Australia at the 1938 British Empire Games

Australia at the 1938 British Empire Games
CGF code	AUS
CGA	Australian Commonwealth Games Association
in Sydney, Australia
Competitors	158
Flag bearers	Opening: Edgar 'Dunc' Gray[1] Closing:[2]
Officials	11
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 25 Silver 19 Bronze 22 Total 66
British Empire Games appearances
1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Australia hosted the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, New South Wales and their team was abbreviated AUS. This was their third of 3 Commonwealth Games meets.

Medalists[edit]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Decima Norman	Athletics	Women's 100 yd
Gold	Decima Norman	Athletics	Women's 220 yd
Gold	Decima Norman	Athletics	Women's Broad Jump
Gold	Decima Norman Jean Coleman Eileen Wearne	Athletics	Women's 440 yards Medley Relay
Gold	Decima Norman Jean Coleman Thelma Peake Joan Woodland	Athletics	660 yards Medley Relay
Gold	Jack Metcalfe	Athletics	Men's Hop, Step, Jump
Gold	William Smith	Cycling	Men's Welterweight
Gold	Dunc Gray	Cycling	Men's 1000 m Sprint
Gold	Robert Porter	Cycling	Men's 1000 m Time Trial
Gold	Ron Masters	Diving	Men's Springboard
Gold	Irene Donnett	Diving	Women's Springboard
Gold	Lurline Hook	Diving	Women's Platform
Gold	Herb Turner	Rowing	Men's Single Scull
Gold	William Bradley Cecil Pearce	Rowing	Men's Double Scull
Gold	Gordon Freeth Jack Fisher William Kerr Don Fraser Stewart Elder	Rowing	Men's Coxed Four
Gold	Percy Oliver	Swimming	Men's 110 yd Backstroke
Gold	Evelyn de Lacy	Swimming	Women's 110 yd Freestyle
Gold	Patricia Norton	Swimming	Women's 110 yd Backstroke
Gold	Dorothy Green	Swimming	Women's 440 yd Freestyle
Gold	Dick Garrard	Wrestling	Men's Lightweight
Gold	John Knight	Wrestling	Men's Heavyweight
Gold	Eddie Scarf	Wrestling	Men's Light Heavyweight
Gold	Roy Purchase	Wrestling	Men's Featherweight
Gold	Edward Purcell	Wrestling	Men's Bantamweight
Gold	Tom Trevaskis	Wrestling	Men's Welterweight
Silver	Keith Pardon	Athletics	Men's Hammer Throw
Silver	Leslie Fletcher	Athletics	Men's Pole Vault
Silver	Lloyd Miller	Athletics	Men's Hop Step Jump
Silver	Robert Heffernan	Athletics	Men's High Jump
Silver	John Mumford	Athletics	Men's 100 yd
Silver	John Mumford	Athletics	Men's 220 yd
Silver	Gerald Backhouse	Athletics	Men's 1 mile
Silver	John Park	Athletics	Men's 440 yd Hurdles
Silver	Joyce Walker	Athletics	Women's 100 yd
Silver	Jean Coleman	Athletics	Women's 220 yd
Silver	Isabel Grant	Athletics	Women's 80 m Hurdles
Silver	Cecil Overell	Boxing	Men's Light-Heavyweight
Silver	Tasman Johnson	Cycling	Men's 1000 m Time Trial
Silver	Robert Porter	Cycling	Men's 1000 m Sprint
Silver	Ron Masters	Diving	Men's Platform
Silver	Percy Hutton Howard Mildren	Lawn bowls	Men's Pair
Silver	William Thomas Alfred Gregory Doug Bowden Frank le Souef Gordon Yewers Richard Paramor Edward Bromley William Dixon Ainslie Gould	Rowing	Men's Eight
Silver	Dorothy Green	Swimming	Women's 110 yd Freestyle
Silver	Evelyn de Lacy Dorothy Green Patricia Norton Margaret Rawson	Swimming	Women's 4x110 yd Freestyle Relay
Bronze	Ted Best	Athletics	Men's 100 yd
Bronze	Ted Best	Athletics	Men's 220 yd
Bronze	Jack Metcalfe	Athletics	Men's Javelin
Bronze	Francis Drew	Athletics	Men's Shot Put
Bronze	Basil Dickinson	Athletics	Men's Broad Jump
Bronze	Basil Dickinson	Athletics	Men's Hop Step Jump
Bronze	Douglas Shetliffe	Athletics	Men's High Jump
Bronze	Sydney Stenner	Athletics	Men's 120 yd Hurdles
Bronze	Alan McDougall	Athletics	Men's 120 yd Hurdles
Bronze	Thelma Peake	Athletics	Women's Broad Jump
Bronze	Eileen Wearne	Athletics	Women's 220 yd
Bronze	Ted Best Ted Hampson Alf Watson Howard Yates	Athletics	Men's 4x110 yd Relay
Bronze	Jack Dillon	Boxing	Men's Bantamweight
Bronze	Leslie Harley	Boxing	Men's Heavyweight
Bronze	Irene Donnett	Diving	Women's Platform
Bronze	Jack Low	Rowing	Men's Single Scull
Bronze	Tom Kinder Charlie McNeill Aubrey Murray Frank Murray	Rowing	Men's Four
Bronze	William Fleming	Swimming	Men's 110 yd Freestyle
Bronze	Robin Biddulph	Swimming	Men's 440 yd Freestyle
Bronze	Robin Biddulph William Flemming Noel Ryan Robert Wilshire	Swimming	Men's 4x220 yd Freestyle Relay
Bronze	William Fleming Ernest Hobbs Percy Oliver	Swimming	Men's 3x110 yd Medley Relay
Bronze	Evelyn de Lacy Valerie George Patricia Norton	Swimming	Women's 3x110 yd Medley Relay

