Wales at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Wales at the
1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Wales at the; 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
CGF code	WAL
CGA	Commonwealth Games Council for Wales
Website	teamwales.net
in Cardiff, Wales
Competitors	114 in 9 sports
Flag bearers	Opening: ; Closing:
Medals; Ranked 11thth	Gold1Silver3Bronze7Total11
British Empire and Commonwealth Games appearances
	1930 ; 1934 ; 1938 ; 1950 ; 1954 ; 1958 ; 1962 ; 1966 ; 1970 ; 1974 ; 1978 ; 1982 ; 1986 ; 1990 ; 1994 ; 1998 ; 2002 ; 2006 ; 2010 ; 2014 ; 2018 ; 2022 ;

Last updated April 23, 2022

Wales competed at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, from 18 July to 26 July 1958.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Howard Winstone	Boxing	Bantamweight
Silver	Malcolm Collins	Boxing	Featherweight
Silver	Robert Higgins	Boxing	Light heavyweight
Silver	John Merriman	Athletics	6 Mile run	19 July
Bronze	Donald Braithwaite	Boxing	Flyweight
Bronze	Roger Pleace	Boxing	Heavyweight
Bronze	Bill Brown	Boxing	Light middleweight
Bronze	Don Skene	Cycling	10 Miles Scratch	22 July
Bronze	J. Preston M. V. Kerslake J. J. Evans	Fencing	Team foil	22 July
Bronze	J. Preston M. V. Kerslake R. A. Maunder T. R. Lucas	Fencing	Team sabre	24 July
Bronze	David Edwards John Fage David Prichard John Edwards	Rowing	Coxless fours	22 July

Athletics

The athletics tournament was held at the Cardiff Arms Park. The results for the Welsh athletes are as below:^[1]

Men

Track

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
D. W. Roberts	100 yds	10.1	3	Did not advance
R. Jones		9.9	1 Q	10.0	4	Did not advance
N. J. Whitehead		10.0	3 Q	10.0	3	Did not advance
J. E. P. Morgan		10.0	1 Q	10.0	4	Did not advance
J. C. Jones	220 yds	21.9	2 Q	22.1	3	Did not advance
N. J. Whitehead		22.9	3 Q	22.0	3	Did not advance
J. Oliver		22.8	5	Did not advance
T. R. Billington	880 yds	1:57.3	5	N/A				Did not advance
H. G. Tawton		1.58.0	6	N/A				Did not advance
A. N. Horrel		22.8	5	N/A				Did not advance
J. M. Williams		1:56.3	5	N/A				Did not advance
A. F. Pumfrey	Mile run	4:12.3	5	N/A				Did not advance
John Merriman	3 Mile run	N/A						13:32.4	6
D. J. P. Richards	3 Mile run	N/A							13
John Merriman	6 Mile run	N/A						28:48.8
R. B. Davies	Marathon	N/A						2:30:54	9
R. G. Frankiln		N/A						2:31.24	10
D. Rees		N/A						2:39:17	15
T. C. Wood		N/A						2:53.42	18
R. D. Shaw	440 yard hurdles	N/A		55.0	4 Q	54.2	4	Did not advance
R. Jones N. J. Whitehead D. W. Roberts J. E. P. Morgan	4 x 110yd relay	42.5	3 Q	N/A				42.0	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
K. M. Phillips	High jump	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	21	Did not advance
T.Morgan	High jump	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	25	Did not advance
J. D. Neill	Pole vault	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)	13	Did not advance
J. B. Woolley	Long jump	23 ft 1.5 in (7.049 m)	15 Q	21 ft. 3ins.	16
R. Gazard	Long jump	21 ft 8.5 in (6.617 m)	23	Did not advance
R. Dodd	Triple Jump	45 ft 0.75 in (13.7351 m)	19	Did not advance
H. L. Williams	Discus throw	152 ft 3.5 in (46.419 m)	7	Did not advance
M. W. Pemberton	Discus throw	136 ft 10 in (41.71 m)	13	Did not advance
B. G. Sexton	Javelin throw	206 ft 1.5 in (62.827 m)	12	Did not advance
N. D. Watkins	Javelin throw	196 ft 10 in (59.99 m)	14	Did not advance
H. L. Williams	Shot put	43 ft 11 in (13.39 m)	12	Did not advance
J. R. Davies	Shot put	42 ft 7.75 in (12.9985 m)	14	Did not advance
L. M. Hall	Hammer throw	159 ft 10.5 in (48.730 m)	10	Did not advance

