Australia at the 1934 British Empire Games

Australia at the; 1934 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	AUS
CGA	Australian Commonwealth Games Association
Website	commonwealthgames.org.au
in London, England
Competitors	17 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Opening: Noel Ryan[1] ; Closing:
Medals; Ranked 3rd	Gold 8 Silver 4 Bronze 2 Total 14
Officials	2
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1930; 1934; 1938; 1950; 1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018;

Australia at the 1934 British Empire Games was abbreviated AUS. This was their second of 2 Commonwealth Games meets.

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Jack Metcalfe	Athletics	Men's Hop, Step, Jump
Gold	Leonard Cook	Boxing	Lightweight
Gold	Dunc Gray	Cycling	Men's Time Trial
Gold	Noel Ryan	Swimming	Men's 440 yd Freestyle
Gold	Noel Ryan	Swimming	1,500 yd Freestyle
Gold	Clare Dennis	Swimming	Women's 200 yd Breaststroke
Gold	Dick Garrard	Wrestling	Men's Lightweight
Gold	John Knight	Wrestling	Men's Heavyweight
Silver	Charles Reilly	Athletics	Men's 440 yards Hurdles
Silver	Horace Pethybridge	Cycling	Men's 1,000 yards Sprint
Silver	Lesley Thompson	Diving	Women's Springboard
Silver	Lesley Thompson	Diving	Women's Platform
Bronze	Fred Woodhouse	Athletics	Men's Pole Vault
Bronze	Jack Metcalfe	Athletics	Men's Broad Jump

1934 Australian Team & Results

Athletics

100 yards

Howard Spencer Yates - 6th (heat 10.1, semi 10.1)
Jack C Horsfall - 3rd (heat)
Noel Dempsey - 4th (heat)

220 yards

Jack C Horsfall -3rd (heat 6)
Noel Dempsey - 4th, 22.9 (semi)
Howard Spencer Yates - 5th, 22.4 (semi)

440 yards

H Wilton Lander - 3rd (heat)

880 yards

H Wilton Lander - 4th (heat)

440 yards Hurdles

Charles P Reilly - Silver, 55.5 sec

Hop, Step, Jump

John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe - Gold, 51 ft 31/2 in (GR)

Broad Jump

John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe - Silver, 22 ft 9 in

High Jump

John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe - 4th, 6 ft 2 in

Pole Vault

Frederick Irvine Woodhouse - Bronze, 12 ft 3 in

4x110 yards Relay

Noel Dempsey - 4x100 yards Relay - 4th
Jack C Horsfall - 4x110 yards Relay - 4th
H Wilton Lander - 4x110 yards Relay - 4th
Howard Spencer Yates - 4x110 yards Relay - 4th

Bowls

E W Walker - singles - 6th
T M Rainer - pairs - 9th
J Banks - pairs - 9th
C Gale - fours/rinks - 9th
H Langley - fours/rinks - 9th
William White - fours/rinks - 9th
Sir Henry Barwell - fours/rinks - 9th

Boxing

Lightweight (up to 60 kg)

Leonard Arthur Cook - Gold

Cycling

Time Trial

Edgar Laurence 'Dunc' Gray - Gold, 1:16.4 (GR)

10 miles

Edgar Laurence 'Dunc' Gray - Did not finish
Horrace James Pethybridge - Did not finish

1,000 yards Sprint

Horrace James Pethybridge - Silver

Swimming

100 yd Freestyle

Reginald Vaughan Clark

100 yd Backstroke

Reginald Vaughan Clark

3x110 yd Medley Relay

Reginald Vaughan Clark - 4th, 3:16.8
Alan Edward Higginson - 4th, 3:16.8
Noel Phillip Ryan - 4th, 3:16.8

200 yd Breaststroke, Men

Alan Edward Higginson - 4th, 2:44.8

200 yd Breaststroke, Women

Clare Dennis - Gold, 2:50.2 (GR)

440 yd Freestyle

Noel Phillip Ryan - Gold, 5:03.0 (GR)

1,500 yd Freestyle

Noel Phillip Ryan - Gold, 18:25.4 (GR)

Diving

Springboard

Lesley Julia Thompson - Silver, 60.49 points

Platform

Lesley Julia Thompson - Silver, 27.64 points

Wrestling

Lightweight (up to 68 kg)

Richard Edward 'Dick' Garrard - Gold

Heavyweight (up to 100 kg)

John Lambert 'Jack' Knight - Gold

Officials

Honorary Manager Herbert Krause Maxwell (NSW)
Hon Chaperone - Millicent Isabel Watson (VIC)

References

"Flag bearers". Australian Commonwealth Games Association website on Pandora Archive. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

Commonwealth Games Australia

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[1] "Flag bearers". Australian Commonwealth Games Association website on Pandora Archive. Retrieved 11 February 2018.