New_Zealand_at_the_1950_British_Empire_Games

New Zealand at the
1950 British Empire Games
New Zealand at the; 1950 British Empire Games
CGF code	NZL
CGA	New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Auckland, New Zealand
Competitors	175
Flag bearers	Opening: Harold Nelson; Closing:
Officials	24
Medals; Ranked 3rd	Gold 10 Silver 22 Bronze 21 Total 53
British Empire Games appearances
	1930; 1934; 1938; 1950; 1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games

Sporting event delegation

New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games was represented by a team of 175 competitors and 24 officials. Selection of the host nation's team for the Games in Auckland, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was Harold Nelson. The New Zealand team finished third on the medal table, winning a total of 53 medals, 10 of which were gold.

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[1] Ranks given are within the heat

[2] Ranks given are within the semifinal

[3] Ranks given are within the heat

[4] Ranks given are within the semifinal

[5] Qualified for the semifinals as the fastest loser

[6] [1]
"N.Z. cycling team assembles for the Empire Games". Wanganui Chronicle. 18 January 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 18 October 2022.

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"British Empire Games: New Zealand fencing team". Bay of Plenty Times. Vol. 78, no. 15114. 25 October 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 18 October 2022.

[8] [3]
"Empire Games: farewell to athletes from Canterbury". The Press. Vol. 86, no. 26019. 24 January 1950. p. 3. Retrieved 18 October 2022.

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"Rowing teams announced". The Press. Vol. 86, no. 26011. 14 January 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 18 October 2022.

[ODT_22_Mar_1950-10] [5]
"Manager's tribute". Otago Daily Times. No. 27345. 22 March 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 18 October 2022.

[11] [6]
"N.Z. Empire Gaines weight-lifting team". Wanganui Chronicle. 19 December 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 18 October 2022.

[GH_16_Mar_1950-12] [7]
"Improvement urged as necessity in N.Z. training of wrestlers". Gisborne Herald. Vol. 77, no. 23204. 16 March 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 18 October 2022.

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Harold Nelson	Athletics	Men's 6 miles
Gold	Yvette Williams	Athletics	Women's long jump
Gold	Frank Creagh	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
Gold	James Pirret	Lawn bowls	Men's singles
Gold	Phil Exelby Robert Henry	Lawn bowls	Men's pairs
Gold	Bill Carroll Bill James Ted Johnson Colin Johnstone John O'Brien	Rowing	Men's coxed four
Gold	Michael Amos Lyall Barry Noel Chambers Buddy Lucas	Swimming	Men's 880 yards freestyle relay
Gold	Harold Cleghorn	Weightlifting	Men's heavyweight
Gold	Doug Mudgway	Wrestling	Men's bantamweight
Gold	John Armitt	Wrestling	Men's featherweight
Silver	June Schoch	Athletics	Women's 80 m hurdles
Silver	John Holland	Athletics	Men's 440 yards hurdles
Silver	Harold Nelson	Athletics	Men's 3 miles
Silver	Shirley Hardman Dorothea Parker Lesley Rowe	Athletics	Women's 440 yards relay
Silver	Bevin Hough	Athletics	Men's long jump
Silver	Yvette Williams	Athletics	Women's javelin throw
Silver	James Beal	Boxing	Men's middleweight
Silver	Christopher Rollinson	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight
Silver	Les Lock	Cycling	Men's 10 mile scratch race
Silver	Nick Carter	Cycling	Men's road race
Silver	Patricia Woodroffe	Fencing	Women's individual foil
Silver	Charles Dearing Austen Gittos Murray Gittos Nathaniel Millar	Fencing	Men's foil team
Silver	Joseph Schneider Desmond Simonson	Rowing	Men's double scull
Silver	David Gould Humphrey Gould	Rowing	Men's coxless pair
Silver	Donald Adam Kerry Ashby Murray Ashby Bruce Culpan Thomas Engel Grahame Jarratt Don Rowlands Edwin Smith Bill Tinnock	Rowing	Men's eight
Silver	Jean Stewart	Swimming	Women's 110 yards backstroke
Silver	Norma Bridson Winifred Griffin Joan Hastings Kristin Jacobi	Swimming	Women's 440 yards freestyle relay
Silver	New Zealand men's water polo team Charles Brown Jim Cameron Terry Harris Bob Hatchwell Barrie Hutchinson Tom Logan Edward Raven Jim Walsh Neil Williams Wally Williams	Water polo	Men's tournament
Silver	Tony George	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight
Silver	Eric Matthews	Wrestling	Men's flyweight
Silver	Arthur Sneddon	Wrestling	Men's light heavyweight
Silver	Pat O'Connor	Wrestling	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Janet Shackleton	Athletics	Women's 80 m hurdles
Bronze	Don Jowett	Athletics	Men's 220 yards
Bronze	Dave Batten	Athletics	Men's 440 yards
Bronze	Maurice Marshall	Athletics	Men's mile
Bronze	Noel Taylor	Athletics	Men's 6 miles
Bronze	Jack Clarke	Athletics	Men's marathon
Bronze	Kevin Beardsley Arthur Eustace Peter Henderson Clem Parker	Athletics	Men's 4 x 110 yards relay
Bronze	Dave Batten John Holland Derek Steward Jack Sutherland	Athletics	Men's 4 x 440 yards relay
Bronze	Noelene Swinton	Athletics	Women's high jump
Bronze	Cleone Rivett-Carnac	Athletics	Women's javelin throw
Bronze	Dave Dephoff	Athletics	Men's long jump
Bronze	Ruth Dowman	Athletics	Women's long jump
Bronze	Jim Barnden	Boxing	Men's lightweight
Bronze	Graham Avery	Cycling	Men's sprint
Bronze	Les Lock	Cycling	Men's 4000 m individual pursuit
Bronze	Jack Stewart	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard
Bronze	Arthur Engebretsen Noel Jolly Fred Russell Pete Skoglund	Lawn bowls	Men's fours
Bronze	Buddy Lucas	Swimming	Men's 440 yards freestyle
Bronze	Buddy Lucas	Swimming	Men's 1650 yards freestyle
Bronze	Lyall Barry Peter Mathieson John Shanahan	Swimming	Men's 330 yards medlay relay
Bronze	Gordon Hobson	Wrestling	Men's lightweight

