Australia at the 1938 British Empire Games

Gold

Decima Norman – Broad Jump (Women) – 19 ft ¼ in (GR)

Decima Norman – 100 yards (Women) – 11.1 sec (GR)

Jack Metcalfe (Men) – Hop, Step, Jump – 50 ft 10 in

Decima Norman – 220 yards (Women) – 24.7 sec (heat 24.9, semi 24.5 (GR))

Lurline Hook – Platform (Women) – 36.47 points

Richard Edward 'Dick' Garrard – Wrestling, Lightweight

John Lambert 'Jack' Knight – Wrestling, Heavyweight

Edward Purcell – Wrestling, Bantamweight

Roy Purchase – Wrestling, Featherweight

Eddie Richard Scarf – Wrestling, Light Heavyweight

Tom Trevaskis – Wrestling, Welterweight

Jean Coleman, Decima Norman, Eileen Wearne – 440 yards Medley Relay (Women) – 49.1 sec

Jean Coleman, Decima Norman, Thelma Peake, Joan Woodland – 660 yards Medley Relay – 1:15.2

William Smith – Boxing, Welterweight

Edgar Laurence 'Dunc' Gray – Cycling, 1,000 m Sprint – 13.6 sec

Robert Porter – Cycling, 1,000 m Time Trial – 1:15.2 (GR)

Herbert J Turner – Rowing, Single Scull – 8:24.0 (won by 5 lengths)

William F Bradley, Cecil A Pearce – Rowing, Double Scull (bow) – 7:29.4

Gordon Freeth, Jack T Fisher, H F Kerr, Don H Fraser, Stewart J Elder – Rowing, Coxed Four – 7:16.8

Percy Charles Oliver – 110 yd Backstroke – 1:07.9 (GR) (heat 1:09.6)

Evelyn de Lacy – 110 yd Freestyle – 1:10.1 (GR) (heat 1:10.6)

Patricia Norton – 110 yd Backstroke – 1.19.5 (heat 1:20.6)

Dorothy J Green – 440 yd Freestyle – 5:39.9 (GR) (heat 5:43.0)

Irene Donnett – Springboard (Women) – 91.18 points

Ron Masters – Diving, Springboard (Men) – 126.36 points

Silver

Keith W Pardon – Hammer Throw (Men) – 148 ft 1¼in

Fletcher, Leslie A – Pole Vault (Men) – 13 ft 0¼in

Miller, D Lloyd – Hop, Step, Jump (Men) – 50 ft 6¾in

Heffernan, Robert – High Jump (Men) – 6 ft 2 in

John Mumford – 100 yards (Men) – 9.8 sec (heat 10.0, semi 10.1)

John Mumford – 220 yards (Men) – 21.3 sec (heat 21.6, semi 21.6)

Gerald I Backhouse – 1-mile (Men) – 4:12.2 (heat 4:18.0)

John F Park – 440 yards Hurdles (Men) – 54.6 sec

Walker, Joyce – 100 yards (Women) – 11.3 sec (heat 11.4, semi 11.4)

Jean Coleman – 220 yards (Women) – 25.1 sec (heat 25.3, semi 25.2)

Grant, Isabel – 80 m Hurdles – 11.7 sec (heat 12.1)

Percy Hutton, Howard Mildren – Rowing, Pairs

Cecil G Overell – Boxing, Light-Heavyweight

Todd Hardwick – Wrestling, Middleweight

Robert Porter – Cycling, 1,000 m Sprint

Tasman Johnson – Cycling, 1,000 m Time Trial – 1:15.7

William G Thomas, Alfred J Gregory, Doug K Bowden, Frank A W le Souef, Gordon H Yewers, Richard L Paramor, Edward R Bromley, William G Dixon, Ainslie B 'Joe' Gould – Rowing Eight

Dorothy J Green – 110 yd Freestyle – 1:11.1 (heat 1:11.4)

Evelyn de Lacy, Dorothy J Green, Patricia Norton, Margaret Rawson – 4x110 yd Freestyle Relay – 4:49.9

Ronald Masters – Diving, Platform (Men) – 102.87 points

Bronze

John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – Javelin Throw (Men) – 182 ft 2¼in

Drew, Francis – Shot Put (Men) – 45 ft 3⅜in

Basil C Dickenson – Broad Jump (Men) – 23 ft 5½in

Edward W Best – 100 yards (Men) – 9.9 sec (heat 10.0, semi 10.0)

Edward W Best – 220 yards (Men) – 21.4 sec (heat 21.6, semi 21.4)

Basil C Dickenson – Hop, Step, Jump (Men) – 50 ft 1¾in

Shetliffe, Douglas F – High Jump (Men) – 6 ft 2 in

Stenner, Sydney G – 120 yards Hurdles (Men) – 14.4 sec (heat 14.5)

McDougall, Alan – 440 yards Hurdles (Men) – 55.2 sec

Edward W Best, T Edward Hampson, Alfred J Watson, Howard Spencer Yates – 4x110 yards Relay (Men) – 41.9 sec

Thelma Peake – Broad Jump (Women) – 18 ft 2⅝in

A Eileen Wearne – 220 yards (Women) – 25.3 sec (heat 25.1, semi 25.2)

Jack Low – Rowing, Singles

Tom Kinder, Charlie H McNeill, Aubrey Murray, H Frank Murray – Rowing, Fours

Jack B Dillon – Boxing, Bantamweight

Leslie Harley – Boxing, Heavyweight

William Fleming – 110 yd Freestyle – 1:01.0 (heat 1:01.8)

H Robin Biddulph – 440 yd Freestyle – 4:55.4 (heat 5:01.5)

H Robin Biddulph, William Fleming, Noel Phillip Ryan, J Robert Wilshire – 4x220 yd Freestyle Relay – 9:32.9 (split 2:18.8)

William Fleming, Ernest A Hobbs, Percy Charles Oliver – 3x110 yd Medley Relay – 3:31.8 (split 1:01.6)

Evelyn de Lacy, Valerie George, Patricia Norton – 3x110 yd Medley Relay – 4:10.0 (split 1:12.9)

Irene Donnett – Platform (Women) – 34.57 points

Athletics (Men)

Javelin Throw

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

Discus Throw

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

Shot Put

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

Hammer Throw

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

Pole Vault

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

Long Jump

Raymond G Graf – 7th, 22 ft 6 in

Broad Jump

Basil C Dickenson – 3rd, 23 ft 5½in

Gould, Henry 'Harry' T – 4th, 23 ft 4½in

John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 5th, 23 ft 2¾in

Hop, Step, Jump

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

High Jump

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

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 2⅝in

Evans, Enid – 10th 15 ft 10¼in

Nell Gould – 12th 14 ft 9½in

Javelin Throw

Jones, Elsie – 5th, 101 ft 8 in

Mitchell, Lena – 6th, 100 ft 3 in

Clarice Kennedy – 7th, 97 ft 3¾in

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 inidian 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)