New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games

New Zealand at the
1938 British Empire Games
New Zealand at the; 1938 British Empire Games
CGF code	NZL
CGA	New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Competitors	69
Flag bearers	Opening: Jim Leckie; Closing:
Officials	13
Medals; Ranked 5th	Gold 5 Silver 7 Bronze 13 Total 25
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;

New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games was represented by a team of 69 competitors and 13 officials, including 18 athletes, 15 rowers, eight swimmers and divers, and seven each of boxers, cyclists and wrestlers.^[1] Selection of the team for the Games in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was Jim Leckie. The New Zealand team finished fifth on the medal table, winning a total of 25 medals, five of which were gold.

New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

Medal tables[edit]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Pat Boot	Athletics	Men's 880 yards
Gold	Cecil Matthews	Athletics	Men's 3 miles
Gold	Cecil Matthews	Athletics	Men's 6 miles
Gold	Bill Bremner Ernie Jury Alec Robertson Bill Whittaker	Lawn bowls	Men's four
Gold	Walter Denison Lance Macey	Lawn bowls	Men's pairs
Silver	Stan Lay	Athletics	Men's javelin throw
Silver	Darcy Heeney	Boxing	Men's welterweight
Silver	John Brown	Cycling	Men's road race
Silver	Frank Livingstone	Lawn bowls	Men's singles
Silver	Ken Boswell George Burns (cox) Jim Clayton Albert Hope John Rigby	Rowing	Men's coxed four
Silver	Vernon Thomas	Wrestling	Men's lightweight
Silver	Jim Dryden	Wrestling	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Arnold Anderson Graham Quinn Alan Sayers Harold Tyrie	Athletics	Men's 4 x 440 yards relay
Bronze	Pat Boot	Athletics	Men's 1 mile
Bronze	Betty Forbes	Athletics	Women's high jump
Bronze	Jim Leckie	Athletics	Men's hammer throw
Bronze	Rona Tong	Athletics	Women's 80 m hurdles
Bronze	Kenneth Moran	Boxing	Men's featherweight
Bronze	George Giles	Cycling	Men's sprint
Bronze	Howard Benge John Charters Oswald Denison James Gould Gus Jackson Les Pithie Cyril Stiles William Stodart (cox) Rangi Thompson	Rowing	Men's eight
Bronze	Gus Jackson Robert Smith	Rowing	Men's double sculls
Bronze	Robert Smith	Rowing	Men's single sculls
Bronze	Mona Leydon	Swimming	Women's 440 yards freestyle
Bronze	Joe Genet	Wrestling	Men's featherweight
Bronze	Jeremiah Podjursky	Wrestling	Men's welterweight

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	3	1	5	9
Lawn bowls	2	1	0	3
Wrestling	0	2	2	4
Rowing	0	1	3	4
Boxing	0	1	1	2
Cycling	0	1	1	2
Swimming	0	0	1	1
Total	5	7	13	25

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	5	7	10	22
Female	0	0	3	3
Total	5	7	13	25

Competitors[edit]

The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	13	5	18
Boxing	7	—	7
Cycling	7	—	7
Diving	0	1	1
Lawn bowls	7	—	7
Rowing	15	—	15
Swimming	4	3	7
Wrestling	7	—	7
Total	60	9	69

Athletics[edit]

