Australia at the 1938 British Empire Games

Australia hosted the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, New South Wales and their team was abbreviated AUS. This was their third of 3 Commonwealth Games meets.

Australia at the
1938 British Empire Games
CGF codeAUS
CGAAustralian Commonwealth Games Association
in Sydney, Australia
Competitors158
Flag bearersOpening: Edgar 'Dunc' Gray[1]
Closing:[2]
Officials11
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
25
Silver
19
Bronze
22
Total
66
British Empire Games appearances

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
  Gold Decima Norman Athletics Women's 100 yd
  Gold Decima Norman Athletics Women's 220 yd
  Gold Decima Norman Athletics Women's Broad Jump
  Gold Decima Norman
Jean Coleman
Eileen Wearne
Athletics Women's 440 yards Medley Relay
  Gold Decima Norman
Jean Coleman
Thelma Peake
Joan Woodland
Athletics 660 yards Medley Relay
  Gold Jack Metcalfe Athletics Men's Hop, Step, Jump
  Gold William Smith Cycling Men's Welterweight
  Gold Dunc Gray Cycling Men's 1000 m Sprint
  Gold Robert Porter Cycling Men's 1000 m Time Trial
  Gold Ron Masters Diving Men's Springboard
  Gold Irene Donnett Diving Women's Springboard
  Gold Lurline Hook Diving Women's Platform
  Gold Herb Turner Rowing Men's Single Scull
  Gold William Bradley
Cecil Pearce
Rowing Men's Double Scull
  Gold Gordon Freeth
Jack Fisher
William Kerr
Don Fraser
Stewart Elder
Rowing Men's Coxed Four
  Gold Percy Oliver Swimming Men's 110 yd Backstroke
  Gold Evelyn de Lacy Swimming Women's 110 yd Freestyle
  Gold Patricia Norton Swimming Women's 110 yd Backstroke
  Gold Dorothy Green Swimming Women's 440 yd Freestyle
  Gold Dick Garrard Wrestling Men's Lightweight
  Gold John Knight Wrestling Men's Heavyweight
  Gold Eddie Scarf Wrestling Men's Light Heavyweight
  Gold Roy Purchase Wrestling Men's Featherweight
  Gold Edward Purcell Wrestling Men's Bantamweight
  Gold Tom Trevaskis Wrestling Men's Welterweight
  Silver Keith Pardon Athletics Men's Hammer Throw
  Silver Leslie Fletcher Athletics Men's Pole Vault
  Silver Lloyd Miller Athletics Men's Hop Step Jump
  Silver Robert Heffernan Athletics Men's High Jump
  Silver John Mumford Athletics Men's 100 yd
  Silver John Mumford Athletics Men's 220 yd
  Silver Gerald Backhouse Athletics Men's 1 mile
  Silver John Park Athletics Men's 440 yd Hurdles
  Silver Joyce Walker Athletics Women's 100 yd
  Silver Jean Coleman Athletics Women's 220 yd
  Silver Isabel Grant Athletics Women's 80 m Hurdles
  Silver Cecil Overell Boxing Men's Light-Heavyweight
  Silver Tasman Johnson Cycling Men's 1000 m Time Trial
  Silver Robert Porter Cycling Men's 1000 m Sprint
  Silver Ron Masters Diving Men's Platform
  Silver Percy Hutton
Howard Mildren
Lawn bowls Men's Pair
  Silver William Thomas
Alfred Gregory
Doug Bowden
Frank le Souef
Gordon Yewers
Richard Paramor
Edward Bromley
William Dixon
Ainslie Gould
Rowing Men's Eight
  Silver Dorothy Green Swimming Women's 110 yd Freestyle
  Silver Evelyn de Lacy
Dorothy Green
Patricia Norton
Margaret Rawson
Swimming Women's 4x110 yd Freestyle Relay
  Bronze Ted Best Athletics Men's 100 yd
  Bronze Ted Best Athletics Men's 220 yd
  Bronze Jack Metcalfe Athletics Men's Javelin
  Bronze Francis Drew Athletics Men's Shot Put
  Bronze Basil Dickinson Athletics Men's Broad Jump
  Bronze Basil Dickinson Athletics Men's Hop Step Jump
  Bronze Douglas Shetliffe Athletics Men's High Jump
  Bronze Sydney Stenner Athletics Men's 120 yd Hurdles
  Bronze Alan McDougall Athletics Men's 120 yd Hurdles
  Bronze Thelma Peake Athletics Women's Broad Jump
  Bronze Eileen Wearne Athletics Women's 220 yd
  Bronze Ted Best
Ted Hampson
Alf Watson
Howard Yates
Athletics Men's 4x110 yd Relay
  Bronze Jack Dillon Boxing Men's Bantamweight
  Bronze Leslie Harley Boxing Men's Heavyweight
  Bronze Irene Donnett Diving Women's Platform
  Bronze Jack Low Rowing Men's Single Scull
  Bronze Tom Kinder
Charlie McNeill
Aubrey Murray
Frank Murray
Rowing Men's Four
  Bronze William Fleming Swimming Men's 110 yd Freestyle
  Bronze Robin Biddulph Swimming Men's 440 yd Freestyle
  Bronze Robin Biddulph
William Flemming
Noel Ryan
Robert Wilshire
Swimming Men's 4x220 yd Freestyle Relay
  Bronze William Fleming
Ernest Hobbs
Percy Oliver
Swimming Men's 3x110 yd Medley Relay
  Bronze Evelyn de Lacy
Valerie George
Patricia Norton
Swimming Women's 3x110 yd Medley Relay

