New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games

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New Zealand at the
1938 British Empire Games
Flag of New Zealand.svg
CGF code NZL
CGA New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association
Website www.olympic.org.nz
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Competitors69
Flag bearersOpening: Jim Leckie
Closing:
Officials13
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
5
Silver
7
Bronze
13
Total
25
British Empire Games appearances

New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games was represented by a team of 69 competitors and 13 officials, including 18 athletes, 15 rowers, eight swimmers and divers, and seven each of boxers, cyclists and wrestlers. [1] Selection of the team for the Games in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was Jim Leckie. The New Zealand team finished fifth on the medal table, winning a total of 25 medals, five of which were gold.

Contents

New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

Medal tables

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Pat Boot Athletics Men's 880 yards
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Cecil Matthews Athletics Men's 3 miles
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Cecil Matthews Athletics Men's 6 miles
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Bill Bremner
Ernie Jury
Alec Robertson
Bill Whittaker
Lawn bowls Men's four
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Walter Denison
Lance Macey
Lawn bowls Men's pairs
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Stan Lay Athletics Men's javelin throw
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Darcy Heeney Boxing Men's welterweight
Silver medal icon.svg Silver John Brown Cycling Men's road race
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Frank Livingstone Lawn bowls Men's singles
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ken Boswell
George Burns (cox)
Jim Clayton
Albert Hope
John Rigby
Rowing Men's coxed four
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Vernon Thomas Wrestling Men's lightweight
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jim Dryden Wrestling Men's heavyweight
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Arnold Anderson
Graham Quinn
Alan Sayers
Harold Tyrie
Athletics Men's 4 x 440 yards relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Pat Boot Athletics Men's 1 mile
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Betty Forbes Athletics Women's high jump
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jim Leckie Athletics Men's hammer throw
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Rona Tong Athletics Women's 80 m hurdles
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kenneth Moran Boxing Men's featherweight
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze George Giles Cycling Men's sprint
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Howard Benge
John Charters
Oswald Denison
James Gould
Gus Jackson
Les Pithie
Cyril Stiles
William Stodart (cox)
Rangi Thompson
Rowing Men's eight
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Gus Jackson
Robert Smith
Rowing Men's double sculls
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Robert Smith Rowing Men's single sculls
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mona Leydon Swimming Women's 440 yards freestyle
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Joe Genet Wrestling Men's featherweight
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jeremiah Podjursky Wrestling Men's welterweight
Medals by sport
Sport Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg Total
Athletics 3159
Lawn bowls 2103
Wrestling 0224
Rowing 0134
Boxing 0112
Cycling 0112
Swimming 0011
Total571325
Medals by gender
Gender Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg Total
Male571022
Female0033
Total571325

Competitors

The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 13518
Boxing 77
Cycling 77
Diving 011
Lawn bowls 77
Rowing 1515
Swimming 437
Wrestling 77
Total60969

Athletics

Track

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRank [i] ResultRank [ii] ResultRank
Theo Allen Men's 880 yards 1:54.515
Men's 1 mile 4:20.04DNF
Arnold Anderson Men's 440 yards hurdles 5
Pat Boot Men's 880 yards 1:52.3 GR11:51.2 GRGold medal icon.svg
Men's 1 mile 24:12.6Bronze medal icon.svg
Alan Geddes Men's 3 miles 7
Men's 6 miles 4
Doreen Lumley Women's 100 yards 24did not advance
Women's 220 yards DQdid not advance
Cecil Matthews Men's 3 miles 13:59.6 GRGold medal icon.svg
Men's 6 miles 30:14.5 GRGold medal icon.svg
Bill Pullar Men's 1 mile 4:19.536
Graham Quinn Men's 100 yards 5did not advance
Men's 220 yards 25did not advance
Alan Sayers Men's 220 yards 5did not advance
Men's 440 yards 3did not advance
Frank Sharpley Men's 100 yards 310.46did not advance
Men's 120 yards hurdles 315.06
Doris Strachan Women's 100 yards 11.84did not advance
Women's 220 yards 4did not advance
Rona Tong Women's 80 yards hurdles 211.8Bronze medal icon.svg
Women's 100 yards 5did not advance
Harold Tyrie Men's 440 yards 49.326
Arnold Anderson
Graham Quinn
Alan Sayers
Harold Tyrie
Men's 4 x 440 yards relay 3:22.0Bronze medal icon.svg
Doreen Lumley
Doris Strachan
Rona Tong
Women's 110-220-110 yards relay 4
  1. Ranks given are within the heat
  2. Ranks given are within the semifinal