1938 Australian Team & Results[edit]

Athletics (Men)[edit]

Javelin Throw

• John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 3rd, 182 ft 21⁄4in
• James Barlow – 5th, 169 ft 01⁄4in
• Goode, David P – 6th, 165 ft 1 in
• Sheiles, Bert – 7th, 163 ft 101⁄4in

Discus Throw

• Harold B Wilson – 4th, 133 ft 2 3/
• Keith W Pardon – 5th, 130 ft 41⁄4in
• William R MacKenzie – 6th, 128 ft 111⁄2in
• Button, Adrian – 7th, 125 ft 81⁄2in

Shot Put

• Drew, Francis – 3rd, 45 ft 33⁄8in
• William C Plummer – 4th, 44 ft 55⁄8in
• Harold B Wilson – 5th, 43 ft 35⁄8in
• William R MacKenzie – 6th, 42 ft 13⁄4in

Hammer Throw

• Keith W Pardon – 2nd, 148 ft 11⁄4in
• McNamara, Patrick – 4th, 139 ft 91⁄8in
• Rosenblum, Myer E – 5th, 135 ft 91⁄4in
• Graham, Leslie – 6th, 131 ft 51⁄4in

Pole Vault

• Fletcher, Leslie A – 2nd, 13 ft 01⁄4in
• Winter, Edwin J – 5th, 12 ft 9 in
• Frederick Irvine Woodhouse – 7th, 12 ft 41⁄2in
• Cartwright, William – 8th, 11 ft 6 in

Long Jump

• Raymond G Graf – 7th, 22 ft 6 in

Broad Jump

• Basil C Dickenson – 3rd, 23 ft 51⁄2in
• Gould, Henry 'Harry' T – 4th, 23 ft 41⁄2in
• John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 5th, 23 ft 23⁄4in

Hop, Step, Jump

• John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 1st, 50 ft 10 in
• Miller, D Lloyd – 2nd, 50 ft 63⁄4in
• Basil C Dickenson – 3rd, 50 ft 13⁄4in
• Raymond G Graf – 4th, 47 ft 115⁄8in

High Jump

• Heffernan, Robert – 2nd, 6 ft 2 in
• Shetliffe, Douglas F – 3rd, 6 ft 2 in
• Tancred, Peter L – 4th, 6 ft 11⁄4in 4in
• John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 7th, 5 ft 113⁄4in

100 yards

• John Mumford – 2nd, 9.8 sec (heat 10.0, semi 10.1)
• Edward W Best – 3rd, 9.9 sec (heat 10.0, semi 10.0)
• T Edward Hampson – 5th, 10.0 sec (heat 10.1, semi 10.1)
• Howard Spencer Yates – 6th, 10.1 sec (heat 10.1, semi 10.2)

