New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games

New Zealand at the
1938 British Empire Games
CGF code NZL
CGA New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association
Website www.olympic.org.nz
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Competitors 69
Flag bearer Opening: Jim Leckie
Closing:
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
5
Silver
7
Bronze
13
Total
25
Officials 13
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games was represented by a team of 69 competitors and 13 officials, including 18 athletes, 15 rowers, eight swimmers and divers, and seven each of boxers, cyclists and wrestlers.[1] Selection of the team for the Games in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was Jim Leckie. The New Zealand team finished fifth on the medal table, winning a total of 25 medals, five of which were gold.

New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

Medal tables

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldPat BootAthleticsMen's 880 yards
 GoldCecil MatthewsAthleticsMen's 3 miles
 GoldCecil MatthewsAthleticsMen's 6 miles
 GoldBill Bremner, Ernie Jury, Alec Robertson, Bill WhittakerLawn bowlsMen's four
 GoldWalter Denison, Lance MaceyLawn bowlsMen's pairs
 SilverStan LayAthleticsMen's javelin throw
 SilverDarcy HeeneyBoxingMen's welterweight
 SilverJohn BrownCyclingMen's road race
 SilverFrank LivingstoneLawn bowlsMen's singles
 SilverKenneth Boswell, George Burns (cox), Jim Clayton, Albert Hope, John RigbyRowingMen's coxed four
 SilverVernon ThomasWrestlingMen's lightweight
 SilverJim DrydenWrestlingMen's heavyweight
 BronzeArnold Anderson, Graham Quinn, Alan Sayers, Harold TyrieAthleticsMen's 4 x 440 yards relay
 BronzePat BootAthleticsMen's 1 mile
 BronzeBetty ForbesAthleticsWomen's high jump
 BronzeJim LeckieAthleticsMen's hammer throw
 BronzeRona TongAthleticsWomen's 80 m hurdles
 BronzeKenneth MoranBoxingMen's featherweight
 BronzeGeorge GilesCyclingMen's sprint
 BronzeHoward Benge, John Charters, Oswald Denison, James Gould, Gus Jackson, Leslie Pithie, Cyril Stiles, William Stodart (cox), Rangi ThompsonRowingMen's eight
 BronzeGus Jackson, Robert SmithRowingMen's double sculls
 BronzeRobert SmithRowingMen's single sculls
 BronzeMona LeydonSwimmingWomen's 440 yards freestyle
 BronzeJoe GenetWrestlingMen's featherweight
 BronzeJeremiah PodjurskyWrestlingMen's welterweight
Medals by sport
Sport Total
Athletics 3 1 5 9
Lawn bowls 2 1 0 3
Wrestling 0 2 2 4
Rowing 0 1 3 4
Boxing 0 1 1 2
Cycling 0 1 1 2
Swimming 0 0 1 1
Total 5 7 13 25
Medals by gender
Gender Total
Male 5 7 10 22
Female 0 0 3 3
Total 5 7 13 25

Competitors

The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 13518
Boxing 7N/A7
Cycling 7N/A7
Diving 011
Lawn bowls 7N/A7
Rowing 15N/A15
Swimming 437
Wrestling 7N/A7
Total60969

