New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games

New Zealand (abbreviated NZL) sent a team of 71 competitors and 13 officials to the 1938 British Empire Games, which were held in Sydney, Australia. The flagbearer at the opening ceremony was James Leckie.

New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the first British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario. Selection is the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic Committee.

Medals

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	3	1	5	9
Boxing		1	1	2
Cycling		1	1	2
Lawn Bowls	2	1		3
Rowing		1	3	4
Swimming			1	1
Wrestling		2	2	4
Total	5	7	13	25

New Zealand was fifth in the medal table in 1938.

Gold

Athletics:

Pat Boot — Men's 880 yards

Cecil Matthews — Men's 3 Miles

Cecil Matthews — Men's 6 Miles

Lawn Bowls:

Bill Bremner, Ernie Jury, Alec Robertson and Bill Whittaker — Men's Fours

Walter Denison, Lance Macey — Men's Pairs

Silver

Athletics:

Stan Lay — Men's Javelin Throw

Boxing:

Arthur Heeney — Men's Welterweight 64–69 kg

Cycling:

John Brown — Men's Road Race

Lawn Bowls:

Frank Livingstone — Men's Singles

Rowing:

Kenneth Boswell, George Burns, Jim Clayton, Albert Hope and John Rigby — Men's Coxed Four

Wrestling:

James Dryden — Men's 100 kg

Vernon Thomas — Men's Lightweight

Bronze

Athletics:

Arnold Anderson, Graham Quinn, Alan Sayers and Harold Tyrie — Men's 4 × 440 yards Relay

Pat Boot — Men's 1 Mile

Elizabeth Forbes — Women's High Jump

James Leckie — Men's Hammer Throw

Rona Tong — Women's 80 m Hurdles

Boxing:

Kenneth Moran — Men's Featherweight 54–57 kg

Cycling:

George Giles — Men's Sprint

Rowing:

Howard Benge, John Charters, Oswald Denison, James Gould, Gus Jackson, Leslie Pithie, Cyril Stiles, William Stodart and Fred Thompson — Men's Eight

Gus Jackson and Robert Smith — Men's Double Sculls

Robert Smith — Men's Single Sculls

Swimming:

Mona Leydon — Women's 440 yards Freestyle

Wrestling:

Joseph Genet — Men's 62 kg

Jeremiah Podjursky — Men's 74 kg

New Zealand Team

Athletics

See also Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games

• Theo Allen

1 mile - Men: qualified for final, did not finish final.

880 yards - Men: 5th place in heat 1 (1:54.5) did not proceed

• Arnold Anderson

4 × 440 yards Relay - Men: Bronze medal 3m 22s

440 yards Hurdles - Men: 5th place

• Pat Boot

1 mile - Men: Bronze Medal (4m 12.6s)

880 yards - Men: Gold medal (1m 51.2s)

• Elizabeth Forbes

High Jump - Women: Bronze medal (5ft 2in - 1.58m)

• Alan Geddes

3 miles - Men: 7th place

6 miles - Men: 4th place

• Stan Lay

Javelin Throw - Men: Silver medal 204ft 1.25in (62.21m)

• James Leckie

Hammer Throw - Men: Bronze medal 145ft 5.5in (44.33m)

Discus Throw - Men: - withdrew

• Doreen Lumley

100 yards - Women: 4th in semifinal - eliminated.

220 yards - Women: disqualified, heat 3.

• Cecil Matthews

3 miles - Men: Gold medal 13m 59.6s

6 miles - Men: Gold medal 30m 14.5s

• Mary Mitchell

Javelin Throw - Women: 4th place - 118ft 0.5in (35.98m)

• John Morgan

Discus Throw - Men: 8th place - 119ft 11½in (36.57m)

• Bill Pullar

1 mile - Men: 6th place - 4m 19.5s

• Graham Quinn

100 yards - Men: 5th heat 1 (eliminated)

220 yards - Men: 5th, semifinal 1 (eliminated)

4 × 440 yards Relay - Men: Bronze medal 3m 22s

• Alan Sayers

220 yards - Men: 5th, heat 4 (eliminated)

440 yards - Men: 3rd, heat 3 (eliminated) - 50.8s

4 × 440 yards Relay - Men: Bronze medal 3m 22s

• Philip Sharpley

100 yards - Men: 6th, semifinal 1 (eliminated) - 10.6s

120 yards Hurdles - Men: 5th place - 15.0s

• Doris Strachan

100 yards - Women: 4th, heat 2 (eliminated) 11.8s

220 yards - Women: 4th, heat 1 (eliminated)

Long Jump - Women: 6th place - 17ft 0.75in (5.20m)

