New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games

New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games
New Zealand
 at the Commonwealth Games
New Zealand:
Flag of New Zealand

CGF Code = New Zealand
At the 1950 Commonwealth Games
in Auckland, New Zealand
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 3
Gold
10
Silver
22
Bronze
22
Total
54
Commonwealth Games history (summary)
British Empire Games
1930 • 1934 • 1938 • 1950
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1954 • 1958 • 1962 • 1966
British Commonwealth Games
1970 • 1974
Commonwealth Games
1978 • 1982 • 1986 • 1990 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006  • 2010

New Zealand (abbreviated NZL) had a team of 175 competitors and 24 officials at the 1950 British Empire Games, which were held at Auckland, New Zealand. The flagbearer at the opening ceremony was Harold Nelson.

New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the first British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario. Selection is the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic Committee.

Contents

Games Venue

4th British Empire Games
4th British Empire Games
Host city Auckland, New Zealand
Nations participating 12 Nations of the Empire
Athletes participating 590
Opening ceremony 4 February
Closing ceremony 11 February
Main Stadium Eden Park

The main stadium was at Eden Park. Other venues were the Auckland Town Hall (Boxing & Wrestling), the Drill Hall (Fencing), Western Springs (Cycling, and Closing) Lake Karapiro (Rowing), and the Newmarket Olympic Pool (Swimming). Accommodation was at the Ardmore Teachers' Training College, 23 miles (37 km) away at South Auckland. Total attendance was 246,694 (higher than 1954 (159,636), 1958 (178,621) and 1962 (224,987) [1].

Medals

Gold Silver Bronze Total
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 10 22 22 54


New Zealand was third in the medal table in 1950.

Gold

Athletics:

Gold medal icon.svg Harold Nelson — Men's 6 Miles
Gold medal icon.svg Yvette Williams — Women's Long Jump

Boxing:

Gold medal icon.svg Frank Creagh — Men's Heavyweight 81-91 kg

Lawn Bowls:

Gold medal icon.svg Evan Exelby and Robert Henry — Men's Pairs
Gold medal icon.svg James Pirrett — Men's Singles

Rowing:

Gold medal icon.svg Bill Carroll, Bill James, Ted Johnson, Colin Johnstone and John O'Brien — Men's Coxed Four

Swimming:

Gold medal icon.svg Michael Amos, Lyall Barry, Colin Chambers and Buddy Lucas — Men's 880 yards Freestyle Relay

Weightlifting:

Gold medal icon.svg Harold Cleghorn — Men's 110 kg

Wrestling:

Gold medal icon.svg John Armitt — Men's 62 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Doug Mudgway — Men's 57 kg

Silver

Athletics:

Silver medal icon.svg Shirley Hardman, Dorothea Parker and Lesley Rowe — Women's 440 yards Relay
Silver medal icon.svg John Holland — Men's 440 yards Hurdles
Silver medal icon.svg Bevin Hough — Men's Long Jump
Silver medal icon.svg Harold Nelson — Men's 3 Miles
Silver medal icon.svg June Schoch — Women's 80 m Hurdles
Silver medal icon.svg Yvette Williams — Women's Javelin Throw

Boxing:

Silver medal icon.svg James Beal — Men's Middleweight 71-75 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Christopher Rollinson — Men's Light Heavyweight 75-81 kg

Fencing:

Silver medal icon.svg Charles Dearing, Austin Gittos, Murray Gittos and Nathaniel Millar — Men's Foil Team
Silver medal icon.svg Patricia Woodroffe — Women's Individual Foil

Cycling:

Silver medal icon.svg Nick Carter — Men's Road Race
Silver medal icon.svg Les Lock — Men's 10 Mile Scratch Race

Rowing:

Silver medal icon.svg Donald Adam, Kerry Ashby, Murray Ashby, Bruce Culpan, Thomas Engel, Graham Jarratt, Don Rowlands, Edwin Smith and Bill Tinnock — Men's Eight
Silver medal icon.svg David Gould and Humphrey Gould — Men's Coxless Pair
Silver medal icon.svg Joseph Schneider and Desmond Simonson — Men's Double Sculls

Swimming:

Silver medal icon.svg Norma Bridson, Winifred Griffin, Joan Hastings and Kristin Jacobi — Women's 440 yards Freestyle Relay
Silver medal icon.svg Jean Stewart — Women's 110 yards Backstroke

Weightlifting:

Silver medal icon.svg Bruce George — Men's -75 kg

Wrestling:

Silver medal icon.svg Eric Matthews — Men's 52 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Pat O'Connor — Men's 100 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Arthur Sneddon — Men's 90 kg

Waterpolo:

Silver medal icon.svg Charles Brown, Jim Cameron, Terry Harris, Bob Hatchwell, Barrie Hutchinson, Tom Logan, Edward Raven, Jim Walsh, Neil Williams and Wally Williams — Men's Waterpolo

Bronze

Athletics:

Bronze medal icon.svg Dave Batten, John Holland, Derek Steward and Jack Sutherland — Men's 4 x 440 yards Relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Dave Batten — Men's 440 yards
Bronze medal icon.svg John Clarke — Men's Marathon
Bronze medal icon.svg Dave Dephoff — Men's Long Jump
Bronze medal icon.svg Ruth Dowman — Women's Long Jump
Bronze medal icon.svg Keith Beardsley, Arthur Eustace, Peter Henderson and Clem Parker — Men's 4 x 110 yards Relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Don Jowett — Men's 220 yards
Bronze medal icon.svg Maurice Marshall — Men's Mile
Bronze medal icon.svg Cleone Rivett-Carnac — Women's Javelin Throw
Bronze medal icon.svg Janet Shackleton — Women's 80 m Hurdles
Bronze medal icon.svg Noeline Swinton — Women's High Jump
Bronze medal icon.svg Noel Taylor — Men's 6 Miles

Boxing:

Bronze medal icon.svg J Barnden — Men's Lightweight 57-60 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg James McIvor — Men's Welterweight 64-69 kg

Cycling:

Bronze medal icon.svg Graham Avery — Men's Sprint
Bronze medal icon.svg Les Lock — Men's Individual Pursuit (4000 m)

Diving:

Bronze medal icon.svg Jack Stewart — Men's 1 m Springboard

Bowls:

Bronze medal icon.svg John Englebretson, Noel Jolly, Fred Russell and Pete Skoglund — Men's Fours

Swimming:

Bronze medal icon.svg Lyall Barry, Peter Mathieson and John Shanahan — Men's 330 yards Medley Relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Buddy Lucas — Men's 440 yards Freestyle
Bronze medal icon.svg Buddy Lucas — Men's 1650 yards Freestyle

Wrestling:

Bronze medal icon.svg George Hobson — Men's Lightweight


New Zealand Team

Athletics

See also Athletics at the 1950 British Empire Games

Men

  • 100 yards
Peter Henderson - 5th place (9.9s)
Clem Parker - 6th place (10.0s)
Keith Beardsley - 6th place, semifinal 1 (10.2s)
Arthur Eustace - 6th place, semifinal 2 (10.1s)
  • 220 yards
Donald Jowett - Bronze medal Med 3.png (21.8s)
Clem Parker - 6th place - (22.2s)
Dave Batten - 4th in semifinal (22.2s) - eliminated
  • 440 yards
Dave Batten - Bronze medal Med 3.png (48.8s)
Jack Sutherland - 6th place
John Myles - 5th, semifinal 1
Doug Harris - did not start.
  • 880 yards
Clifford Simpson - 6th place. (1m 56.0s)
Neil Wilson - 8th place. (1m 53.2s in heat 1)
Barry Steel - 6th, heat 2 - eliminated
Doug Harris - did not finish, heat 1.
  • 1 mile
Maurice Marshall - Bronze Medal Med 3.png (4m 13.2s)
Jack Sinclair - 6th place (4m 20s)
Neil Bates- 6th, heat 1 (4m 25.8s) - eliminated
Clifford Simpson - 6th, heat 2 (4m 26.6s)- eliminated
  • 3 miles
Harold Nelson - Silver medal Med 2.png (14m 27.8s)
Colin Lousich - 6th place (14m 41s)
George Hoskins - 12th
Noel Taylor - result not recorded
  • 6 miles
Harold Nelson - Gold medal Med 1.png (30m 29.6s)
Noel Taylor - Bronze medal Med 3.png (30m 31.9s)
Colin Lousich - did not finish.
George Hoskins - Did not start.
  • Marathon
John Clarke - Bronze medal Med 3.png (2h 37m 26.4s)
Gordon Bromley - 7th place (2h 46m 51s)
Arthur Lydiard - 12th place (2h 54m 51.6s)
Lionel Foe - 13th place (2h 57m 47.2s)
  • 120 yards hurdles
John Holland - 5th place (15.1s)
Lionel Smith - 6th place. (14.8s in heat 2)
Allen Hill - 4th, heat 1 (eliminated)
  • 440 yards hurdles
John Holland - Silver medal Med 2.png (52.7s)
Derek Steward - 4th, semifinal - eliminated (54.4s in heat 3)
Allen Hill - 4th, heat 1 (eliminated)
  • 4 x 110 yards relay - Bronze medal Med 3.png (42.6s)
Keith Beardsley, Arthur Eustace, Peter Henderson, Clem Parker
  • 4 x 440 yards relay - Bronze medal Med 3.png (3m 20.0s)
Dave Batten, John Holland, Derek Steward, Jack Sutherland
  • Long jump
Bevin Hough - Silver medal Med 2.png (23ft 7 3/8in (7.20m))
Dave Dephoff - Bronze medal Med 3.png (23ft 3in (7.08m))
Keith Forsythe - 4th place (23ft 3in (7.08m))
  • Triple jump
Roy Johnson - 4th place (47ft 7.5in (14.52m))
Keith Forsythe - 5th place (46ft 7.75in (14.22m))
Graham Jeffries: - 6th place (46ft 2.75in (14.09m))
Colin Kay - 9th place (45ft 7.75in (13.91m))
  • High jump
Johnny Borland - 4th place (6ft 5in (1.95m))
Raymond McKenzie - 11th place (6ft 0in (1.83m))
E Rhodes - 14th place (5ft 9in (1.75m))
Roy Woolley - 14th place (5ft 9in (1.75m))
  • Pole vault
Wallace Heron - 4th place (12ft 9in (3.88m))
George Martin - 6th place (12ft 3in (3.73m))
Merv Richards - 8th place (12ft 3in (3.73m))
  • Discus throw
Gus Redmond - 5th place (132ft 8.75in (40.44m))
Max Carr - 8th place (126ft 8.75in (38.63m))
  • Hammer throw
Arthur Fuller - 5th place (143ft 2.5in (43.65m))
Max Carr - 6th place (140ft 6.75in (42.84m))
James Leckie - 7th place (136ft 6in (41.6m))
Johnny Brown - 9th place (135ft 3.5in (42.84m))
  • Javelin throw
Claude Clegg - 5th place (175ft 11in (53.62m))
Stan Lay - 6th place (175ft 4in (53.44m))
  • Shot put
Doug Herman - 4th place (44ft 0in (13.46m))
Keith Morgan - 5th place (43ft 10in (13.36m))
Clyde Main - 6th place (41ft 4in (12.60m))