Women

Track

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
B. F. Jones	100 yds	11.4	4	N/A		Did not advance
J. A. Whitehead		11.4	4	N/A		Did not advance
G. Lewis		11.4	4	N/A		Did not advance
B. Turner		11.9	5	N/A		Did not advance
D. H. Williams	220 yds	27.5	4	N/A		Did not advance
G. Lewis		26.5	3	N/A		Did not advance
J. A. Whitehead		25.2	3	N/A		Did not advance
J.Barnett		27.0	4	N/A		Did not advance
S. L. Lewis	80 metres hurdles	11.8	3	N/A				Did not advance
C. M. Thomas	80 metres hurdles	11.6	3	N/A				Did not advance
B. F. Jones J. A. Whitehead G. Lewis E. Grainger	4 x 110 yard relay	DSQ		N/A				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
B. F. Jones	Long jump	17 ft 8.75 in (5.4039 m)	9	Did not advance
S. Jones	Long jump	15 ft 5 in (4.70 m)	14	Did not advance

Boxing

The boxing events were held at Sophia Gardens Pavilion. The results for the Welsh athletes are as below:^[2]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Donald Braithwaite	Flyweight	Bye	Rhodesia W. A. Pretorius W on points	Jackie Brown (SCO) L on points	Did Not Advance
Howard Winstone	Bantamweight	Bye	P. Bennyworth (ENG) W on points	Richard Hanna (NIR) W stoppage	Oliver Taylor (AUS) W on points
Malcolm Collins	Featherweight	Bye	M. S. Purton (NZL) W on points	Gert Coetzee (SAF) W on points	Wally Taylor (AUS) L on points
J. B. Robson	Lightweight	Bye	James Jordon (NIR) L on points	Did not advance
Bill Brown	Light middleweight	?	?	Stuart Pearson (ENG) L	Did not advance
G. M. Waters	Middleweight	Hari Singh (IND) L KO	Did not advance
Robert Higgins	Light heavyweight	N/A	F. E. Nonelly (CAN) W stoppage	William Bannan (SCO) W on points	Tony Maddigan (AUS) L on points
Roger Pleace	Heavyweight	N/A	A. Thomson (SCO) W on points	David Thomas (ENG) L DQ	Did not advance

Cycling

The cycling tournament was held at the Maindy Stadium. The results for the Welsh athletes are as below:^[3]

Track

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Eighth Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Don Skene	1000 Metres Scratch	A. H. Markus (CAN) L	Muhammad Shah Rukh (PAK) W	W. T. Johnston (NZL) L	Did not advance
W. H. C. Bodman	1000 Metres Scratch	J. Swift (SAF) L D. Ecobichon (JER) W	K. G. Kendall (RHO) L	Did not advance
C. Rees	1000 Metres Scratch	B. A. Coster (AUS) L M. McKay (NIR) L	J. Darragh (NIR) L	Did not advance
R. W. Richards	Individual pursuit	N/A		Did not advance
G. Humphreys	Individual pursuit	N/A		Did not advance
D. S. Evans	Individual pursuit	N/A			Warwick Dalton (NZL) L	Did not advance
Don Skene	Time Trials	Did not advance
Don Skene	10 Miles Scratch	N/A

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
N. Hooper	Road race		?
C. Hughes			?
R. S Roach		5 32:25.7	17th
D. M. Morgan		5 19:26.7	8th

Diving

The diving tournament was held at the Wales Empire Pool. The results for the Welsh athletes are as below:^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
W. S. Lingard	Tower diving	33.50	8th	71.76	7th
A. Roberts	Springboard	37.48	9th	76.62	9th

