Cycling at the 1938 British Empire Games

Cycling at the 1938 British Empire Games
Venue	Henson Park, Marrickville (track) Centennial Park (road)
Location	Sydney, Australia
Dates	5 – 12 February 1938
←  1934 1950  →

Cycling at the 1938 British Empire Games was the second appearance of Cycling at the Commonwealth Games. The track events took place at Henson Park, Marrickville, an asphalt and bitumen outdoor track, while the road race was centered around Centennial Park. ^[1]

Australia topped the cycling medal table with two gold medals. ^{[2] [3]}

Centennial Park hosted the road race

Henson Park hosted the track races

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Australia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia*	2	2	0	4
2	England	1	1	2	4
3	South Africa  (SAF)	1	0	1	2
4	New Zealand	0	1	1	2
Totals (4 entries)		4	4	4	12

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Time Trial	Bob Porter  (AUS)	Tassy Johnson  (AUS)	Ernie Mills  (ENG)
Sprint 1000 yd	Dunc Gray  (AUS)	Bob Porter  (AUS)	George Giles  (NZL)
10-mile Scratch	William Maxfield  (ENG)	Ray Hicks  (ENG)	Sidney Rose (SAF)
Road Race	Hennie Binneman (SAF)	John Brown  (NZL)	Ray Jones  (ENG)

Results

1938 Games cyclists, racing or training

1,000m Time Trial

^[4]

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Bob Porter	1:15.2 mins
2	Tasman Johnson	1:15.7 mins
3	Ernie Mills	1:15.9 mins
4	William Maxfield	1:16.3 mins
5	Dunc Gray	1:16.5 mins
6	Ron Ulmer	1:16.6 mins
8	Ray Hicks	1:16.9 mins
9	George Giles	1:17.3 mins
10	Morris Robinson	1:17.7 mins
11	Islwyn Lampard	1:18.8 mins
12	Sidney Rose	1:18.8 mins
13	Hennie Binneman	1:20.5 mins
14	Janki Das	1:22.8 mins

10 mile scratch race

Mills team rode Maxfield and Hicks before pulling out on the last lap. ^[5]

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	William Maxfield	24:44.0
2	Ray Hicks
3	Sidney Rose
4	Fred Ashby
5	John Molloy
6	Reg Braddick
	Ernie Mills	unplaced
	Hennie Binneman	unplaced
	Morris Robinson	unplaced
	George Graves	unplaced
	Islwyn Lampard	unplaced
	George Giles	unplaced
	Gordon Patrick	unplaced
	Ron Ulmer	unplaced
	Charlie E. Wright	dnf, mechanical
	Janki Das	dnf fell

1,000 yards sprint championship

First Round

• George Giles bt Janki Das
• Ron Ulmer bt Dunc Gray
• Tassy Johnson bt Islwyn Lampard
• William Maxfield bt Sidney Rose
• Ray Hicks bt Morris Robinson
• Roy Taylor bt Bob Porter

Repechage

• Gray bt Robinson
• Porter bt Lampard

Quarter finals

• Ulmer bt Hicks
• Giles bt Johnson
• Gray bt Taylor
• Porter bt Maxfield

Semi finals

• Gray bt Ulmer
• Porter bt Giles

Third place

• Giles bt Ulmer

Final

• Gray bt Porter by a wheel

Road Race

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Hennie Binneman	2'53:29.6
2	John Brown	s.t
3	Ray Jones	s.t
4	Ernie Mills
5	Morris Robinson
6	Fred Hines
	Alick Yuille	dnf
	Harold Clayton	dnf
	George Graves	dnf
	Islwyn Lampard	dnf
	William Maxfield	dnf
	Janki Das	dnf
	Frank Grose	dnf
	Ronald Triner	dnf
	Sidney Rose	dnf
	Reg Braddick	dnf

References

1. "The 1938 Commonwealth Games". Lochista. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
2. "Medal Standings 1938". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
3. "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Boxing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
4. "The Sydney Games" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 8 February 1938. Retrieved 26 August 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "England's Cyclist's Secure Empire Games Victory" . Liverpool Echo. 8 February 1938. Retrieved 26 August 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.

See also

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