New Zealand at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
# New Zealand at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

New Zealand at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 66 competitors and 11 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Cardiff, Wales, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was javelin thrower Malcolm Hahn. The New Zealand team finished fifth on the medal table, winning a total of 19 medals, four of which were gold.

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

## Medal tables

New Zealand was fifth in the medal table in 1958, with a total of 19 medals, including four gold.

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Murray Halberg | Athletics | Men's 3 miles |
| Gold | Valerie Sloper | Athletics | Women's shot put |
| Gold | John Morris Richard Pilkington | Lawn bowls | Men's pairs |
| Gold | Reg Douglas Bob Parker | Rowing | Men's coxless pair |
| Silver | Mary Donaghy | Athletics | Women's high jump |
| Silver | Les Mills | Athletics | Men's discus throw |
| Silver | Jennifer Thompson | Athletics | Women's discus throw |
| Silver | Warren Johnston | Cycling | Men's 10 mile scratch race |
| Silver | James Hill | Rowing | Men's single scull |
| Silver | Tessa Staveley | Swimming | Women's 110 yards butterfly |
| Bronze | Dave Norris | Athletics | Men's triple jump |
| Bronze | Merv Richards | Athletics | Men's pole vault |
| Bronze | Neville Scott | Athletics | Men's 3 miles |
| Bronze | Valerie Sloper | Athletics | Women's discus throw |
| Bronze | Paddy Donovan | Boxing | Men's lightweight |
| Bronze | Warwick Dalton | Cycling | Men's 1 km time trial |
| Bronze | Warwick Dalton | Cycling | Men's 4000 m individual pursuit |
| Bronze | James Hill Norm Suckling | Rowing | Men's double scull |
| Bronze | Philippa Gould | Swimming | Women's 110 yards backstroke |

Medals by sport :

| Sport | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletics | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Rowing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Lawn bowls | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cycling | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Swimming | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 |

Medals by gender :

| Gender | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Male | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Female | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Total | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 |

## Competitors

The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games according to gender and sport.

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athletics | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| Boxing | 7 | — | 7 |
| Cycling | 6 | — | 6 |
| Diving | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fencing | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Lawn bowls | 7 | — | 7 |
| Rowing | 10 | — | 10 |
| Swimming | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Weightlifting | 2 | — | 2 |
| Wrestling | 4 | — | 4 |
| Total | 54 | 12 | 66 |

## Athletics

### Track and road

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Bill Baillie | Men's 1 mile | 4:13.2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Bill Baillie | Men's 3 miles | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13:44.4 | 9 |
| Marise Chamberlain | Women's 100 yards | 11.4 | 3 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marise Chamberlain | Women's 220 yards | 25.8 | 2 Q | — | — | DNS | DNS | did not advance | did not advance |
| Murray Halberg | Men's 1 mile | 4:09.9 | 2 Q | — | — | — | — | 4:06.6 | 5 |
| Murray Halberg | Men's 3 miles | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13:15.0 GR | |
| Barry Magee | Men's 3 miles | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 15 |
| Barry Magee | Men's 6 miles | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31:57.2 | 8 |
| Ray Puckett | Men's 6 miles | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 12 |
| Ray Puckett | Men's marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:38:58.8 | 14 |
| Maurice Rae | Men's 100 yards | 9.8 | 1 Q | 9.8 | 1 Q | 9.8 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Maurice Rae | Men's 220 yards | 22.1 | 1 Q | 21.7 | 2 Q | 21.9 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Barry Robinson | Men's 440 yards | 48.9 | 2 Q | DNF | DNF | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Neville Scott | Men's 1 mile | 4:05.9 | 3 Q | — | — | — | — | 4:11.9 | 9 |
| Neville Scott | Men's 3 miles | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13:26.2 | |
| Donal Smith | Men's 880 yards | 1:52.8 | 2 Q | — | — | — | — | 1:51.5 | 5 |
| Margaret Stuart | Women's 80 m hurdles | 11.1 | 2 Q | — | — | — | — | 11.0 | 4 |
| Margaret Stuart | Women's 100 yards | 11.3 | 2 Q | — | — | 11.1 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Beverly Weigel | Women's 100 yards | 11.4 | 4 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marise Chamberlain Margaret Stuart Beverly Weigel Mary Donaghy | Women's 4 x 110 yards relay | 48.2 | 2 Q | — | — | — | — | 48.3 | 4 |