Fencing

The fencing tournament was held at Cae'r Castell School. The results for the Welsh athletes are as below:^[5]

Men - Team

Athlete	Event	1st Round		Finals			Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
J. Preston M. V. Kerslake J. J. Evans	Team foil	Scotland (SCO) W 6-3	Hong Kong W 7–2	England (ENG) L 2–7	Australia (AUS) L 1–8	New Zealand (NZL) W 5-2
R. A. Maunder M. V. Kerslake J. L. Williams	Team épée	New Zealand (NZL) L 2-7	England (ENG) L 0–5	Did not advance
R. A. Maunder M. V. Kerslake T. R. Lucas R. A. Maunder	Team sabre	New Zealand (NZL) W 6-3	Hong Kong W 5-4	England (ENG) L 1-8	Australia (AUS) L 4-5	Canada (CAN) W 6-3

Men - Individual

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Semi-finals	Finals	Rank
Athlete	Event	Wins Placing	Wins Placing	Wins Placing	Rank
J. Preston	Individual foil	1 - 4th	3 - 3rd	1 - 7th
J. McCombe	Individual foil	2 - 5th	Did not advance
J. J. Evans	Individual foil	2 - 6th	Did not advance
R. A. Maunder	Individual épée	5 - 1st	2 - 4th	1 - 7th
J. J. Evans	Individual épée	4 - 2nd	2 - 5th	Did not advance
J. L. Williams	Individual épée	2 - 4th	Did not advance
T. Lucas	Individual sabre	1 - 6th	Did not advance
R. A. Maunder	Individual sabre	3 - 3rd	2 - 5th	Did not advance
M. Kerslake	Individual sabre	2 - 4th	1 - 5th	Did not advance

Women - Individual

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Finals	Rank
Athlete	Event	Wins Placing	Wins Placing	Rank
M. Waters	Individual foil	1 - 6th	Did not advance
J. M. King	Individual foil	2 - 5th	Did not advance

Lawn Bowls

The lawn bowls tournament was held at the Cardiff Bowls Club. The results for the Welsh athletes are as below:^[6]

Athlete	Event	Played	Won	Lost	Points	Rank
A. B. Williams	Singles	11	4	7	8	9th
W. John J. H. Lewis	Pairs	11	4	7	8	9th
E. Jones D. Prosser J. Griffiths L. Hill	Fours	11	6	5	8	7th

Rowing

The rowing events were held at the Lake Padarn in Llanberis. The results for the Welsh athletes are as below:^[7]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
David Edwards John Fage David Prichard John Edwards	Coxless Fours	6:47.9

Swimming

The swimming tournament was held at the Wales Empire Pool. The results for the Welsh athletes are as below:^[4]

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat	Final	Rank
Athlete	Events	Time	Time	Rank
G. C. Morgan	110 yds freestyle	1:03.8	Did not advance
B. F. Newman	110 yds freestyle	1:02.8	Did not advance
B. Flook	440 yds freestyle	5:10.3	Did not advance
E. M. Edwards	440 yds freestyle	5:05.1	Did not advance
E. M. Edwards	1650 yds freestyle	20:55.5	Did not advance
C. J. Hansard	1650 yds freestyle	20:37.6	Did not advance
John Brockway	110 yds backstroke	1:09.2 Q	1:08.4	6th
A. J. Stevens	110 yds backstroke	1:11.5	Did not advance
C. C. Booth	110 yds backstroke	1:14.3	Did not advance
J. E. Beavan	220 yds backstroke	2:50.7 Q	2:50.9	5th
R. H. Jenkins	220 yds backstroke	2:52.6 Q	2:55.3	6th
J. C. Hewitt	220 yds backstroke	2:52.6	Did not advance
N. O'Brien	220 yds butterfly	3:06.2	Did not advance
R. A. Evans	220 yds butterfly	2:58.8	Did not advance
E. M. Edwards B. Flook G. C. Morgan D. Glasenbury	220 yds freestyle relay	N/A	9:46.4	5th
John Brockway J. E. Beavan J. E. Evans B. F. Newman	110 yds medley relay	4:54.9 Q	4:52.9	6th

