England at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

England at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, from 18 to 26 July 1958.

England topped the medal table with 29 gold medals, 22 silver medals and 29 bronze medals.

Medal table (top 3)

The athletes that competed are listed below.

Athletes

Men Name Club Event/s Medal/s Peter Allday London AC Hammer Don Anthony Polytechnic Harriers Hammer Bob Birrell Birchfield Harriers 120y hurdles Michael Blagrove Ealing Harriers 1 mile Ian Boyd Herne Hill Harriers 1 mile Adrian Breacker Mitcham AC 100y, relay Robbie Brightwell Shrewsbury Tech Coll 220y Robin Brunyee Worksop College 120y hurdles Michael Bullivant Derby County & AC 3 miles Dennis Cakebread Coventry Godiva Harriers Long jump Ted Buswell Great Yarmouth AC 880y Gerry Carr Loughborough Coll & Woodford Green AC Discus Peter Clark R.A.F & Thames Valley Harriers 3 miles Eric Cleaver Army & London AC Discus Roy Cruttenden Polytechnic Harriers Long jump Peter Cullen Rotherham Harriers Javelin Raymond Davies London Univ & Hornchurch Harriers Javelin Stanley Eldon Windsor and Eton AC 6 miles Geoff Elliott Woodford Green AC Pole vault Mike Ellis Loughborough Coll & Thames Valley Harriers Hammer Mike Farrell Birchfield Harriers 880 yards Tom Farrell Liverpool Harriers 440y hurdles Denis Field Birchfield Harriers Triple jump Hugh Foord Brighton AC 6 miles Chris Goudge Manchester Univ & Bolton United Harriers 440y hurdles Brian Hewson Mitcham AC 880y, 1 mile Peter Hildreth Polytechnic Harriers 120y hurdles Martin Hyman Portsmouth AC 6 miles Derek Ibbotson South London Harriers 3 miles Derek Johnson Woodford Green AC 440y, relay Arthur Keily Derby County & AC Marathon Colin Kemball Wolverhampton AC Marathon Eddie Kirkup Rotherham Harriers Marathon John Kitching Achilles Club High jump Clive Loveland London AC Javelin Martyn Lucking London Univ & Southend AC Shot put Vic Matthews London AC 120y hurdles Derek McCorquindale Metropolitan Police Shot put John Metcalf Achilles Club 440y hurdles Gordon Miller Hermes high jump Nicholas Morgan Croydon Harriers Shot put Frederick Norris Bolton United Harriers 6 miles John Scott-Oldfield Achilles Club 220y Keith Parker Lunesdale AC Long jump Gordon Pirie South London Harriers 1 & 3 mile/s Rex Porter Birchfield Harriers Pole vault Peter Radford Birchfield Harriers 100 & 220y, relay Michael Ralph Myron AC Triple jump Mike Rawson Birchfield Harriers 880y Arthur Rowe Doncaster Plant Works A.C Shot put John Salisbury Birchfield Harriers 440y, relay Ted Sampson Blackheath Harriers 440y, relay Roy Sandstrom R.A.F & London AC 100y, relay David Segal Thames Valley Harriers 100 & 220y, relay Colin Smith R.A.F & Thames Valley Harriers Javelin Ian Ward Bury AC Pole vault David Westerhout London Univ & Woodford Green AC 440y hurdles Peter Wilkinson Derby County & AC marathon Ken Wilmshurst Walton AC Long jump, Triple jump Dave Wilson Hercules AC High jump John Wrighton Southgate Harriers 440y, relay Fred Wyers Darlington AC Triple jump

Women

Name Club Event/s Medal/s Suzanne Allday Spartan Ladies Discus, Shot put, Audrey Bennett Essex Ladies High jump Mary Bignal London Olympiades High jump, Long jump Margaret Callender Ilford AC Javelin Jean Card Croydon Harriers High jump Josephine Cook London Olympiades Shot put Marianne Dew Selsonia 220y Maya Giri Phoenix AC Discus Moyra Hiscox Spartan Ladies 220y Sheila Hoskin Spartan Ladies High jump, Long jump Dorothy Hyman Hickleton Main 100y, relay Iris Mouzer Birchfield Harriers Shot put Marian Needham Walton AC Long jump Sylvia Needham Spartan Ladies Discus June Paul Spartan Ladies 100 & 220y, relay Sue Platt London Olympiades Javelin Carole Quinton Birchfield Harriers 80m hurdles Dorothy Shirley Salford Harriers High jump Mary Tadd London Olympiades Javelin Madeleine Weston Selsonia 100y, relay , Jean Whitehead London Olympiades Long jump Averil Williams Hereford AC Javelin Heather Young Longwood Harriers 100 & 220y, 80m hurdles relay , ,

Boxing

Name Club Event/s Medal/s Tommy Bache Golden Gloves, Liverpool flyweight Peter Benneyworth Caius BC, Battersea bantamweight Roy Beaman Royal Air Force featherweight Johnny Caiger Monteagle ABC, London middleweight Johnny Cooke Maple Leaf, Bootle lightweight Joey Jacobs Victoria Avenue, Manchester light welterweight Joe Leeming Army light heavyweight Brian Nancurvis Army welterweight Stuart Pearson Doncaster Plant Works ABC light middleweight David Thomas Polytechnic BC heavyweight

Cycling

Name Club Event/s Medal/s Karl Barton Coventry Road Club Sprint Lloyd Binch Notts Castle BC Sprint Ray Booty Ericsson Wheelers Road Bill Bradley Southport RCC Road John Entwistle Fallowfield CC Time trial Mike Gambrill Clarence Wheelers Pursuit John Geddes Melling Wheelers Road, Scratch Keith Harrison Wyndham RCC Scratch, Sprint, Time trial Bill Holmes Hull Thursday RC Road Johnny Ralph Polytechnic CC Scratch Norman Sheil Melling Wheelers Pursuit Tom Simpson Harworth & District CC Pursuit Neville Tong Polytechnic CC Time trial