* ↑ Ranks given are within the heat
* ↑ Ranks given are within the quarterfinal
* ↑ Ranks given are within the semifinal

### Field

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Mary Donaghy | Women's high jump | | | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | |
| Mary Donaghy | Women's long jump | | 3 Q | 18 ft 11 in (5.77 m) | 5 |
| Malcolm Hahn | Men's javelin throw | | | 204 ft 9+1⁄2 in (62.42 m) | 13 |
| Les Mills | Men's discus throw | | | 169 ft 8+1⁄2 in (51.73 m) | |
| Les Mills | Men's shot put | | | 50 ft 2 in (15.29 m) | 7 |
| Dave Norris | Men's long jump | | Q | 23 ft 5+1⁄2 in (7.15 m) | 8 |
| Dave Norris | Men's triple jump | | Q | 50 ft 8+1⁄4 in (15.45 m) | |
| Merv Richards | Men's pole vault | | 4 Q | 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) | |
| Valerie Sloper | Women's discus throw | | | 147 ft 5 in (44.93 m) | |
| Valerie Sloper | Women's shot put | | | 51 ft 0 in (15.54 m) GR | |
| Jennifer Thompson | Women's discus throw | | | 148 ft 7 in (45.29 m) | |
| Jennifer Thompson | Women's shot put | | | 41 ft 11+1⁄2 in (12.79 m) | 5 |
| Beverly Weigel | Women's long jump | 18 ft 11+3⁄4 in (5.78 m) | 7 Q | NM | 8 |
| Roy Williams | Men's long jump | | Q | 23 ft 10 in (7.26 m) | 6 |
| Roy Williams | Men's triple jump | 47 ft 5+3⁄4 in (14.47 m) | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Maurice Purton | Featherweight | Bye | Collins (WAL) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Paddy Donovan | Lightweight | — | Sam (SAF) W | McTaggart (SCO) L | Did not advance | |
| Graham Finlay | Light welterweight | Smith (SRH) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Bevin Weir | Middleweight | Milligan (NIR) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Edward Morrison | Light heavyweight | — | Madigan (AUS) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Cycling

### Road

**Men's road race**

| Athlete | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - |
| Keith Gant | | unplaced |
| Dick Johnstone | | unplaced |
| Lance Payne | 5:23:21.7 | 11 |
| John Peoples | | unplaced |

### Track

**Men's 1000 m sprint**

| Athlete | Round 1 | Repechage | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Warren Johnston | Darragh (NIR) Rimple (TTO) W 12.4 | — | Skene (WAL) W 12.1, W 12.0 | Harrison (ENG) W 13.5, W 12.5 | Barton (ENG) D 12.1, L, L | Binch (ENG) L, W 12.4, L | 4 |

**Men's 1 km time trial**

| Athlete | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - |
| Warwick Dalton | 1:12.6 | |

**Men's 4000 m individual pursuit**

| Athlete | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Rank |
| Warwick Dalton | 5:09.3 | 2 Q | Evans (WAL) W 5:08.1 | Sheil (ENG) L 5:12.8 | Gambrill (ENG) W 5:14.7 | |

**Men's 10 miles scratch race**

| Athlete | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - |
| Warwick Dalton | | unplaced |
| Warren Johnston | | |

## Diving

| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Len Hodge | Men's 3 m springboard | 104.87 | 6 |