Track[edit]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank^[i]	Result	Rank^[ii]	Result	Rank
Theo Allen	Men's 880 yards	1:54.5	1	—			5
Theo Allen	Men's 1 mile	4:20.0	4	—		DNF
Arnold Anderson	Men's 440 yards hurdles	—					5
Pat Boot	Men's 880 yards	1:52.3 GR	1	—		1:51.2 GR
Pat Boot	Men's 1 mile		2	—		4:12.6
Alan Geddes	Men's 3 miles	—					7
Alan Geddes	Men's 6 miles	—					4
Doreen Lumley	Women's 100 yards		2		4	did not advance
Doreen Lumley	Women's 220 yards	DQ		did not advance
Cecil Matthews	Men's 3 miles	—				13:59.6 GR
Cecil Matthews	Men's 6 miles	—				30:14.5 GR
Bill Pullar	Men's 1 mile	4:19.5	3	—			6
Graham Quinn	Men's 100 yards		5	did not advance
Graham Quinn	Men's 220 yards		2		5	did not advance
Alan Sayers	Men's 220 yards		5	did not advance
Alan Sayers	Men's 440 yards		3	—		did not advance
Frank Sharpley	Men's 100 yards		3	10.4	6	did not advance
Frank Sharpley	Men's 120 yards hurdles		3	—		15.0	6
Doris Strachan	Women's 100 yards	11.8	4	did not advance
Doris Strachan	Women's 220 yards		4	did not advance
Rona Tong	Women's 80 yards hurdles		2	—		11.8
Rona Tong	Women's 100 yards		5	did not advance
Harold Tyrie	Men's 440 yards	49.3	2	—			6
Arnold Anderson Graham Quinn Alan Sayers Harold Tyrie	Men's 4 x 440 yards relay	—				3:22.0
Doreen Lumley Doris Strachan Rona Tong	Women's 110-220-110 yards relay	—					4

^ Ranks given are within the heat
^ Ranks given are within the semifinal

Field[edit]

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Betty Forbes	Women's high jump	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Stan Lay	Men's javelin throw	204 ft 1+1⁄4 in (62.21 m)
Jim Leckie	Men's discus throw	DNS
Jim Leckie	Men's hammer throw	145 ft 5+1⁄2 in (44.34 m)
Mary Mitchell	Women's javelin throw	118 ft 1⁄2 in (35.98 m)	4
Jack Morgan	Men's discus throw	119 ft 11+1⁄2 in (36.56 m)	8
Doris Strachan	Women's long jump	17 ft 3⁄4 in (5.20 m)	6

Boxing[edit]

Athlete	Event	Quarter Final	Semi Final	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hugh Sheridan	Flyweight	Bye	Joubert (SAF) L	Cameron (SCO) L	4
Jack Parker	Bantamweight	Butler (ENG) L	did not advance
Kenneth Moran	Featherweight	Bye	Henricus (CEY) L	Harper (ENG) W
Joseph Collins	Lightweight	Fulton (SRH) L	did not advance
Darcy Heeney	Welterweight	Bye	Tsirindanis (SRH) W	Smith (AUS) L
Artie Sutherland	Middleweight	Reardon (WAL) L	did not advance
Ron Withell	Heavyweight	—	Sterley (SAF) L	Harley (AUS) L	4

Cycling[edit]

Road[edit]

Men's road race

Athlete	Time	Rank
John Brown	2:53:29
Frank Grose	DNF
Ronald Triner		7

Track[edit]

Men's 1000 m sprint

Athlete	Heat	Repechage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
George Giles	Das (IND) W 12.9	—	Johnson (AUS) W 13.0	Porter (AUS) L 12.9	Ulmer (NZL) W 12.9
Roy Taylor	Porter (AUS) W 12.5	—	Gray (AUS) L 12.7	did not advance
Ron Ulmer	Gray (AUS) W 13.0	—	Hicks (ENG) W 12.8	Gray (AUS) L 12.9	Giles (NZL) L 12.9	4

Men's 1 km time trial

Athlete	Time	Rank
George Giles	1:17.3	9
Roy Taylor	1:16.7	7
Ron Ulmer	1:16.6	6

Men's 10 miles track race

Athlete	Time	Rank
George Giles	DNF
Gordon Patrick	unplaced
Ron Ulmer	DNF

Diving[edit]

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Gwen Rix	Women's 3 m springboard	65.86	6

Lawn bowls[edit]

