England competed at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 16 to 25 July 1970.

England finished second in the medal table behind Australia with 27 gold medals, 25 silver medals and 32 bronze medals.

Medal table (top three)

The athletes that competed are listed below.

Team Athletics

Men Name Event Club MedalBill Adcocks marathon Coventry Godiva Harriers Ralph Banthorpe 200m Wolverhampton & Bilston AC Mike Baxter 5,000m Leeds City AC Martin Bilham 400m, relay Border AC John Caine 10,000m Gateshead Harriers Colin Campbell 800m Polytechnic Harriers Mike Campbell high jump Hillingdon AC Geoff Capes shot put Birchfield Harriers Steve Chappell pole vault Thames Valley Harriers Tony Collins 400m hurdles Herne Hill Harriers Mike Cushion discus throw Woodford Green AC John Davies 800m Sale Harriers Dave Dear 200m, 4x100m relay Southampton & Eastleigh AAC Bob Dobson 20 mile walk Basildon AC Don Faircloth marathon Croydon Harriers John FitzSimons javelin Polytechnic Harriers Brendan Foster 1,500m Gateshead Harriers Bruce Fraser hammer North Shields Polytechnic Peter Gabbett decathlon Royal Navy AC Brian Green 100m, 4x100 relay Pilkington Harriers, St. Helens Ian Green 100m, 4x100 relay Luton United AC Leon Hall high jump Polytechnic Harriers Graham Hamlyn triple jump Blackheath Harriers John Harrison 100m Warrington AC Mike Hauck 400m, relay Thames Valley Harriers David Hemery 110m hurdles Hillingdon AC Martin Higdon pole vault Hercules Wimbledon AC Geoff Hignett long jump Pembroke / Stretford AC Ron Hill marathon Bolton United Harriers Andy Holden 3,000m steeplechase Preston AC Barry King decathlon Hillingdon AC John Kirkbride 1500m Blackpool & Fylde AC Alan Lerwill long jump, triple jump Queen's Park AC Martin Winbolt-Lewis 800m Achilles Club Shaun Lightman 20 mile walk Metropolitan WC Martyn Lucking shot put Southend AC Roger Matthews 10,000m Bournemouth AC Arthur McKenzie discus throw North Shields Polytechnic John McSorley javelin throw St. Mary's College Alan Pascoe 110m hurdles Polytechnic Harriers Howard Payne hammer throw Birchfield Harriers Chris Perry 3,000m steeplechase Birchfield Harriers Martin Reynolds 200m, relay Thames Valley Harriers Allan Rushmer 5,000m Tipton Harriers David Scharer 400m Brighton & Hove AC John Sherwood 400m hurdles, 400 relay Birchfield Harriers , Jim Smith decathlon Luton United AC Gerald Stevens 3,000m steeplechase Reading AC Stuart Storey 110m hurdles Birchfield Harriers Bill Tancred discus throw Loughborough Colleges Phil Taylor high jump Liverpool Univ Dick Taylor 5,000m, 10,000m Coventry Godiva Harriers Jeff Teale shot put Doncaster Plant Works AC Dave Travis javelin throw Surrey AC Tony Wadhams triple jump Blackheath Harriers Len Walters 4x400m relay Thames Valley Harriers Ron Wallwork 20 mile walk Lancashire Walking Club John Whetton 1500m Sutton-in-Ashfield Harriers Barry Williams hammer throw Liverpool Harriers Malcolm Yardley 400m Blackburn AC

Women Name Event Club MedalBarbara-Anne Barrett long jump Mitcham AC Brenda Bedford shot put, discus throw Mitcham AC Christine Bell 100m hurdles Stretford AC Avril Bowring 400m Kent AC Norine Braithwaite 800, 1500m Lancashire & Morecambe ACSheila Carey 800m Coventry Godiva Harriers Jannette Champion 400m Stretford AC Shirley Clelland pentathlon Dartford College Of PE Madeleine Cobb 4 x 100 relay Selsonia Ladies AC Barbara Corbett 100m hurdles Epsom & Ewell Harriers Margaret Critchley 200m, 4 x 100 relay Bristol & West AC , Anne Farquhar javelin throw Selsonia Ladies AC Jean Fielding discus throw Liverpool Harriers Barbara James discus throw Mitcham AC Della James 100m, 200m London Olympiades Angela King javelin throw Small Heath Harriers Pat Lowe 800m Birchfield Harriers Anita Neil 100m, 4 x 100 relay London Olympiades Janet Oldall High jump Woking AC Joan Page 1,500m Cambridge Harriers Val Peat 100m, 4 x 100 relay Dorothy Hyman TC Rita Ridley 1500m Essex Ladies Sue Scott 100m hurdles, pentathlon Birchfield Harriers Sheila Sherwood long jump Sheffield United Harriers Dorothy Shirley High jump Spartan LAC Maureen Tranter 200m, 400m Wolverhampton & Bilston AC Ann Wilson pentathlon, long jump, high jump Southend AC , ,

Badminton

Men Name Event County Medal David Eddy singles, doubles, mixed Staffordshire Roger Mills mixed Surrey Ray Sharp singles, doubles Kent Derek Talbot singles, doubles, mixed Northumberland Paul Whetnall singles, doubles, mixed Kent Women Name Event County Medal Margaret Beck singles Middlesex Margaret Boxall singles, doubles, mixedKent , , Gillian Perrin singles, doubles, mixed Surrey , , Julie Rickard doubles, mixed Surrey Sue Whetnall singles, doubles, mixed Kent ,