1938 Australian Team & Results

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Athletics (Men)

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Javelin Throw

  • John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 3rd, 182 ft 214in
  • James Barlow – 5th, 169 ft 014in
  • Goode, David P – 6th, 165 ft 1 in
  • Sheiles, Bert – 7th, 163 ft 1014in

Discus Throw

  • Harold B Wilson – 4th, 133 ft 2 3/
  • Keith W Pardon – 5th, 130 ft 414in
  • William R MacKenzie – 6th, 128 ft 1112in
  • Button, Adrian – 7th, 125 ft 812in

Shot Put

  • Drew, Francis – 3rd, 45 ft 338in
  • William C Plummer – 4th, 44 ft 558in
  • Harold B Wilson – 5th, 43 ft 358in
  • William R MacKenzie – 6th, 42 ft 134in

Hammer Throw

  • Keith W Pardon – 2nd, 148 ft 114in
  • McNamara, Patrick – 4th, 139 ft 918in
  • Rosenblum, Myer E – 5th, 135 ft 914in
  • Graham, Leslie – 6th, 131 ft 514in

Pole Vault

  • Fletcher, Leslie A – 2nd, 13 ft 014in
  • Winter, Edwin J – 5th, 12 ft 9 in
  • Frederick Irvine Woodhouse – 7th, 12 ft 412in
  • Cartwright, William – 8th, 11 ft 6 in

Long Jump

  • Raymond G Graf – 7th, 22 ft 6 in

Broad Jump

  • Basil C Dickenson – 3rd, 23 ft 512in
  • Gould, Henry 'Harry' T – 4th, 23 ft 412in
  • John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 5th, 23 ft 234in

Hop, Step, Jump

  • John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 1st, 50 ft 10 in
  • Miller, D Lloyd – 2nd, 50 ft 634in
  • Basil C Dickenson – 3rd, 50 ft 134in
  • Raymond G Graf – 4th, 47 ft 1158in

High Jump

  • Heffernan, Robert – 2nd, 6 ft 2 in
  • Shetliffe, Douglas F – 3rd, 6 ft 2 in
  • Tancred, Peter L – 4th, 6 ft 114in 4in
  • John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 7th, 5 ft 1134in

100 yards

  • John Mumford – 2nd, 9.8 sec (heat 10.0, semi 10.1)
  • Edward W Best – 3rd, 9.9 sec (heat 10.0, semi 10.0)
  • T Edward Hampson – 5th, 10.0 sec (heat 10.1, semi 10.1)
  • Howard Spencer Yates – 6th, 10.1 sec (heat 10.1, semi 10.2)

220 yards

  • John Mumford – 2nd, 21.3 sec (heat 21.6, semi 21.6)
  • Edward W Best – 3rd, 21.4 sec (heat 21.6, semi 21.4)
  • T Edward Hampson – 4th, 21.6 sec (semi) (heat 22.1)
  • Howard Spencer Yates – 5th, 21.7 sec (heat 22.0, semi 21.4)