220 yards

• John Mumford – 2nd, 21.3 sec (heat 21.6, semi 21.6)
• Edward W Best – 3rd, 21.4 sec (heat 21.6, semi 21.4)
• T Edward Hampson – 4th, 21.6 sec (semi) (heat 22.1)
• Howard Spencer Yates – 5th, 21.7 sec (heat 22.0, semi 21.4)

440 yards

• Athol H Jones – 3rd, 49.8 sec (heat)
• John Mumford – 4th, 48.3 (heat)
• Hugh Johnson – 4th (heat)
• Scott, Francis – 4th (heat)

880 yards

• Maxwell Fleming – 6th (heat)
• Goff, Leslie – 6th (heat)
• Gerald I Backhouse – 7th, 1:55.1 (heat)
• Chappel, Roy – 7th (heat)

1-mile

• Gerald I Backhouse – 2nd, 4:12.2 (heat 4:18.0)
• Maxwell Fleming – 5th (heat)
• Frederick Barry-Brown – 6th (heat)
• Bonham, Donald – 7th (heat)

3 miles

• Nicholls, Stanley E – 5th, 14:30.0
• Colman, Frederick – Did not finish
• Faulkner, Keith – Did not finish
• Weightman, Walter – Did not finish

6 miles

• Fred Bassed – 8th
• Millington, Stanley – 9th
• Doyle, Brendan – 10th

120 yards Hurdles

• Stenner, Sydney G – 3rd, 14.4 sec (heat 14.5)
• McLardy, Donald F – 4th, 14.6 sec (heat 14.9)
• Wilson, George – 4th, 15.1 sec (heat)
• Popplewell, Frederick – 4th (heat)

440 yards Hurdles

• John F Park – 2nd, 54.6 sec
• McDougall, Alan – 3rd, 55.2 sec
• Alfred J Watson – 4th
• Magee, Paul F – 6th

4x110 yards Relay

• Edward W Best – 3rd, 41.9 sec
• T Edward Hampson – 3rd, 41.9 sec
• Alfred J Watson – 3rd, 41.9 sec
• Howard Spencer Yates – 3rd, 41.9 sec

4x440 yards Relay

• Athol H Jones – 4th
• Hugh Johnson – 4th
• John F Park – 4th
• Wallace, Vernon – 4th
• Lewis, Maurice – Did not compete (reserve)

Marathon

• Crossley, Richard J – 8th, 3:12:50.0
• Wood, John – 9th, 3:19:47.0
• Hayes, Alfred – Did not finish
• Jolly, Ernest – Did not finish
• Liddle, William – Did not finish
• Patterson, James – Did not finish

Athletics (Women)[edit]

High Jump

• Carter, Doris – 5th, 5 ft 1 in
• Poore, Elsie – 6th, 4 ft 8 in

Broad Jump

• Decima Norman – 1st, 19 ft 1/4in (GR)
• Thelma Peake – 3rd, 18 ft 25⁄8in
• Evans, Enid – 10th 15 ft 101⁄4in
• Nell Gould – 12th 14 ft 91⁄2in

Javelin Throw

• Jones, Elsie – 5th, 101 ft 8 in
• Mitchell, Lena – 6th, 100 ft 3 in
• Clarice Kennedy – 7th, 97 ft 33⁄4in

100 yards

• Decima Norman – 1st, 11.1 sec (GR)
• Walker, Joyce – 2nd, 11.3 sec (heat 11.4, semi 11.4)
• Joan Woodland – 5th, 11.5 sec (heat 11.5, semi 11.2)
• Thelma Peake – (semi) Disqualified (heat 11.5)

220 yards

• Decima Norman – 1st, 24.7 sec (heat 24.9, semi 24.5 (GR))
• Jean Coleman – 2nd, 25.1 sec (heat 25.3, semi 25.2)
• A Eileen Wearne – 3rd, 25.3 sec (heat 25.1, semi 25.2)
• Talbot, Irene – 6th (heat 25.7, semi 25.4)

440 yards Medley Relay

• Jean Coleman – 1st, 49.1 sec
• Decima Norman – 1st, 49.1 sec
• A Eileen Wearne – 1st, 49.1 sec

660 yards Medley Relay

• Jean Coleman – 1st, 1:15.2
• Decima Norman – 1st, 1:15.2
• Thelma Peake – 1st, 1:15.2
• Joan Woodland – 1st, 1:15.2

