Australia at the 1938 British Empire Games
# Australia at the 1938 British Empire Games

Australia hosted the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, New South Wales and their team was abbreviated AUS. This was their third of 3 Commonwealth Games meets.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Decima Norman | Athletics | Women's 100 yd |
| Gold | Decima Norman | Athletics | Women's 220 yd |
| Gold | Decima Norman | Athletics | Women's Broad Jump |
| Gold | Decima Norman Jean Coleman Eileen Wearne | Athletics | Women's 440 yards Medley Relay |
| Gold | Decima Norman Jean Coleman Thelma Peake Joan Woodland | Athletics | 660 yards Medley Relay |
| Gold | Jack Metcalfe | Athletics | Men's Hop, Step, Jump |
| Gold | William Smith | Cycling | Men's Welterweight |
| Gold | Dunc Gray | Cycling | Men's 1000 m Sprint |
| Gold | Robert Porter | Cycling | Men's 1000 m Time Trial |
| Gold | Ron Masters | Diving | Men's Springboard |
| Gold | Irene Donnett | Diving | Women's Springboard |
| Gold | Lurline Hook | Diving | Women's Platform |
| Gold | Herb Turner | Rowing | Men's Single Scull |
| Gold | William Bradley Cecil Pearce | Rowing | Men's Double Scull |
| Gold | Gordon Freeth Jack Fisher William Kerr Don Fraser Stewart Elder | Rowing | Men's Coxed Four |
| Gold | Percy Oliver | Swimming | Men's 110 yd Backstroke |
| Gold | Evelyn de Lacy | Swimming | Women's 110 yd Freestyle |
| Gold | Patricia Norton | Swimming | Women's 110 yd Backstroke |
| Gold | Dorothy Green | Swimming | Women's 440 yd Freestyle |
| Gold | Dick Garrard | Wrestling | Men's Lightweight |
| Gold | John Knight | Wrestling | Men's Heavyweight |
| Gold | Eddie Scarf | Wrestling | Men's Light Heavyweight |
| Gold | Roy Purchase | Wrestling | Men's Featherweight |
| Gold | Edward Purcell | Wrestling | Men's Bantamweight |
| Gold | Tom Trevaskis | Wrestling | Men's Welterweight |
| Silver | Keith Pardon | Athletics | Men's Hammer Throw |
| Silver | Leslie Fletcher | Athletics | Men's Pole Vault |
| Silver | Lloyd Miller | Athletics | Men's Hop Step Jump |
| Silver | Robert Heffernan | Athletics | Men's High Jump |
| Silver | John Mumford | Athletics | Men's 100 yd |
| Silver | John Mumford | Athletics | Men's 220 yd |
| Silver | Gerald Backhouse | Athletics | Men's 1 mile |
| Silver | John Park | Athletics | Men's 440 yd Hurdles |
| Silver | Joyce Walker | Athletics | Women's 100 yd |
| Silver | Jean Coleman | Athletics | Women's 220 yd |
| Silver | Isabel Grant | Athletics | Women's 80 m Hurdles |
| Silver | Cecil Overell | Boxing | Men's Light-Heavyweight |
| Silver | Tasman Johnson | Cycling | Men's 1000 m Time Trial |
| Silver | Robert Porter | Cycling | Men's 1000 m Sprint |
| Silver | Ron Masters | Diving | Men's Platform |
| Silver | Percy Hutton Howard Mildren | Lawn bowls | Men's Pair |
| Silver | William Thomas Alfred Gregory Doug Bowden Frank le Souef Gordon Yewers Richard Paramor Edward Bromley William Dixon Ainslie Gould | Rowing | Men's Eight |
| Silver | Dorothy Green | Swimming | Women's 110 yd Freestyle |
| Silver | Evelyn de Lacy Dorothy Green Patricia Norton Margaret Rawson | Swimming | Women's 4x110 yd Freestyle Relay |
| Bronze | Ted Best | Athletics | Men's 100 yd |
| Bronze | Ted Best | Athletics | Men's 220 yd |
| Bronze | Jack Metcalfe | Athletics | Men's Javelin |
| Bronze | Francis Drew | Athletics | Men's Shot Put |
| Bronze | Basil Dickinson | Athletics | Men's Broad Jump |
| Bronze | Basil Dickinson | Athletics | Men's Hop Step Jump |
| Bronze | Douglas Shetliffe | Athletics | Men's High Jump |
| Bronze | Sydney Stenner | Athletics | Men's 120 yd Hurdles |
| Bronze | Alan McDougall | Athletics | Men's 120 yd Hurdles |
| Bronze | Thelma Peake | Athletics | Women's Broad Jump |
| Bronze | Eileen Wearne | Athletics | Women's 220 yd |
| Bronze | Ted Best Ted Hampson Alf Watson Howard Yates | Athletics | Men's 4x110 yd Relay |
| Bronze | Jack Dillon | Boxing | Men's Bantamweight |
| Bronze | Leslie Harley | Boxing | Men's Heavyweight |
| Bronze | Irene Donnett | Diving | Women's Platform |
| Bronze | Jack Low | Rowing | Men's Single Scull |
| Bronze | Tom Kinder Charlie McNeill Aubrey Murray Frank Murray | Rowing | Men's Four |
| Bronze | William Fleming | Swimming | Men's 110 yd Freestyle |
| Bronze | Robin Biddulph | Swimming | Men's 440 yd Freestyle |
| Bronze | Robin Biddulph William Flemming Noel Ryan Robert Wilshire | Swimming | Men's 4x220 yd Freestyle Relay |
| Bronze | William Fleming Ernest Hobbs Percy Oliver | Swimming | Men's 3x110 yd Medley Relay |
| Bronze | Evelyn de Lacy Valerie George Patricia Norton | Swimming | Women's 3x110 yd Medley Relay |

