Rowing at the 1930 British Empire Games

Rowing at the 1930 British Empire Games
Venue	Burlington Bay
Location	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Dates	16 – 23 August 1930
1938  →

At the 1930 British Empire Games , the rowing competition featured six events for men only (one of which was presumed to be a demonstration event). ^[1] In the double sculls event, only Canada was represented, so the organisers simply invited a couple of crews from the United States to provide some opposition. The events were held at Burlington Bay.

Bobby Pearce won the single sculls. ^[2] Pearce also won the quarter mile dash, also referred to as the canoe championships but it is not clear if this was a medal event or solely a demonstration event. ^[3] A Canoe event was held between Canada and the United States on the same day. ^[4]

The four and eight gold medal winning England crews were represented by the London Rowing Club, ^[5] while Canada's coxed four was represented by McGill University Rowing Club and the coxless four by Halifax RC. ^[6]

Bobby Pearce

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England  (ENG)	2	1	1	4
2	Canada  (CAN)*	1	2	1	4
3	New Zealand  (NZL)	1	1	1	3
4	Australia  (AUS)	1	0	0	1
5	Guiana  (BGU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		5	4	4	13

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
¼ mile dash (+) [3]	Bobby Pearce  (AUS)	1:31sec	Jack Beresford  (ENG)	1 length	Fred Bradley  (ENG)
Single sculls [2]	Bobby Pearce  (AUS)	8:33sec	Jack Beresford  (ENG)	10 lengths	Fred Bradley  (ENG)
Double sculls	Elswood Bole and Bob Richards  (CAN)	7:48	Only one pair entered		Only one pair entered
Coxless four [5]	England (London RC) Francis Fitzwilliams Arthur Harby Hugh Edwards Humphrey Boardman	7:05	Canada (Halifax RC) Jerry Calnan Jim Flemming Albert Bellew Henry Pelham	+2 lgths	New Zealand Berry Johnson Vic Olsson Alex Ross Charley Saunders
Coxed four	New Zealand Mick Brough Jack Macdonald Ben Waters Bert Sandos Arthur Eastwood	8:02	Canada (McGill RC) David Lorne Gales R. S. Evans J. A. Butler Hugh McCuaig A. Miles	+2 lgths	British Guiana Joecelyn Matthews Francis Gomes Pelham Bayley Edward Gonsalves John Jardine
Eights [3]	England (London RC) Arthur Harby Edgar Howitt Francis Fitzwilliams Humphrey Boardman Hugh Edwards Justin Brown Geoffrey Crawford Roger Close-Brooks Terence O'Brien	6:37	New Zealand Arthur Eastwood Bert Sandos Charley Saunders Ben Waters Mick Brough Rangi Thompson John Gilby Jack Macdonald Vic Olsson	+0.75 lgths	Canada Albert Taylor Don Boal Earl Eastwood Harry Fry Joseph Zabinsky Joseph Bowkes Les MacDonald William Moore William Thoburn	+4 lgths

• (+) Demonstration event

References

1. "1930 British Empire Games — Hamilton". Australian Rowing History. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
2. "Hampson's Easy Half Mile" . South Wales Daily Post. 22 August 1930. Retrieved 20 August 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "The Empire Games" . Liverpool Daily Post. 20 August 1930. Retrieved 20 August 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Lachine 1930". Cfly. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
5. "Dovorian in Empire Winning Crew" . Dover Express. 29 August 1930. Retrieved 20 August 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Jubilee Four Oared Crew". NSSHF. Retrieved 20 August 2025.

• Commonwealth Games Medallists – Rowing. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 21 July 2010.