Wrestling at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Wrestling at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Sophia Gardens Pavilion
Location	Cardiff, Wales
Dates	18 to 26 July 1958
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Wrestling at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was the sixth appearance of Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Cardiff, Wales, and featured contests in eight weight classes. ^[1]

The wrestling events were held in the Sophia Gardens Pavilion. ^[2] South Africa topped the boxing medal table by virtue of winning four gold medals. ^[3]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Wales)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa	4	1	3	8
2	Pakistan	3	3	0	6
3	India	1	1	0	2
4	Scotland	0	2	0	2
5	Australia	0	1	1	2
6	Canada	0	0	2	2
	England	0	0	2	2
8	Ceylon	0	0	0	0
	New Zealand	0	0	0	0
	Wales *	0	0	0	0
Totals (10 entries)		8	8	8	24

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight	Ian Epton  (SAF)	Shujah-ud-Din  (PAK)	Fred Flannery  (CAN)
Bantamweight	Muhammad Akhtar  (PAK)	Geoff Jameson  (AUS)	Daniel van der Walt  (SAF)
Featherweight	Abraham Geldenhuys  (SAF)	Siraj-ud-Din  (PAK)	Bert Aspen  (ENG)
Lightweight	Muhammad Ashraf  (PAK)	Alastair Duncan  (SCO)	Anthony Ries  (SAF)
Welterweight	Muhammad Bashir  (PAK)	Lachmi Kant Pandey  (IND)	Coenraad de Villiers  (SAF)
Middleweight	Hermanus van Zyl  (SAF)	George Farquhar  (SCO)	Ray Myland  (ENG)
Light Heavyweight	Jacob Theron  (SAF)	Muhammad Ali  (PAK)	Bob Steckle  (CAN)
Heavyweight	Lila Ram Sangwan  (IND)	Jacobus Hanekom  (SAF)	Ray Mitchell  (AUS)

Results

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Flyweight 52kg

Winner	Loser	Score
Fred Flannery	Ian Epton	points
Peter Christie	Sid Griffiths	fall 4.31
Shujah-ud-Din	Jock Bews	fall 5.06
Epton	Griffiths	w/o
Flannery	Bews	fall 2.20
ud Din	Christie	fall 7.10
Epton	ud Din	fall 3.50
ud Din	Flannery	fall 5.42

Final positions: 1. Epton 2. ud-Din 3. Flannery 4. Christie 5.= Bews, Griffiths

Bantamweight 57kg

Winner	Loser	Score
Daniel van der Walt	Jimmie Turnbull	points
Dennis Gilligan	C. Isitore	points
Muhammad Akhtar	Geoff Jameson	points
der Walt	Isitore
Jameson	Gilligan	fall 8.40
Akhtar	Turnbull	points
Jameson	der Walt	fall 11.59
Akhtar	Gilligan	points
Akhtar	der Walt	w/o

Final positions: 1. Akhtar 2. Jameson 3. van der Walt 4. Gilligan 5. Turnbull 6. Isitore

Featherweight 62kg

Winner	Loser	Score
Abraham Geldenhuys	W J McKee	fall 1.35
Bert Aspen	Brian Bognuda	points
Siraj-ud-Din	R Casperon	points
Robert Parsons	F. H. Silva	fall 1.39
Aspen	McKee	fall 1.50
Geldenhuys	Bognuda	fall 2.10
ud Din	Parsons	fall 4.12
Casperon	Silva	fall 4.35
Geldenhuys	ud-Din	draw
Aspen	Casperon	draw
Geldenhuys	Parsons	fall 6.01
Geldenhuys	Casperon	fall 3.50
Geldenhuys	Aspen	fall 11.10

Final positions: 1. Geldenhuys 2. ud-Duin 3. Aspen 4. Casperon 5. Parsons, 6.=Bognuda, Silva, McKee