Athletics

Track

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank[lower-roman 1] Result Rank[lower-roman 2] Result Rank
Theo Allen Men's 880 yards 1:54.51 N/A 5
Men's 1 mile 4:20.04 N/A DNF
Arnold Anderson Men's 440 yards hurdles N/A 5
Pat Boot Men's 880 yards 1:52.3 GR1 N/A 1:51.2 GR1st, gold medalist(s)
Men's 1 mile 2 N/A 4:12.63rd, bronze medalist(s)
Alan Geddes Men's 3 miles N/A 7
Men's 6 miles N/A 4
Doreen Lumley Women's 100 yards 2 4 Did not advance
Women's 220 yards DQ Did not advance
Cecil Matthews Men's 3 miles N/A 13:59.6 GR1st, gold medalist(s)
Men's 6 miles N/A 30:14.5 GR1st, gold medalist(s)
Bill Pullar Men's 1 mile 4:19.53 N/A 6
Graham Quinn Men's 100 yards 5 Did not advance
Men's 220 yards 2 5 Did not advance
Alan Sayers Men's 220 yards 5 Did not advance
Men's 440 yards 3 N/A Did not advance
Frank Sharpley Men's 100 yards 3 10.46 Did not advance
Men's 120 yards hurdles 3 N/A 15.06
Doris Strachan Women's 100 yards 11.84 Did not advance
Women's 220 yards 4 Did not advance
Rona Tong Women's 80 yards hurdles 2 N/A 11.83rd, bronze medalist(s)
Women's 100 yards 5 Did not advance
Harold Tyrie Men's 440 yards 49.32 N/A 6
Arnold Anderson
Graham Quinn
Alan Sayers
Harold Tyrie		 Men's 4 x 440 yards relay N/A 3:22.03rd, bronze medalist(s)
Doreen Lumley
Doris Strachan
Rona Tong		 Women's 110-220-110 yards relay N/A 4
  1. ↑ Ranks given are within the heat
  2. ↑ Ranks given are within the semifinal

Field

Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Betty Forbes Women's high jump 5 ft 2 in
(1.57 m)		3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Stan Lay Men's javelin throw 204 ft 1 1⁄4 in
(62.21 m)		2nd, silver medalist(s)
Jim Leckie Men's discus throw DNS
Men's hammer throw 145 ft 5 1⁄2 in
(44.34 m)		3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Mary Mitchell Women's javelin throw 118 ft 1⁄2 in
(35.98 m)		4
Jack Morgan Men's discus throw 119 ft 11 1⁄2 in
(36.56 m)		8
Doris Strachan Women's long jump 17 ft 3⁄4 in
(5.20 m)		6

Boxing

Athlete Event Quarter Final Semi Final Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Hugh Sheridan Flyweight Bye  Joubert (SAF)
L		  Cameron (SCO)
L		 4
Jack Parker Bantamweight  Butler (ENG)
L		 Did not advance
Kenneth Moran Featherweight Bye  Henricus (CEY)
L		  Harper (ENG)
W		 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Joseph Collins Lightweight  Fulton (SRH)
L		 Did not advance
Darcy Heeney Welterweight Bye  Tsirindanis (SRH)
W		  Smith (AUS)
L		 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Artie Sutherland Middleweight  Reardon (WAL)
L		 Did not advance
Ron Withell Heavyweight N/A  Sterley (SAF)
L		  Harley (AUS)
L		 4

Cycling

Road

Men's road race
Athlete Time Rank
John Brown 2:53:29 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Frank Grose DNF
Ronald Triner 7

Track

Men's 1000 m sprint
Athlete Heat Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Time		 Opposition
Time		 Opposition
Time		 Opposition
Time		 Opposition
Time		 Rank
George Giles  Das (IND)
W 12.9		 N/A  Johnson (AUS)
W 13.0		  Porter (AUS)
L 12.9		  Ulmer (NZL)
W 12.9		 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Roy Taylor  Porter (AUS)
W 12.5		 N/A  Gray (AUS)
L 12.7		 Did not advance
Ron Ulmer  Gray (AUS)
W 13.0		 N/A  Hicks (ENG)
W 12.8		  Gray (AUS)
L 12.9		  Giles (NZL)
L 12.9		 4
Men's 1 km time trial
Athlete Time Rank
George Giles 1:17.3 9
Roy Taylor 1:16.7 7
Ron Ulmer 1:16.6 6
Men's 10 miles track race
Athlete Time Rank
George Giles DNF
Gordon Patrick unplaced
Ron Ulmer DNF

Diving

Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Gwen Rix Women's 3 m springboard 65.866

