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	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 7 Total 11
British Empire and Commonwealth Games appearances
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Wales competed at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, from 18 July to 26 July 1958. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Wales finished 11th in the medal table with one gold medal, three silver and seven bronze medals, six medals of which came in the boxing. ^{[4] [5]}

Boxer Brian Nancurvis chose to represent England and not Wales. ^[6]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Howard Winstone	Boxing	Bantamweight
Silver	Malcolm Collins	Boxing	Featherweight
Silver	Ossie 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	John Preston Malcolm Kerslake John Evans	Fencing	Team foil	22 July
Bronze	John Preston Malcolm Kerslake Roger Maunder Ted Lucas	Fencing	Team sabre	24 July
Bronze	David Edwards John Fage David Prichard John Edwards	Rowing	Coxless fours	22 July

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

The athletics tournament was held at the Cardiff Arms Park. The results for the Welsh athletes are as below: ^[7]

Men

Track

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dewi Roberts	100 yds	10.1	3	did not advance
Ron Jones		9.9	1 Q	10.0	4	did not advance
Nick Whitehead		10.0	3 Q	10.0	3	did not advance
John Morgan		10.0	1 Q	10.0	4	did not advance
John C. Jones	220 yds	21.9	2 Q	22.1	3	did not advance
Nick Whitehead		22.9	3 Q	22.0	3	did not advance
John Wynne Oliver		22.8	5	did not advance
Tom. Raymond Billington	880 yds	1:57.3	5	—				Did not advance
Haydn G. Tawton		1.58.0	6	—				Did not advance
Arthur Norman Horrel		22.8	5	—				Did not advance
John Michael Williams		1:56.3	5	—				Did not advance
Tony Frederick Pumfrey	Mile run	4:12.3	5	—				Did not advance
John Merriman	3 Mile run	—						13:32.4	6
David James Phillip Richards		—							13
John Merriman	6 Mile run	—						28:48.8
Rhys B. Davies	Marathon	—						2:30:54	9
Ronald G. Franklin		—						2:31.24	10
Dyfrig Rees		—						2:39:17	15
Thomas C. Wood		—						2:53.42	18
Bob Shaw	440 yard hurdles	—		55.0	4 Q	54.2	4	did not advance
Ron Jones Nick Whitehead Dewi Roberts John Morgan	4 x 110yd relay	42.5	3 Q	—				42.0	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Kevin M. Phillips	High jump	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	21	Did not advance
Terence Morgan		6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	25	Did not advance
John Dewar Neill	Pole vault	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)	13	Did not advance
John B. Woolley	Long jump	23 ft 1.5 in (7.049 m)	15 Q	21 ft. 3ins.	16
Ray Gazard		21 ft 8.5 in (6.617 m)	23	Did not advance
Richard Dodd	Triple Jump	45 ft 0.75 in (13.7351 m)	19	Did not advance
Hywel Williams	Discus throw	152 ft 3.5 in (46.419 m)	7	did not advance
Malcolm W. Pemberton		136 ft 10 in (41.71 m)	13	did not advance
Brian G. Sexton	Javelin throw	206 ft 1.5 in (62.827 m)	12	did not advance
Norman David Watkins		196 ft 10 in (59.99 m)	14	did not advance
Hywel Williams	Shot put	43 ft 11 in (13.39 m)	12	did not advance
John Rowland Davies		42 ft 7.75 in (12.9985 m)	14	did not advance
Lawrence Marshall 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
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bronwen Francis Jones	100 yds	11.4	4	—		did not advance
Jean A. Whitehead		11.4	4	—		did not advance
Gwyneth Lewis		11.4	4	—		did not advance
Beryl Turner		11.9	5	—		did not advance
Daphne Heather Williams	220 yds	27.5	4	—		did not advance
Gwyneth Lewis		26.5	3	—		did not advance
Jean A. Whitehead		25.2	3	—		did not advance
Jacqueline Barnett		27.0	4	—		did not advance
Sheila L. Lewis	80 metres hurdles	11.8	3	—				did not advance
Carol Mary Thomas		11.6	3	—				did not advance
Bronwen Francis Jones Jean A. Whitehead Gwyneth Lewis Ellen Grainger	4 x 110 yard relay	DSQ		—				did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Bronwen Francis Jones	Long jump	17 ft 8.75 in (5.4039 m)	9	Did not advance
Sally Jones		15 ft 5 in (4.70 m)	14	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

^[8]

