England at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

England competed at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from 30 July to 7 August 1954.

England topped the medal table with 23 gold medals, 24 silver medals and 20 bronze medals.

Medal table (top 3)

The athletes that competed are listed below.

Team

Athletics

Men'' Name ClubAge Event/s Medal/s Peter Allday London Athletic Club 27 HammerNone Don Anthony Watford Harriers 25 HammerNone Roger Bannister Achilles Club 251 mile Ken Box Loughborough College 23100y, 220y, relay, Long jumpnone Ian Boyd Herne Hill Harriers 21880y, 1 mile Chris Brasher Achilles Club 251 milenone Christopher Chataway Achilles Club 233 miles Derek Cox Eton Manor AC 23 High jump, Long jump, Shot putnone Stan Cox Southgate Harriers 366 miles, Marathonnone Alan Dick Achilles Club 24440y, relay Peter Driver South London Harriers 223 miles, 6 miles Geoff Elliott Woodford Green AC 23Pole vault, Shot put George Ellis London Athletic Club 21 100y, 220y, relaynone Peter Fryer London Athletic Club 26 440y, relay Fred Green Birchfield Harriers 28 3 miles Brian Hewson Mitcham AC 21880y Peter Higgins Southgate Harriers 25440y, relay Chris Higham Achilles Club 23 120yh Derek Johnson Woodford Green AC 21880y, relay, Harry Kane London Athletic Club 21440y, 440yh David Law Achilles Club 24 880y, 1 milenone Alan Lillington Durham University 21100y, 220y, relaynone Jack Parker South London Harriers 26120yhnone Jim Peters Essex Beagles 356 miles, Marathon Mark Pharaoh Walton AC 23Discus, Shot put Frank Sando Aylesford Paper Mills 233 miles, 6 miles, John Savidge Royal Naval A.C. 29Shot put, Discus, Brian Shenton Polytechnic Harriers 27100y, 220y, relay Dennis Tucker Herne Hill Harriers 26 Javelinnone Ken Wilmshurst Walton AC 23440yh, Long jump, Triple jump, Women Name ClubAge Event/s Medal/s Suzanne Allday Spartan LAC 19Discus, Hammer, Javelin, Shot put Heather Armitage Longwood AC 21100y, 220y, relay Shirley Burgess Woolwich Poly H 20 100y, 220y, relay Jean Desforges Essex LAC 2580mh, Long jump, Shirley Hampton Phoenix AC 18 100y, 220y, relay , Ann Johnson Cambridge Harriers 20 220y, Long jumpnone Anne Pashley Great Yarmouth AC 19100y, relay Pam Seaborne Essex LAC 1880mhnone Dorothy Tyler Mitcham AC 34High jump, Javelin, Long jump

Boxing

Name ClubAge Event/s Medal/s Dave Charnley Fitzroy Lodge BC 19featherweight Nicholas Gargano Army & Eton Manor BC 19welterweight Brian Harper RAF & Blackpool 20heavyweight Bruce Wells RAF & Caius BC 21welterweight George Whelan Army & Chiswick General 19 Lightweight none

Cycling

Name ClubAge Event/s Medal/s Peter Brotherton East Midlands Clarion 23Pursuit, 1,000m Keith Harrison Wyndham RC 21Time trial, Scratch, 1,000m, Tony Hoar Emsworth CC 22Roadnone Cyril Peacock Tooting BC25Sprint, Time trial Bernard Pusey Redhill CC 23 Pursuit, Road Norman Sheil Molyneux CC 21Pursuit, Road, Scratch Eric Thompson East Midlands Clarion 27Road, Scratch

Diving Men Name ClubAge Event/s Medal/s Frank Mercer Highgate 26 3m Springboardnone Peter Tarsey Ealing 1710m Platformnone Tony Turner Highgate 21 3m Springboard, 10m PlatformWomen Name ClubAge Event/s Medal/s Ann Long Ilford 17 3m & 10m Platform, Eunice Millar Bourne & Hollingworth 26 10m Platform Charmain Welsh Durham City 163m Springboardnone

Fencing Men Name ClubAge Event/s Medal/s Michael Amberg London FC28Sabre, Sabre team, William Beatley 20 Sabre, Sabre team Ralph Cooperman 26Foil, Foil Team, Sabre, Sabre team, , Charles de Beaumont London FC 51Épée, Épée team Allan Jay 24Épée, Épée team, Foil, Foil Team, , René Paul Salle Paul FC 33 Épée, Épée team, Foil, Foil Team, , , Women Name ClubAge Event/s Medal/s Mary Glen-Haig London FC 36Foil Gillian Sheen 25Foil

Lawn bowls

Name ClubAge Event/s Medal/s Edwin Bateman Nottingham City BC 73pairsnone James Carr Southall BC 60foursnone John Coles Chesham BC 62foursnone Stanley Lee Hitchin BC 54singles, foursnone William Parker Winchmore Hill BC 61foursnone Tom Stewart Bracknell BC 70pairsnone

Rowing

Name ClubAge Event/s Medal/s Tom Christie RAF RC 27Coxless pairs Nicholas Clack RAF RC 23Coxless pairs Alastair Davidson Thames RC Coxed fours, eights, Joe Eldeen Thames RC 31 Eights David Glynne-Jones Thames RC 25 Coxed fours, eights, Maurice Legg Thames RC 28 Coxed fours, eights, John Macmillan Thames RC 26 Coxed fours, eights, Geoffrey Page Thames RC 25 Eights John Pope Thames RC Eights Sidney Rand RAF RC 19Single sculls M.G.C. Savage Thames RC Coxed fours, Eights, Alan Watson Thames RC 25Eights

Swimming Men Name ClubAge Event/s Medal/s Donald Bland Northsea 23440y & 1650y freestyle, freestyle relaynone Peter Head Ilford 19110y & 440y freestyle, freestyle relay none Alan Hime Stoke Newington 24 220y breaststroke Peter Jervis Retford 22 220y breaststroke, medley relay Haydn Rigby Southport 17 110y backstroke, medley & freestyle relaynone Ronald Roberts Otter SC, London 31 110y freestyle, medley & freestyle relaysnoneWomen''' Name ClubAge Event/s Medal/s Jean Botham South Manchester SC 19110y freestyle, freestyle & medley relays Fearne Ewart Hastings SC 17110y freestyle, freestyle relay Margaret Grundy Blackpool 16 220y breastroke, medley relay Vivienne Meyrick Ilford 17 110y backstrokenone Valerie Nares-Pillow Surrey Ladies 17 100y freestyle, freestyle relay Maureen Pitchfork Mansfield Ladies 19 110y backstroke, medley relaynone Pat Symons Northumberland ASC 19 110y backstroke Daphne Wilkinson Leamington 22440y freestyle, freestyle relay

Weightlifting

Name ClubAge Event/s Medal/s Mel Barnett Gloucester 33 Heavyweight Frank Cope London 26 Bantamweight Jim Halliday Bolton 36Middleweight Sydney Harrington Wolverhampton 27 Light-heavyweight none Maurice Megennis Leeds 24 Bantamweight

Wrestling

Name ClubAge Event/s Medal/s Herbie Hall Bolton Harriers 27 Featherweight Harry Kendall Olympic AWC, Walworth Middleweight Allan Leyland Bolton Harriers 20 Flyweight none Ray Myland St Albans 27Welterweight Kenneth Richmond Foresters AWC, London 28Heavyweight

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