New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games

New Zealand at the
1938 British Empire Games
New Zealand at the; 1938 British Empire Games
CGF code	NZL
CGA	New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Competitors	69
Flag bearers	Opening: Jim Leckie; Closing:
Officials	13
Medals; Ranked 5th	Gold 5 Silver 7 Bronze 13 Total 25
British Empire Games appearances
	1930; 1934; 1938; 1950; 1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022; 2026; 2030;

CGF codeNZL

CGANew Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association

Websitewww.olympic.org.nz

Competitors69

New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games was represented by a team of 69 competitors and 13 officials, including 18 athletes, 15 rowers, eight swimmers and divers, and seven each of boxers, cyclists and wrestlers.^[1] Selection of the team for the Games in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was Jim Leckie. The New Zealand team finished fifth on the medal table, winning a total of 25 medals, five of which were gold.

New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Pat Boot	Athletics	Men's 880 yards
Gold	Cecil Matthews	Athletics	Men's 3 miles
Gold	Cecil Matthews	Athletics	Men's 6 miles
Gold	Bill Bremner Ernie Jury Alec Robertson Bill Whittaker	Lawn bowls	Men's four
Gold	Walter Denison Lance Macey	Lawn bowls	Men's pairs
Silver	Stan Lay	Athletics	Men's javelin throw
Silver	Darcy Heeney	Boxing	Men's welterweight
Silver	John Brown	Cycling	Men's road race
Silver	Frank Livingstone	Lawn bowls	Men's singles
Silver	Ken Boswell George Burns (cox) Jim Clayton Albert Hope John Rigby	Rowing	Men's coxed four
Silver	Vernon Thomas	Wrestling	Men's lightweight
Silver	Jim Dryden	Wrestling	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Arnold Anderson Graham Quinn Alan Sayers Harold Tyrie	Athletics	Men's 4 x 440 yards relay
Bronze	Pat Boot	Athletics	Men's 1 mile
Bronze	Betty Forbes	Athletics	Women's high jump
Bronze	Jim Leckie	Athletics	Men's hammer throw
Bronze	Rona Tong	Athletics	Women's 80 m hurdles
Bronze	Kenneth Moran	Boxing	Men's featherweight
Bronze	George Giles	Cycling	Men's sprint
Bronze	Howard Benge John Charters Oswald Denison James Gould Gus Jackson Les Pithie Cyril Stiles William Stodart (cox) Rangi Thompson	Rowing	Men's eight
Bronze	Gus Jackson Robert Smith	Rowing	Men's double sculls
Bronze	Robert Smith	Rowing	Men's single sculls
Bronze	Mona Leydon	Swimming	Women's 440 yards freestyle
Bronze	Joe Genet	Wrestling	Men's featherweight
Bronze	Jeremiah Podjursky	Wrestling	Men's welterweight

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	3	1	5	9
Lawn bowls	2	1	0	3
Wrestling	0	2	2	4
Rowing	0	1	3	4
Boxing	0	1	1	2
Cycling	0	1	1	2
Swimming	0	0	1	1
Total	5	7	13	25

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	5	7	10	22
Female	0	0	3	3
Total	5	7	13	25

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	13	5	18
Boxing	7	N/a	7
Cycling	7	N/a	7
Diving	0	1	1
Lawn bowls	7	N/a	7
Rowing	15	N/a	15
Swimming	4	3	7
Wrestling	7	N/a	7
Total	60	9	69

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank^[i]	Result	Rank^[ii]	Result	Rank
Theo Allen	Men's 880 yards	1:54.5	1	N/a			5
Theo Allen	Men's 1 mile	4:20.0	4	N/a		DNF
Arnold Anderson	Men's 440 yards hurdles	N/a					5
Pat Boot	Men's 880 yards	1:52.3 GR	1	N/a		1:51.2 GR
Pat Boot	Men's 1 mile		2	N/a		4:12.6
Alan Geddes	Men's 3 miles	N/a					7
Alan Geddes	Men's 6 miles	N/a					4
Doreen Lumley	Women's 100 yards		2		4	did not advance
Doreen Lumley	Women's 220 yards	DQ		did not advance
Cecil Matthews	Men's 3 miles	N/a				13:59.6 GR
Cecil Matthews	Men's 6 miles	N/a				30:14.5 GR
Bill Pullar	Men's 1 mile	4:19.5	3	N/a			6
Graham Quinn	Men's 100 yards		5	did not advance
Graham Quinn	Men's 220 yards		2		5	did not advance
Alan Sayers	Men's 220 yards		5	did not advance
Alan Sayers	Men's 440 yards		3	N/a		did not advance
Frank Sharpley	Men's 100 yards		3	10.4	6	did not advance
Frank Sharpley	Men's 120 yards hurdles		3	N/a		15.0	6
Doris Strachan	Women's 100 yards	11.8	4	did not advance
Doris Strachan	Women's 220 yards		4	did not advance
Rona Tong	Women's 80 yards hurdles		2	N/a		11.8
Rona Tong	Women's 100 yards		5	did not advance
Harold Tyrie	Men's 440 yards	49.3	2	N/a			6
Arnold Anderson Graham Quinn Alan Sayers Harold Tyrie	Men's 4 x 440 yards relay	N/a				3:22.0
Doreen Lumley Doris Strachan Rona Tong	Women's 110-220-110 yards relay	N/a					4

