Australia at the 1938 British Empire Games

Australia hosted the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, New South Wales and their team was abbreviated AUS. This was their third of 3 Commonwealth Games meets.

Athletics (Men)
Javelin Throw
 * John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 3rd, 182 ft 2$1/4$in
 * James Barlow – 5th, 169 ft 0$1/4$in
 * Goode, David P – 6th, 165 ft 1 in
 * Sheiles, Bert – 7th, 163 ft 10$1/4$in

Discus Throw
 * Harold B Wilson – 4th, 133 ft 2 3/
 * Keith W Pardon – 5th, 130 ft 4$1/4$in
 * William R MacKenzie – 6th, 128 ft 11$1/2$in
 * Button, Adrian – 7th, 125 ft 8$1/2$in

Shot Put
 * Drew, Francis – 3rd, 45 ft 3$3/8$in
 * William C Plummer – 4th, 44 ft 5$5/8$in
 * Harold B Wilson – 5th, 43 ft 3$5/8$in
 * William R MacKenzie – 6th, 42 ft 1$3/4$in

Hammer Throw
 * Keith W Pardon – 2nd, 148 ft 1$1/4$in
 * McNamara, Patrick – 4th, 139 ft 9$1/8$in
 * Rosenblum, Myer E – 5th, 135 ft 9$1/4$in
 * Graham, Leslie – 6th, 131 ft 5$1/4$in

Pole Vault
 * Fletcher, Leslie A – 2nd, 13 ft 0$1/4$in
 * Winter, Edwin J – 5th, 12 ft 9 in
 * Frederick Irvine Woodhouse – 7th, 12 ft 4$1/2$in
 * 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 5$1/2$in
 * Gould, Henry 'Harry' T – 4th, 23 ft 4$1/2$in
 * John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 5th, 23 ft 2$3/4$in

Hop, Step, Jump
 * John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 1st, 50 ft 10 in
 * Miller, D Lloyd – 2nd, 50 ft 6$3/4$in
 * Basil C Dickenson – 3rd, 50 ft 1$3/4$in
 * Raymond G Graf – 4th, 47 ft 11$5/8$in

High Jump
 * Heffernan, Robert – 2nd, 6 ft 2 in
 * Shetliffe, Douglas F – 3rd, 6 ft 2 in
 * Tancred, Peter L – 4th, 6 ft 1$1/4$in 4in
 * John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 7th, 5 ft 11$3/4$in

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 2$5/8$in
 * Evans, Enid – 10th 15 ft 10$1/4$in
 * Nell Gould – 12th 14 ft 9$1/2$in

Javelin Throw
 * Jones, Elsie – 5th, 101 ft 8 in
 * Mitchell, Lena – 6th, 100 ft 3 in
 * Clarice Kennedy – 7th, 97 ft 3$3/4$in

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 Indian 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)