England at the 1934 British Empire Games

England at the 1934 British Empire Games
CGF code	ENG
CGA	Commonwealth Games England
in London, England
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 29 Silver 20 Bronze 24 Total 73
British Empire Games appearances
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England competed at the 1934 British Empire Games in London, England, from 4 August to 11 August 1934. ^[1]

The athletes that competed are listed below. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Team

Athletics

(Men)

Main article: Athletics at the 1934 British Empire Games

^[5]

Malcolm Nokes won gold in the hammer throw again

Name	Event	Club	Medal
Cyril Allen	3 miles	Highgate Harriers
George Bailey	2 mile steeplechase	Salford Harriers
Wally Beavers	3 miles	York Harriers
Douglas Bell	discus, hammer	Achilles Club
Geoffrey Blake	440 yards, 4 × 440	London University
Charles Bowen	javelin	Lancashire Fusiliers	none
Edward Bradbrooke	high jump	Achilles Club	none
Ralph Kilner Brown	440y hurdles	Achilles Club
Alec Burns	3 miles	Elswick Harriers
Leslie Butler	long Jump, triple jump	Blackheath Harriers	none
Thomas Campbell	2 mile steeplechase	Salford Harriers	none
Jack A. Cooper	880 yards	C.A.V. Harriers	none
Jerry Cornes	1 Mile	Achilles Club
Horace Craske	1 Mile	South London Harriers	none
Robert Crombie	long Jump	Mitcham AC	none
Everard Davis	100 yards, 4 × 110	Achilles Club
Norman Drake	hammer	Sutton-in-Ashfield Harriers	none
Sandy Duncan	long Jump	Achilles Club	none
John Duus	javelin	Manchester AC	none
Tom Evenson	2 mile steeplechase	Salford Harriers
Don Finlay	120 yards hurdles	Surrey AC
Arthur Furze	6 miles	Watford Harriers
John Gabriel	120 yards hurdles	London AC	none
Arthur Gray	high jump, triple jump	Polytechnic Harriers	none
Michael Gutteridge	880 yards	Army	none
Roland Harper	120 yards hurdles	Achilles Club	none
Joseph Heath	javelin	Birchfield Harriers	none
John Higginson	Leyland Motors AC	triple jump	none
Maurice Hintze	220 yards	Polytechnic Harriers	none
Jack Holden	3 miles, 6 miles	Tipton Harriers	none
Robert Howland	shot put	Achilles Club
Alfred Kinally	pole vault	Army	none
William Land	discus, high jump	Army	none
Reg Nicholls	marathon	Reading AC	none
Malcolm Nokes	hammer	Achilles Club
Bert Norris	marathon	Polytechnic Harriers	none
George Pallett	long Jump	Herne Hill Harriers	none
Arthur Penny	6 miles	Belgrave Harriers
Frank Phillipson	pole vault	Salford Harriers	none
Ashleigh Pilbrow	120, 440 yards hurdles	Achilles Club
John Potts	6 miles	Salford Harriers	none
Jack Powell	880 yards	London AC	none
Kenneth Pridie	discus, shot put	London AC
Godfrey Rampling	440 yards, 4 × 440	Milocarian AC	,
Walter Rangeley	100, 220 yards, 4 × 110	Salford AC	,
Denis Rathbone	220 yards, 4 × 440	Achilles Club
Aubrey Reeve	1 Mile	Polytechnic Harriers	none
Herbert Reeves	hammer, shot put	Manchester City Police AC	none
Bill Roberts	440 yards	Salford AC
George Saunders	100 yards, 4 × 110	Polytechnic Harriers
Stanley Scarsbrook	2 mile steeplechase	Surrey AC
John Stone	440y hurdles	South London Harriers	none
Crew Stoneley	440 yards, 4 × 440	Army	,
Arthur Sweeney	100, 220 yards, 4 × 110	Milocarian AC	, ,
F. Turner	triple jump	Sparkhill Harriers	none
Jack Walker	pole vault	Achilles Club	none
Anthony Watson	shot put	Army	none
Lawrence Weatherill	marathon	South London Harriers	none
Dick Webster	pole vault	London AC	none
Stanley West	high jump	Polytechnic Harriers	none
Clifford Whitehead	880 yards	Salford Harriers	none
Stanley Wilson	javelin	Birchfield Harriers	none
Harry Wood	marathon	Makerfield Harriers	none
Sydney Wooderson	1 Mile	Blackheath Harriers

(Women)

