDLE ROW: GEO. GAMMON (SUB SKIP); N. THIBODEAU (SKIP); J. A. LAVALICE (1ST STONE); P. J. BURNS (PRESIDENT);

A. C. BRANCH (1ST STONE); J. G. STOUT (SKIP); M. LUNNIGAN (2ND STONE)

FRONT ROW: A. MCINTOSCH (SPARE MAN); S. L. BISHOP (SPARE MAN)

NOTE: Today, we refer to the 'SUB SKIP' as the 'MATE'.

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THE McLELLAN CUP 1914

This is the oldest known picture of the McLellan Cup. It is of the Bathurst Curling Club teams that played and won the McLellan Cup match (#75) in Pictou, NS, on February 5, 1914. They went on to successfully defend the Cup in matches 75 to 88. In match 89, they lost to Moncton by one point. Again, the Cup has a top that has gone missing over the years. In the background, one can see what looks like shed doors that may have served as entrance doors to the original Bathurst club ice shed, since their club was only 5 years old at the time.

It is difficult to see, but in the lower right corner of the mat around the picture, you can find the embossed signature of the photographer, “Mersereau Chatham NB”. From research it was found that there is a collection of J. Y. Mersereau photos stored in the Archives of New Brunswick. They are a pictorial history of the Chatham area before and after the turn of the 20th century. Given the age and quality of the picture, we feel confident to assume this would have been the photographer.

The photograph is owned by Sheila Francis of Port Williams, NS. Shown in the picture are Allan Clyde Branch, her Grandfather and Ernest Branch, her Great-Uncle.

1926 McLellan Cup

Match 226

Sydney and Mayflower Curling Clubs

1928 Mayflower Curlers at Truro

Match 235

REAR (L TO R): E. Eveleigh, H. W. Gates, T. W. Mullane, E. Cameron, B. C. Woodworth, J. H. Buchanan

CENTER (L TO R): H. M. McLeod (Skip), C. W. Durrant (Skip), P. L. Cleary (President), A. Montgomerie (Skip), J. W. Jordan

FRONT (L TO R): W. F. Bedwin, J. D. Monaghan

1933 Sydney Team with the McLellan Cup

Match 296

REAR (L TO R): W. R. Tracey, H. C. Ballem, E. E. Shaw (President), L. I. Snell, S. H. Stevenson

FRONT (L TO R): W. D. MacKay (Skip), F. N. Farquhar, G. G. Spencer, G. A. Hault (Skip)

The Sydney Curling Club went undefeated during the 1933 -1934 season

Amherst Curling Club with the McLellan Cup Match 310

REAR (L TO R): J. C. Murray, A. H. Lamy, Hon P. C. Black, N. T. Avard, C. A. Crawford, E. S. Livingston

FRONT (L TO R): W. H. Tennant, C. B. Chapman(Skip), G. W. O'Brien(Skip), W. B. Calhoun, H. A. Webster(Skip), D. S. Briggs

Winners 1935