New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games

Competitors

Athletics

Track

Field

Boxing

Cycling

Road

Track

Diving

Lawn bowls

Rowing

Swimming

Wrestling

Officials

See also

References

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Athlete	Event	Quarter Final	Semi Final	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hugh Sheridan	Flyweight	Bye	Joubert (SAF) L	Cameron (SCO) L	4
Jack Parker	Bantamweight	Butler (ENG) L	did not advance
Kenneth Moran	Featherweight	Bye	Henricus (CEY) L	Harper (ENG) W
Joseph Collins	Lightweight	Fulton (SRH) L	did not advance
Darcy Heeney	Welterweight	Bye	Tsirindanis (SRH) W	Smith (AUS) L
Artie Sutherland	Middleweight	Reardon (WAL) L	did not advance
Ron Withell	Heavyweight	N/a	Sterley (SAF) L	Harley (AUS) L	4

Athlete	Heat	Repechage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
George Giles	Das (IND) W 12.9	N/a	Johnson (AUS) W 13.0	Porter (AUS) L 12.9	Ulmer (NZL) W 12.9
Roy Taylor	Porter (AUS) W 12.5	N/a	Gray (AUS) L 12.7	did not advance
Ron Ulmer	Gray (AUS) W 13.0	N/a	Hicks (ENG) W 12.8	Gray (AUS) L 12.9	Giles (NZL) L 12.9	4

Athlete	Event	Round robin					Playoff	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Frank Livingstone	Men's singles	Clarke (NIR) W 26 – 5	Hills (ENG) W 27 – 18	Low (AUS) W 25 – 12	Harvey (SAF) L 19 – 26	Bourne (SRH) W 26 – 9	N/a
Lance Macey Walter Denison	Men's pairs	England W 22 – 20	Fiji L 20 – 21	South Africa W 24 – 13	Scotland W 25 – 21	Australia W 25 – 21	N/a
Bill Whittaker Alec Robertson Ernie Jury Bill Bremner	Men's four	Fiji W 26 – 11	Canada W 21 – 19	Australia W 19 – 14	South Africa L 16 – 17	England W 22 – 12	South Africa W 19 – 6

Athlete	Event	Rank
Bob Smith	Men's single sculls
Gus Jackson Bob Smith	Men's double sculls
John Rigby Ken Boswell Albert Hope Jim Clayton George Burns (cox)	Men's coxed four
Les Pithie Oswald Denison John Charters Howard Benge Gus Jackson Cyril Stiles Rangi Thompson James Gould William Stodart (cox)	Men's eight

v t e 1938 New Zealand British Empire Games team
Athletics	Theo Allen Arnold Anderson Pat Boot Betty Forbes Alan Geddes Stan Lay Jim Leckie Doreen Lumley Cecil Matthews Mary Mitchell Jack Morgan Bill Pullar Graham Quinn Alan Sayers Frank Sharpley Doris Strachan Rona Tong Harold Tyrie
Boxing	Joseph Collins Darcy Heeney Kenneth Moran Jack Parker Hugh Sheridan Artie Sutherland Ron Withell
Cycling	John Brown George Giles Frank Grose Gordon Patrick Roy Taylor Ronald Triner Ron Ulmer
Diving	Gwen Rix
Lawn bowls	Bill Bremner Walter Denison Ernie Jury Frank Livingstone Lance Macey Alec Robertson Bill Whittaker
Rowing	Howard Benge Ken Boswell George Burns John Charters Jim Clayton Oswald Denison James Gould Albert Hope Gus Jackson Les Pithie John Rigby Bob Smith Cyril Stiles William Stodart Rangi Thompson
Swimming	Noel Crump Jack Davies Winnie Dunn Peter Hanan Mona Leydon Joyce Macdonald Len Newell
Wrestling	Torsten Anderson Jim Dryden Joe Genet Harcourt Godfrey Leo Nolan Jerry Podjursky Vernon Thomas
Chef de Mission: Horace McCormick

v t e New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games
1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 2030
New Zealand hosted the Games in 1950, 1974, and 1990.