Australia at the 1938 British Empire Games

Medalists

1938 Australian Team & Results

Athletics (Men)

• John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 3rd, 182 ft 2¼in
• James Barlow – 5th, 169 ft 0¼in
• Goode, David P – 6th, 165 ft 1 in
• Sheiles, Bert – 7th, 163 ft 10¼in

• Harold B Wilson – 4th, 133 ft 2 3/
• Keith W Pardon – 5th, 130 ft 4¼in
• William R MacKenzie – 6th, 128 ft 11½in
• Button, Adrian – 7th, 125 ft 8½in

• Drew, Francis – 3rd, 45 ft 3⅜in
• William C Plummer – 4th, 44 ft 5⅝in
• Harold B Wilson – 5th, 43 ft 3⅝in
• William R MacKenzie – 6th, 42 ft 1¾in

• Keith W Pardon – 2nd, 148 ft 1¼in
• McNamara, Patrick – 4th, 139 ft 9⅛in
• Rosenblum, Myer E – 5th, 135 ft 9¼in
• Graham, Leslie – 6th, 131 ft 5¼in

• Fletcher, Leslie A – 2nd, 13 ft 0¼in
• Winter, Edwin J – 5th, 12 ft 9 in
• Frederick Irvine Woodhouse – 7th, 12 ft 4½in
• Cartwright, William – 8th, 11 ft 6 in

• Raymond G Graf – 7th, 22 ft 6 in

• Basil C Dickenson – 3rd, 23 ft 5½in
• Gould, Henry 'Harry' T – 4th, 23 ft 4½in
• John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 5th, 23 ft 2¾in

• John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 1st, 50 ft 10 in
• Miller, D Lloyd – 2nd, 50 ft 6¾in
• Basil C Dickenson – 3rd, 50 ft 1¾in
• Raymond G Graf – 4th, 47 ft 11⅝in

• Heffernan, Robert – 2nd, 6 ft 2 in
• Shetliffe, Douglas F – 3rd, 6 ft 2 in
• Tancred, Peter L – 4th, 6 ft 1¼in 4in
• John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 7th, 5 ft 11¾in

• John Mumford – 2nd, 9.8 sec
• Edward W Best – 3rd, 9.9 sec
• T Edward Hampson – 5th, 10.0 sec
• Howard Spencer Yates – 6th, 10.1 sec

• John Mumford – 2nd, 21.3 sec
• Edward W Best – 3rd, 21.4 sec
• T Edward Hampson – 4th, 21.6 sec
• Howard Spencer Yates – 5th, 21.7 sec

• Athol H Jones – 3rd, 49.8 sec
• John Mumford – 4th, 48.3
• Hugh Johnson – 4th
• Scott, Francis – 4th

• Maxwell Fleming – 6th
• Goff, Leslie – 6th
• Gerald I Backhouse – 7th, 1:55.1
• Chappel, Roy – 7th

• Gerald I Backhouse – 2nd, 4:12.2
• Maxwell Fleming – 5th
• Frederick Barry-Brown – 6th
• Bonham, Donald – 7th

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

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

• Stenner, Sydney G – 3rd, 14.4 sec
• McLardy, Donald F – 4th, 14.6 sec
• Wilson, George – 4th, 15.1 sec
• Popplewell, Frederick – 4th

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

• 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

• Athol H Jones – 4th
• Hugh Johnson – 4th
• John F Park – 4th
• Wallace, Vernon – 4th
• Lewis, Maurice – Did not compete

• 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)

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

• Decima Norman – 1st, 19 ft 1/4in
• Thelma Peake – 3rd, 18 ft 2⅝in
• Evans, Enid – 10th 15 ft 10¼in
• Nell Gould – 12th 14 ft 9½in

• Jones, Elsie – 5th, 101 ft 8 in
• Mitchell, Lena – 6th, 100 ft 3 in
• Clarice Kennedy – 7th, 97 ft 3¾in

• Decima Norman – 1st, 11.1 sec
• Walker, Joyce – 2nd, 11.3 sec
• Joan Woodland – 5th, 11.5 sec
• Thelma Peake – Disqualified

• Decima Norman – 1st, 24.7 sec
• Jean Coleman – 2nd, 25.1 sec
• A Eileen Wearne – 3rd, 25.3 sec
• Talbot, Irene – 6th

