New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games

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New Zealand at the
1938 British Empire Games
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg
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
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold Pat Boot Athletics Men's 880 yards
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold Cecil Matthews Athletics Men's 3 miles
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold Cecil Matthews Athletics Men's 6 miles
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold Bill Bremner
Ernie Jury
Alec Robertson
Bill Whittaker		 Lawn bowls Men's four
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold Walter Denison
Lance Macey		 Lawn bowls Men's pairs
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver Stan Lay Athletics Men's javelin throw
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver Darcy Heeney Boxing Men's welterweight
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver John Brown Cycling Men's road race
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver Frank Livingstone Lawn bowls Men's singles
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ken Boswell
George Burns (cox)
Jim Clayton
Albert Hope
John Rigby		 Rowing Men's coxed four
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver Vernon Thomas Wrestling Men's lightweight
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jim Dryden Wrestling Men's heavyweight
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Arnold Anderson
Graham Quinn
Alan Sayers
Harold Tyrie		 Athletics Men's 4 x 440 yards relay
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Pat Boot Athletics Men's 1 mile
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Betty Forbes Athletics Women's high jump
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jim Leckie Athletics Men's hammer throw
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Rona Tong Athletics Women's 80 m hurdles
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kenneth Moran Boxing Men's featherweight
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze George Giles Cycling Men's sprint
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Howard Benge
John Charters
Oswald Denison
James Gould
Gus Jackson
Les Pithie
Cyril Stiles
William Stodart (cox)
Rangi Thompson		 Rowing Men's eight
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Gus Jackson
Robert Smith		 Rowing Men's double sculls
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Robert Smith Rowing Men's single sculls
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mona Leydon Swimming Women's 440 yards freestyle
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Joe Genet Wrestling Men's featherweight
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jeremiah Podjursky Wrestling Men's welterweight
Medals by sport
Sport File:Gold medal icon.svg File:Silver medal icon.svg File:Bronze medal icon.svg 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 File:Gold medal icon.svg File:Silver medal icon.svg File:Bronze medal icon.svg 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

Main article: Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games

Track

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Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank[lower-roman 1] Result Rank[lower-roman 2] Result Rank
Theo Allen Men's 880 yards 1:54.5 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

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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+1⁄4 in
(62.21 m)		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jim Leckie Men's discus throw DNS
Men's hammer throw 145 ft 5+1⁄2 in
(44.34 m)		 3rd place, 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

Main article: Boxing at the 1938 British Empire Games
Athlete Event Quarter Final Semi Final Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Hugh Sheridan Flyweight Bye File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg Joubert (SAF)
L 		File:Flag of Scotland.svg Cameron (SCO)
L 		4
Jack Parker Bantamweight File:Flag of England.svg Butler (ENG)
L 		did not advance
Kenneth Moran Featherweight Bye File:British Ceylon flag.svg Henricus (CEY)
L 		File:Flag of England.svg Harper (ENG)
W 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Joseph Collins Lightweight File:Flag of Southern Rhodesia.svg Fulton (SRH)
L 		did not advance
Darcy Heeney Welterweight Bye File:Flag of Southern Rhodesia.svg Tsirindanis (SRH)
W 		File:Flag of Australia.svg Smith (AUS)
L 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Artie Sutherland Middleweight File:Flag of Wales 2.svg Reardon (WAL)
L 		did not advance
Ron Withell Heavyweight — File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg Sterley (SAF)
L 		File:Flag of Australia.svg Harley (AUS)
L 		4

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1938 British Empire Games

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 File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg Das (IND)
W 12.9 		— File:Flag of Australia.svg Johnson (AUS)
W 13.0 		File:Flag of Australia.svg Porter (AUS)
L 12.9 		File:Flag of New Zealand.svg Ulmer (NZL)
W 12.9 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Roy Taylor File:Flag of Australia.svg Porter (AUS)
W 12.5 		— File:Flag of Australia.svg Gray (AUS)
L 12.7 		did not advance
Ron Ulmer File:Flag of Australia.svg Gray (AUS)
W 13.0 		— File:Flag of England.svg Hicks (ENG)
W 12.8 		File:Flag of Australia.svg Gray (AUS)
L 12.9 		File:Flag of New Zealand.svg 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

Main article: Diving at the 1938 British Empire Games
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Gwen Rix Women's 3 m springboard 65.86 6

Lawn bowls

Main article: Lawn bowls at the 1938 British Empire Games
Athlete Event Round robin Playoff Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Frank Livingstone Men's singles File:Ulster banner.svg Clarke
 (NIR)
W 26 – 5 		File:Flag of England.svg Hills
 (ENG)
W 27 – 18 		File:Flag of Australia.svg Low
 (AUS)
W 25 – 12 		File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg Harvey
 (SAF)
L 19 – 26 		File:Flag of Southern Rhodesia.svg Bourne
 (SRH)
W 26 – 9 		— 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Lance Macey
Walter Denison 		Men's pairs File:Flag of England.svg England
W 22 – 20 		File:Flag of Fiji (1924–1970).svg Fiji
L 20 – 21 		File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg South Africa
W 24 – 13 		File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
W 25 – 21 		File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
W 25 – 21 		— 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Bill Whittaker
Alec Robertson
Ernie Jury
Bill Bremner 		Men's four File:Flag of Fiji (1924–1970).svg Fiji
W 26 – 11 		File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Canada
W 21 – 19 		File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
W 19 – 14 		File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg South Africa
L 16 – 17 		File:Flag of England.svg England
W 22 – 12 		File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg South Africa
W 19 – 6 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1938 British Empire Games
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)
John Rigby
Ken Boswell
Albert Hope
Jim Clayton
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

Main article: Swimming at the 1938 British Empire Games

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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 3:10.4 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
Joyce Macdonald
Mona Leydon
Winnie Dunn 		Women's 3 x 110 yards medley relay — 4:22.3 5
  1. ↑ Ranks given are within the heat

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Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1938 British Empire Games
Athlete Event Elimination rounds Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Leo Nolan Bantamweight File:Flag of Australia.svg Purcell (AUS)
W 		File:Flag of England.svg Cazaux (ENG)
L 		File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Blake (CAN)
L 		— 4
Joseph Genet Featherweight File:Flag of England.svg Purchase (ENG)
L 		File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Clarke (CAN)
L 		— — 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Vernon Thomas Lightweight Bye File:Flag of Australia.svg Garrard (AUS)
L 		File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg Harding (SAF)
W 		— 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jerry Podjursky Welterweight File:Flag of Australia.svg Trevaskis (AUS)
L 		File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg Stander (SAF)
L 		— Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Harcourt Godfrey Middleweight Bye File:Flag of England.svg Jeffers (ENG)
L 		File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg Sheasby (SAF)
L 		did not advance
Torsten Anderson Light heavyweight File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg Greenspan (SAF)
L 		File:Flag of Australia.svg Scarf (AUS)
L 		— Did not advance 4
Jim Dryden Heavyweight File:Flag of Scotland.svg Dudgeon (SCO)
W 		File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Whelan (CAN)
W 		— File:Flag of Australia.svg 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

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