## 1938 Australian Team & Results

### Athletics (Men)

Javelin Throw

* John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 3rd, 182 ft 21⁄4in
* James Barlow – 5th, 169 ft 01⁄4in
* Goode, David P – 6th, 165 ft 1 in
* Sheiles, Bert – 7th, 163 ft 101⁄4in

Discus Throw

* Harold B Wilson – 4th, 133 ft 2 3/
* Keith W Pardon – 5th, 130 ft 41⁄4in
* William R MacKenzie – 6th, 128 ft 111⁄2in
* Button, Adrian – 7th, 125 ft 81⁄2in

Shot Put

* Drew, Francis – 3rd, 45 ft 33⁄8in
* William C Plummer – 4th, 44 ft 55⁄8in
* Harold B Wilson – 5th, 43 ft 35⁄8in
* William R MacKenzie – 6th, 42 ft 13⁄4in

Hammer Throw

* Keith W Pardon – 2nd, 148 ft 11⁄4in
* McNamara, Patrick – 4th, 139 ft 91⁄8in
* Rosenblum, Myer E – 5th, 135 ft 91⁄4in
* Graham, Leslie – 6th, 131 ft 51⁄4in

Pole Vault

* Fletcher, Leslie A – 2nd, 13 ft 01⁄4in
* Winter, Edwin J – 5th, 12 ft 9 in
* Frederick Irvine Woodhouse – 7th, 12 ft 41⁄2in
* Cartwright, William – 8th, 11 ft 6 in

Long Jump

* Raymond G Graf – 7th, 22 ft 6 in

Broad Jump

* Basil C Dickenson – 3rd, 23 ft 51⁄2in
* Gould, Henry 'Harry' T – 4th, 23 ft 41⁄2in
* John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 5th, 23 ft 23⁄4in

Hop, Step, Jump

* John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 1st, 50 ft 10 in
* Miller, D Lloyd – 2nd, 50 ft 63⁄4in
* Basil C Dickenson – 3rd, 50 ft 13⁄4in
* Raymond G Graf – 4th, 47 ft 115⁄8in

High Jump

* Heffernan, Robert – 2nd, 6 ft 2 in
* Shetliffe, Douglas F – 3rd, 6 ft 2 in
* Tancred, Peter L – 4th, 6 ft 11⁄4in 4in
* John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 7th, 5 ft 113⁄4in

100 yards

* John Mumford – 2nd, 9.8 sec (heat 10.0, semi 10.1)
* Edward W Best – 3rd, 9.9 sec (heat 10.0, semi 10.0)
* T Edward Hampson – 5th, 10.0 sec (heat 10.1, semi 10.1)
* Howard Spencer Yates – 6th, 10.1 sec (heat 10.1, semi 10.2)

