New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games

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New Zealand at the
1938 British Empire Games
CGF codeNZL
CGANew Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association
Websitewww.olympic.org.nz
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Competitors69
Flag bearersOpening: Jim Leckie
Closing:
Officials13
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
5
Silver
7
Bronze
13
Total
25
British Empire Games appearances

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
 Gold Pat Boot Athletics Men's 880 yards
 Gold Cecil Matthews Athletics Men's 3 miles
 Gold Cecil Matthews Athletics Men's 6 miles
 Gold Bill Bremner
Ernie Jury
Alec Robertson
Bill Whittaker
Lawn bowls
Men's four
 Gold Walter Denison
Lance Macey
Lawn bowls
Men's pairs
 Silver Stan Lay Athletics Men's javelin throw
 Silver Darcy Heeney
Boxing
Men's welterweight
 Silver John Brown
Cycling
Men's road race
 Silver Frank Livingstone
Lawn bowls
Men's singles
 Silver
Rowing
Men's coxed four
 Silver Vernon Thomas
Wrestling
Men's lightweight
 Silver Jim Dryden
Wrestling
Men's heavyweight
 Bronze Arnold Anderson
Graham Quinn
Alan Sayers
Harold Tyrie
Athletics Men's 4 x 440 yards relay
 Bronze Pat Boot Athletics Men's 1 mile
 Bronze Betty Forbes Athletics Women's high jump
 Bronze Jim Leckie Athletics Men's hammer throw
 Bronze Rona Tong Athletics Women's 80 m hurdles
 Bronze Kenneth Moran
Boxing
Men's featherweight
 Bronze George Giles
Cycling
Men's sprint
 Bronze Howard Benge
John Charters
Oswald Denison
James Gould
Gus Jackson
Les Pithie
Cyril Stiles
William Stodart (cox)
Rangi Thompson
Rowing
Men's eight
 Bronze
Robert Smith
Rowing
Men's double sculls
 Bronze
Robert Smith
Rowing
Men's single sculls
 Bronze Mona Leydon
Swimming
Women's 440 yards freestyle
 Bronze Joe Genet
Wrestling
Men's featherweight
 Bronze
Jeremiah Podjursky
Wrestling
Men'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 13 5 18
Boxing 7 7
Cycling 7 7
Diving 0 1 1
Lawn bowls 7 7
Rowing 15 15
Swimming 4 3 7
Wrestling 7 7
Total 60 9 69

Athletics

Track

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank[i] Result Rank[ii] Result Rank
Theo Allen Men's 880 yards 1:54.5 1 5
Men's 1 mile 4:20.0 4 DNF
Arnold Anderson Men's 440 yards hurdles 5
Pat Boot Men's 880 yards 1:52.3 GR 1 1:51.2 GR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's 1 mile 2 4:12.6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Alan Geddes Men's 3 miles 7
Men's 6 miles 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 13:59.6 GR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's 6 miles 30:14.5 GR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Bill Pullar Men's 1 mile 4:19.5 3 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 did not advance
Frank Sharpley Men's 100 yards 3 10.4 6 did not advance
Men's 120 yards hurdles 3 15.0 6
Doris Strachan Women's 100 yards 11.8 4 did not advance
Women's 220 yards 4 did not advance
Rona Tong Women's 80 yards hurdles 2 11.8 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women's 100 yards 5 did not advance
Harold Tyrie Men's 440 yards 49.3 2 6
Arnold Anderson
Graham Quinn
Alan Sayers
Harold Tyrie
Men's 4 x 440 yards relay 3:22.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Doreen Lumley
Doris Strachan
Rona Tong
Women's 110-220-110 yards relay 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 place, bronze medalist(s)
Stan Lay Men's javelin throw 204 ft 1+14 in
(62.21 m)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jim Leckie Men's discus throw DNS
Men's hammer throw 145 ft 5+12 in
(44.34 m)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mary Mitchell Women's javelin throw 118 ft 12 in
(35.98 m)
4
Jack Morgan Men's discus throw 119 ft 11+12 in
(36.56 m)
8
Doris Strachan Women's long jump 17 ft 34 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 place, bronze medalist(s)
Joseph Collins
Lightweight
 Fulton (SRH)
L
did not advance
Darcy Heeney
Welterweight
Bye  Tsirindanis (SRH)
W
 Smith (AUS)
L
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Artie Sutherland
Middleweight
 Reardon (WAL)
L
did not advance
Ron Withell
Heavyweight
 Sterley (SAF)
L
 Harley (AUS)
L
4

Cycling

Road

Men's road race
Athlete Time Rank
John Brown 2:53:29 2nd place, 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
 Johnson (AUS)
W 13.0
 Porter (AUS)
L 12.9
 Ulmer (NZL)
W 12.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Roy Taylor  Porter (AUS)
W 12.5
 Gray (AUS)
L 12.7
did not advance
Ron Ulmer  Gray (AUS)
W 13.0
 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
65.86 6

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
2nd place, 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
1st place, 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 place, gold medalist(s)

Rowing

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

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

Swimming

Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank[i] 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
3:10.4 4 did not advance
Winnie Dunn
Women's 220 yards breaststroke
7
Peter Hanan
Men's 110 yards freestyle
1:00.5 4 q 5
Mona Leydon
Women's 440 yards freestyle
5:36.8 2 Q 5:42.0 3rd place, 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
Winnie Dunn
Women's 3 x 110 yards medley relay
4:22.3 5
  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
4
Joseph Genet
Featherweight
 Purchase (ENG)
L
 Clarke (CAN)
L
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Vernon Thomas
Lightweight
Bye  Garrard (AUS)
L
 Harding (SAF)
W
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jerry Podjursky
Welterweight
 Trevaskis (AUS)
L
 Stander (SAF)
L
Did not advance 3rd place, 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
Did not advance 4
Jim Dryden
Heavyweight
 Dudgeon (SCO)
W
 Whelan (CAN)
W
 Knight (AUS)
L
2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Officials

  • Team manager – H. McCormick
  • Deputy team manager – Dolph Kitto
  • Athletics coach – B. R. McKernan
  • Boxing manager – F. Hughes
  • Cycling manager – H. L. Grant
  • Lawn bowls
    • Manager – A. Whitten
    • Assistant manager – E. Petty
  • Rowing
    • Manager – Allen Hale
    • Coach – Herbert Ayers
  • Swimming manager – Edward Clarke Isaacs
  • Wrestling
    • Manager – J. Creeke
    • Coach – A. Craig
  • Chaperone – E. G. Sutherland

See also

References

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

External links