Scotch Cup 1959

Edinburgh Falkirk Perth

Venues: Edinburgh, Perth and Falkirk in Scotland

The 1959 Scotch Cup was the 1st edition of the curling tournament and was held from March 9th to 11th of that year in the Scottish cities of Edinburgh , Perth and Falkirk . The cup competition today has the status of the men's curling world championship .

The Scotch Cup was played in a series of five games between the teams from Scotland and Canada . The games were scheduled for twelve ends , but the fifth game was cut to ten ends.

Canada won the cup 5-0.

Participating Nations

Canada	Scotland
Civil Service CC , Regina , SK Skip: Ernie Richardson Third: Arnold Richardson Second: Garnet Richardson Lead: Wes Richardson	Airth Bruce Castle Dunsmore CC , Falkirk Skip: Willie Young Third: John Pearson Second: Jimmy Scott Lead: Bobby Young

table

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1.	Canada	5	5	0
2.	Scotland	5	0	5

Results

Round 1

• 09 Mar 1959 in Edinburgh

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	total
Canada		1	2	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	12
Scotland		0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	6th

round 2

• 10 Mar 1959 in Perth

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	total
Canada		0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	4th	0	11
Scotland		2	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	9

Round 3

• 10 Mar 1959 in Perth

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	total
Canada		1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	8th
Scotland		0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	7th

Round 4

• 11th Mar 1959 in Falkirk

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	total
Canada		0	4th	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4th	15th
Scotland		2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	9

Round 5

• 11th Mar 1959 in Falkirk

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	total
Canada		1	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	X	X	9
Scotland		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	2

Final score

space	country
1	Canada
2	Scotland

Web links

• results.worldcurling.org: Results database of the World Curling Federation (English)