220 yards

* John Mumford – 2nd, 21.3 sec (heat 21.6, semi 21.6)
* Edward W Best – 3rd, 21.4 sec (heat 21.6, semi 21.4)
* T Edward Hampson – 4th, 21.6 sec (semi) (heat 22.1)
* Howard Spencer Yates – 5th, 21.7 sec (heat 22.0, semi 21.4)

440 yards

* Athol H Jones – 3rd, 49.8 sec (heat)
* John Mumford – 4th, 48.3 (heat)
* Hugh Johnson – 4th (heat)
* Scott, Francis – 4th (heat)

880 yards

* Maxwell Fleming – 6th (heat)
* Goff, Leslie – 6th (heat)
* Gerald I Backhouse – 7th, 1:55.1 (heat)
* Chappel, Roy – 7th (heat)

1-mile

* Gerald I Backhouse – 2nd, 4:12.2 (heat 4:18.0)
* Maxwell Fleming – 5th (heat)
* Frederick Barry-Brown – 6th (heat)
* Bonham, Donald – 7th (heat)

3 miles

* Nicholls, Stanley E – 5th, 14:30.0
* Colman, Frederick – Did not finish
* Faulkner, Keith – Did not finish
* Weightman, Walter – Did not finish

6 miles

* Fred Bassed – 8th
* Millington, Stanley – 9th
* Doyle, Brendan – 10th

120 yards Hurdles

* Stenner, Sydney G – 3rd, 14.4 sec (heat 14.5)
* McLardy, Donald F – 4th, 14.6 sec (heat 14.9)
* Wilson, George – 4th, 15.1 sec (heat)
* Popplewell, Frederick – 4th (heat)

440 yards Hurdles

* John F Park – 2nd, 54.6 sec
* McDougall, Alan – 3rd, 55.2 sec
* Alfred J Watson – 4th
* Magee, Paul F – 6th

4x110 yards Relay

* Edward W Best – 3rd, 41.9 sec
* T Edward Hampson – 3rd, 41.9 sec
* Alfred J Watson – 3rd, 41.9 sec
* Howard Spencer Yates – 3rd, 41.9 sec

4x440 yards Relay

* Athol H Jones – 4th
* Hugh Johnson – 4th
* John F Park – 4th
* Wallace, Vernon – 4th
* Lewis, Maurice – Did not compete (reserve)

Marathon

* Crossley, Richard J – 8th, 3:12:50.0
* Wood, John – 9th, 3:19:47.0
* Hayes, Alfred – Did not finish
* Jolly, Ernest – Did not finish
* Liddle, William – Did not finish
* Patterson, James – Did not finish

### Athletics (Women)

High Jump

* Carter, Doris – 5th, 5 ft 1 in
* Poore, Elsie – 6th, 4 ft 8 in

Broad Jump

* Decima Norman – 1st, 19 ft 1/4in (GR)
* Thelma Peake – 3rd, 18 ft 25⁄8in
* Evans, Enid – 10th 15 ft 101⁄4in
* Nell Gould – 12th 14 ft 91⁄2in

Javelin Throw

* Jones, Elsie – 5th, 101 ft 8 in
* Mitchell, Lena – 6th, 100 ft 3 in
* Clarice Kennedy – 7th, 97 ft 33⁄4in

100 yards

* Decima Norman – 1st, 11.1 sec (GR)
* Walker, Joyce – 2nd, 11.3 sec (heat 11.4, semi 11.4)
* Joan Woodland – 5th, 11.5 sec (heat 11.5, semi 11.2)
* Thelma Peake – (semi) Disqualified (heat 11.5)

220 yards

* Decima Norman – 1st, 24.7 sec (heat 24.9, semi 24.5 (GR))
* Jean Coleman – 2nd, 25.1 sec (heat 25.3, semi 25.2)
* A Eileen Wearne – 3rd, 25.3 sec (heat 25.1, semi 25.2)
* Talbot, Irene – 6th (heat 25.7, semi 25.4)

440 yards Medley Relay

* Jean Coleman – 1st, 49.1 sec
* Decima Norman – 1st, 49.1 sec
* A Eileen Wearne – 1st, 49.1 sec

660 yards Medley Relay

* Jean Coleman – 1st, 1:15.2
* Decima Norman – 1st, 1:15.2
* Thelma Peake – 1st, 1:15.2
* Joan Woodland – 1st, 1:15.2