Women

  • 100 yards
Dorothea Parker - 4th place (11.2s)
Shirley Hardman - 5th place (11.3s)
Ruth Dickey - 4th in semifinal (11.3s) - eliminated
Colleen Malone - 5th, semifinal 1 (11.6s) - eliminated
  • 220 yards
Dorothea Parker - 4th place (24.8s)
Joan Hart - 5th, semifinal 1 (25.9s in heat)
Lesley Rowe - 6th in semifinal (25.8s) - eliminated
  • 80 metres hurdles
June Schoch - Silver medal Med 2.png (11.6s)
Janet Shackleton - Bronze medal Med 3.png (11.7s)
Noeline Gourley - 4th place, final (11.9s)
Pixie Fletcher - 6th place, heat 2 (11.9s)
  • 440 yards relay - Silver medal Med 2.png (48.7s)
Shirley Hardman, Dorothea Parker, Lesley Rowe
  • 660 yards relay - finished 4th but disqualified (1m 16.8s)
Ruth Dickey, Dorothea Parker, Lesley Rowe, Shirley Hardman
  • Long jump
Yvette Williams - Gold medal Med 1.png (19ft 4 5/8in (5.91m))
Ruth Dickey - Bronze medal Med 3.png (18ft 10in (5.74m))
June Schoch - 11th place (15ft 3.75in (4.66m))
  • High jump
Noeline Swinton - Bronze medal Med 3.png (5ft 1in (1.55m))
Bev Brewis - 5th place (4ft 10in (1.47m))
  • Javelin throw
Yvette Williams - Silver medal Med 2.png (124ft 6.75in (37.96m))
Cleone Rivett-Carnac - Bronze medal Med 3.png (112ft 11.75in (34.43m))

Boxing

  • 48 – 51 kg (flyweight) : Robert Maddern - eliminated
  • 51 – 54 kg (bantamweight): Robert Broadhurst - eliminated
  • 54 – 57 kg (featherweight): William Patterson - eliminated
  • 57 – 60 kg (lightweight): J E Barnden - eliminated
  • 64 – 69 kg (welterweight): James McIvor - eliminated
  • 71 – 75 kg (middleweight): James Beal - Silver medal Med 2.png
  • 75 – 81 kg (light-heavyweight): Christopher Rollinson - Silver medal Med 2.png
  • 81 – 91 kg (heavyweight): Frank Creagh - Gold medal Med 1.png

Cycling

Road

  • Road race - Men
Nick Carter - Silver medal Med 2.png (3h 13m 6.5s)
G Lambert - did not finish.

Track

  • Sprint - Men: Graham Avery - Bronze medal Med 3.png
  • 10 Mile - Men: Alan Dean - Result not recorded.

Officials

  • Chef de Mission: Bill Holley
  • Athletics: Frank Sharpley (coach), James Barnes, J Meek, W N Connell (massage), Pearl Ellis (Chaperone)
  • Boxing: K A Neale (manager), Richard Dunn (trainer), A G Bates (massage)

See also

References

  1. ^ Dheensaw page 35-41
  • The Story of the British Empire Games, Auckland, New Zealand, 1950 (1950, official history by the Organising Committee)
  • The Commonwealth Games: The First 60 Years 1930-1990 by Cleve Dheensaw (1994, Hodder & Stoughton, Canada/New Zealand) ISBN 0 340 60002 0

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