England at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

England at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
CGF code	ENG
CGA	Commonwealth Games England
in Edinburgh, Scotland
Flag bearer	David Hemery
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 27 Silver 25 Bronze 32 Total 84
British Commonwealth Games appearances
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England competed at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 16 to 25 July 1970. ^{[1] [2]}

England finished second in the medal table. ^[3]

Medal table (top three)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	36	24	22	82
2	England	27	25	32	84
3	Canada	18	24	24	66
Totals (3 entries)		81	73	78	232

The athletes that competed are listed below. ^[4]

Team

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Men ^{[5] [6]}

Name	Event	Club	Medal
Bill Adcocks	marathon	Coventry Godiva Harriers
Ralph Banthorpe	200m	Wolverhampton & Bilston AC
Mike Baxter	5,000m	Leeds City AC
Martin Bilham	400m, relay	Border AC
John Caine	10,000m	Gateshead Harriers
Colin Campbell	800m	Polytechnic Harriers
Mike Campbell	high jump	Hillingdon AC
Geoff Capes	shot put	Birchfield Harriers
Steve Chappell	pole vault	Thames Valley Harriers
Tony Collins	400m hurdles	Herne Hill Harriers
Mike Cushion	discus throw	Woodford Green AC
John Davies	800m	Sale Harriers
Dave Dear	200m, 4x100m relay	Southampton & Eastleigh AAC
Bob Dobson	20 mile walk	Basildon AC
Don Faircloth	marathon	Croydon Harriers
John FitzSimons	javelin	Polytechnic Harriers
Brendan Foster	1,500m	Gateshead Harriers
Bruce Fraser	hammer	North Shields Polytechnic
Peter Gabbett	decathlon	Royal Navy AC
Brian Green	100m, 4x100 relay	Pilkington Harriers, St. Helens
Ian Green	100m, 4x100 relay	Luton United AC
Leon Hall	high jump	Polytechnic Harriers
Graham Hamlyn	triple jump	Blackheath Harriers
John Harrison	100m	Warrington AC
Mike Hauck	400m, relay	Thames Valley Harriers
David Hemery	110m hurdles	Hillingdon AC
Martin Higdon	pole vault	Hercules Wimbledon AC
Geoff Hignett	long jump	Pembroke / Stretford AC
Ron Hill	marathon	Bolton United Harriers
Andy Holden	3,000m steeplechase	Preston AC
Barry King	decathlon	Hillingdon AC
John Kirkbride	1500m	Blackpool & Fylde AC
Alan Lerwill	long jump, triple jump	Queen's Park AC
Martin Winbolt-Lewis	800m	Achilles Club
Shaun Lightman	20 mile walk	Metropolitan WC
Martyn Lucking	shot put	Southend AC
Roger Matthews	10,000m	Bournemouth AC
Arthur McKenzie	discus throw	North Shields Polytechnic
John McSorley	javelin throw	St. Mary's College
Alan Pascoe	110m hurdles	Polytechnic Harriers
Howard Payne	hammer throw	Birchfield Harriers
Chris Perry	3,000m steeplechase	Birchfield Harriers
Martin Reynolds	200m, relay	Thames Valley Harriers
Allan Rushmer	5,000m	Tipton Harriers
David Scharer	400m	Brighton & Hove AC
John Sherwood	400m hurdles, 400 relay	Birchfield Harriers	,
Jim Smith	decathlon	Luton United AC
Gerald Stevens	3,000m steeplechase	Reading AC
Stuart Storey	110m hurdles	Birchfield Harriers
Bill Tancred	discus throw	Loughborough Colleges
Phil Taylor	high jump	Liverpool Univ
Dick Taylor	5,000m, 10,000m	Coventry Godiva Harriers
Jeff Teale	shot put	Doncaster Plant Works AC
Dave Travis	javelin throw	Surrey AC
Tony Wadhams	triple jump	Blackheath Harriers
Len Walters	4x400m relay	Thames Valley Harriers
Ron Wallwork	20 mile walk	Lancashire Walking Club
John Whetton	1500m	Sutton-in-Ashfield Harriers
Barry Williams	hammer throw	Liverpool Harriers
Malcolm Yardley	400m	Blackburn AC

Women ^[7]