80 m Hurdles

* Grant, Isabel – 2nd, 11.7 sec (heat 12.1)
* Clarice Kennedy – 4th (heat 12.2)
* Thelma Peake – 5th (heat 12.4)
* Nell Gould – 4th (heat)

### Bowls

Singles

* Jack Low – 3rd

Pairs

* Percy Hutton – 2nd
* Howard Mildren – 2nd

Fours

* Tom Kinder – 3rd
* Charlie H McNeill – 3rd
* Aubrey Murray – 3rd
* H Frank Murray – 3rd

### Boxing

* Trevor Law – Flyweight (up to 51 kg) – Eliminated
* Jack B Dillon – Bantamweight (up to 54 kg) – 3rd
* Leonard Schluter – Featherweight (up to 57 kg) – Eliminated
* I Ellis – Lightweight (up to 60 kg) – Eliminated
* William Smith – Welterweight (up to 67 kg) – 1st
* Athol Stubbs – Middleweight (up to 75 kg) – Eliminated
* Leslie Harley – Heavyweight (up to 91 kg) – 3rd
* Cecil G Overell – Light-Heavyweight (up to 81 kg) – 2nd

### Cycling

10 miles

* Fred Ashby – 4th
* John Molloy – unplaced
* Charlie E Wright – unplaced
* Sh. Janki Das – first Indian cyclist

100 km Road Race

* Fred Hines – 6th
* Harold Clayton – unplaced
* Alick Yuille – unplaced

1,000 m Sprint

* Edgar Laurence 'Dunc' Gray – 1st, 13.6 sec
* Robert Porter – 2nd
* Tasman Johnson – unplaced

1,000 m Time Trial

* Robert Porter – 1st, 1:15.2 (GR)
* Tasman Johnson – 2nd, 1:15.7
* Edgar Laurence 'Dunc' Gray – 5th, 1:16.5

### Rowing

Eight

* William G Thomas (bow), 2nd
* Alfred J Gregory (stroke) – 2nd
* Doug K Bowden (cox) – 2nd
* Frank A W le Souef (2) – 2nd
* Gordon H Yewers (3) – 2nd
* Richard L Paramor (4) – 2nd
* Edward R Bromley (5) – 2nd
* William G Dixon (6) – 2nd
* Ainslie B 'Joe' Gould (7) – 2nd
* John Chester (reserve) – Did not compete
* R B Scott (reserve) – Did not compete

Single Scull

* Herbert J Turner – 1st, 8:24.0 (won by 5 lengths)

Double Scull

* William F Bradley (bow) – 1st, 7:29.4
* Cecil A Pearce (stroke) – 1st, 7:29.4

Coxed Four

* Gordon Freeth (bow) – 1st, 7:16.8
* Jack T Fisher (stroke) – 1st, 7:16.8
* H F Kerr (cox) – 1st, 7:16.8
* Don H Fraser (2) – 1st, 7:16.8
* Stewart J Elder (3) – 1st, 7:16.8
* Max Gaskin (reserve)
* John Edward Suffren (reserve)

### Swimming (Men)

110 yd Freestyle

* William Fleming – 3rd, 1:01.0 (heat 1:01.8)
* Percy Charles Oliver – 6th, 1:03.1 (heat)
* J Robert Wilshire – 7th, 1:01.6 (heat 1:01.4)

440 yd Freestyle

* H Robin Biddulph – 3rd, 4:55.4 (heat 5:01.5)
* Robert Newbiggen – 5th, 5:19.8 (heat)
* Noel Phillip Ryan – 7th, 5:20.4 (heat 5:19.0)

1,650 yd Freestyle

* H Robin Biddulph – 5th, 20:42.2 (heat 21:07.2)
* Noel Phillip Ryan – 6th, 21:08.2 (heat 21:06.6)
* Robert Newbiggen – Did not finish

4x220 yd Freestyle Relay

* H Robin Biddulph – 3rd, 9:32.9 (split 2:18.8)
* William Fleming – 3rd, 9:32.9 (split 2:26.8)
* Noel Phillip Ryan – 3rd, 9:32.9 (split 2:24.6)
* J Robert Wilshire – 3rd, 9:32.9 (split 2:27.7)

