Scotland at the 1930 British Empire Games

Scotland at the 1930 British Empire Games
CGF code	SCO
CGA	Scotland at the Commonwealth Games
Website	www.teamscotland.scot
in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 6 Total 10
British Empire Games appearances
1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 2030

Scotland at the 1930 British Empire Games (abbreviated SCO) was the first appearance of the country at the inaugural games. Scotland has competed in every edition of the Commonwealth Games. In the first edition, just 11 teams took part and of them, 5 other countries have also competed in every edition.

Scotland came 6th overall in the games, with 1 gold medal, 2 silver medals and 6 bronze medals. ^{[1] [2]}

Dunky Wright won a gold medal in the marathon ^[3] and James Rolland won gold in the lightweight category during the boxing events. ^[4]

Team

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• Main article: Aquatics at the 1930 British Empire Games

Athlete	Events	Notes/ref
Willie Francis	100 yd backstroke
Ellen King	100y freestyle, 200y breaststroke, 4×100y relay, 100 yd backstroke	/ / [6]
Jean McDowell	4×100y relay
Jessie McVey	4×100y relay
Cissie Stewart	100 yd backstroke, 4×100y relay	/

Athletics

• Main article: Athletics at the 1930 British Empire Games

Dunky Wright

Athlete	Events	Notes/ref
Roy Hamilton	100& 220 yards
Ian Howie Borland	100 & 220 & 440y yards
Archibald Moir Murray	Hammer throw
Thomas Riddell	880 yards
Alexander Smith	Hammer throw
Robert Sutherland	1 mile, 3 & 6 miles
James Ford Wood	6 miles
Dunky Wright	marathon

Boxing

• Main article: Boxing at the 1930 British Empire Games

Athlete	Events	Notes/ref
Tommy Holt*	bantamweight 54kg
Alex Lyons	featherweight 57kg
James Rolland	60kg

Lawn bowls

• Main article: Lawn bowls at the 1930 British Empire Games

Athlete	Events	Notes/ref
David Fraser	fours/rinks
John Orr	fours/rinks
Tom Chambers+	fours/rinks
William Campbell	fours/rinks

(*) Tommy Holt received a bronze medal and not a silver medal as stated on some websites, the bantamweight final was between Harry Mizler of England and John Keller of Canada. ^[7]

(+) Tom Chambers was a Canadian. One of the original Scottish team members (Mr John Kennedy) had died suddenly while visiting friends in Buffalo, New York, on the journey to Canada. ^[8] The other teams agreed that Chambers could be used as a substitute even though he was not Scottish.

References

1. "Medal Standings Hamilton 1930". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
2. "Scotland". Commonwealth Sport. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
3. "Two Canadian records Broken" . Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore). 24 August 1930. Retrieved 19 August 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "England's successes" . Daily Mirror. 23 August 1930. Retrieved 19 August 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Scotland Hamilton 1930". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
6. "Empire Games" . Birmingham Daily Gazette. 21 August 1930. Retrieved 19 August 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Hampson's Easy Half Mile" . South Wales Daily Post. 22 August 1930. Retrieved 19 August 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Notes by Toucher" . Coatbridge Leader. 16 August 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 6 May 2021– via The British Newspaper Archive.