80 m Hurdles

• Grant, Isabel – 2nd, 11.7 sec (heat 12.1)
• Clarice Kennedy – 4th (heat 12.2)
• Thelma Peake – 5th (heat 12.4)
• Nell Gould – 4th (heat)

Bowls[edit]

Singles

• Jack Low – 3rd

Pairs

• Percy Hutton – 2nd
• Howard Mildren – 2nd

Fours

• Tom Kinder – 3rd
• Charlie H McNeill – 3rd
• Aubrey Murray – 3rd
• H Frank Murray – 3rd

Boxing[edit]

• Trevor Law – Flyweight (up to 51 kg) – Eliminated
• Jack B Dillon – Bantamweight (up to 54 kg) – 3rd
• Leonard Schluter – Featherweight (up to 57 kg) – Eliminated
• I Ellis – Lightweight (up to 60 kg) – Eliminated
• William Smith – Welterweight (up to 67 kg) – 1st
• Athol Stubbs – Middleweight (up to 75 kg) – Eliminated
• Leslie Harley – Heavyweight (up to 91 kg) – 3rd
• Cecil G Overell – Light-Heavyweight (up to 81 kg) – 2nd

Cycling[edit]

10 miles

• Fred Ashby – 4th
• John Molloy – unplaced
• Charlie E Wright – unplaced
• Sh. Janki Das – first Indian cyclist

100 km Road Race

• Fred Hines – 6th
• Harold Clayton – unplaced
• Alick Yuille – unplaced

1,000 m Sprint

• Edgar Laurence 'Dunc' Gray – 1st, 13.6 sec
• Robert Porter – 2nd
• Tasman Johnson – unplaced

1,000 m Time Trial

• Robert Porter – 1st, 1:15.2 (GR)
• Tasman Johnson – 2nd, 1:15.7
• Edgar Laurence 'Dunc' Gray – 5th, 1:16.5

Rowing[edit]

Eight

• William G Thomas (bow), 2nd
• Alfred J Gregory (stroke) – 2nd
• Doug K Bowden (cox) – 2nd
• Frank A W le Souef (2) – 2nd
• Gordon H Yewers (3) – 2nd
• Richard L Paramor (4) – 2nd
• Edward R Bromley (5) – 2nd
• William G Dixon (6) – 2nd
• Ainslie B 'Joe' Gould (7) – 2nd
• John Chester (reserve) – Did not compete
• R B Scott (reserve) – Did not compete

Single Scull

• Herbert J Turner – 1st, 8:24.0 (won by 5 lengths)

Double Scull

• William F Bradley (bow) – 1st, 7:29.4
• Cecil A Pearce (stroke) – 1st, 7:29.4

Coxed Four

• Gordon Freeth (bow) – 1st, 7:16.8
• Jack T Fisher (stroke) – 1st, 7:16.8
• H F Kerr (cox) – 1st, 7:16.8
• Don H Fraser (2) – 1st, 7:16.8
• Stewart J Elder (3) – 1st, 7:16.8
• Max Gaskin (reserve)
• John Edward Suffren (reserve)

Swimming (Men)[edit]

110 yd Freestyle

• William Fleming – 3rd, 1:01.0 (heat 1:01.8)
• Percy Charles Oliver – 6th, 1:03.1 (heat)
• J Robert Wilshire – 7th, 1:01.6 (heat 1:01.4)

440 yd Freestyle

• H Robin Biddulph – 3rd, 4:55.4 (heat 5:01.5)
• Robert Newbiggen – 5th, 5:19.8 (heat)
• Noel Phillip Ryan – 7th, 5:20.4 (heat 5:19.0)

1,650 yd Freestyle

• H Robin Biddulph – 5th, 20:42.2 (heat 21:07.2)
• Noel Phillip Ryan – 6th, 21:08.2 (heat 21:06.6)
• Robert Newbiggen – Did not finish

4x220 yd Freestyle Relay

• H Robin Biddulph – 3rd, 9:32.9 (split 2:18.8)
• William Fleming – 3rd, 9:32.9 (split 2:26.8)
• Noel Phillip Ryan – 3rd, 9:32.9 (split 2:24.6)
• J Robert Wilshire – 3rd, 9:32.9 (split 2:27.7)

