England at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

England competed at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 24 January - 2 February 1974.

England finished second in the medal table behind Australia with 28 gold medals, 31 silver medals and 21 bronze medals.

Medal table (top three)

The athletes that competed are listed below.

Athletics

Name Event/s Medal/s Joan Allison 800m, 1500m1 x silverBrenda Bedford shot put David Bedford 5000m, 10,000mVerona Bernard 400m, 400m relay 1 x gold, 1 x silverJohn Bicourt 3000m steeplechaseDave Black 5000m, 10,000m1 x silver, 1 x bronzeNorine Braithwaite 1500mPete Browne 800m Colin Campbell 800m Geoff Capes discus, shot put 1 x goldSheila Carey 800m, 1500m Andy Carter 800m, 1500m, 400m relay1 x silverIan Chipchase hammer1 x goldMaureen Chitty long jump Charles Clover javelin1 x goldDerek George Cole 100m relaySharon Corbett javelin 1 x bronzePat Cropper 800m Pru French javelin Brendan Foster 1500m, 5000m1 x silverGraham Gower 110m hurdles Brian Green 100m, 200m, 100m relayVal Harrison high jump Donna Hartley 200m Bill Hartley 400m hurdles, 400m relay 1 x silverRaymond Edward Hearn 400m Ron Hill marathonWendy Hill 200m John Hillier discus 1 x bronzeSteve Hollings 3000m steeplechaseJanet Honour 100m hurdles, pentathlon Brian Hooper pole vault 1 x bronzeRuth Kennedy 400m relay 1 x goldBarry King decathlon 1 x silverJohn Kirkbride 1500mColin Kirkham marathon Sonia Lannaman 100m, 100m relay1 x silverBarbara Lawton high jump 1 x goldCarl Philip Lawton 20 mile walk Alan Lerwill triple jump, long jump 1 x goldAndrea Lynch 100m, 100m relay2 x silverSue Mapstone pentathlon Barbara Martin 100m, 200m, 100m relay1 x silverIan Christopher Matthews 100m, 200m, 100m relay Chris Monk 100m, 200m, 100m relayAlan Pascoe 400m hurdles, 400m relay1 x gold, 1 x silverHoward Payne hammer 1 x silverSue Pettett 400m relay 1 x goldBrian Stanley Roberts javelin Jannette Roscoe 400m, 400m relay1 x goldTessa Sanderson javelin John Sherwood 400m hurdles Sheila Sherwood long jump Ann Simmonds 100m hurdles, high jump, long jump 1 x bronzeTony Simmons 10,000mDorothy Swinyard discus, shot put Bill Tancred discus, shot put 1 x silverIan Thompson marathon 1 x goldRoy Thorpe 20 mile walk 1 x silverDave Travis javelin 1 x silverJudy Vernon 100m hurdles, 100m relay 1 x gold, 1 x silverJohn Warhurst 20 mile walk 1 x goldDawn Webster 400mBarry Williams hammer John Wilson 400m, 400m relay 1 x silverMike Winch shot put 1 x silver

Badminton

Name Event/s Medal/s Margaret Beck singles, doubles1 x gold, 1 x silverMargaret Boxall doubles. mixed1 x silverNora Gardner singles, mixed1 x silverGillian Gilks singles, doubles, mixed3 x goldRay Stevens doubles1 x silverElliot Stuart singles, doubles, mixed1 x gold, 1 x bronzeDerek Talbot singles, doubles, mixed2 x gold, 1 x bronzeMike Tredgett singles, doubles, mixed1 x silverPaul Whetnall singles, mixed1 x silverSusan Whetnall singles, doubles, mixed1 x silver, 2 x bronze

Boxing

Name Event/s Medal/s Michael Abrams 48kg light-flyweightPatrick Cowdell 54kg bantamweight1 x goldRobbie Davies 71kg light-middlweight1 x bronzeTommy Dunn 63.5kg light-welterweightColin Flinn 57kg featherweightDes Gwilliam 60kg lightweightRoy Hilton 51kg flyweight Bill Knight 81kg middlweight1 x goldNeville Meade 91kg heavyweight1 x goldCarl Speare 75kg middleweight1 x bronze