Name	Event	Club	Medal
Phyllis Bartholomew	long jump	Reading AC
Dorothy Butterfield	880 yards	Middlesex Ladies AC
Lillian Chalmers	100 yards	Portsmouth Atalanta AC
Margaret Cox	javelin	Birchfield Harriers
Louise Fawcett	javelin	London Olympiades AC	none
Constance Furneaux	880 yards	Mitcham AC	none
Phyllis Goad	80 metres hurdles	Portsmouth Atalanta AC	none
Elsie Green	80 metres hurdles	North London Harriers
Edith Halstead	javelin	Bury & Radcliffe AC
Nellie Halstead	220 yards, 440, 660 relay	Bury & Radcliffe AC	, ,
Elsie Harris	high jump	London Olympiades AC	none
Eileen Hiscock	100, 220 yards, 440, 660 relay	London Olympiades AC	, , ,
Ethel Johnson	100, 220 yards, 660 relay	Bolton Harriers
Ida Jones	880 yards	Liverpool University AC
Gladys Lunn	880 yards, javelin	Birchfield Harriers	,
Elsie Maguire	100 yards, 440 relay	London Olympiades AC
Mary Milne	high jump	Mitcham AC	none
Marjorie O'Kell	high jump	Middlesex Ladies AC	none
Doris Razzell	long jump	North London Harriers	none
Hilda Thorogood	high jump	London Olympiades AC	none
Kathleen Tiffen	80 metres hurdles	Mitcham AC	none
Ivy Walker	220 yards, 660 relay	Cambridge Harriers
Violet Webb	80 metres hurdles, long jump	Ladies Polytechnic Club

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1934 British Empire Games

Name	Weight	Club	Medal
George Brennan	Light heavyweight	Nottingham Police ABC
Pat Floyd	Heavyweight	Battersea BC
Dave McCleave	Welterweight	Lynn AC
Harry Moy	Lightweight	Lynn AC
Pat Palmer	Flyweight	Battersea & Shexgar ABC
Eddie Ryan	Bantamweight	Lynn AC
Alf Shawyer	Middleweight	Old Goldsmiths BC
Jack Treadaway	Featherweight	Battersea & Shexgar ABC	none

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1934 British Empire Games

Name	Event	Club	Medal
William Harvell	1000y sprint, 10 mile scratch	Poole Wheelers
Ernest Higgins	1000y sprint	Manchester Wheelers
Jack Sibbit	10 mile scratch	Manchester Wheelers

Diving

(Men)

Main article: Diving at the 1934 British Empire Games

Name	Event	Medal
Peter Beveridge	3 m springboard	none
Louis Marchant	10 m platform
Tommy Mather	10 m platform
John Brisco Ray	3 m springboard
Doug Tomalin	3 m springboard, 10 m platform	,

(Women)

Name	Event	Medal
Cecily Cousens	10 m platform
Katinka Larsen	3 m springboard	none
Dot Macready	10 m platform

Lawn bowls

Main article: Lawn bowls at the 1934 British Empire Games

Name	Discipline	Club	Medal
Fred Biggin	Rinks/Fours	Temple BC
Ernie Gudgeon	Rinks/Fours	Preston
Tommy Hills	Pairs	Eltham BC
James McKinlay	Singles	Paddington BC	none
Robert Slater	Rinks/Fours	Callenders BC
Percy Tomlinson	Rinks/Fours	Margate BC
George Wright	Pairs	Southern Railway BC, Eastleigh

Swimming

(Men)

Main article: Swimming at the 1934 British Empire Games

Name	Event	Medal
John Besford	100 yd backstroke, 3×110 medley	,
Goldup Davies	200 yd breaststroke	none
Frederick Dove	100 yd freestyle	none
Mostyn Ffrench-Williams	100 yd freestyle, 4×200, 3×110 medley	,
Bob Leivers	440 yd freestyle, 4×200
K.T.Scott	100 yd backstroke	none
Arthur Summers	3×110 medley
Reginald Sutton	100 yd freestyle, 4×200
Norman Wainwright	440y /1500y freestyle, 4×200	, ,

(Women)

Name	Event	Medal
Olive Bartle	4×100
Margaret Gomm	200 yd breaststroke	none
Audrey Hancock	100 yd backstroke	none
Phyllis Harding	100 yd backstroke, 3×110 medley	,
Margery Hinton	440 yd freestyle, 200 yd breaststroke, 4×100	,
Edna Hughes	100 yd freestyle, 4×100, 3×110 medley	,
Vera Kingston	200 yd breaststroke, 3×110 medley
Gladys Morcom	440 yd freestyle	none
Beatrice Wolstenholme	440 yd freestyle, 4×100

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1934 British Empire Games

Name	Weight	Club	Medal
Stanley Bissell	Middleweight	Metropolitan Police A.A.
William Fox	Welterweight	Manchester Y.M.C.A.
Joe Nelson	Featherweight	Bolton United Harriers & AC
G.E. North	Lightweight	Manchester Y.M.C.A.
Joseph Reid	Bantamweight	Leigh H. & A.C.
Bernard Rowe	Light heavyweight	Nottingham Physical Culture School
Horace L. Taylor	Heavyweight	Bradford Premier A.C.	none

References

1. "1934 London". Commonwealth Games Federation.
2. "English athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
3. "Medallists". GBR Athletics.
4. "London 1934 Team". Team England. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
5. "England's Athletes" . Sunday Mirror. 22 July 1934. Retrieved 7 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.