3x110 yd Medley Relay

• William Fleming – 3rd, 3:31.8 (split 1:01.6)
• Ernest A Hobbs – 3rd, 3:31.8 (split 1:20.7)
• Percy Charles Oliver – 3rd, 3:31.8 (split 1:09.5)

220 yd Breaststroke

• Ray Cameron – 4th, 3:03.1 (heat 3:07.2)
• Ernest A Hobbs – 7th, 3:09.0 (heat 3:04.9)
• John Johnson – 5th, 3:03.6 (heat 3:07.8)

110 yd Backstroke

• Percy Charles Oliver – 1st, 1:07.9 (GR) (heat 1:09.6)
• Reginald Vaughan Clark – 4th, 1:18.3 (heat)
• Roth Bassingthwaite – 5th, 1:15.1 (heat)

Swimming (Women)[edit]

110 yd Freestyle

• Evelyn de Lacy – 1st, 1:10.1 (GR) (heat 1:10.6)
• Dorothy J Green – 2nd, 1:11.1 (heat 1:11.4)
• Margaret Rawson – 5th, 1:15.8 (heat)

110 yd Backstroke

• Gwen Millard – 4th, 1:27.5 (heat)
• Marion Nixon – 5th, 1:26.5 (heat)
• Patricia Norton – 1st, 1.19.5 (heat 1:20.6)

220 yd Breaststroke

• Margaret Dovey – 6th, 3:32.0
• Valerie George – 4th, 3:23.0
• Joan Thomas – 5th, 3:23.6

440 yd Freestyle

• Dorothy J Green – 1st, 5:39.9 (GR) (heat 5:43.0)
• Evelyn de Lacy – 5th, 5:59.4 (heat)
• Mynee Steel – 6th, 5:51.7 (heat 5:53.2)

4x110 yd Freestyle Relay

• Evelyn de Lacy – 2nd, 4:49.9
• Dorothy J Green – 2nd, 4:49.9
• Patricia Norton – 2nd, 4:49.9
• Margaret Rawson – 2nd, 4:49.9

3x110 yd Medley Relay

• Evelyn de Lacy – 3rd, 4:10.0 (split 1:12.9)
• Valerie George – 3rd, 4:10.0 (split 1:12.0)
• Patricia Norton – 3rd, 4:10.0 (split 1:20.1)

Diving (Men)[edit]

Springboard

• George Johnston – 4th, 111.39 points
• Ronald Masters – 1st, 126.36 points
• David J Norris – 5th, 110.62 points

Platform

• Ray Davis – 5th, 94.21 points
• Ronald Masters – 2nd, 102.87 points
• Arthur O'Connor – 4th, 97.39 points

Diving (Women)[edit]

Springboard

• Irene Donnett – 1st, 91.18 points
• Laurie Hawe – 4th, 75.32 points
• Janet Weidenhofer – 7th, 47.40 points

Platform

• Irene Donnett – 3rd, 34.57 points
• Lurline Hook – 1st, 36.47 points
• Pamela Hunt – 5th, 26.10 points

Wrestling[edit]

• Richard Edward 'Dick' Garrard – Lightweight (up to 68 kg) – 1st
• Todd Hardwick – Middleweight (up to 82 kg) – 2nd
• John Lambert 'Jack' Knight – Heavyweight (up to 100 kg) – 1st
• Edward Purcell – Bantamweight (up to 57 kg) – 1st
• Roy Purchase – Featherweight (up to 62 kg) – 1st
• Eddie Richard Scarf – Light Heavyweight (up to 90 kg) – 1st
• Tom Trevaskis – Welterweight (up to 74 kg) – 1st

Officials[edit]

• Honorary Team Manager – Wilfred Selwyn Kent Hughes (VIC)
• Athletics Manager – Wilfred Ernest Painter (VIC)
• Athletics Manageress – Mrs Doris Magee (NSW)
• Boxing & Wrestling Manager – Edgar Stephen Tanner (VIC)
• Cycling Manager – C J 'Mick' Gray (VIC)
• Rowing Manager – John Rook (NSW)
• Rowing Coach – T K 'Toff' Qurban (SA)
• Rowing Eights Coach – Sidney Raper (NSW)
• Swimming Manager – Jack P Sheedy (WA)
• Swimming Manageress – Katie Buckle (NSW)

See also[edit]

• Australia at the 1936 Summer Olympics

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Commonwealth Games Australia Results Database