England at the 1938 British Empire Games

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England at the
1938 British Empire Games
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CGF code ENG
CGA Commonwealth Games England
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
15
Silver
15
Bronze
10
Total
40
British Empire Games appearances

England competed at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, from 5 February to 12 February 1938. [1]

Contents

The athletes that competed are listed below. [2] [3] [4]

Athletes

Athletics

NameAgeOccupationMedal
Sandy Duncan 25Schoolmaster1 x silver
Bernard Eeles 24Accountantnone
Dora Gardner 25Secretary1 x silver
Frank Handley 27Clerk2 x silver
Mary Holloway 20Typistnone
Cyril Holmes 22Drysalter2 x gold, 1 x silver
Winifred Jeffrey 17Typist1 x silver
Harry Lister 22School teachernone
Gladys Lunn 29P.O Clerk1 x bronze
Brian MacCabe 23Advertising1 x silver
John Lunn Newman 21Bank clerknone
Bert Norris 39Civil Servant1 x silver
Henry Pack 25Police officer1 x silver
Ethel Raby 23Comptometer operator2 x silver
Ken Richardson 19Cost clerk1 x silver
Bill Roberts 25Timber salesman1 x gold, 1 x silver
Dorothy Saunders 22Teacher1 x silver
Kathleen Stokes 21Saleswoman1 x silver
Kathleen Tiffen 25Commercial artistnone
Dorothy Tyler-Odam 17Typist1 x gold
Lawrence Wallace 20Student1 x silver
Peter Ward 24Stockbroker1 x silver
Lawrence Weatherill 32No professionnone
Dick Webster 23Army officernone

Boxing

NameAgeOccupationMedal
William Butler 21Electrician1 x gold
Maurice Dennis 24Mechanic1 x silver
Harry Groves 19Brewers Drayman1 x gold
Alfred Harper 24Mechanicnone
Joseph Wilby 25Royal Air Force1 x bronze

Cycling

NameAgeOccupationMedal
Ray Hicks 20Student1 x silver
Ray Jones 19Carpenter1 x bronze
William Maxfield 21Storekeeper1 x gold
Ernie Mills 24Engineer1 x bronze

Diving

NameAgeOccupationMedal
Jean Gilbert 18Clerknone
Doug Tomalin 23Royal Air Force1 x gold, 1 x silver

Lawn bowls

NameAgeOccupationMedal
James Cuthbert 64Retired public works contractornone
Tommy Hills 54Auctioneer & estate agentnone
George Hiscock 62Retired relieving officernone
Samuel Jones 71Retired buildernone
Edward Shuttle 60Retired employment exchange managernone
Edward Tappenden 61Retired private secretarynone
Ronald Weeks 52Retired farmernone

Rowing

NameAgeOccupationMedal
Basil Beazley 24Electrical engineer1 x gold
John Burrough 24Chemist1 x gold
Rhodes Hambridge 26Medical student1 x gold
Peter H. Jackson 25Accountant1 x silver
Desmond Kingsford 23Timber merchant1 x gold
Jack Offer 29Estate manager1 x silver
Dick Offer 28Insurance1 x silver
William Reeve 23Civil engineer1 x gold
John Sturrock 22Army officer1 x gold
John Turnbull 21Cambridge student1 x gold
Tim Turner Unknown1 x gold

Swimming

NameAgeOccupationMedal
Goldup Davies 23Draughtsman2 x gold
Kenneth Deane 16Studentnone
Frederick Dove 20Insurance clerk2 x gold
Lorna Frampton 17Bank clerk1 x gold
Mostyn Ffrench-Williams 23Civil servant1 x gold
Zilpha Grant 18Burrough's operator1 x bronze
Joyce Harrowby 16Student1 x bronze
Margery Hinton 22Clerk1 gold, 1 x bronze
Edna Hughes 21Corporation employee1 x bronze
Margaret Jeffery 17Bank clerk1 x silver
Bob Leivers 22Master butcher2 x gold, 1 x silver
Doris Storey 18Machinist2 x gold
Michael Henry Taylor 19Solicitor's clerk1 x gold, 1 x bronze
Norman Wainwright 23Clerk1 x gold, 1 x bronze

Wrestling

NameAgeOccupationMedal
Ray Cazaux 20Pastry cook1 x bronze
Leslie Jeffers 27Policeman1 x bronze

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References

  1. "1938 Sydney". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 2018-04-07. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  2. "English athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. "UK, Outgoing Passenger Lists, 4 Dec 1937 London". Ancestry.co.uk.
  4. "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1 April 1938, Brisbane-London". Ancestry.co.uk.