440 yards

  • Athol H Jones – 3rd, 49.8 sec (heat)
  • John Mumford – 4th, 48.3 (heat)
  • Hugh Johnson – 4th (heat)
  • Scott, Francis – 4th (heat)

880 yards

  • Maxwell Fleming – 6th (heat)
  • Goff, Leslie – 6th (heat)
  • Gerald I Backhouse – 7th, 1:55.1 (heat)
  • Chappel, Roy – 7th (heat)

1-mile

  • Gerald I Backhouse – 2nd, 4:12.2 (heat 4:18.0)
  • Maxwell Fleming – 5th (heat)
  • Frederick Barry-Brown – 6th (heat)
  • Bonham, Donald – 7th (heat)

3 miles

  • Nicholls, Stanley E – 5th, 14:30.0
  • Colman, Frederick – Did not finish
  • Faulkner, Keith – Did not finish
  • Weightman, Walter – Did not finish

6 miles

  • Fred Bassed – 8th
  • Millington, Stanley – 9th
  • Doyle, Brendan – 10th

120 yards Hurdles

  • Stenner, Sydney G – 3rd, 14.4 sec (heat 14.5)
  • McLardy, Donald F – 4th, 14.6 sec (heat 14.9)
  • Wilson, George – 4th, 15.1 sec (heat)
  • Popplewell, Frederick – 4th (heat)

440 yards Hurdles

  • John F Park – 2nd, 54.6 sec
  • McDougall, Alan – 3rd, 55.2 sec
  • Alfred J Watson – 4th
  • Magee, Paul F – 6th

4x110 yards Relay

  • Edward W Best – 3rd, 41.9 sec
  • T Edward Hampson – 3rd, 41.9 sec
  • Alfred J Watson – 3rd, 41.9 sec
  • Howard Spencer Yates – 3rd, 41.9 sec

4x440 yards Relay

  • Athol H Jones – 4th
  • Hugh Johnson – 4th
  • John F Park – 4th
  • Wallace, Vernon – 4th
  • Lewis, Maurice – Did not compete (reserve)

Marathon

  • Crossley, Richard J – 8th, 3:12:50.0
  • Wood, John – 9th, 3:19:47.0
  • Hayes, Alfred – Did not finish
  • Jolly, Ernest – Did not finish
  • Liddle, William – Did not finish
  • Patterson, James – Did not finish

Athletics (Women)

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High Jump

  • Carter, Doris – 5th, 5 ft 1 in
  • Poore, Elsie – 6th, 4 ft 8 in

Broad Jump

  • Decima Norman – 1st, 19 ft 1/4in (GR)
  • Thelma Peake – 3rd, 18 ft 258in
  • Evans, Enid – 10th 15 ft 1014in
  • Nell Gould – 12th 14 ft 912in

Javelin Throw

  • Jones, Elsie – 5th, 101 ft 8 in
  • Mitchell, Lena – 6th, 100 ft 3 in
  • Clarice Kennedy – 7th, 97 ft 334in

100 yards

  • Decima Norman – 1st, 11.1 sec (GR)
  • Walker, Joyce – 2nd, 11.3 sec (heat 11.4, semi 11.4)
  • Joan Woodland – 5th, 11.5 sec (heat 11.5, semi 11.2)
  • Thelma Peake – (semi) Disqualified (heat 11.5)

220 yards

  • Decima Norman – 1st, 24.7 sec (heat 24.9, semi 24.5 (GR))
  • Jean Coleman – 2nd, 25.1 sec (heat 25.3, semi 25.2)
  • A Eileen Wearne – 3rd, 25.3 sec (heat 25.1, semi 25.2)
  • Talbot, Irene – 6th (heat 25.7, semi 25.4)

440 yards Medley Relay

  • Jean Coleman – 1st, 49.1 sec
  • Decima Norman – 1st, 49.1 sec
  • A Eileen Wearne – 1st, 49.1 sec

660 yards Medley Relay

  • Jean Coleman – 1st, 1:15.2
  • Decima Norman – 1st, 1:15.2
  • Thelma Peake – 1st, 1:15.2
  • Joan Woodland – 1st, 1:15.2