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	2	6	12	20
Wrestling	2	3	1	6
Lawn bowls	2	0	1	3
Rowing	1	3	0	4
Swimming	1	2	3	6
Boxing	1	2	1	4
Weightlifting	1	1	0	2
Cycling	0	2	2	4
Fencing	0	2	0	2
Water polo	0	1	0	1
Diving	0	0	1	1
Total	10	22	21	53

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	50	14	64
Boxing	8	—	8
Cycling	11	—	11
Diving	2	3	5
Fencing	14	3	17
Lawn bowls	7	—	7
Rowing	19	—	19
Swimming	11	7	18
Water polo	10	—	10
Weightlifting	5	—	5
Wrestling	8	—	8
Total	143	27	170

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank^{[lower-roman 1]}	Result	Rank^{[lower-roman 2]}	Result	Rank
Neil Bates	1 mile	4:25.8	6	—		did not advance
Dave Batten	220 yards	22.4	1 Q	22.2	4	did not advance
Dave Batten	440 yards	48.9	3 Q	48.9	3 Q	48.8
Kevin Beardsley	100 yards	10.2	3 Q	10.2	6	did not advance
Gordon Bromley	Marathon	—				2:46:51.0	7
Jack Clarke	Marathon	—				2:39:26.7
Arthur Eustace	100 yards	9.9	2 Q	10.1	6	did not advance
Lionel Fox	Marathon	—				2:57:47.2	13
Doug Harris	440 yards	DNS		did not advance
Doug Harris	880 yards	DNF		—		did not advance
Peter Henderson	100 yards	9.9	1 Q	9.9	2 Q	9.9	5
Allen Hill	120 yards hurdles		4	—		did not advance
Allen Hill	440 yards hurdles		4	did not advance
John Holland	120 yards hurdles	15.1	3 Q	—		15.1	5
John Holland	440 yards hurdles	53.0	1 Q	53.4	1 Q	52.7
George Hoskins	3 miles	—					12
George Hoskins	6 miles	—				DNS
Don Jowett	220 yards	22.4	1 Q	22.9	2 Q	21.8
Colin Lousich	3 miles	—				14:41.0	6
Colin Lousich	6 miles	—				DNF
Arthur Lydiard	Marathon	—				2:54:51.6	12
Maurice Marshall	1 mile	4:16.8	4 Q	—		4:13.2
John Myles	440 yards		3 Q		5	did not advance
Harold Nelson	3 miles	—				14:27.8
Harold Nelson	6 miles	—				30:29.6
Clem Parker	100 yards	10.0	2 Q	9.9	3 Q	10.0	6
Clem Parker	220 yards	22.6	2 Q	22.0	3 Q	22.2	6
Cliff Simpson	880 yards		4 Q	—		1:56.0	6
Cliff Simpson	1 mile	4:26.6	6	—		did not advance
Jack Sinclair	1 mile	4:19.8	3 Q	—		4:20.0	6
Lionel Smith	120 yards hurdles	14.8	3 Q	—			6
Barry Steel	880 yards		6	—		did not advance
Derek Steward	440 yards hurdles	54.4	1 Q		4	did not advance
Jack Sutherland	440 yards	50.0	3 Q	49.2	1 Q		6
Noel Taylor	3 miles	—					11
Noel Taylor	6 miles	—				30:31.9
Neil Wilson	880 yards	1:53.2	2 Q	—		1:53.7	4
Clem Parker Arthur Eustace Peter Henderson Kevin Beardsley	4 x 110 yards relay	—				42.6
Dave Batten Jack Sutherland Derek Steward John Holland	4 x 440 yards relay	—				3:20.0