The boxing events were held at Sophia Gardens Pavilion. The results for the Welsh athletes are as below: ^[9]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		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	Peter Bennyworth  (ENG) W on points	Richard Hanna  (NIR) W stoppage	Oliver Taylor  (AUS) W on points
Malcolm Collins	Featherweight	Bye	Maurice Purton  (NZL) W on points	Gert Coetzee  (SAF) W on points	Wally Taylor  (AUS) L on points
Bernard Robson	Lightweight	Bye	James Jordon  (NIR) L on points	did not advance
Billy Phillips	Welterweight	—	Joseph Greyling  (SAF) L on points	did not advance
Bill Brown	Light middleweight	?	?	Stuart Pearson  (ENG) L	Did not advance
Glyn Waters	Middleweight	Hari Singh (IND) L KO	did not advance
Ossie Higgins	Light heavyweight	—	F. E. Nonelly (CAN) W stoppage	Willie Bannon  (SCO) W on points	Tony Madigan  (AUS) L on points
Roger Pleace	Heavyweight	—	Angus Thomson  (SCO) W on points	David Thomas  (ENG) L DQ	did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

The cycling tournament was held at the Maindy Stadium. The results for the Welsh athletes are as below: ^[10]

Track

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Eighth Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Don Skene	Sprint	Fred Markus  (CAN) L	Muhammad Shah Rukh  (PAK) W	Warren Johnston  (NZL) L	Did not advance
Wilf Bodman	Sprint	Alfred Swift  (SAF) L   Don Ecobichon  (JER) W	K. G. Kendall (RHO) L	Did not advance
Clive Rees	Sprint	Barry Coster  (AUS) L   Martin McKay  (NIR) L	Jim Darragh  (NIR) L	Did not advance
Ray Richards	Pursuit	—		Did not advance
Gwyn Humphries	Pursuit	—		Did not advance
Dave Evans	Pursuit	—			Warwick Dalton  (NZL) L	Did not advance
Don Skene	Time trial	Did not advance
Clive Rees	Time trial	Did not advance
Wilf Bodman	Time trial	Did not advance
Don Skene	Scratch	—
Gwyn Humphries	Scratch	—						?
Dave Evans	Scratch	—						?

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Norman Hooper	road race		?
Chris Hughes			?
Ron Roach		5 32:25.7	17th
Danny Morgan		5 19:26.7	8th

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

The diving tournament was held at the Wales Empire Pool. The results for the Welsh athletes are as below: ^[11]

Men

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

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

The fencing tournament was held at Cae'r Castell School. The results for the Welsh athletes are as below: ^[12]

Men - Team

Athlete	Event	1st Round		Finals			Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
John Preston Malcolm Kerslake John Evans	Team foil	Scotland W 6-3	Hong Kong W 7–2	England L 2–7	Australia L 1–8	New Zealand W 5-2
Roger Maunder Malcolm Kerslake John L. Williams	Team épée	New Zealand L 2-7	England L 0–5	did not advance
Roger Maunder Malcolm Kerslake Ted Lucas John Preston	Team sabre	New Zealand W 6-3	Hong Kong W 5-4	England L 1-8	Australia L 4-5	Canada W 6-3

Men - Individual

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Semi-finals	Finals	Rank
		Wins Placing	Wins Placing	Wins Placing
John Preston	Individual foil	1 - 4th	3 - 3rd	1 - 7th
John McCombe	Individual foil	2 - 5th	did not advance
John Evans	Individual foil	2 - 6th	did not advance
Roger Maunder	Individual épée	5 - 1st	2 - 4th	1 - 7th
John Evans	Individual épée	4 - 2nd	2 - 5th	Did not advance
John L. Williams	Individual épée	2 - 4th	did not advance
Ted Lucas	Individual sabre	1 - 6th	did not advance
Roger Maunder	Individual sabre	3 - 3rd	2 - 5th	Did not advance
Malcolm Kerslake	Individual sabre	2 - 4th	1 - 5th	Did not advance

Women - Individual

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

Lawn Bowls

Main article: Lawn bowls at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

The lawn bowls tournament was held at the Cardiff Bowls Club. The results for the Welsh athletes are as below: ^[13]

Athlete	Event	Played	Won	Lost	Points	Rank
Bernie Williams	Singles	11	4	7	8	9th
Wilf John Jack Lewis	Pairs	11	4	7	8	9th
Evan Jones Danny Prosser Jack Griffths Len Hill	Fours	11	6	5	8	7th

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

The rowing events were held at the Lake Padarn in Llanberis. The results for the Welsh athletes are as below: ^{[14] [15]}

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
David Edwards John Fage David Prichard John Edwards	Coxless Fours	6:47.9
David Edwards John Edwards	Coxless Pair	dnf	4th

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

The swimming tournament was held at the Wales Empire Pool. The results for the Welsh athletes are as below: ^[11]