80 m Hurdles

  • Grant, Isabel – 2nd, 11.7 sec (heat 12.1)
  • Clarice Kennedy – 4th (heat 12.2)
  • Thelma Peake – 5th (heat 12.4)
  • Nell Gould – 4th (heat)

Bowls

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Singles

  • Jack Low – 3rd

Pairs

  • Percy Hutton – 2nd
  • Howard Mildren – 2nd

Fours

  • Tom Kinder – 3rd
  • Charlie H McNeill – 3rd
  • Aubrey Murray – 3rd
  • H Frank Murray – 3rd

Boxing

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  • Trevor Law – Flyweight (up to 51 kg) – Eliminated
  • Jack B Dillon – Bantamweight (up to 54 kg) – 3rd
  • Leonard Schluter – Featherweight (up to 57 kg) – Eliminated
  • I Ellis – Lightweight (up to 60 kg) – Eliminated
  • William Smith – Welterweight (up to 67 kg) – 1st
  • Athol Stubbs – Middleweight (up to 75 kg) – Eliminated
  • Leslie Harley – Heavyweight (up to 91 kg) – 3rd
  • Cecil G Overell – Light-Heavyweight (up to 81 kg) – 2nd

Cycling

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10 miles

  • Fred Ashby – 4th
  • John Molloy – unplaced
  • Charlie E Wright – unplaced
  • Sh. Janki Das – first Indian cyclist

100 km Road Race

  • Fred Hines – 6th
  • Harold Clayton – unplaced
  • Alick Yuille – unplaced

1,000 m Sprint

  • Edgar Laurence 'Dunc' Gray – 1st, 13.6 sec
  • Robert Porter – 2nd
  • Tasman Johnson – unplaced

1,000 m Time Trial

  • Robert Porter – 1st, 1:15.2 (GR)
  • Tasman Johnson – 2nd, 1:15.7
  • Edgar Laurence 'Dunc' Gray – 5th, 1:16.5

Rowing

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Eight

  • William G Thomas (bow), 2nd
  • Alfred J Gregory (stroke) – 2nd
  • Doug K Bowden (cox) – 2nd
  • Frank A W le Souef (2) – 2nd
  • Gordon H Yewers (3) – 2nd
  • Richard L Paramor (4) – 2nd
  • Edward R Bromley (5) – 2nd
  • William G Dixon (6) – 2nd
  • Ainslie B 'Joe' Gould (7) – 2nd
  • John Chester (reserve) – Did not compete
  • R B Scott (reserve) – Did not compete

Single Scull

  • Herbert J Turner – 1st, 8:24.0 (won by 5 lengths)

Double Scull

  • William F Bradley (bow) – 1st, 7:29.4
  • Cecil A Pearce (stroke) – 1st, 7:29.4

Coxed Four

  • Gordon Freeth (bow) – 1st, 7:16.8
  • Jack T Fisher (stroke) – 1st, 7:16.8
  • H F Kerr (cox) – 1st, 7:16.8
  • Don H Fraser (2) – 1st, 7:16.8
  • Stewart J Elder (3) – 1st, 7:16.8
  • Max Gaskin (reserve)
  • John Edward Suffren (reserve)

Swimming (Men)

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110 yd Freestyle

  • William Fleming – 3rd, 1:01.0 (heat 1:01.8)
  • Percy Charles Oliver – 6th, 1:03.1 (heat)
  • J Robert Wilshire – 7th, 1:01.6 (heat 1:01.4)

440 yd Freestyle

  • H Robin Biddulph – 3rd, 4:55.4 (heat 5:01.5)
  • Robert Newbiggen – 5th, 5:19.8 (heat)
  • Noel Phillip Ryan – 7th, 5:20.4 (heat 5:19.0)

1,650 yd Freestyle

  • H Robin Biddulph – 5th, 20:42.2 (heat 21:07.2)
  • Noel Phillip Ryan – 6th, 21:08.2 (heat 21:06.6)
  • Robert Newbiggen – Did not finish