## Fencing

### Men

**Individual foil**

| Athlete | Qualifying pool | Qualifying pool | Qualifying pool | Qualifying pool | Qualifying pool | Qualifying pool | Qualifying pool | Qualifying pool | Semifinal pool | Semifinal pool | Semifinal pool | Semifinal pool | Semifinal pool | Semifinal pool | Final pool | Final pool | Final pool | Final pool | Final pool | Final pool | Final pool | Final pool | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Wins | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Wins | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Wins | Rank |
| Bob Binning | Lund (AUS) L 1 – 5 | Hung (HKG) L 3 – 5 | Cooke (ENG) L 2 – 5 | Malherbe (SAF) L 4 – 5 | Andru (CAN) L | Evans (WAL) L | Morrison (SCO) L | 0 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Brian Pickworth | R.R.V. Paul (ENG) L 4 – 5 | McCowage (AUS) L 4 – 5 | Thompson (NIR) L 2 – 5 | McCombe (WAL) W 5 – 3 | Tully (CAN) W 5 – 2 | Richardson (SCO) W 5 – 3 | Lee (HKG) W 5 – 1 | 4 | Lund (AUS) L 3 – 5 | R.R.V. Paul (ENG) W 5 – 3 | Hung (HKG) W 5 – 2 | Malherbe (SAF) W 5 – 3 | Thompson (NIR) L | 3 | R.R.V. Paul (ENG) L 0 – 5 | Lund (AUS) L 0 – 5 | R.R.C. Paul (ENG) W 5 – 4 | Preston (WAL) W 5 – 4 | Schwende (CAN) W 5 – 3 | Hung (HKG) W 5 – 0 | McCowage (AUS) L 4 – 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Percy Temple | R.R.C. Paul (ENG) L 3 – 5 | Marçal (HKG) W 5 – 2 | Preston (WAL) W 5 – 4 | Schwende (CAN) W 5 – 1 | Broadhurst (SCO) W 5 – 2 | — | — | 4 | R.R.C. Paul (ENG) L 1 – 5 | McCowage (AUS) L 1 – 5 | Preston (WAL) L 4 – 5 | Schwende (CAN) L 2 – 5 | Cooke (ENG) W | 1 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

**Team events**

| Athlete | Event | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Final pool | Final pool | Final pool | Final pool | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Wins | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Wins | Rank |
| Bob Binning Brian Pickworth Percy Temple | Team épée | Wales W 7 – 2 | — | 1 | England L 1 – 8 | Canada L 0 – 6 | Australia L 1 – 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Bob Binning Brian Pickworth Percy Temple | Team foil | Canada W 7 – 2 | England L 2 – 7 | 1 | Australia L 2 – 7 | Wales L 2 – 5 | England L | 0 | 4 |
| Bob Binning Brian Pickworth Percy Temple | Team sabre | Wales L 3 – 6 | England L 1 – 5 | 0 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

**Individual foil**

| Athlete | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Final pool | Final pool | Final pool | Final pool | Final pool | Final pool | Final pool | Final pool | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Wins | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Wins | Rank |
| Enid McElwee | Glen-Haig (ENG) L 1 – 4 | McCreath (AUS) L 1 – 4 | Waters (WAL) W 4 – 2 | Reynolds (SRH) W 4 – 3 | Towland (SCO) W 4 – 2 | Maries (CAN) L 1 – 4 | — | 3 | Sheen (ENG) L 2 – 4 | McCreath (AUS) L 3 – 4 | Glen-Haig (ENG) W 4 – 3 | Sacco (SAF) W 4 – 0 | Mitchell (NZL) W 4 – 1 | Maries (CAN) W 4 – 1 | O'Brien (AUS) L 3 – 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Elizabeth Mitchell | Sheen (ENG) W 4 – 3 | Gilbert (CAN) W 4 – 1 | King (WAL) W 4 – 3 | Plews (SCO) W 4 – 1 | Kenyon (NIR) W 4 – 3 | Sacco (SAF) L 2 – 4 | O'Brien (AUS) | | McCreath (AUS) L 1 – 4 | Glen-Haig (ENG) L 2 – 4 | Sacco (SAF) L 2 – 4 | O'Brien (AUS) L 2 – 4 | McElwee (NZL) L 1 – 4 | Sheen (ENG) W 4 – 3 | Maries (CAN) W 4 – 1 | 2 | 7 |