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Johnny Borland	High jump	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	4
Johnny Brown	Hammer throw	135 ft 3+1⁄2 in (41.24 m)	9
Max Carr	Discus throw	126 ft 8+3⁄4 in (38.63 m)	8
Max Carr	Hammer throw	140 ft 6+3⁄4 in (42.84 m)	6
Claude Clegg	Javelin throw	175 ft 11 in (53.62 m)	5
Dave Dephoff	Long jump	23 ft 3 in (7.09 m)
Keith Forsythe	Long jump	23 ft 3 in (7.09 m)	4
Keith Forsythe	Triple jump	46 ft 7+3⁄4 in (14.22 m)	5
Arthur Fuller	Hammer throw	143 ft 2+1⁄2 in (43.65 m)	5
Doug Herman	Shot put	44 ft 0 in (13.41 m)	4
Wallace Heron	Pole vault	12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)	4
Bevin Hough	Long jump	23 ft 7+3⁄8 in (7.20 m)
Graham Jeffries	Triple jump	46 ft 2+3⁄4 in (14.09 m)	6
Roy Johnson	Triple jump	47 ft 7+1⁄2 in (14.52 m)	4
Colin Kay	Triple jump	45 ft 7+3⁄4 in (13.91 m)	9
Stan Lay	Javelin throw	175 ft 4 in (53.44 m)	6
Jim Leckie	Hammer throw	136 ft 6 in (41.61 m)	7
Clyde Main	Shot put	41 ft 4 in (12.60 m)	6
George Martin	Pole vault	12 ft 3 in (3.73 m)	6
Raymond McKenzie	High jump	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	11
Keith Morgan	Shot put	43 ft 10 in (13.36 m)	5
Gus Redmond	Discus throw	132 ft 8+3⁄4 in (40.46 m)	5
Eric Rhodes	High jump	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	14
Merv Richards	Pole vault	12 ft 3 in (3.73 m)	8
Roy Woolley	High jump	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	14

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New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games

Medal tables

Competitors

Athletics

Men

Track and road

Field

Women

Track

Field

Boxing

Cycling

Road

Track

Diving

Fencing

Men

Women

Lawn bowls

Rowing

Swimming

Men

Women

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Officials

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Athlete	Event	Quarter Final	Semi Final	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bert Maddern	Flyweight	Edwin (CEY) L	did not advance
Robert Broadhurst	Bantamweight	Walters (CAN) L	did not advance
William Paterson	Featherweight	Brander (ENG) L	did not advance
Jim Barnden	Lightweight	King (SRH) W	Barber (AUS) L	Weighed over	4
James McIvor	Welterweight	Small (SRH) W	Ratcliffe (ENG) L	Withdrew unfit	4
James Beal	Middleweight	—	Bye	van Schalkwyk (SAF) L
Christopher Rollinson	Light heavyweight	—	Bye	Scott (ENG) L
Frank Creagh	Heavyweight	—		Cousins (AUS) W

Athlete	Time	Rank
Nick Carter	3:13:06.5
James Downie	3:13:12.7	7
Ted Lambert	DNF

Athlete	Round 1	Repechage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Graham Avery	Oland (CAN) W 12.8	—	Bazzano (AUS) W 12.9, W 13.0	Patterson (AUS) L, L	Olive (NZL) W 12.8, L, W 13.2
Don Olive	Evans (SRH) Millman (CAN) W 12.9	—	Godwin (ENG) W 12.8, W 12.8	Mockridge (AUS) L, L	Avery (NZL) L, W 12.6, L	4
Allen Stonex	Mockridge (AUS) L	Millman (CAN) W 14.2	Patterson (AUS) L, L	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Joyce Carpenter	Women's 3 m springboard	95.88	7
Owen Jaine	Men's 10 m platform	115.28	6
Betty Moore	Women's 3 m springboard	93.30	8
Mayzod Reid	Women's 3 m springboard	104.29	6
Jack Stewart	Men's 3 m springboard	168.17

