New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games

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. 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

MedalNameSportEvent Athletics Men's 880 yards Athletics Men's 3 miles Athletics Men's 6 miles Ernie JuryAlec RobertsonBill Whittaker Lawn bowls Men's four Lance Macey Lawn bowls Men's pairs Athletics Men's javelin throw Boxing Men's welterweight Cycling Men's road race Lawn bowls Men's singles George Burns (cox)Jim ClaytonAlbert HopeJohn Rigby Rowing Men's coxed four Wrestling Men's lightweight Wrestling Men's heavyweight Graham QuinnAlan SayersHarold Tyrie Athletics Men's 4 × 440 yards relay Athletics Men's 1 mile Athletics Women's high jump Athletics Men's hammer throw Athletics Women's 80 m hurdles Boxing Men's featherweight Cycling Men's sprint John ChartersOswald DenisonJames GouldGus JacksonLes PithieCyril StilesWilliam Stodart (cox)Rangi Thompson Rowing Men's eight Robert Smith Rowing Men's double sculls Rowing Men's single sculls Swimming Women's 440 yards freestyle Wrestling Men's featherweight Wrestling Men's welterweight

Medals by sportSportTotal Athletics 3159 Lawn bowls 2103 Wrestling 0224 Rowing 0134 Boxing 0112 Cycling 0112 Swimming 0011 Total571325

Medals by genderGenderTotal Male 5 7 1022 Female 0 0 33 Total571325

Competitors The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 13 5 18Boxing 7 7Cycling 7 7Diving 0 1 1Lawn bowls 7 7Rowing 15 15Swimming 4 3 7Wrestling 7 7 Total 60 9 69

Athletics

Track

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankTheo AllenMen's 880 yards 1:54.5 1 colspan=2 5Men's 1 mile 4:20.0 4 colspan=2 DNFArnold AndersonMen's 440 yards hurdles colspan=4 5Pat BootMen's 880 yards 1:52.3 GR 1 colspan=2 1:51.2 GR Men's 1 mile 2 colspan=2 4:12.6 Alan GeddesMen's 3 miles colspan=4 7Men's 6 miles colspan=4 4Doreen LumleyWomen's 100 yards 2 4 did not advanceWomen's 220 yards did not advanceCecil MatthewsMen's 3 miles colspan=4 13:59.6 GR Men's 6 miles colspan=4 30:14.5 GR Bill PullarMen's 1 mile 4:19.5 3 colspan=2 6Graham QuinnMen's 100 yards 5 did not advanceMen's 220 yards 2 5 did not advanceAlan SayersMen's 220 yards 5 did not advanceMen's 440 yards 3 colspan=2 did not advanceFrank SharpleyMen's 100 yards 3 10.4 6 did not advanceMen's 120 yards hurdles 3 colspan=2 15.0 6Doris StrachanWomen's 100 yards 11.8 4 did not advanceWomen's 220 yards 4 did not advanceRona TongWomen's 80 yards hurdles 2 colspan=2 11.8 Women's 100 yards 5 did not advanceHarold TyrieMen's 440 yards 49.3 2 colspan=2 6Arnold AndersonGraham QuinnAlan SayersHarold TyrieMen's 4 x 440 yards relay colspan=4 3:22.0 Doreen LumleyDoris StrachanRona TongWomen's 110-220-110 yards relay colspan=4 4

Field AthleteEventFinalResultRankBetty ForbesWomen's high jump Stan LayMen's javelin throw Jim LeckieMen's discus throw Men's hammer throw Mary MitchellWomen's javelin throw 4Jack MorganMen's discus throw 8Doris StrachanWomen's long jump 6

Boxing

AthleteEvent Quarter Final Semi Final Final / RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult Hugh Sheridan Flyweight L L 4 Jack Parker Bantamweight L did not advance Kenneth Moran Featherweight L W Joseph Collins Lightweight L did not advance Darcy Heeney Welterweight W L Artie Sutherland Middleweight L did not advance Ron Withell Heavyweight L L 4

Cycling

Road Men's road race AthleteTimeRankJohn Brown 2:53:29 Frank Grose Ronald Triner 7

Track Men's 1000 m sprint AthleteHeatRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeRankGeorge GilesW 12.9W 13.0L 12.9W 12.9Roy TaylorW 12.5L 12.7 did not advanceRon UlmerW 13.0W 12.8L 12.9L 12.94

Men's 1 km time trial AthleteTimeRankGeorge Giles1:17.39Roy Taylor1:16.77Ron Ulmer1:16.66

Men's 10 miles track race AthleteTimeRankGeorge Giles Gordon Patrick unplacedRon Ulmer

Diving

AthleteEventFinalPointsRankGwen RixWomen's 3 m springboard 65.86 6

Lawn bowls

AthleteEventRound robinPlayoffRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScore Frank Livingstone Men's singlesW 26 – 5W 27 – 18W 25 – 12L 19 – 26W 26 – 9 Lance MaceyWalter Denison Men's pairsW 22 – 20L 20 – 21W 24 – 13 W 25 – 21 W 25 – 21 Bill WhittakerAlec RobertsonErnie JuryBill Bremner Men's fourW 26 – 11W 21 – 19W 19 – 14 L 16 – 17W 22 – 12W 19 – 6

Rowing

AthleteEventRank Bob Smith Men's single sculls Gus JacksonBob Smith Men's double sculls John RigbyKen BoswellAlbert HopeJim ClaytonGeorge Burns (cox) Men's coxed four Les PithieOswald DenisonJohn ChartersHoward BengeGus JacksonCyril StilesRangi ThompsonJames GouldWilliam Stodart (cox) Men's eight

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

Swimming

AthleteEventHeatFinalResultRankResultRankNoel CrumpMen's 110 yards freestyle 4 did not advanceMen's 440 yards freestyle 5 did not advanceJack DaviesMen's 220 yards breaststroke 3:10.4 4 did not advanceWinnie DunnWomen's 220 yards breaststroke colspan=2 7Peter HananMen's 110 yards freestyle 1:00.5 4 q 5Mona LeydonWomen's 440 yards freestyle 5:36.8 2 Q 5:42.0 Joyce MacdonaldWomen's 110 yards backstroke 1:28.6 did not advanceLen NewellMen's 440 yards freestyle 7 did not advanceMen's 1650 yards freestyle did not advanceJoyce MacdonaldMona LeydonWinnie DunnWomen's 3 x 110 yards medley relay colspan=2 4:22.3 5

Wrestling

AthleteEventElimination roundsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultLeo NolanBantamweightWLL4Joseph GenetFeatherweightLLVernon ThomasLightweightLWJerry PodjurskyWelterweightLLDid not advanceHarcourt GodfreyMiddleweightLL did not advanceTorsten AndersonLight heavyweightLLDid not advance4Jim DrydenHeavyweightWWL

Officials 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

See also New Zealand Olympic Committee New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games New Zealand at the 1936 Summer Olympics

References

All team lists and results from NZOC

External links NZOC website on the 1938 games Commonwealth Games Federation website Athletes in the 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand has a paragraph on these Games