Sid Griffiths

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Sid Griffiths
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Event
Flyweight
ClubStockport

Sid Griffiths is a former wrestler who competed for Wales at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Biography

Griffiths resided in Liverpool and was the Lancashire flyweight champion in 1953 and 1954, in addition to being the Northern Counties champion in 1953. [1]

He was a member of the Stockport Club [2] and with no Welsh Wrestling Association in existence at the time, he was selected for the Empire Games team following trials in London, organised by the British Amateur Wrestling Association on 31 May 1958. [3]

He represented the 1958 Welsh team [4] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, [5] in the flyweight division of the wrestling competition, finishing fifth behind Ian Epton of South Africa. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Exiles may give us a lucky break" . Western Mail. 16 May 1958. p. 14. Retrieved 30 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "To Compete" . Pontypridd Observer. 19 July 1958. p. 22. Retrieved 30 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Four Welsh Games Teams Named" . Western Mail. 9 June 1958. p. 14. Retrieved 30 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "They wear the Red Dragon" . Western Mail. 18 July 1958. p. 25. Retrieved 30 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Home wrestler has hard luck" . Western Mail. 23 July 1958. p. 14. Retrieved 30 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.


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