Athlete	Round robin			Rank
Athlete	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Rank
H.E. Cox William Elsom J.H. Malcolm J. Shaw Joseph Ward	Canada	England	Australia	4
	Cox v Brooke L 0 – 3 v Pouliot L 1 – 3 v Desjarlais L 1 – 3	Elsom v de Beaumont L 2 – 3 v Paul L 0 – 3 v Anderson W 3 – 2	Elsom v Jay L 0 – 3 v Lund L 0 – 3 v Stanmore L 2 – 3
	Elsom v Desjarlais L 2 – 3 v Brooke L 1 – 3 v Pouliot L 0 – 3	Shaw v Anderson W 3 – 1 v de Beaumont L 1 – 3 v Paul W 3 – 0	Shaw v Jay W 3 – 2 v Lund L 2 – 3 v Stanmore W 3 – 0
	Malcolm v Pouliot L 2 – 3 v Desjarlais D 3 – 3 v Brooke L 1 – 3	Malcolm v Paul L 1 – 3 v Anderson L 1 – 3 v de Beaumont L 0 – 3	Ward v Jay W 3 – 1 v Lund W 3 – 2 v Stanmore L 2 – 3
	Result L 0 – 8	Result L 3 – 6	Result L 4 – 5

Athlete	Event	Round robin				Eliminator	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
James Pirret	Men's singles	Garnett (FIJ) W 25 – 20	Krupp (CAN) W 25 – 22	Newton (AUS) W 26 – 12	Jacobs (SAF) W 25 – 10	—
Robert Henry Phil Exelby	Men's pairs	South Africa W 23 – 16	Australia W 23 – 22	Fiji W 47 – 4	—	—
Arthur Engebretsen Fred Russell Noel Jolly Pete Skoglund	Men's fours	South Africa W 19 – 11	Australia L 14 – 23	Fiji W 41 – 6	—	South Africa L 17 – 22	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tristan Hegglun	Men's single sculls		4
Joe Schneider Des Simonson	Men's double sculls	7:32.0
David Gould Humphrey Gould	Men's coxless pair	8:10.0
Ted Johnson John O'Brien Bill James Bill Carroll Colin Johnstone (cox)	Men's coxed four	7:17.2
Thomas Engel Kerry Ashby Bill Tinnock Murray Ashby Grahame Jarratt Don Rowlands Bruce Culpan Edwin Smith Donald Adam (cox)	Men's eight	6:27.5

4 February 1950	New Zealand	4–11	Australia	Newmarket Olympic Pool
	Hatchwell 2, Logan, W. Williams	Goals	Amadee 4, Johnston 2, French, Bennett, Doerner, Hastie, own goal

6 February 1950	New Zealand	2–13	Australia	Newmarket Olympic Pool
		Goals	Amadee 4, Bennett 5, Johnston 2, Hastie 2

10 February 1950	New Zealand	2–5	Australia	Newmarket Olympic Pool
		Goals

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	9	16	17	42
Female	1	6	4	11
Total	10	22	21	53

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Bev Brewis	High jump	4 ft 10 in (1.47 m)	5
Ruth Dowman	Long jump	18 ft 10 in (5.74 m)
Cleone Rivett-Carnac	Javelin throw	112 ft 11+3⁄4 in (34.44 m)
June Schoch	Long jump	15 ft 3+3⁄4 in (4.67 m)	11
Noeline Swinton	High jump	5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)
Yvette Williams	Javelin throw	124 ft 6+3⁄4 in (37.97 m)
Yvette Williams	Long jump	19 ft 4+5⁄8 in (5.91 m) GR

Athlete	Time	Rank
Alan Dean	DNF
Les Lock
Frank Tredrea		unplaced

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Rank
Australia	3	3	0	0	29	8	+21
New Zealand	3	0	0	3	8	29	-21

Athlete	Event	Press	Snatch	Jerk	Total	Rank
Lewis Lawn	Featherweight				540 lb (244.9 kg)	6
Edwin Norton	Lightweight	200 lb (90.7 kg)	195 lb (88.5 kg)	250 lb (113.4 kg)	645 lb (292.6 kg)	4
Tony George	Middleweight	235 lb (106.6 kg)	225 lb (102.1 kg)	280 lb (127.0 kg)	740 lb (335.7 kg)
Trevor Clark	Light heavyweight	225 lb (102.1 kg)	225 lb (102.1 kg)	280 lb (127.0 kg)	730 lb (331.1 kg)	4
Harold Cleghorn	Heavyweight	285 lb (129.3 kg)	270 lb (122.5 kg)	345 lb (156.5 kg)	900 lb (408.2 kg)