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 bearers	Opening: Noel Ryan [1] Closing:
Officials	2
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 8 Silver 4 Bronze 2 Total 14
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 2022 2026 2030

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)

See also

• Australia at the 1932 Summer Olympics
• Australia at the 1936 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Flag bearers". Australian Web Archive . Archived from the original on 23 November 1998. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

• Commonwealth Games Australia Results Database