Field

AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Betty Forbes Women's high jump 5 ft 2 in
(1.57 m)
Bronze medal icon.svg
Stan Lay Men's javelin throw 204 ft 1+14 in
(62.21 m)
Silver medal icon.svg
Jim Leckie Men's discus throw DNS
Men's hammer throw 145 ft 5+12 in
(44.34 m)
Bronze medal icon.svg
Mary Mitchell Women's javelin throw 118 ft 12 in
(35.98 m)
4
Jack Morgan Men's discus throw 119 ft 11+12 in
(36.56 m)
8
Doris Strachan Women's long jump 17 ft 34 in
(5.20 m)
6

Boxing

AthleteEventQuarter FinalSemi FinalFinal / BMRank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Hugh Sheridan Flyweight ByeFlag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  Joubert  (SAF)
L
Flag of Scotland.svg  Cameron  (SCO)
L
4
Jack Parker Bantamweight Flag of England.svg  Butler  (ENG)
L
did not advance
Kenneth Moran Featherweight ByeBritish Ceylon flag.svg  Henricus  (CEY)
L
Flag of England.svg  Harper  (ENG)
W
Bronze medal icon.svg
Joseph Collins Lightweight Flag of Southern Rhodesia.svg  Fulton  (SRH)
L
did not advance
Darcy Heeney Welterweight ByeFlag of Southern Rhodesia.svg  Tsirindanis  (SRH)
W
Flag of Australia.svg  Smith  (AUS)
L
Silver medal icon.svg
Artie Sutherland Middleweight Flag of Wales 2.svg  Reardon  (WAL)
L
did not advance
Ron Withell Heavyweight Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  Sterley  (SAF)
L
Flag of Australia.svg  Harley  (AUS)
L
4

Cycling

Road

Men's road race
AthleteTimeRank
John Brown 2:53:29Silver medal icon.svg
Frank Grose DNF
Ronald Triner 7

Track

Men's 1000 m sprint
AthleteHeatRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
George Giles British Raj Red Ensign.svg  Das  (IND)
W 12.9
Flag of Australia.svg  Johnson  (AUS)
W 13.0
Flag of Australia.svg  Porter  (AUS)
L 12.9
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Ulmer  (NZL)
W 12.9
Bronze medal icon.svg
Roy Taylor Flag of Australia.svg  Porter  (AUS)
W 12.5
Flag of Australia.svg  Gray  (AUS)
L 12.7
did not advance
Ron Ulmer Flag of Australia.svg  Gray  (AUS)
W 13.0
Flag of England.svg  Hicks  (ENG)
W 12.8
Flag of Australia.svg  Gray  (AUS)
L 12.9
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Giles  (NZL)
L 12.9
4
Men's 1 km time trial
AthleteTimeRank
George Giles 1:17.39
Roy Taylor 1:16.77
Ron Ulmer 1:16.66
Men's 10 miles track race
AthleteTimeRank
George Giles DNF
Gordon Patrick unplaced
Ron Ulmer DNF