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat	Final	Rank
Athlete	Events	Time	Time	Rank
J. C. Hooper	110 yds freestyle	1:10.5	Did not advance
J. C. Hooper	440 yds freestyle	5:52.3	Did not advance
J. M. Townsend	110 yds freestyle	1:13.8	Did not advance
G. Howells	220 yds breaststroke	3:05.2	Did not advance
C. E. Shaddick	220 yds breaststroke	3:06.8	Did not advance
J. Lemare	220 yds breaststroke	3:08.1	Did not advance
J. Dixon	110 yds backstroke	1:21.0	Did not advance
D. Davies	110 yds backstroke	1:24.3	Did not advance
G. M. Francis	110 yds butterfly	1:21.1	Did not advance
G. M. Francis J. C. Hooper G. Howells J. M. Townsend	440 yds freestyle relay	N/A	5:02.4	6th
G. M. Francis J. C. Hooper G. Howells J. Dixon	440 yds medley relay	5:29.0 Q	5:24.3	6th

Wrestling

The wrestling events were held at Sophia Gardens Pavilion. The results for the Welsh athletes are as below:^[8]

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
S. Griffiths	Flyweight	P. R. Christie (ENG) L by a fall	Ian Epton (SAF) L retired	Did not advance
R. D. Yates	Lightweight	H. H. Hall (ENG) L by a fall	A. Ries (SAF) L by a fall	Did not advance
A. Scott	Welterweight	C. N. Bambacus (AUS) L by a fall	G. H. Hobson (NZL) L by points	Did not advance
G. Bailey	Middleweight	R. Myland (ENG) L by a fall	G. H. Farquhar (SCO) L by a fall	Did not advance
J. B. Dodd	Light Heavyweight	R. M. Fowler (AUS) L by a fall	Bob Steckle (CAN) L by a fall	Did not advance
E. Harvey	Heavyweight	Lila Ram (IND) L by a fall	J. J, Hanekom (SAF) L by a fall	Did not advance

Weightlifting

The weightlifting tournament was held at the Cae'r Castell School. The results for the Welsh athletes are as below:^[9]

Athlete	Event	Press	Snatch	Clean & jerk	Total	Rank
W. John	Bantamweight	175	170	220	565	7th
J. Heywood	Featherweight	190	180	230	600	8th
R. Jenkins	Lightweight	200	215	275	690	8th
W. I. Evans	Middleweight	210	210	280	700	9th
G. Newman	Middleweight	200	220	280	700	10th
A. Evans	Mid heavyweight	260	250	300	810	5th
J. Barnett	Mid heavyweight	260	235	310	805	6th

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References

↑ Newham 1958, pp. 223–281.
↑ Newham 1958, pp. 283–300.
↑ Newham 1958, pp. 301–321.
1 2 Newham 1958, pp. 369–401.
↑ Newham 1958, pp. 323–347.
↑ Newham 1958, pp. 349–357.
↑ Newham 1958, pp. 359–377.
↑ Newham 1958, pp. 421–432.
↑ Newham 1958, pp. 403–409.

Bibliography

Newham, C. E., ed. (1958). The Official History of the VIth British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Cardiff: Organising Committee of the VIth British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

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[FOOTNOTENewham1958223–281-1] Newham 1958, pp. 223–281.

[FOOTNOTENewham1958283–300-2] Newham 1958, pp. 283–300.

[FOOTNOTENewham1958301–321-3] Newham 1958, pp. 301–321.

[FOOTNOTENewham1958369–401-4] 1 2 Newham 1958, pp. 369–401.

[FOOTNOTENewham1958323–347-5] Newham 1958, pp. 323–347.

[FOOTNOTENewham1958349–357-6] Newham 1958, pp. 349–357.

[FOOTNOTENewham1958359–377-7] Newham 1958, pp. 359–377.

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