Fencing at the 1950 British Empire Games

Fencing at the 1950 British Empire Games
Venue	Auckland City Drill Hall
Location	Rutland Street, Auckland, New Zealand
Dates	4 – 11 February 1950
1954  →

Fencing at the 1950 British Empire Games was the maiden appearance of Fencing at the Commonwealth Games. The events took place in the Auckland City Drill Hall on Rutland Street. ^[1]

England topped the fencing medal table with six gold medals. ^{[2] [3]}

1950 British Empire Games fencing taking place at the Auckland City Drill Hall
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Medal table

  *   Host nation (New Zealand)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England  (ENG)	6	3	0	9
2	Australia  (AUS)	1	1	3	5
3	New Zealand  (NZL)*	0	2	0	2
4	Canada  (CAN)	0	1	4	5
Totals (4 entries)		7	7	7	21

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Foil	René Paul  (ENG)	John Fethers  (AUS)	Georges Pouliot  (CAN)
Foil team	England Arthur Pilbrow Robert Anderson René Paul	New Zealand Austen Gittos Gordon Dearing Murray Gittos Malcolm Millar	Canada Georges Pouliot Robert Desjarlais Edward Brooke
Épée	Charles de Beaumont  (ENG)	Robert Anderson  (ENG)	Ivan Lund  (AUS)
Épée team	Australia Allan Jay Ivan Lund Charles Stanmore	England René Paul Charles de Beaumont Robert Anderson	Canada Georges Pouliot Robert Desjarlais Edward Brooke
Sabre	Arthur Pilbrow  (ENG)	Robert Anderson  (ENG)	Georges Pouliot  (CAN)
Sabre team	England Charles de Beaumont Arthur Pilbrow Robert Anderson	Canada Georges Pouliot Robert Desjarlais Edward Brooke	Australia Norman Booth Leslie Chillug Edwin Dean Jock Gibson
Foil	Mary Glen-Haig  (ENG)	Patricia Woodroffe  (NZL)	Catherine Pym  (AUS)

Results

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Foil (men)

• Final pool

Pos	Athlete	Wins/hits against
1	René Paul	7 Wins
2	John Fethers	6 Wins
3	Georges Pouliot	4 Wins, 22
4	Austen Gittos	4 Wins, 24
5	Bob Anderson	2 Wins, 31
6	Robert Desjarlais	2 Wins, 31
7	Arthur Pilbrow	2 Wins, 32
8	Murray Gittos	1 Wins

Foil (women)

• Final pool

Pos	Athlete	Wins/hits against
1	Mary Glen-Haig	7 Wins
2	Patricia Woodroffe	6 Wins
3	Catherine Pym	5 Wins
4	Elizabeth Stokes	3 Wins, 20
5	Olga Jekyll	3 Wins, 21
6	Florence Andrews	2 Wins
7	E. Hamilton	1 Wins, 25
8	Mavis Joan Wilson	1 Wins, 27

Épée

• Final pool

Pos	Athlete	Wins
1	Charles de Beaumont	5 Wins+
2	Bob Anderson	5 Wins+
3	Ivan Lund	5 Wins+
4	René Paul	4 Wins
5	Edward Brooke	3 Wins
6	Allan Jay	2 Wins
7	Robert Desjarlais	2 Wins
8	Joseph Ward	2 Wins

+ First three places determined by a barrage

Sabre

• Final pool

Pos	Athlete	Wins
1	Arthur Pilbrow	7 wins
2	Bob Anderson	5 wins
3	Georges Pouliot	4 wins
4	Dudley E. Wright	3 wins
5	René Paul	3 wins
6	Jock Gibson
7	Robert Desjarlais
8	Edward Brooke

Foil (team)

Team 1	Team 2	Score
England	Australia	7–2
New Zealand	Canada	6–3
England	Canada	7–2
Australia	New Zealand	5–4
England	New Zealand	6–3
Canada	Australia	7–2

Pos	Team	W	L	Pts
1	Pilbrow, Anderson, Paul	3	0	20
2	Dearing, A.Gittos, M.Gittos, Millar	1	2	13
3	Pouliot,Desjarlais, Brooke	1	2	12
4	Fethers, Jay, Dean	1	2	9

Épée (team)

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Australia	England	4–4+
Canada	New Zealand	8–0
England	New Zealand	6–3
Australia	Canada	5–4
England	Canada	9–0
Australia	New Zealand	5–4

+ Australia win tie on fewer hits against

Pos	Team	W	L	Pts
1	Jay, Lund, Stanmore	3	0	14
2	Paul, de Beaumont, Anderson	2	1	19
3	Pouliot, Desjarlais, Brooke	1	2	12
4	Cox, Elsom, J.H. Malcolm, J. Shaw, Ward	0	3	7

Sabre (team)

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Australia	New Zealand	6–3
England	Canada	8–1
Canada	New Zealand	6–3
England	Australia	7–2
England	New Zealand	8–1
Canada	Australia	6–3

Pos	Team	W	L	Pts
1	de Beaumont, Pilbrow, Anderson	3	0	24
2	Pouliot, Desjarlais, Brooke	2	1	13
3	Booth, Chillug, Dean, Gibson	1	2	11
4	Flaws, Hadley, McLeavey, Stafford, Wright	0	3	7

References

1. "The Fourth British Empire Games" . Ireland's Saturday Night. 9 July 1949. Retrieved 12 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Medal Standings 1950". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
3. "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Fencing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
4. "Fencing Results" . Gloucestershire Echo. 6 February 1950. Retrieved 13 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Boxing and Fencing" . Birmingham Daily Post. 9 February 1950. Retrieved 13 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Fencing" . The Scotsman. 8 February 1950. Retrieved 13 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Fencing" . Liverpool Echo. 9 February 1950. Retrieved 13 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in fencing