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

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

• Grant, Isabel – 2nd, 11.7 sec
• Clarice Kennedy – 4th
• Thelma Peake – 5th
• Nell Gould – 4th

  Bowls

• Jack Low – 3rd

• Percy Hutton – 2nd
• Howard Mildren – 2nd

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

  Boxing

• Trevor Law – Flyweight – Eliminated
• Jack B Dillon – Bantamweight – 3rd
• Leonard Schluter – Featherweight – Eliminated
• I Ellis – Lightweight – Eliminated
• William Smith – Welterweight – 1st
• Athol Stubbs – Middleweight – Eliminated
• Leslie Harley – Heavyweight – 3rd
• Cecil G Overell – Light-Heavyweight – 2nd

  Cycling

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

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

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

• Robert Porter – 1st, 1:15.2
• Tasman Johnson – - 2nd, 1:15.7
• Edgar Laurence 'Dunc' Gray – 5th, 1:16.5

  Rowing

• William G Thomas, 2nd
• Alfred J Gregory – 2nd
• Doug K Bowden – 2nd
• Frank A W le Souef – 2nd
• Gordon H Yewers – 2nd
• Richard L Paramor – 2nd
• Edward R Bromley – 2nd
• William G Dixon – 2nd
• Ainslie B 'Joe' Gould – 2nd
• John Chester – Did not compete
• R B Scott – Did not compete

• Herbert J Turner – 1st, 8:24.0

• William F Bradley – 1st, 7:29.4
• Cecil A Pearce – 1st, 7:29.4

• Gordon Freeth – 1st, 7:16.8
• Jack T Fisher – 1st, 7:16.8
• H F Kerr – 1st, 7:16.8
• Don H Fraser – 1st, 7:16.8
• Stewart J Elder – 1st, 7:16.8
• Max Gaskin
• John Edward Suffren

  Swimming (Men)

• William Fleming – 3rd, 1:01.0
• Percy Charles Oliver – 6th, 1:03.1
• J Robert Wilshire – 7th, 1:01.6

• H Robin Biddulph – 3rd, 4:55.4
• Robert Newbiggen – 5th, 5:19.8
• Noel Phillip Ryan – 7th, 5:20.4

• H Robin Biddulph – 5th, 20:42.2
• Noel Phillip Ryan – 6th, 21:08.2
• Robert Newbiggen – Did not finish

• H Robin Biddulph – 3rd, 9:32.9
• William Fleming – 3rd, 9:32.9
• Noel Phillip Ryan – 3rd, 9:32.9
• J Robert Wilshire – 3rd, 9:32.9

• William Fleming – 3rd, 3:31.8
• Ernest A Hobbs – 3rd, 3:31.8
• Percy Charles Oliver – 3rd, 3:31.8

• Ray Cameron – 4th, 3:03.1
• Ernest A Hobbs – 7th, 3:09.0
• John Johnson – 5th, 3:03.6

• Percy Charles Oliver – 1st, 1:07.9
• Reginald Vaughan Clark – 4th, 1:18.3
• Roth Bassingthwaite – 5th, 1:15.1

  Swimming (Women)

• Evelyn de Lacy – 1st, 1:10.1
• Dorothy J Green – 2nd, 1:11.1
• Margaret Rawson – 5th, 1:15.8

• Gwen Millard – 4th, 1:27.5
• Marion Nixon – 5th, 1:26.5
• Patricia Norton – 1st, 1.19.5

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

• Dorothy J Green – 1st, 5:39.9
• Evelyn de Lacy – 5th, 5:59.4
• Mynee Steel – 6th, 5:51.7

• 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

• Evelyn de Lacy – 3rd, 4:10.0
• Valerie George – 3rd, 4:10.0
• Patricia Norton – 3rd, 4:10.0

  Diving (Men)

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

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

  Diving (Women)

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

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

  Wrestling

• Richard Edward 'Dick' Garrard – Lightweight – 1st
• Todd Hardwick – Middleweight – 2nd
• John Lambert 'Jack' Knight – Heavyweight – 1st
• Edward Purcell – Bantamweight – 1st
• Roy Purchase – Featherweight – 1st
• Eddie Richard Scarf – Light Heavyweight – 1st
• Tom Trevaskis – Welterweight – 1st

  Officials

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