England at the 1938 British Empire Games

England at the 1938 British Empire Games
CGF code	ENG
CGA	Commonwealth Games England
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 15 Silver 15 Bronze 10 Total 40
British Empire Games appearances
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England competed at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, from 5 February to 12 February 1938. ^[1]

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

Athletes

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games

Name	Age	Occupation	Medal
Sandy Duncan	25	Schoolmaster	1 x silver
Bernard Eeles	24	Accountant	none
Dora Gardner	25	Secretary	1 x silver
Frank Handley	27	Clerk	2 x silver
Mary Holloway	20	Typist	none
Cyril Holmes	22	Drysalter	2 x gold, 1 x silver
Winifred Jeffrey	17	Typist	1 x silver
Harry Lister	22	School teacher	none
Gladys Lunn	29	P.O Clerk	1 x bronze
Brian MacCabe	23	Advertising	1 x silver
John Lunn Newman	21	Bank clerk	none
Bert Norris	39	Civil Servant	1 x silver
Henry Pack	25	Police officer	1 x silver
Ethel Raby	23	Comptometer operator	2 x silver
Ken Richardson	19	Cost clerk	1 x silver
Bill Roberts	25	Timber salesman	1 x gold, 1 x silver
Dorothy Saunders	22	Teacher	1 x silver
Kathleen Stokes	21	Saleswoman	1 x silver
Kathleen Tiffen	25	Commercial artist	none
Dorothy Tyler-Odam	17	Typist	1 x gold
Lawrence Wallace	20	Student	1 x silver
Peter Ward	24	Stockbroker	1 x silver
Lawrence Weatherill	32	No profession	none
Dick Webster	23	Army officer	none

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1938 British Empire Games

Name	Age	Occupation	Medal
William Butler	21	Electrician	1 x gold
Maurice Dennis	24	Mechanic	1 x silver
Harry Groves	19	Brewers Drayman	1 x gold
Alfred Harper	24	Mechanic	none
Joseph Wilby	25	Royal Air Force	1 x bronze

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1938 British Empire Games

Name	Age	Occupation/club	Medal
Ray Hicks	20	Student	1 x silver
Ray Jones [5]	19	Carpenter / Wolverhampton Wheelers	1 x bronze
William Maxfield	21	Storekeeper	1 x gold
Ernie Mills [5]	24	Engineer / Addiscombe CC	1 x bronze

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1938 British Empire Games

Name	Age	Occupation	Medal
Jean Gilbert	18	Clerk	none
Doug Tomalin	23	Royal Air Force	1 x gold, 1 x silver

Lawn bowls

Main article: Lawn bowls at the 1938 British Empire Games

Name	Age	Occupation	Medal
James Cuthbert	64	Retired public works contractor	none
Tommy Hills	54	Auctioneer & estate agent	none
George Hiscock	62	Retired relieving officer	none
Samuel Jones	71	Retired builder	none
Edward Shuttle	60	Retired employment exchange manager	none
Edward Tappenden	61	Retired private secretary	none
Ronald Weeks	52	Retired farmer	none

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1938 British Empire Games

Name	Age	Occupation	Club	Medal
Basil Beazley	24	Electrical engineer	London RC
John Burrough	24	Chemist	London RC
Rhodes Hambridge	26	Medical student	London RC
Peter H. Jackson	25	Accountant	London RC
Desmond Kingsford	23	Timber merchant	London RC
Jack Offer	29	Estate manager	Kingston RC
Dick Offer	28	Insurance	Kingston RC
William Reeve	23	Civil engineer	London RC
John Sturrock	22	Army officer	London RC
John Turnbull	21	Cambridge student	London RC
Tim Turner		Australian resident	London RC

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1938 British Empire Games

Name	Age	Occupation	Medal
Goldup Davies	23	Draughtsman	2 x gold
Kenneth Deane	16	Student	none
Frederick Dove	20	Insurance clerk	2 x gold
Lorna Frampton	17	Bank clerk	1 x gold
Mostyn Ffrench-Williams	23	Civil servant	1 x gold
Zilpha Grant	18	Burrough's operator	1 x bronze
Joyce Harrowby	16	Student	1 x bronze
Margery Hinton	22	Clerk	1 gold, 1 x bronze
Edna Hughes	21	Corporation employee	1 x bronze
Margaret Jeffery	17	Bank clerk	1 x silver
Bob Leivers	22	Master butcher	2 x gold, 1 x silver
Doris Storey	18	Machinist	2 x gold
Michael Henry Taylor	19	Solicitor's clerk	1 x gold, 1 x bronze
Norman Wainwright	23	Clerk	1 x gold, 1 x bronze

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1938 British Empire Games

Name	Age	Occupation	Medal
Ray Cazaux	20	Pastry cook	1 x bronze
Leslie Jeffers	27	Policeman	1 x bronze

References

1. "1938 Sydney". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 2018-04-07. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
2. "English athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation.
3. "UK, Outgoing Passenger Lists, 4 Dec 1937 London". Ancestry.co.uk.
4. "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1 April 1938, Brisbane-London". Ancestry.co.uk.
5. "British Empire Games cyclists" . Western Mail. 11 January 1938. Retrieved 23 August 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.