Athlete	Event	Round robin					Playoff	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Frank Livingstone	Men's singles	Clarke (NIR) W 26 – 5	Hills (ENG) W 27 – 18	Low (AUS) W 25 – 12	Harvey (SAF) L 19 – 26	Bourne (SRH) W 26 – 9	—
Lance Macey Walter Denison	Men's pairs	England W 22 – 20	Fiji L 20 – 21	South Africa W 24 – 13	Scotland W 25 – 21	Australia W 25 – 21	—
Bill Whittaker Alec Robertson Ernie Jury Bill Bremner	Men's four	Fiji W 26 – 11	Canada W 21 – 19	Australia W 19 – 14	South Africa L 16 – 17	England W 22 – 12	South Africa W 19 – 6

Rowing[edit]

Athlete	Event	Rank
Bob Smith	Men's single sculls
Gus Jackson Bob Smith	Men's double sculls
John Rigby Ken Boswell Albert Hope Jim Clayton George Burns (cox)	Men's coxed four
Les Pithie Oswald Denison John Charters Howard Benge Gus Jackson Cyril Stiles Rangi Thompson James Gould William Stodart (cox)	Men's eight

Percival Stowers and Cliff Johnson accompanied the team as emergencies, but did not compete.

Swimming[edit]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank^[i]	Result	Rank
Noel Crump	Men's 110 yards freestyle		4	did not advance
Noel Crump	Men's 440 yards freestyle		5	did not advance
Jack Davies	Men's 220 yards breaststroke	3:10.4	4	did not advance
Winnie Dunn	Women's 220 yards breaststroke	—			7
Peter Hanan	Men's 110 yards freestyle	1:00.5	4 q		5
Mona Leydon	Women's 440 yards freestyle	5:36.8	2 Q	5:42.0
Joyce Macdonald	Women's 110 yards backstroke	1:28.6		did not advance
Len Newell	Men's 440 yards freestyle		7	did not advance
Len Newell	Men's 1650 yards freestyle	DNF		did not advance
Joyce Macdonald Mona Leydon Winnie Dunn	Women's 3 x 110 yards medley relay	—		4:22.3	5

^ Ranks given are within the heat

Wrestling[edit]

Athlete	Event	Elimination rounds			Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Leo Nolan	Bantamweight	Purcell (AUS) W	Cazaux (ENG) L	Blake (CAN) L	—	4
Joseph Genet	Featherweight	Purchase (ENG) L	Clarke (CAN) L	—	—
Vernon Thomas	Lightweight	Bye	Garrard (AUS) L	Harding (SAF) W	—
Jerry Podjursky	Welterweight	Trevaskis (AUS) L	Stander (SAF) L	—	Did not advance
Harcourt Godfrey	Middleweight	Bye	Jeffers (ENG) L	Sheasby (SAF) L	did not advance
Torsten Anderson	Light heavyweight	Greenspan (SAF) L	Scarf (AUS) L	—	Did not advance	4
Jim Dryden	Heavyweight	Dudgeon (SCO) W	Whelan (CAN) W	—	Knight (AUS) L

Officials[edit]

Team manager – H. McCormick
Deputy team manager – Dolph Kitto
Athletics coach – B. R. McKernan
Boxing manager – F. Hughes
Cycling manager – H. L. Grant
Lawn bowls
- Manager – A. Whitten
- Assistant manager – E. Petty
Rowing
- Manager – Allen Hale
- Coach – Herbert Ayers
Swimming manager – Edward Clarke Isaacs
Wrestling
- Manager – J. Creeke
- Coach – A. Craig
Chaperone – E. G. Sutherland

References[edit]

^ "For Sydney". Evening Post. 14 January 1938. p. 11. Retrieved 14 June 2018.

All team lists and results from NZOC

External links[edit]

[2] Ranks given are within the heat

[3] Ranks given are within the semifinal

[4] Ranks given are within the heat

[1] "For Sydney". Evening Post. 14 January 1938. p. 11. Retrieved 14 June 2018.

[1]

[i]

[ii]

[i]

Medal tables[edit]

Competitors[edit]

Athletics[edit]

Track[edit]

Field[edit]

Boxing[edit]

Cycling[edit]

Road[edit]

Track[edit]

Diving[edit]

Lawn bowls[edit]

Rowing[edit]

Swimming[edit]

Wrestling[edit]

Officials[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]