Boxing

Men only Name Event Club Medal Michael Abrams 48 kg light-flyweight Battersea ABC Johnny Banham 81 kg light-heavyweight Metropolitan Police BCJohn Conteh 75 kg middleweight Kirkby ABC, Liverpool Howard Hayes 60 kg lightweight Plant Works DoncasterDave Needham 51 kg flyweight Nottingham BC Tony Oxley 54 kg bantamweight Royal Navy BCAlan Richardson 57 kg featherweight White Rose ABC, Wakefield Dave Simmonds 71 kg light-middlweight Cinderford & Gloucester ABC Les Stevens 91 kg heavyweight Reading ABC Ron Thurston 63.5 kg light-welterweight Raven BC, WarringtonTerry Waller 67 kg welterweight Lynn ABC, London

Cycling

Men only Name Event Club MedalMichael Bennett 1 km time trial Solihull CC Bob Bicknell match sprint Coventry RC Tony Brockhurst tandem Leicester Forest CC Ernie Crutchlow match sprint Coventry CC Gary Crewe road race Western RCIan Hallam scratch race, individual pursuit Beeston RC Ronald Keeble scratch race, 1 km time trial 34th Nomads CC Willi Moore individual pursuit Merseyside Wheelers Pete Mugglestone tandem Leicester Forest CC Dave Rollinson road race Liverpool Mercury RC Dave Rowe match sprint 34th Nomads CC Brian Rushton road race Humber Velo Ray Ward 1 km time trial, individual pursuit Oldbury & District CC

Diving

Men Name Event Club Medal John Baker 3m springboard Lewisham SC Philip Drew 10m platform Highgate DC Andrew Gill 10m platform Metropolitan Diving School Joseph Thewlis 3m springboard Luton Kingfishers Brian Wetheridge 3m springboard Metropolitan Diving School Women Name Event Club Medal Shelagh Burrow10m platform Hillingdon Diving School Alison Drake 3m springboard Basildon

Fencing

Men Name Event/s Medal/s David Acfieldsabre individual, team Mike Breckinfoil individual, team , Richard Cohensabre individual, team , Rodney Craigsabre individual, team , Bill Hoskynsépée individual, team , Peter Jacobsépée individual, team , Ralph Johnsonépée individual, team Barry Paulfoil individual, team , Graham Paulfoil individual, team , Women Name Event/s Medal/s Sue Greenfoil individual, team Clare Henleyfoil individual, team Janet Wardell-Yerburghfoil individual, team ,

Lawn bowls

Men only Name Event Club Medal David Bryant singles Clevedon BC Norman Hook rinks/fours Victory Park BC Norman King pairs Mansfield BC Peter Line pairs Banister Park BC Harold Powell rinks/fours Farnborough British Legion BC Bobby Stenhouse rinks/fours Wellingborough Town BC Cliff Stroud rinks/fours Trowbridge Westbourne BC

Swimming

Men Name Event Club Medal Michael Bailey 100m butterfly Hull Olympic SC Tony Davidson 100m backstroke Newcastle Under Lyme SC Tony Jarvis 100 & 200m freestyle, relays Otter SC , John Mills 200 & 1500m freestyle,200m butterfly, relay St James' SC, Stoke Newington Ivan Myall 100, 200 & 400m freestyle, relays City of Southampton SC , Lennie Norris 100m butterfly, relay Barracuda SC, Wimbledon Malcolm O'Connell 100m breaststroke, relay City of Southampton SC William Price 100 & 200m breaststroke Hornchurch ASC Jimmy Rogers 100 & 200m backstroke, relay St James' SC, Stoke Newington Clive Rushton 100 & 200m backstroke Rochdale SC Raymond Terrell 200m backstroke, 200 & 400m individual medley, relays City of Southampton SC , , , Alan Widdowson 100 & 200m butterfly Nottingham Northern Malcolm Windeatt 100m freestyle, relay Torquay Leander Women Name Event Club Medal Lesley Allardice 200m freestyle, relay Hornchurch SC Sharon Anslow 200 & 400m individual medley Southwark SC Jackie Brown 100m backstroke Hull Olympic SC Wendy Burrell 100 & 200m backstroke, 400m individual medley Carlisle SC Sheena Grant 200m backstroke Wythenshawe SC, Manchester Diana Harris 100 & 200m breaststroke Beckenham Ladies SC Dorothy Harrison 100 & 200m breaststroke, relay Hartlepool SC , , Christine Jarvis 100m breaststroke Modernian SC, Bedford Diane Lansley 100 & 200m butterfly, relay City of Southampton SC , Sally Pickering 100m freestyle, relay Hull Olympic SC Sylvia Platt 100 & 200m backstroke, relay Hyde Seal SC Amanda Radnage 200m breaststroke York City SC Shelagh Ratcliffe 100m freestyle, 200 & 400m individual medley Everton SC, Liverpool Kathryn Smith 100m freestyle, relays Coalville LC Diana Sutherland 200m freestyle, relay Cheam Ladies Jane Thomson 200m individual medley Wolverhampton SC Gillian Treers 100 & 200m butterfly Beckenham Ladies SC Susan Williams 200m butterfly, 400 & 800m freestyle Exeter SC

Weightlifting

Men only Name Event/s Medal/s Dave Hancock 110 kg heavyweight Laurie Levine 75 kg middleweightLouis Martin 90 kg middle-heavyweight Precious McKenzie 56 kg bantamweight George Newton 67.5 kg lightweight Mike Pearman 82.5 kg light-heavyweightGerald Perrin 60 kg featherweight Brian Saunders +110 kg super-heavyweight

Wrestling

Men only Name Event/s Medal/s Peter Amey 74 kg welterweight Kenneth Dawes 62 kg featherweight Terence Robinson 57 kg bantamweight David Idle 68 kg lightweightRonald Grinstead 82 kg middleweight Richard Barraclough 90 kg light-heavyweightDenis McNamara 100 kg heavyweight

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