Diving

AthleteEventFinal
PointsRank
Gwen Rix Women's 3 m springboard 65.866

Lawn bowls

AthleteEventRound robinPlayoffRank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Frank Livingstone Men's singles Ulster banner.svg Clarke (NIR)
W 26 – 5
Flag of England.svg Hills (ENG)
W 27 – 18
Flag of Australia.svg Low (AUS)
W 25 – 12
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Harvey (SAF)
L 19 – 26
Flag of Southern Rhodesia.svg Bourne (SRH)
W 26 – 9
Silver medal icon.svg
Lance Macey
Walter Denison
Men's pairs Flag of England.svg  England
W 22 – 20
Flag of Fiji (1924-1970).svg  Fiji
L 20 – 21
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa
W 24 – 13
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
W 25 – 21
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
W 25 – 21
Gold medal icon.svg
Bill Whittaker
Alec Robertson
Ernie Jury
Bill Bremner
Men's four Flag of Fiji (1924-1970).svg  Fiji
W 26 – 11
Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada
W 21 – 19
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
W 19 – 14
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa
L 16 – 17
Flag of England.svg  England
W 22 – 12
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa
W 19 – 6
Gold medal icon.svg

Rowing

AthleteEventRank
Bob Smith Men's single sculls Bronze medal icon.svg
Gus Jackson
Bob Smith
Men's double sculls Bronze medal icon.svg
John Rigby
Ken Boswell
Albert Hope
Jim Clayton
George Burns
(cox)
Men's coxed four Silver medal icon.svg
Les Pithie
Oswald Denison
John Charters
Howard Benge
Gus Jackson
Cyril Stiles
Rangi Thompson
James Gould
William Stodart
(cox)
Men's eight Bronze medal icon.svg

Percival Stowers and Cliff Johnson accompanied the team as emergencies, but did not compete.

Swimming

AthleteEventHeatFinal
ResultRank [i] ResultRank
Noel Crump Men's 110 yards freestyle 4did not advance
Men's 440 yards freestyle 5did not advance
Jack Davies Men's 220 yards breaststroke 3:10.44did not advance
Winnie Dunn Women's 220 yards breaststroke 7
Peter Hanan Men's 110 yards freestyle 1:00.54 q5
Mona Leydon Women's 440 yards freestyle 5:36.82 Q5:42.0Bronze medal icon.svg
Joyce Macdonald Women's 110 yards backstroke 1:28.6did not advance
Len Newell Men's 440 yards freestyle 7did not advance
Men's 1650 yards freestyle DNFdid not advance
Joyce Macdonald
Mona Leydon
Winnie Dunn
Women's 3 x 110 yards medley relay 4:22.35
  1. Ranks given are within the heat

Wrestling

AthleteEventElimination roundsFinalRank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Leo Nolan Bantamweight Flag of Australia.svg  Purcell  (AUS)
W
Flag of England.svg  Cazaux  (ENG)
L
Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Blake  (CAN)
L
4
Joseph Genet Featherweight Flag of England.svg  Purchase  (ENG)
L
Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Clarke  (CAN)
L
Bronze medal icon.svg
Vernon Thomas Lightweight ByeFlag of Australia.svg  Garrard  (AUS)
L
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  Harding  (SAF)
W
Silver medal icon.svg
Jerry Podjursky Welterweight Flag of Australia.svg  Trevaskis  (AUS)
L
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  Stander  (SAF)
L
Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Harcourt Godfrey Middleweight ByeFlag of England.svg  Jeffers  (ENG)
L
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  Sheasby  (SAF)
L
did not advance
Torsten Anderson Light heavyweight Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  Greenspan  (SAF)
L
Flag of Australia.svg  Scarf  (AUS)
L
Did not advance4
Jim Dryden Heavyweight Flag of Scotland.svg  Dudgeon  (SCO)
W
Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Whelan  (CAN)
W
Flag of Australia.svg  Knight  (AUS)
L
Silver medal icon.svg

Officials

See also

References

  1. "For Sydney". Evening Post. 14 January 1938. p. 11. Retrieved 14 June 2018.