Lawn bowls

Athlete Event Round robin Playoff Rank
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Frank Livingstone Men's singles  Clarke
 (NIR)
W 26 – 5		  Hills
 (ENG)
W 27 – 18		  Low
 (AUS)
W 25 – 12		  Harvey
 (SAF)
L 19 – 26		  Bourne
 (SRH)
W 26 – 9		 N/A 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Lance Macey
Walter Denison		 Men's pairs  England
W 22 – 20		  Fiji
L 20 – 21		  South Africa
W 24 – 13		  Scotland
W 25 – 21		  Australia
W 25 – 21		 N/A 1st, gold medalist(s)
Bill Whittaker
Alec Robertson
Ernie Jury
Bill Bremner		 Men's four  Fiji
W 26 – 11		  Canada
W 21 – 19		  Australia
W 19 – 14		  South Africa
L 16 – 17		  England
W 22 – 12		  South Africa
W 19 – 6		 1st, gold medalist(s)

Rowing

Athlete Event Rank
Bob Smith Men's single sculls 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Gus Jackson
Bob Smith		 Men's double sculls 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
John Rigby
Kenneth Boswell
Albert Hope
Jim Clayton
George Burns (cox)		 Men's coxed four 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Leslie Pithie
Oswald Denison
John Charters
Howard Benge
Gus Jackson
Cyril Stiles
Rangi Thompson
James Gould
William Stodart (cox)		 Men's eight 3rd, bronze medalist(s)

Percival Stowers and Cliff Johnson accompanied the team as emergencies, but did not compete.

Swimming

Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank[lower-roman 1] Result Rank
Noel Crump Men's 110 yards freestyle 4 Did not advance
Men's 440 yards freestyle 5 Did not advance
Jack Davies Men's 220 yards breaststroke 3:10.44 Did not advance
Winnie Dunn Women's 220 yards breaststroke N/A 7
Peter Hanan Men's 110 yards freestyle 1:00.54 q 5
Mona Leydon Women's 440 yards freestyle 5:36.82 Q 5:42.03rd, bronze medalist(s)
Joyce Macdonald Women's 110 yards backstroke 1:28.6 Did not advance
Len Newell Men's 440 yards freestyle 7 Did not advance
Men's 1650 yards freestyle DNF Did not advance
Joyce Macdonald
Mona Leydon
Winnie Dunn		 Women's 3 x 110 yards medley relay N/A 4:22.35
  1. ↑ Ranks given are within the heat

Wrestling

Athlete Event Elimination rounds Final Rank
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Leo Nolan Bantamweight  Purcell (AUS)
W		  Cazaux (ENG)
L		  Blake (CAN)
L		 N/A 4
Joseph Genet Featherweight  Purchase (ENG)
L		  Clarke (CAN)
L		 N/A N/A 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Vernon Thomas Lightweight Bye  Garrard (AUS)
L		  Harding (SAF)
W		 N/A 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Jeremiah Podjursky Welterweight  Trevaskis (AUS)
L		  Stander (SAF)
L		 N/A Did not advance 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Harcourt Godfrey Middleweight Bye  Jeffers (ENG)
L		  Sheasby (SAF)
L		 Did not advance
Torsten Anderson Light heavyweight  Greenspan (SAF)
L		  Scarf (AUS)
L		 N/A Did not advance 4
Jim Dryden Heavyweight  Dudgeon (SCO)
W		  Whelan (CAN)
W		 N/A  Knight (AUS)
L		 2nd, silver medalist(s)

Officials

  • H McCormick: Chef de Mission
  • Dolph Kitto: Deputy Chef de Mission
  • B R McKernan: Athletics coach
  • F Hughes: Boxing sport manager
  • H L Grant: Cycling manager
  • A Whitten: Lawn Bowls manager
  • E Petty: Lawn Bowls assistant manager
  • Herbert Ayers: Rowing coach
  • Allen Hale: Rowing sport manager
  • E C Isaacs: Swimming sport manager
  • A Craig: Wrestling coach
  • J Creeke: Wrestling sport manager
  • E G Sutherland: Chaperone

See also

References

  1. ↑ "For Sydney". Evening Post. 14 January 1938. p. 11. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  • All team lists and results from NZOC
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