Cycling

Name Event/s Medal/s Mick Bennett scratch race, pursuit, team pursuit1 x goldMaurice Burton match sprintGeoff Cooke match sprint, tandem1 x goldErnie Crutchlow match sprint, tandem1 x goldPhil Edwards road raceRik Evans time trial, team pursuit1 x goldPhil Griffiths road raceIan Hallam scratch race, time trial, pursuit, team pursuit2 x gold, 2 x bronzeSteve Heffernan scratch race, time trial1 x goldWilliam Moore pursuit, team pursuit1 x gold, 1 x silverPeter Watson road race

Diving

Name Event/s Medal/s Martyn Brown 10m platformAlison Drake 3m springboardTrevor Simpson 3m springboard1 x bronzeBeverly Williams 10m platform1 x silver

Lawn bowls

Name Event/s Medal/s David Bryant singles1 x goldDave Crocker rinks/fours John Evans pairs1 x silver Ted Hayward rinks/foursPeter Line pairs1 x silverBob Robertson rinks/foursHarry Taylor rinks/fours

Shooting

Name Event/s Medal/s Laszlo Antal 50m free pistol1 x bronzeBrian Bailey clay pigeon trap1 x silverFrank Balcombe 50m rifle prone Alec Bonnett skeetTony Clark rapid fire pistolJohn Cooke 50m free pistol, rapid fire pistolMalcolm Cooper 50m rifle proneJoe Neville clay pigeon trap, skeet 1 x silverKeith Pilcher fullbore rifle pair James Spaight fullbore rifle pair1 x bronze

Swimming

Name Event/s Medal/s Lesley Allardice 100/200 freestyle, relay1 x bronzeJoanne Atkinson 100 butterfly, 200 medley, relayBrian Brinkley 200 butterfly, 200/400 medley, relays1 x gold, 3 x silver, 2 x bronzeColin Cunningham 100/200 backstroke, 100 butterfly, 100 freestyle, relays1 x silver, 2 x bronzeNeil Dexter 200/400 freestyle, relay1 x silverSusan Edmondson 100/200/400 freestyle, relay1 x bronzeMartin Edwards 100/200 butterflyChristine Gaskell 100/200 breaststroke, relay1 x gold June Green 200/400/800 freestyleChristine Jarvis 100/200 breaststrokeJean Jeavons 100/200 butterfly Alyson Jones 100 freestyle, 100 butterfly, relays1 x bronzeMargaret Kelly 100/200 backstroke, relayDavid Leigh 100/200 breaststroke, relay1 x gold, 1 x silver, 1 x bronzePaul Naisby 100/200 breaststroke, 200 medley2 x bronzeStephen Nash 100/200 butterfly, relay1 x bronzeSusan Richardson 200/400 medleyCaroline Tamlyn 100/200 breaststroke, 200 butterflyRaymond Terrell 200/400 medley, relays1 x silver, 2 x bronzeKeith Walton 100 freestyle, relay1 x bronzeAvis Willington 200/400 medley, relay1 x bronze

Weightlifting

Name Event/s Medal/s Tony Ford 82.5kg light-heavyweight 1 x goldMichael Foy 75kg middleweight Dave Hancock +110kg super-heavyweight Andy Kerr *110kg super-heavyweight 1 x silverPrecious McKenzie 52kg flyweight 1 x goldGeorge Newton 67.5kg lightweight 1 x goldMike Pearman 82.5kg light-heavyweight 1 x bronzeBrian Strange 110kg heavyweight Alan Winterbourne 60kg featherweight

Wrestling

Name Event/s Medal/s Joey Gilligan 68kg lightweight1 x silverRonald Grinstead 82kg middleweightTony Shacklady 74kg welterweight1 x silverAmrik Singh Gill 57kg bantamweight 1 x silverPaul Toole 62kg featherweight

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