## Lawn bowls

| Athlete | Event | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | W | D | L | Rank |
| James Pirret | Men's singles | Fulton (NIR) L 14 – 21 | Danilowitz (SAF) W 21 – 13 | Weir (KEN) L 9 – 21 | Hall (JER) W 21 – 11 | Jackson (SRH) L 15 – 21 | Jones (SCO) L 3 – 21 | Liddell (HKG) W 21 – 17 | Williams (WAL) W 21 – 10 | Linford (CAN) W 21 – 13 | Bosisto (AUS) L 13 – 21 | Baker (ENG) W 21 – 18 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Richard Pilkington John Morris | Men's pairs | Northern Ireland W 25 – 11 | South Africa W 19 – 10 | Kenya W 24 – 17 | Jersey W 20 – 15 | Southern Rhodesia L 12 – 21 | Scotland W 19 – 17 | Hong Kong W 19 – 15 | Wales W 23 – 20 | Canada W 20 – 16 | Australia W 22 – 17 | England W 23 – 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
| Robin Andrew Jeff Barron Stanley Snedden Bill Hampton | Men's fours | Northern Ireland L 10 – 20 | South Africa L 15 – 23 | Kenya L 10 – 23 | Jersey L 23 – 28 | Southern Rhodesia L 13 – 19 | Scotland W 21 – 17 | Hong Kong L 13 – 23 | Wales L 19 – 24 | Canada W 24 – 15 | Australia W 27 – 9 | England L 14 – 16 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 |

## Rowing

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Repechage | Repechage | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| James Hill | Men's single scull | 8:36.8 | 1 Q | — | — | 7:23.9 | |
| Norm Suckling James Hill | Men's double scull | 7:50.9 | 2 | 7:09.9 | 1 Q | | |
| Bob Parker Reg Douglas | Men's coxless pair | — | — | — | — | 7:11.1 | |
| Donald Gemmell Peter Aitchison Frank Crotty Graeme Moran Richard Tuffin (cox) | Men's coxed four | 7:51.7 | 3 | 7:04.2 | 2 Q | | 4 |

* ↑ Ranks given are within the heat
* ↑ Ranks given are within the repechage

## Swimming

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Philippa Gould | Women's 110 yards backstroke | 1:13.8 | 3 Q | 1:13.7 | |
| Jennifer Hunter | Women's 110 yards freestyle | 1:10.1 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Colin McFadden | | | | | |
| Kay Sawyers | Women's 220 yards breaststroke | 3:11.0 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tessa Staveley | Women's 110 yards butterfly | 1:16.7 | 4 Q | 1:14.4 | |
| Philippa Gould Tessa Staveley Kay Sawyers Jennifer Hunter | Women's 4 x 110 yards medley relay | 5:10.8 | 4 Q | 5:06.4 | 4 |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Press | Snatch | Jerk | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Peter Ridgley | Lightweight | 230 lb (104.3 kg) | 195 lb (88.5 kg) | 260 lb (117.9 kg) | 685 lb (310.7 kg) | 9 |
| Hohepa Komene | Light heavyweight | 240 lb (108.9 kg) | 230 lb (104.3 kg) | 300 lb (136.1 kg) | 770 lb (349.3 kg) | 10 |

## Wrestling

| Athlete | Event | Elimination rounds | Elimination rounds | Elimination rounds | Elimination rounds | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Brian Bognuda | Featherweight | Aspen (ENG) L | Geldenhuys (SAF) L | Eliminated | Eliminated | =6 |
| Gordon Hobson | Welterweight | Boese (CAN) L | Scott (WAL) W | de Villiers (SAF) L | Eliminated | =5 |
| Barrie Courtney | Middleweight | Rashid (PAK) L | van Zyl (SAF) L | Eliminated | Eliminated | =6 |
| John da Silva | Heavyweight | Mitchell (AUS) L | Richmond (ENG) W | Nazir (PAK) L | Eliminated | 5 |
