Australia at the 1934 British Empire Games

Australia at the 1934 British Empire Games was abbreviated AUS. This was their second of 2 Commonwealth Games meets.

Australia at the
1934 Commonwealth Games
CGF codeAUS
CGAAustralian Commonwealth Games Association
Websitecommonwealthgames.org.au
in London, England
Competitors17 in 5 sports
Flag bearersOpening: Noel Ryan[1]
Closing:
Officials2
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
8
Silver
4
Bronze
2
Total
14
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

Medallists

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Medal Name Sport Event
  Gold Jack Metcalfe Athletics Men's Hop, Step, Jump
  Gold Leonard Cook Boxing Lightweight
  Gold Dunc Gray Cycling Men's Time Trial
  Gold Noel Ryan Swimming Men's 440 yd Freestyle
  Gold Noel Ryan Swimming 1,500 yd Freestyle
  Gold Clare Dennis Swimming Women's 200 yd Breaststroke
  Gold Dick Garrard Wrestling Men's Lightweight
  Gold John Knight Wrestling Men's Heavyweight
  Silver Charles Reilly Athletics Men's 440 yards Hurdles
  Silver Horace Pethybridge Cycling Men's 1,000 yards Sprint
  Silver Lesley Thompson Diving Women's Springboard
  Silver Lesley Thompson Diving Women's Platform
  Bronze Fred Woodhouse Athletics Men's Pole Vault
  Bronze Jack Metcalfe Athletics Men's Broad Jump

1934 Australian Team & Results

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100 yards

  • Howard Spencer Yates – 6th (heat 10.1, semi 10.1)
  • Jack C Horsfall – 3rd (heat)
  • Noel Dempsey – 4th (heat)

220 yards

  • Jack C Horsfall -3rd (heat 6)
  • Noel Dempsey – 4th, 22.9 (semi)
  • Howard Spencer Yates – 5th, 22.4 (semi)

440 yards

  • H Wilton Lander – 3rd (heat)

880 yards

  • H Wilton Lander – 4th (heat)

440 yards Hurdles

  • Charles P Reilly – Silver, 55.5 sec

Hop, Step, Jump

  • John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – Gold, 51 ft 31/2 in (GR)

Broad Jump

  • John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – Silver, 22 ft 9 in

High Jump

  • John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 4th, 6 ft 2 in

Pole Vault

  • Frederick Irvine Woodhouse – Bronze, 12 ft 3 in

4x110 yards Relay

  • Noel Dempsey – 4x100 yards Relay – 4th
  • Jack C Horsfall – 4x110 yards Relay – 4th
  • H Wilton Lander – 4x110 yards Relay – 4th
  • Howard Spencer Yates – 4x110 yards Relay – 4th
  • E W Walker – singles – 6th
  • T M Rainer – pairs – 9th
  • J Banks – pairs – 9th
  • C Gale – fours/rinks – 9th
  • H Langley – fours/rinks – 9th
  • William White – fours/rinks – 9th
  • Sir Henry Barwell – fours/rinks – 9th

Lightweight (up to 60 kg)

  • Leonard Arthur Cook – Gold

Time Trial

  • Edgar Laurence 'Dunc' Gray – Gold, 1:16.4 (GR)

10 miles

  • Edgar Laurence 'Dunc' Gray – Did not finish
  • Horrace James Pethybridge – Did not finish

1,000 yards Sprint

  • Horrace James Pethybridge – Silver

100 yd Freestyle

  • Reginald Vaughan Clark

100 yd Backstroke

  • Reginald Vaughan Clark

3x110 yd Medley Relay

  • Reginald Vaughan Clark – 4th, 3:16.8
  • Alan Edward Higginson – 4th, 3:16.8
  • Noel Phillip Ryan – 4th, 3:16.8

200 yd Breaststroke, Men

  • Alan Edward Higginson – 4th, 2:44.8

200 yd Breaststroke, Women

  • Clare Dennis – Gold, 2:50.2 (GR)

440 yd Freestyle

  • Noel Phillip Ryan – Gold, 5:03.0 (GR)

1,500 yd Freestyle

  • Noel Phillip Ryan – Gold, 18:25.4 (GR)

Springboard

  • Lesley Julia Thompson – Silver, 60.49 points

Platform

  • Lesley Julia Thompson – Silver, 27.64 points

Lightweight (up to 68 kg)

Heavyweight (up to 100 kg)

Officials

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  • Honorary Manager Herbert Krause Maxwell (NSW)
  • Hon Chaperone – Millicent Isabel Watson (VIC)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Flag bearers". Australian Web Archive. Archived from the original on 23 November 1998. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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