1930 BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES

The '1930 British Empire Games' were the first of what later become known as the Commonwealth Games, and were held in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada from August 16-23 1930.
The events included Athletics, Boxing, Lawn Bowls, Rowing, Swimming, and Wrestling. The opening ceremonies and many events were held at the Civic Stadium (now Ivor Wynne Stadium) in east Hamilton.

Contents

Participating Teams

Medals by country

Medals by event

Athletics

Bowls

Boxing

Rowing

Swimming

Diving

Swimming

Diving

Wrestling

External links

Participating Teams

There were 11 teams participating in these first British Empire Games:

★ Australia ★ Bermuda ★ British Guiana

★ Canada ★ England ★ Ireland

★ Newfoundland ★ New Zealand ★ Scotland

★ South Africa ★ Wales

Medals by country

1	England	25	23	13	61
2	Canada	20	15	19	54
3	South Africa	6	4	7	17
4	New Zealand	3	4	2	9
5	Australia	3	4	1	8
6	Scotland	2	3	5	10
7	Wales	0	2	1	3
8	British Guiana	0	1	1	2
9	Ireland	0	1	0	1
Total		59	57	49	165

Medals by event

Athletics

'Event'		'Gold'		'Silver'		'Bronze'
100 Yards	Men	Percy Williams (CAN)	9.9	Ernest Page (ENG)	10.2e	Johnny Fitzpatrick (CAN)
220 Yards	Men	Stanley Engelhart (ENG)	21.8	Johnny Fitzpatrick (CAN)		William Walters (SAF)
440 Yards	Men	Alex Wilson (CAN)	48.8	William Walters (SAF)	48.9e	George Golding (AUS)
880 Yards	Men	Tommy Hampson (ENG)	00:01:52	Reg Thomas (ENG)	1:55.5e	Alex Wilson (CAN)	1:55.6e
1 Mile	Men	Reg Thomas (ENG)	00:04:14	William Whyte (AUS)	4:17.0e	Jerry Cornes (ENG)
3 Miles	Men	Stan Tomlin (ENG)	00:14:27	Alex Hillhouse (AUS)	14:27.6e	Jack Winfield (ENG)	14:28e
6 Miles	Men	John "Billy" Savidan (NZL)	00:30:50	Ernie Harper (ENG)	31:01.6e	Tom Evenson (ENG)
Marathon	Men	Dunky Wright (SCO)	02:43:43	Sam Ferris (ENG)	+880yd	Johnny Miles (CAN)	+300yd
3000 Metres Steeplechase	Men	George Bailey (ENG)	00:09:52	Alex Hillhouse (AUS)		Vernon Morgan (ENG)
120 Yards Hurdles	Men	Lord Burghley (ENG)	14.6	Howard Davies (SAF)	14.7e	Fred Gaby (ENG)
440 Yards Hurdles	Men	Lord Burghley (ENG)	54.4	Roger Leigh-Wood (ENG)	55.9e	Douglas Neame (ENG)
High Jump	Men	Johannes Viljoen (SAF)	1.9	Colin Gordon (BGU)	1.88	William Stargratt (CAN)	1.85
Pole Vault	Men	Vic Pickard (CAN)	3.73	Howard Ford (ENG)	3.73	Robert Stoddard (CAN)
Long Jump	Men	Len Hutton (CAN)	7.2	Reginald Revans (ENG)	6.96	Johannes Viljoen (SAF)	6.86
Triple Jump	Men	Gordon Smallacombe (CAN)	14.76	Reginald Revans (ENG)	14.29	Len Hutton (CAN)	13.9
Shot	Men	Harry Hart (SAF)	14.58	Robert "Bonzo" Howland (ENG)	13.46	Charlie Herman (CAN)	12.98
Discus	Men	Harry Hart (SAF)	41.43	Charlie Herman (CAN)	41.22	Abe Zvonkin (CAN)	41.17
Hammer	Men	Malcolm Nokes (ENG)	47.13	Bill Britton (IRL)	46.89	John Cameron (CAN)	44.45
Javelin	Men	Stanley Lay (NZL)	63.13	Doral Pilling (CAN)	55.93	Harry Hart (SAF)	53.21
4 x 110 Yards Relay	Men	Canada (CAN)	42.2	England (ENG)	42.7e	South Africa (SAF)
4 x 440 Yards Relay	Men	England (ENG)	00:03:19	Canada (CAN)	3:19.8e	South Africa (SAF)

Bowls

'Event'		'Gold'		'Silver'		'Bronze'
Singles	Men	Robert Colquhoun (ENG)		J.G. Thomas (SAF)		William Fielding (NZL)
Pairs	Men	Tommy Hills & George Wright (ENG)		William Fielding & Peter McWhannell (NZL)		W.H. Moore & Arthur Reid (CAN)
Fours	Men	England (ENG)		Canada (CAN)		Scotland † (SCO)

Boxing

'Event'		'Gold'		'Silver'		'Bronze'
Flyweight	Men	Jacob Smith (SAF)		Thomas Pardoe (ENG)		Ross Galloway (CAN)
Bantamweight	Men	Harry Mizler (ENG)		Tommy Holt (SCO)		John Keller (CAN)
Featherweight	Men	F.R. Meacham (ENG)		Lawrence Stevens (SAF)		Alex Lyon (SCO)
Lightweight	Men	James Rolland (SCO)		Cosmos Canzano (CAN)		Albert Love (ENG)
Welterweight	Men	Leonard Hall (SAF)		Howard Williams (CAN)		F. Brooman (ENG)
Middleweight	Men	Frederick Mallin (ENG)		Dudley Gallagher (AUS)		E Pearce (SAF)
Light Heavyweight	Men	Joe Goyder (ENG)		Joey Basson (ENG)		A Pitcher (CAN)
Heavyweight	Men	Victor Stuart (ENG)		William Skimming (CAN)