4x220 yd Freestyle Relay

  • H Robin Biddulph – 3rd, 9:32.9 (split 2:18.8)
  • William Fleming – 3rd, 9:32.9 (split 2:26.8)
  • Noel Phillip Ryan – 3rd, 9:32.9 (split 2:24.6)
  • J Robert Wilshire – 3rd, 9:32.9 (split 2:27.7)

3x110 yd Medley Relay

  • William Fleming – 3rd, 3:31.8 (split 1:01.6)
  • Ernest A Hobbs – 3rd, 3:31.8 (split 1:20.7)
  • Percy Charles Oliver – 3rd, 3:31.8 (split 1:09.5)

220 yd Breaststroke

  • Ray Cameron – 4th, 3:03.1 (heat 3:07.2)
  • Ernest A Hobbs – 7th, 3:09.0 (heat 3:04.9)
  • John Johnson – 5th, 3:03.6 (heat 3:07.8)

110 yd Backstroke

  • Percy Charles Oliver – 1st, 1:07.9 (GR) (heat 1:09.6)
  • Reginald Vaughan Clark – 4th, 1:18.3 (heat)
  • Roth Bassingthwaite – 5th, 1:15.1 (heat)

Swimming (Women)

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110 yd Freestyle

  • Evelyn de Lacy – 1st, 1:10.1 (GR) (heat 1:10.6)
  • Dorothy J Green – 2nd, 1:11.1 (heat 1:11.4)
  • Margaret Rawson – 5th, 1:15.8 (heat)

110 yd Backstroke

  • Gwen Millard – 4th, 1:27.5 (heat)
  • Marion Nixon – 5th, 1:26.5 (heat)
  • Patricia Norton – 1st, 1.19.5 (heat 1:20.6)

220 yd Breaststroke

  • Margaret Dovey – 6th, 3:32.0
  • Valerie George – 4th, 3:23.0
  • Joan Thomas – 5th, 3:23.6

440 yd Freestyle

  • Dorothy J Green – 1st, 5:39.9 (GR) (heat 5:43.0)
  • Evelyn de Lacy – 5th, 5:59.4 (heat)
  • Mynee Steel – 6th, 5:51.7 (heat 5:53.2)

4x110 yd Freestyle Relay

  • Evelyn de Lacy – 2nd, 4:49.9
  • Dorothy J Green – 2nd, 4:49.9
  • Patricia Norton – 2nd, 4:49.9
  • Margaret Rawson – 2nd, 4:49.9

3x110 yd Medley Relay

  • Evelyn de Lacy – 3rd, 4:10.0 (split 1:12.9)
  • Valerie George – 3rd, 4:10.0 (split 1:12.0)
  • Patricia Norton – 3rd, 4:10.0 (split 1:20.1)

Diving (Men)

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Springboard

  • George Johnston – 4th, 111.39 points
  • Ronald Masters – 1st, 126.36 points
  • David J Norris – 5th, 110.62 points

Platform

  • Ray Davis – 5th, 94.21 points
  • Ronald Masters – 2nd, 102.87 points
  • Arthur O'Connor – 4th, 97.39 points

Diving (Women)

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Springboard

  • Irene Donnett – 1st, 91.18 points
  • Laurie Hawe – 4th, 75.32 points
  • Janet Weidenhofer – 7th, 47.40 points

Platform

  • Irene Donnett – 3rd, 34.57 points
  • Lurline Hook – 1st, 36.47 points
  • Pamela Hunt – 5th, 26.10 points

Wrestling

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Officials

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  • Honorary Team Manager – Wilfred Selwyn Kent Hughes (VIC)
  • Athletics Manager – Wilfred Ernest Painter (VIC)
  • Athletics Manageress – Mrs Doris Magee (NSW)
  • Boxing & Wrestling Manager – Edgar Stephen Tanner (VIC)
  • Cycling Manager – C J 'Mick' Gray (VIC)
  • Rowing Manager – John Rook (NSW)
  • Rowing Coach – T K 'Toff' Qurban (SA)
  • Rowing Eights Coach – Sidney Raper (NSW)
  • Swimming Manager – Jack P Sheedy (WA)
  • Swimming Manageress – Katie Buckle (NSW)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Flag bearers". Australian Web Archive. Archived from the original on 23 November 1998. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Annual Report 2017" (PDF). Commonwealth Games Australia. Retrieved 11 February 2018.[permanent dead link]
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