Name	Event	Club	Medal
Barbara-Anne Barrett	long jump	Mitcham AC
Brenda Bedford	shot put, discus throw	Mitcham AC
Christine Bell	100m hurdles	Stretford AC
Avril Bowring	400m	Kent AC
Norine Braithwaite	800, 1500m	Lancashire & Morecambe AC
Sheila Carey	800m	Coventry Godiva Harriers
Jannette Champion	400m	Stretford AC
Shirley Clelland	pentathlon	Dartford College Of PE
Madeleine Cobb	4 x 100 relay	Selsonia Ladies AC
Barbara Corbett	100m hurdles	Epsom & Ewell Harriers
Margaret Critchley	200m, 4 x 100 relay	Bristol & West AC	,
Anne Farquhar	javelin throw	Selsonia Ladies AC
Jean Fielding	discus throw	Liverpool Harriers
Barbara James	discus throw	Mitcham AC
Della James	100m, 200m	London Olympiades
Angela King	javelin throw	Small Heath Harriers
Pat Lowe	800m	Birchfield Harriers
Anita Neil	100m, 4 x 100 relay	London Olympiades
Janet Oldall	High jump	Woking AC
Joan Page	1,500m	Cambridge Harriers
Val Peat	100m, 4 x 100 relay	Dorothy Hyman TC
Rita Ridley	1500m	Essex Ladies
Sue Scott	100m hurdles, pentathlon	Birchfield Harriers
Sheila Sherwood	long jump	Sheffield United Harriers
Dorothy Shirley	High jump	Spartan LAC
Maureen Tranter	200m, 400m	Wolverhampton & Bilston AC
Ann Wilson	pentathlon, long jump, high jump	Southend AC	, ,

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Men ^[8]

Name	Event	County	Medal
David Eddy	singles, doubles, mixed	Staffordshire
Roger Mills	mixed	Surrey
Ray Sharp	singles, doubles	Kent
Derek Talbot	singles, doubles, mixed	Northumberland
Paul Whetnall	singles, doubles, mixed	Kent

Women ^[8]

Name	Event	County	Medal
Margaret Beck	singles	Middlesex
Margaret Boxall	singles, doubles, mixed	Kent	, ,
Gillian Perrin	singles, doubles, mixed	Surrey	, ,
Julie Rickard	doubles, mixed	Surrey
Sue Whetnall	singles, doubles, mixed	Kent	,

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Men only ^[9]

Name	Event	Club	Medal
Michael Abrams	48 kg light-flyweight	Battersea ABC
Johnny Banham	81 kg light-heavyweight	Metropolitan Police BC
John Conteh	75 kg middleweight	Kirkby ABC, Liverpool
Howard Hayes	60 kg lightweight	Plant Works Doncaster
Dave Needham	51 kg flyweight	Nottingham BC
Tony Oxley	54 kg bantamweight	Royal Navy BC
Alan Richardson	57 kg featherweight	White Rose ABC, Wakefield
Dave Simmonds	71 kg light-middlweight	Cinderford & Gloucester ABC
Les Stevens	91 kg heavyweight	Reading ABC
Ron Thurston	63.5 kg light-welterweight	Raven BC, Warrington
Terry Waller	67 kg welterweight	Lynn ABC, London

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Men only ^{[10] [11]}

Name	Event	Club	Medal
Michael Bennett	1 km time trial	Solihull CC
Bob Bicknell	match sprint	Coventry RC
Tony Brockhurst	tandem	Leicester Forest CC
Ernie Crutchlow	match sprint	Coventry CC
Gary Crewe	road race	Western RC
Ian Hallam	scratch race, individual pursuit	Beeston RC
Ronald Keeble	scratch race, 1 km time trial	34th Nomads CC
Willi Moore	individual pursuit	Merseyside Wheelers
Pete Mugglestone	tandem	Leicester Forest CC
Dave Rollinson	road race	Liverpool Mercury RC
Dave Rowe	match sprint	34th Nomads CC
Brian Rushton	road race	Humber Velo
Ray Ward	1 km time trial, individual pursuit	Oldbury & District CC

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Men ^[12]

Name	Event	Club	Medal
John Baker	3m springboard	Lewisham SC
Philip Drew	10m platform	Highgate DC
Andrew Gill	10m platform	Metropolitan Diving School
Joseph Thewlis	3m springboard	Luton Kingfishers
Brian Wetheridge	3m springboard	Metropolitan Diving School

Women ^[12]

Name	Event	Club	Medal
Shelagh Burrow	10m platform	Hillingdon Diving School
Alison Drake	3m springboard	Basildon

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Men

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
David Acfield	sabre individual, team
Mike Breckin	foil individual, team	,
Richard Cohen	sabre individual, team	,
Rodney Craig	sabre individual, team	,
Bill Hoskyns	épée individual, team	,
Peter Jacobs	épée individual, team	,
Ralph Johnson	épée individual, team
Barry Paul	foil individual, team	,
Graham Paul	foil individual, team	,

Women

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Sue Green	foil individual, team
Clare Henley	foil individual, team
Janet Wardell-Yerburgh	foil individual, team	,

Lawn bowls

Main article: Lawn bowls at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Men only ^[13]