3x110 yd Medley Relay

* William Fleming – 3rd, 3:31.8 (split 1:01.6)
* Ernest A Hobbs – 3rd, 3:31.8 (split 1:20.7)
* Percy Charles Oliver – 3rd, 3:31.8 (split 1:09.5)

220 yd Breaststroke

* Ray Cameron – 4th, 3:03.1 (heat 3:07.2)
* Ernest A Hobbs – 7th, 3:09.0 (heat 3:04.9)
* John Johnson – 5th, 3:03.6 (heat 3:07.8)

110 yd Backstroke

* Percy Charles Oliver – 1st, 1:07.9 (GR) (heat 1:09.6)
* Reginald Vaughan Clark – 4th, 1:18.3 (heat)
* Roth Bassingthwaite – 5th, 1:15.1 (heat)

### Swimming (Women)

110 yd Freestyle

* Evelyn de Lacy – 1st, 1:10.1 (GR) (heat 1:10.6)
* Dorothy J Green – 2nd, 1:11.1 (heat 1:11.4)
* Margaret Rawson – 5th, 1:15.8 (heat)

110 yd Backstroke

* Gwen Millard – 4th, 1:27.5 (heat)
* Marion Nixon – 5th, 1:26.5 (heat)
* Patricia Norton – 1st, 1.19.5 (heat 1:20.6)

220 yd Breaststroke

* Margaret Dovey – 6th, 3:32.0
* Valerie George – 4th, 3:23.0
* Joan Thomas – 5th, 3:23.6

440 yd Freestyle

* Dorothy J Green – 1st, 5:39.9 (GR) (heat 5:43.0)
* Evelyn de Lacy – 5th, 5:59.4 (heat)
* Mynee Steel – 6th, 5:51.7 (heat 5:53.2)

4x110 yd Freestyle Relay

* Evelyn de Lacy – 2nd, 4:49.9
* Dorothy J Green – 2nd, 4:49.9
* Patricia Norton – 2nd, 4:49.9
* Margaret Rawson – 2nd, 4:49.9

3x110 yd Medley Relay

* Evelyn de Lacy – 3rd, 4:10.0 (split 1:12.9)
* Valerie George – 3rd, 4:10.0 (split 1:12.0)
* Patricia Norton – 3rd, 4:10.0 (split 1:20.1)

### Diving (Men)

Springboard

* George Johnston – 4th, 111.39 points
* Ronald Masters – 1st, 126.36 points
* David J Norris – 5th, 110.62 points

Platform

* Ray Davis – 5th, 94.21 points
* Ronald Masters – 2nd, 102.87 points
* Arthur O'Connor – 4th, 97.39 points

### Diving (Women)

Springboard

* Irene Donnett – 1st, 91.18 points
* Laurie Hawe – 4th, 75.32 points
* Janet Weidenhofer – 7th, 47.40 points

Platform

* Irene Donnett – 3rd, 34.57 points
* Lurline Hook – 1st, 36.47 points
* Pamela Hunt – 5th, 26.10 points

### Wrestling

* Richard Edward 'Dick' Garrard – Lightweight (up to 68 kg) – 1st
* Todd Hardwick – Middleweight (up to 82 kg) – 2nd
* John Lambert 'Jack' Knight – Heavyweight (up to 100 kg) – 1st
* Edward Purcell – Bantamweight (up to 57 kg) – 1st
* Roy Purchase – Featherweight (up to 62 kg) – 1st
* Eddie Richard Scarf – Light Heavyweight (up to 90 kg) – 1st
* Tom Trevaskis – Welterweight (up to 74 kg) – 1st

## Officials

* Honorary Team Manager – Wilfred Selwyn Kent Hughes (VIC)
* Athletics Manager – Wilfred Ernest Painter (VIC)
* Athletics Manageress – Mrs Doris Magee (NSW)
* Boxing & Wrestling Manager – Edgar Stephen Tanner (VIC)
* Cycling Manager – C J 'Mick' Gray (VIC)
* Rowing Manager – John Rook (NSW)
* Rowing Coach – T K 'Toff' Qurban (SA)
* Rowing Eights Coach – Sidney Raper (NSW)
* Swimming Manager – Jack P Sheedy (WA)
* Swimming Manageress – Katie Buckle (NSW)