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat	Final	Rank
		Time	Time
Glyn Morgan	110 yds freestyle	1:03.8	Did not advance
Bernard Newman	110 yds freestyle	1:02.8	Did not advance
Brian Flook	440 yds freestyle	5:10.3	Did not advance
Mike Edwards	440 yds freestyle	5:05.1	Did not advance
	1650 yds freestyle	20:55.5	Did not advance
Chris Hansard	1650 yds freestyle	20:37.6	Did not advance
John Brockway	110 yds backstroke	1:09.2 Q	1:08.4	6th
Alban Stevens	110 yds backstroke	1:11.5	Did not advance
Colin Booth	110 yds backstroke	1:14.3	Did not advance
John Beavan	220 yds breaststroke	2:50.7 Q	2:50.9	5th
Hugh Jenkins	220 yds breaststroke	2:52.6 Q	2:55.3	6th
John Hewitt	220 yds breaststroke	2:52.6	Did not advance
Norman O'Brien	220 yds butterfly	3:06.2	Did not advance
Richard Evans	220 yds butterfly	2:58.8	Did not advance
Mike Edwards Brian Flook Glyn Morgan David Glasenbury	220 yds freestyle relay	—	9:46.4	5th
John Brockway John Beavan Bernard Newman Richard Evans	110 yds medley relay	4:54.9 Q	4:52.9	6th

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat	Final	Rank
		Time	Time
Jocelyn Hooper	110 yds freestyle	1:10.5	Did not advance
	440 yds freestyle	5:52.3	Did not advance
Jacqueline Townsend	110 yds freestyle	1:13.8	Did not advance
Gillian Howells	220 yds breaststroke	3:05.2	Did not advance
Cynthia Shaddick	220 yds breaststroke	3:06.8	Did not advance
Janet Le Mare	220 yds breaststroke	3:08.1	Did not advance
Joyce Dixon	110 yds backstroke	1:21.0	Did not advance
Diana Davies	110 yds backstroke	1:24.3	Did not advance
Geraldine Francis	110 yds butterfly	1:21.1	Did not advance
Geraldine Francis Jocelyn Hooper Gillian Howells Jacqueline Townsend	110 yds freestyle relay	—	5:02.4	6th
Geraldine Francis Jocelyn Hooper Gillian Howells Joyce Dixon Diana Davies	110 yds medley relay	5:29.0 Q	5:24.3	6th

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

The weightlifting tournament was held at the Cae'r Castell School. The results for the Welsh athletes are as below: ^[16]

Athlete	Event	Press	Snatch	Clean & jerk	Total	Rank
Myrddin John	Bantamweight	175	170	220	565	7th
John Heywood	Featherweight	190	180	230	600	8th
Ron Jenkins	Lightweight	200	215	275	690	8th
Iorrie Evans	Middleweight	210	210	280	700	9th
Gordon Newman	Middleweight	200	220	280	700	10th
Alwyn Evans	Mid heavyweight	260	250	300	810	5th
Melville Barnett	Mid heavyweight	260	235	310	805	6th

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

The wrestling events were held at Sophia Gardens Pavilion. The results for the Welsh athletes are as below: ^{[17] [18]}

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Sid Griffiths	Flyweight	Peter Christie  (ENG) L by a fall	Ian Epton  (SAF) L retired	Did not advance
Reg Yates	Lightweight	Herbie Hall  (ENG) L by a fall	Anthony Ries  (SAF) L by a fall	Did not advance
Tony Scott	Welterweight	C. N. Bambacus (AUS) L by a fall	Gordon Hobson  (NZL) L by points	Did not advance
Geoffrey Bailey	Middleweight	Ray Myland  (ENG) L by a fall	George Farquhar  (SCO) L by a fall	Did not advance
John Dodd	Light Heavyweight	R. M. Fowler (AUS) L by a fall	Bob Steckle  (CAN) L by a fall	Did not advance
Eric Harvey	Heavyweight	Lila Ram  (IND) L by a fall	Jacobus Hanekom  (SAF) L by a fall	Did not advance

References

1. "Wales". Commonwealth Sport. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
2. "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
3. "Wales is Ready for the Empire Games" . Pontypridd Observer. 19 July 1958. p. 22. Retrieved 4 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Medal Standings Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
5. "Four Welsh Games Teams Named" . Western Mail. 9 June 1958. p. 14. Retrieved 30 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Joe Jacobs Boxes For England" . Manchester Evening News. 12 May 1958. p. 8. Retrieved 28 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. Newham 1958, pp. 223–281.
8. "Welsh Boxing Team for Empire Games" . Birmingham Daily Post. 5 June 1958. p. 25. Retrieved 28 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
9. Newham 1958, pp. 283–300.
10. Newham 1958, pp. 301–321.
11. Newham 1958, pp. 369–401.
12. Newham 1958, pp. 323–347.
13. Newham 1958, pp. 349–357.
14. Newham 1958, pp. 359–377.
15. "Brothers team up" . Western Mail. 18 July 1958. p. 13. Retrieved 3 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
16. Newham 1958, pp. 403–409.
17. Newham 1958, pp. 421–432.
18. "To Compete" . Pontypridd Observer. 19 July 1958. p. 22. Retrieved 10 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.

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.