Cycling at the 1934 British Empire Games

Cycling at the 1934 British Empire Games
Venue	Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester
Dates	11 August 1934
1938  →

Cycling at the 1934 British Empire Games was the first appearance of Cycling at the Commonwealth Games. The events took place at the Fallowfield Stadium in Manchester despite the Games being hosted by London.

The events were held on the last day of the Games on 11 August 1934. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Medal table

  *   Host nation (England)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	1	1	0	2
	Canada	1	1	0	2
3	England*	1	0	1	2
4	South Africa	0	1	2	3
Totals (4 entries)		3	3	3	9

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Time Trial	Dunc Gray  (AUS)	Bob McLeod  (CAN)	Ted Clayton (SAF)
Sprint 1000 yd	Ernest Higgins  (ENG)	Horace Pethybridge  (AUS)	Ted Clayton (SAF)
10 mile Scratch	Bob McLeod  (CAN)	Ted Clayton (SAF)	William Harvell  (ENG)

1,000m Time Trial

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Dunc Gray	1 min 16 2-5 sec
2	Bob McLeod	1 min 18 sec
3	Ted Clayton	1 min 18 3-5 sec
4	Frank Grose	1 min 20 2-5 sec
5	William Harvell	1 min 21 3-5 sec
=6	Denis Corr	1 min 22 1-5 sec
=6	D McKenzie	1 min 22 1-5 sec
8	Willie Tagg	1 min 23 sec
9	Frank Jones	1 min 16 2-5 sec

10 mile scratch race

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Bob McLeod	24 min 26 1-5 sec
2	Ted Clayton	half a wheel
3	William Harvell
4	Frank Grose
5	John Sibbit
6	G Turner
dnf	Denis Corr	ret 2 miles
dnf	Horace Pethybridge	puncture
dnf	Dunc Gray	puncture
dnf	Willie Tagg	puncture
dnf	Frank Jones	fell
dnf	D McKenzie	fell

1,000 yards sprint championship

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete
1	Horace Pethybridge
2	G Turner
3	Willie Tagg

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete
1	Ernest Higgins
2	D. McKenzie
3	Ernest Brown

Heat 3

Pos	Athlete
1	Ted Clayton
2	Frank Grose
3	Denis Corr

Semi final 1

Pos	Athlete
1	Ernest Higgins
2	Ted Clayton

Semi final 2

Pos	Athlete
1	Horace Pethybridge
2	Frank Grose

Third place

Pos	Athlete
1	Ted Clayton
2	Frank Grose

Final

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Ernest Higgins	1 min 58 4-5 sec
2	Horace Pethybridge	2 lengths

References

1. "Empire Games, Corr competes in Cycling Events" . Northern Whig. 13 August 1934. p. 3. Retrieved 23 August 2022– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Games Cycling" . Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 2 August 1934. p. 15. Retrieved 31 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Empire Games Cycling" . Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 2 August 1934. p. 16. Retrieved 31 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Clever Sprint Success of Higgins:Honours Divided" . Daily Herald. 13 August 1934. p. 13. Retrieved 31 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
• Cycling at the Commonwealth Games