Diving

Men Name Club Event/s Medal/s Ray Cann Highgate 10m Platform Keith Collin Isleworth 3m Springboard Brian Phelps Highgate 10m Platform Peter Squires Highgate 3m Springboard Peter Tarsey Ealing 10m Platform Women Name Club Event/s Medal/s Ann Long Ilford 3m Springboard, 10m Platform Liz Ferris Mermaid SC 3m Springboard Molly Wieland Isander 10m Platform Charmain Welsh Durham City 3m Springboard, 10m Platform

Fencing

Men Name Event/s Medal/s Michael Amberg Sabre, Sabre team, Ralph Cooperman Sabre, Sabre team, Harold Cooke Foil, Foil Team Bill Hoskyns Épée, Épée team, Sabre, , , Mike Howard Épée, Épée team, Allan Jay Épée, Épée team, Raymond Paul Foil, Foil Team, René Paul Foil, Foil Team, Eugene Verebes+ Sabre team + Part of the Sabre team but withdrew from some later matches through injury

Women Name Event/s Medal/s Mary Glen-Haig Foil Gillian Sheen Foil

Lawn bowls

Name Club Event/s Medal/s Percy Baker Poole Park BC singles John Bettles Raunds Methodists BC rinks/fours Fred Horn Torquay pairs Norman King Parliament Hill BC rinks/fours Walter Phillips Boscombe Cliff BC rinks/fours John Scadgell Worthing BC rinks/fours Harold Shapland Tiverton Boro BC pairs

Rowing

Name Club Event/s Medal/s Felix Badcock Thames Rowing Club Eights Geoffrey Baker Marlow Rowing Club Double sculls Michael Beresford Barn Cottage Coxed four Russell Carver First and Third Trinity Boat Club Single sculls Simon Crosse London RC/Barn Cottage RC Coxed four Stewart Douglas-Mann St Edmund Hall Boat Club Coxless Pair Don Elliot Thames Rowing Club Eights Richard Gabriel Barn Cottage Coxed four Jonathan Hall Lincoln College Boat Club Coxless Pair Tony Hancox Thames Rowing Club Eights Dennis Mount Thames Rowing Club Eights Raymond Penney Thames Rowing Club Eights Roger Pope National Provincial Bank RC Coxless four Colin Porter Barn Cottage RC Coxed four Creighton Redman National Provincial Bank RC Coxless four Keith Shackell National Provincial Bank RC Coxless four Mike Spracklen Marlow Rowing Club Double sculls John A Stephenson Thames Rowing Club Eights John Thomson Thames Rowing Club Eights John Vigurs London RC/Barn Cottage Coxed four Hilali Wober Thames Rowing Club Eights Dick Workman Thames Rowing Club Eights David Young National Provincial Bank RC Coxless four

Swimming

Men Name Club Event/s Medal/s Malcolm Barnes Stoke Newington 440y freestyle, freestyle relay Terry Boyes York City 440y freestyle Richard Campion Stoke Newington 220y butterfly Stanley Clarke Plaistow United 110y freestyle, freestyle relay Alan Clarkson York City 440y freestyle Brian Curtis Watford 220y butterfly Brian Day Sheffield 220y breaststroke Richard Hemingway Holbeck 220y breaststroke Peter Kendrew York City 110y freestyle Neil McKechnie Wallasey 110y freestyle, freestyle & medley relay Michael Payne Bristol Central 110y backstroke Haydn Rigby Southport 110y backstroke Graham Sykes Coventry 110y backstroke, medley relay Graham Symonds Coventry 220y butterfly, freestyle & medley relay, Chris Walkden Beckenham 220y breaststroke, medley relay, Women Name Club Event/s Medal/s Jackie Dyson Kingston Ladies 220y breaststroke Margaret Edwards Heston 110y backstroke Elspeth Ferguson York City 440y freestyle Christine Gosden Croydon 110y breaststroke & butterfly, medley relay, Judy Grinham Hampstead 110y backstroke & freestyle, 2 x relay, , Sylvia Lewis Hounslow 110y backstroke Anita Lonsbrough Huddersfield 220y breaststroke, medley relay, Anne Marshall Kingston Ladies 110y freestyle, freestyle relay Anne Morton Blackpool 110y butterfly Beryl Noakes Woolwich freestyle relay Jean Oldroyd Dewsbury 110y butterfly Judy Samuel Surrey Ladies 440y freestyle Diana Wilkinson Stockport 110 & 440y freestyle, 2 x relay,

Weightlifting

Name Club Event/s Medal/s Ron Brownbill Wallasey AC Bantamweight R. Gore Middle Heavyweight Ben Helfgott Hackney, London Lightweight Laurie Levine Leeds Middleweight Ken McDonald YMCA Club, London Heavyweight George Manners Hackney, London Light Heavyweight Allan Robinson Chorley, Lancs Featherweight

Wrestling

Name Club Event/s Medal/s Bert Aspen Bolton Harriers 62kg featherweight Peter Christie Sparta AWC, London 52kg flyweight Dennis Gilligan Manco AWC, Stretford 57kg bantamweight Herbie Hall Bolton Harriers 68kg lightweight David Ickringill Manco AWC, Stretford 74kg welterweight Harry Kendall John Ruskin, Walworth 90kg Light heavyweight Ray Myland John Ruskin, Walworth 82kg Middleweight Kenneth Richmond Galtymore, London 100kg Heavyweight

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