Name	Event	Club	Medal
David Bryant	singles	Clevedon BC
Norman Hook	rinks/fours	Victory Park BC
Norman King	pairs	Mansfield BC
Peter Line	pairs	Banister Park BC
Harold Powell	rinks/fours	Farnborough British Legion BC
Bobby Stenhouse	rinks/fours	Wellingborough Town BC
Cliff Stroud	rinks/fours	Trowbridge Westbourne BC

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Men ^[12]

Name	Event	Club	Medal
Michael Bailey	100m butterfly	Hull Olympic SC
Tony Davidson	100m backstroke	Newcastle Under Lyme SC
Tony Jarvis	100 & 200m freestyle, relays	Otter SC	,
John Mills	200 & 1500m freestyle,200m butterfly, relay	St James' SC, Stoke Newington
Ivan Myall	100, 200 & 400m freestyle, relays	City of Southampton SC	,
Lennie Norris	100m butterfly, relay	Barracuda SC, Wimbledon
Malcolm O'Connell	100m breaststroke, relay	City of Southampton SC
William Price	100 & 200m breaststroke	Hornchurch ASC
Jimmy Rogers	100 & 200m backstroke, relay	St James' SC, Stoke Newington
Clive Rushton	100 & 200m backstroke	Rochdale SC
Raymond Terrell	200m backstroke, 200 & 400m individual medley, relays	City of Southampton SC	, , ,
Alan Widdowson	100 & 200m butterfly	Nottingham Northern
Malcolm Windeatt	100m freestyle, relay	Torquay Leander

Women ^[12]

Name	Event	Club	Medal
Lesley Allardice	200m freestyle, relay	Hornchurch SC
Sharon Anslow	200 & 400m individual medley	Southwark SC
Jackie Brown	100m backstroke	Hull Olympic SC
Wendy Burrell	100 & 200m backstroke, 400m individual medley	Carlisle SC
Sheena Grant	200m backstroke	Wythenshawe SC, Manchester
Diana Harris	100 & 200m breaststroke	Beckenham Ladies SC
Dorothy Harrison	100 & 200m breaststroke, relay	Hartlepool SC	, ,
Christine Jarvis	100m breaststroke	Modernian SC, Bedford
Diane Lansley	100 & 200m butterfly, relay	City of Southampton SC	,
Sally Pickering	100m freestyle, relay	Hull Olympic SC
Sylvia Platt	100 & 200m backstroke, relay	Hyde Seal SC
Amanda Radnage	200m breaststroke	York City SC
Shelagh Ratcliffe	100m freestyle, 200 & 400m individual medley	Everton SC, Liverpool
Kathryn Smith	100m freestyle, relays	Coalville LC
Diana Sutherland	200m freestyle, relay	Cheam Ladies
Jane Thomson	200m individual medley	Wolverhampton SC
Gillian Treers	100 & 200m butterfly	Beckenham Ladies SC
Susan Williams	200m butterfly, 400 & 800m freestyle	Exeter SC

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Men only

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Dave Hancock	110 kg heavyweight
Laurie Levine	75 kg middleweight
Louis Martin	90 kg middle-heavyweight
Precious McKenzie	56 kg bantamweight
George Newton	67.5 kg lightweight
Mike Pearman	82.5 kg light-heavyweight
Gerald Perrin	60 kg featherweight
Brian Saunders	+110 kg super-heavyweight

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Men only

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Peter Amey	74 kg welterweight
Kenneth Dawes	62 kg featherweight
Terence Robinson	57 kg bantamweight
David Idle	68 kg lightweight
Ronald Grinstead	82 kg middleweight
Richard Barraclough	90 kg light-heavyweight
Denis McNamara	100 kg heavyweight

References

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2. "Edinburgh, Scotland 1970 Team". Team England.
3. "Medal Standings Edinburgh 1970". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
4. "English athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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7. "Ann will be busy" . Liverpool Daily Post. 23 June 1970. p. 11. Retrieved 24 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Eddy named for the Games" . Wolverhampton Express and Star. 7 April 1970. p. 48. Retrieved 25 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "Coles Misses Games Boxing" . Daily Mirror. 22 May 1970. p. 27. Retrieved 25 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
10. "Rollinson and Moore to ride in Games team" . Liverpool Echo. 10 June 1970. p. 22. Retrieved 25 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
11. "Ian Hallam picked in Games team" . Nottingham Evening Post. 10 June 1970. p. 22. Retrieved 25 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
12. "Lesley in Games at 12" . Daily Mirror. 15 June 1970. p. 30. Retrieved 25 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
13. "Bowls" . Cambridge Daily News. 7 February 1970. p. 5. Retrieved 28 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.