Wales at the 1934 British Empire Games

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Wales at the
1934 British Empire Games
Flag of Wales 2.svg
CGF code WAL
CGA Wales at the Commonwealth Games
Website teamwales.cymru
in London, England
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
0
Silver
3
Bronze
3
Total
6
British Empire Games appearances
Flag of Wales until 1953 Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg
Flag of Wales until 1953

Wales at the 1934 British Empire Games (abbreviated WAL), has competed in every edition of the Commonwealth Games. Wales had only sent swimmers to the 1930 games and therefore were able to send more athletes this time with the games being in London. The team doubled their medal tally but failed to take a gold medal.

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Wales came 8th overall in the games but runner Reg Thomas did not compete for Wales, because of English objections (he had competed for England at the 1930 British Empire Games).

Medals

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Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg WAL 0336

Gold

None

Silver

Bronze

Team

Athletics

AthleteEventsNotesMedals
Jim Alford 880y
Cyril Cupid 100y, 220y
Peter Fraser 400y
Ken Harris 1 Mile - Men
Arthur Lewis Shot Put
Stan Macey 120 Yard Hurdles
Wilf Short Marathon
Len Tongue 3 Mile
Frank Whitcutt High Jump
Cyril Williams 100y, 220y

Boxing

AthleteEventsNotesMedals
Boxing [4]
Albert Barnes bantamweightCardiff BC Silver medal icon (S initial).svg
Alf Ford middleweightPontnewyndd BC
Vic Horton welterweightMaindee BC
J. D. Jones featherweightRWF Tidwort Silver medal icon (S initial).svg
Jackie Pottinger flyweightCardiff BC Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg
Frank Taylor lightweightCwmcarn BC Silver medal icon (S initial).svg
Wally Walters light-heavyweightCaerau BC

Diving

AthleteEventsNotesMedals
Arthur Bevan Perrow 10m Platform

Lawn Bowls

AthleteEventsNotesMedals
Thomas Davies pairs Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg
Percy Holloway singles
William G Kentfours/rinks
Michael Manweilerfours/rinks
Isaac Reesfours/rinks
Stan Weaver pairs Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg
R Williamsfours/rinks

Swimming

Men

AthleteEventsNotesMedals
S. H. Capon100y freestyle,800y freestyle relayCardiff SC [5]
A. G. Davies800y freestyle relayCardiff SC
Ronald Evans440y freestyle, 800y relaySwansea SC
Graham Huxtable 100y freestyle, 100y backstrokeSwansea SC [5]
Ken Street100y freestyle, 800y relayPenarth SC [5]

Women

AthleteEventsNotesMedals
Valerie Davies 100y backstroke, 400y relayRoath Park SC Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg
Irene Evans 400y relaySwansea SC
Peggy Gould 400y relayCardiff SC
Jeanne Greenland 440y freestyle, 400y relayNewport SC

Wrestling

AthleteEventsNotesMedals
J. BurroughLightweight
L. MorganWelterweight

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Empire Games: The Boxing Events at Wembley". The Times . No. 46830. 11 August 1934. p. 4.
  2. 1 2 "Empire Games Boxing: Yesterday's Bouts at Wembley". The Times . No. 46828. 9 August 1934. p. 12.
  3. ↑ "Empire Games" . The Scotsman. 10 August 1934. Retrieved 9 April 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Welsh team for Wembley" . Western Mail. 20 June 1934. Retrieved 9 April 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. 1 2 3 "Swimming results" . Liverpool Daily Post. 7 August 1934. Retrieved 28 August 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
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