Lightweight 68kg

Winner	Loser	Score
Herbie Hall	Reg Yates	fall 1.26
Anthony Ries	Ray Lougheed	points
B. H. V. Perera	Phillip James Medlin	fall 11.34
Muhammad Ashraf	Alastair Duncan	points
Hall	Lougheed	points
Ries	Yates	fall 1.59
Duncan	Medlin	draw
Ashraf	Perera	fall 0.43
Ashraf	Hall	points
Duncan	Ries	fall 4.10
Ashraf	Ries	points

Final positions: 1. Ashraf 2. Duncan 3. Ries 4. Hall 5. Medlin 6.= Perera, Lougheed, Yates

Welterweight 74kg

Winner	Loser	Score
Lachmi Kant Pandey	George McKenzie	points
Coenraad de Villiers	David Ickringill	points
Con Nicholas Bambacus	Tony Scott	fall 4.02
Kenneth Boese	Gordon Hobson	points
Muhammad Bashir	McKenzie	points
Pandey	De Villiers	points
Bambacus	Ickringill	points
Hobson	Scott	points
Bashir	Boese	ret 6.00
Pandey	Bambacus	points
de Villiers	Hobson	fall 4.41
Bashir	Pandey	points
De Villiers	Bambacus	points

Final positions: 1. Bashir 2. Pandey 3. de Villiers 4. Bambacus 5=. Boese, Hobson 7=. Ickringill, McKenzie, Scott

Middleweight 82kg

Winner	Loser	Score
George Farquhar	Jim Runzer	fall 4.52
Ray Myland	Geoffrey Bailey	fall 0.59
Hermanus van Zyl	Fred Murphy	fall 6.05
Abdul Rashid	Barrie E. Courtney	points
Farquhar	Bailey	fall 2.43
Myland	Runzer	points
van Zyl	Courtney	points
Murphy	Rashid	draw
Farquhar	Myland	fall 2.41
van Zyl	Rashid	w/o
van Zyl	Farquhar	fall 3.50
van Zyl	Myland	fall 2.50

Final positions: 1. van Zyl 2. Farquhar 3. Myland 4. Rashid 5. Murphy 6.= Runzer, Courtney, Bailey

Light heavyweight 90kg

Winner	Loser	Score
Roger Montague Fowler	John Bolas Dodd	fall 1.45
Jacob Theron	Harry Kendall	fall 4.50
Muhammad Ali	Angus McRitchie	points
Bob Steckle	Dodd	fall 1.15
Theron	Fowler	points
Kendall	McRitchie	fall 1.53
Ali	Steckle	points
Kendall	Fowler	points
Theron	Steckle	fall 7.57
Ali	Theron	draw
Steckle	Kendall	points

Final positions: 1. Theron 2. Ali 3. Steckle 4. Kendall 5. Fowler 6.= McRitchie, Dodd

Heavyweight 100kg

Winner	Loser	Score
Muhammad Nazir	Kenneth Richmond	draw
Ray Mitchell	John da Silva	points
Jacobus Hanekom	J. Costello	fall 1.03
Lila Ram Sangwan	Eric Harvey	fall 5.00
Mitchell	Nazir	points
Silva	Richmond	fall 5.20
Hanekom	Harvey	fall 5.32
Ram	Costello	points
Nazir	Silva	points
Hanekom	Mitchell	points
Ram	Mitchell	fall 4.55
Ram	Hanekom	points

Final positions: 1. Ram 2. Hanekom 3. Mitchell 4. Nazir 5. Silva 6.=Costello, Richmond, Harvey.

References

1. "Medal Standings Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
2. "A brief history of Sophia Gardens". ESPN. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
3. "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Wrestling". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
4. "Wrestling" . Daily Express. 23 July 1958. p. 10. Retrieved 10 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Wrestling" . Manchester Evening News. 24 July 1958. p. 16. Retrieved 10 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Wrestling" . The Scotsman. 25 July 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 10 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Full record of all games finals" . Western Mail. 28 July 1958. p. 25. Retrieved 11 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.