Rowing

'Event'		'Gold'		'Silver'		'Bronze'
Single Sculls	Men	Henry "Bobby" Pearce (AUS)	00:08:04	Jack Beresford (ENG)		Fred Bradley (ENG)
Double Sculls	Men	Elswood Bole & Bob Richards (CAN)	00:07:48
Coxless Fours	Men	F.M.L Fitzwilliams, A.J. Halby, Arthur Edwards & Humphrey Boardman (ENG)	00:07:05	J. Gayner, J. Fleming, O.G. Bellew & H.J. Pelham (CAN)	+2 lgths	Barry Johnson, Vic Olsson, Alex Ross & Charley Saunders (NZL)
Coxed Fours	Men	Mick Brough, John MacDonald, Ben Waters, Bert Sandos & Arthur Eastwood (NZL)	00:08:02	B.L. Gales, R.S. Evans, J.A. Butler, H.R. McCuaig & A. Miles (CAN)	+2 lgths	J.I. Matthews, F.O. Gomes, B.P. Bagley, E.M. Gonsalves & J. Jardine (BGU)
Eights	Men	England (ENG)	00:06:37	New Zealand (NZL)	+0.75 lgths	Canada (CAN)	+4 lgths

In the Double Sculls event only Canada was represented, so the organisers simply invited a couple of crews from the United States of America to provide some opposition.

Swimming

'Event'		'Gold'		'Silver'		'Bronze'
100 Yards Freestyle	Men	Munroe Bourne (CAN)	56	Norman Brooks (ENG)	56.1	Bert Gibson (CAN)
400 Yards Freestyle	Men	Noel Ryan (AUS)	00:04:40	Gordon Bridson (NZL)	00:04:46	George Burleigh (CAN)
1500 Yards Freestyle	Men	Noel Ryan (AUS)	00:18:55	Gordon Bridson (NZL)	00:19:41	George Burleigh (CAN)
100 Yards Backstroke	Men	James "Bill" Trippett (ENG)	00:01:05	Willie Francis (SCO)	00:01:06	John Besford (ENG)	00:01:07
200 Yards Breaststroke	Men	Jack Aubin (CAN)	00:02:38	Stanley Bell (ENG)	00:02:40	Reggie Flint (ENG)	00:02:45
4 x 200 Yards Freestyle Relay	Men	Canada (CAN)	00:08:42	England (ENG)	00:08:43

Diving

'Event'		'Gold'		'Silver'		'Bronze'
3 Metres Springboard Diving	Men	Alfred Phillips (CAN)	147	Cyril Kennett (CAN)	138	Arthur Stott (CAN)	127
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving	Men	Alfred Phillips (CAN)	90.6	Samuel Walker (CAN)	83.3	Thomas Scott (ENG)	82.3

Swimming

'Event'		'Gold'		'Silver'		'Bronze'
100 Yards Freestyle	Women	Joyce Cooper (ENG)	00:01:07	Ellen King (SCO)	00:01:07	Valerie Davies (WAL)
400 Yards Freestyle	Women	Joyce Cooper (ENG)	00:05:25	Valerie Davies (WAL)	00:05:28	Sarah Stewart (SCO)
100 Yards Backstroke	Women	Joyce Cooper (ENG)	00:01:15	Valerie Davies (WAL)	00:01:17	Phyllis Harding (ENG)	00:01:18
200 Yards Breaststroke	Women	Celia Wolstenholme (ENG)	00:02:55	Margery Hinton (ENG)	00:03:04	Ellen King (SCO)
4 x 100 Yards Freestyle Relay	Women	England (ENG)	00:04:33	Canada (CAN)	00:04:33	Scotland (SCO)	00:04:37

Diving

'Event'		'Gold'		'Silver'		'Bronze'
3 Metres Springboard Diving	Women	Oonagh Whitsett (SAF)	90.1	Doris Ogilvie (CAN)	89.7	Mollie Bailey (CAN)	88.7
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving	Women	Pearl Stoneham (CAN)	39.3	Helen McCormack (CAN)	38.3

Wrestling

'Event'		'Gold'	'Silver'	'Bronze'
Bantamweight	Men	James Trifunov (CAN)	Joseph Reid (ENG)
Featherweight	Men	Cliff Chilcott (CAN)
Lightweight	Men	Howard Thomas (CAN)	Harold Angus (ENG)
Welterweight	Men	Reg Priestley (CAN)	Harry Johnson (ENG)
Middleweight	Men	Mike Chepwick (CAN)	Stanley Bissell (ENG)	Max Thiel (SAF)
Light Heavyweight	Men	Bill McIntyre (CAN)	Edgar Bacon (ENG)
Heavyweight	Men	Earl McCready (CAN)	Alex Sanguine (ENG)

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External links

★ Commonwealth Games Official Site

★ 1930 British Empire Games at the official Guernsey site

★ 1930 British Empire Games - Australian Commonwealth Games official website