• Rona Tong

100 yards - Women: 5th, heat 1 (eliminated)

80m Hurdles - Women: Bronze medal - 11.8s

• Harold Tyrie

440 yards - Men: 6th, heat 2 (eliminated) - 49.3s

4 × 440 yards Relay - Men: Bronze medal 3m 22s

Boxing

See also Boxing at the 1938 British Empire Games

• Joseph Collins 57 – 60 kg (lightweight) : eliminated
• Arthur Heeney 64 – 69 kg (welterweight): Silver medal
• Kenneth Moran 54 – 57 kg (featherweight): Bronze medal
• John Parker 51 – 54 kg (bantamweight): eliminated
• Hugh Sheridan 48 – 51 kg (flyweight): eliminated
• Arthur Sutherland 71 – 75 kg (middleweight): eliminated
• Ronald Withell + 91 kg (super heavyweight): eliminated

Cycling

See also Cycling at the 1938 British Empire Games

• John Brown: Road race - Men: Silver medal
• Frank Grose: Road race - Men: result not recorded
• Ronald Triner: Road race - Men: result not recorded
• George Giles

10 miles (Track) - Men: result not recorded

1km Time Trial - Men: 9th place

Sprint - Men: Bronze medal

• Gordon Patrick

10 miles (Track) - Men: result not recorded

• Roy Taylor

1km Time Trial - Men - 7th place

Sprint - Men: eliminated in quarterfinals

• Ron Ulmer

10 miles (Track) - Men: result not recorded

1km Time Trial - Men: 6th place - 1m 16.6s

Sprint - Men: 4th place

Lawn Bowls

See also Lawn Bowls at the 1938 British Empire Games

• Men's Four: Gold Medal (Bill Bremner, Ernie Jury, Alec Robertson, Bill Whittaker)
• Men's Pair: Gold Medal (Walter Denison, Lance Macey)
• Men's Singles: Silver Medal - Frank Livingstone

Rowing

• Men's Eight: Bronze Medal - Howard Benge, John Charters, Oswald Denison, James Gould, Gus Jackson, Leslie Pithie, Fred Thompson, Cyril Stiles, William Stodart,
• Men's Coxed Four: Silver Medal - Kenneth Boswell, George Burns, Jim Clayton, Albert Hope, John Rigby.
• Men's Double Sculls: Bronze Medal - Gus Jackson, Bob Smith
• Men's Single Sculls: Bronze Medal - Bob Smith
• Percival Stowers and Cliff Johnson were in the team but their event is not recorded.

Swimming and diving

See also Swimming at the 1938 British Empire Games

• Noel Crump

110 yards Freestyle - Men - Result not recorded.

440 yards Freestyle - Men - Result not recorded.

• John Davies - events not recorded.
• Winifred Dunn: 220 yards Breaststroke - Women - 7th place.
• Peter Hanan: 110 yards Freestyle - Men - Result not recorded.
• Mona Leydon: 440 yards Freestyle - Women - Bronze Medal (5m 42s)
• Joyce Macdonald: 110 yards Backstroke - Women - Result not recorded.
• Len Newell

1650 yards Freestyle - Men - Result not recorded.

440 yards Freestyle - Men - Result not recorded.

• Gwen Rix: Diving : 1m Springboard - Women - 6th place (65.86 points)

Wrestling

See also Wrestling at the 1938 British Empire Games

• Torsten Anderson - Freestyle 90 kg - Men - 4th place
• James Dryden - Freestyle 100 kg - Men - Silver medal
• Joseph Genet - Freestyle 62 kg - Men - Bronze medal
• Harcourt Godfrey - Freestyle 82 kg - Men - eliminated
• Leo Nolan - Freestyle 57 kg - Men - eliminated
• Jeremiah Podjursky - Freestyle 74 kg - Men - Bronze medal
• Vernon Thomas - Freestyle Lightweight - Men - Silver medal

Officials

• H McCormick: Chef de Mission
• Dolph Kitto: Deputy Chef de Mission
• B R McKernan: Athletics coach
• F Hughes: Boxing sport manager
• H L Grant: Cycling manager
• A Whitten: Lawn Bowls manager
• E Petty: Lawn Bowls assistant manager
• Herbert Ayers: Rowing coach
• Allen Hale: Rowing sport manager
• E C Isaacs: Swimming sport manager
• A Craig: Wrestling coach
• J Creeke: Wrestling sport manager
• E G Sutherland: Chaperone

See also

• New Zealand Olympic Committee
• New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games
• New Zealand at the 1936 Summer Olympics

References

• All team lists and results from NZOC

External links

• NZOC website on the 1938 games
• Commonwealth Games Federation website
• Athletes in the 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand has a paragraph on these Games