New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games

Sporting event delegation

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

Silver

Bronze

Total

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
* 2026
* 2030

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.

New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

## Medal tables

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New Zealand was third in the medal table in 1950, with a total of 53 medals, including 10 gold.

Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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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
Medals by gender

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

## Competitors

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The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games according to gender and sport.

Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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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

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1950 British Empire Games

### Men

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#### Track and road

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Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank[i] | Result  | Rank[ii] | 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
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
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
440 yards hurdles |  | 4  | did not advance
John Holland | 120 yards hurdles | 15.1 | 3 Q | —  | 15.1 | 5
440 yards hurdles | 53.0 | 1 Q | 53.4 | 1 Q | 52.7 |
George Hoskins | 3 miles | —  |  | 12
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
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 |
6 miles | —  | 30:29.6 |
Clem Parker | 100 yards | 10.0 | 2 Q | 9.9 | 3 Q | 10.0 | 6
220 yards | 22.6 | 2 Q | 22.0 | 3 Q | 22.2 | 6
Cliff Simpson | 880 yards |  | 4 Q | —  | 1:56.0 | 6
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
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 |

1. ^ Ranks given are within the heat
2. ^ Ranks given are within the semifinal

#### Field

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Athlete  | Event  | Final

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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
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
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

### Women

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#### Track

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Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank[i] | Result  | Rank[ii] | Result  | Rank
Ruth Dowman | 100 yards | 11.2 | 2 Q | 11.3 | 4  | did not advance
Pixie Fletcher | 80 m hurdles | 11.9 | 2 Q | —  |  | 5
Noeline Gourley | 80 m hurdles | 11.5 | 1 Q | —  | 11.9 | 4
Shirley Hardman | 100 yards | 11.2 | 2 Q | 11.2 | 3 Q | 11.3 | 5
Joan Hart | 220 yards | 25.9 | 3 Q |  | 5  | did not advance
Colleen Malone | 100 yards | 11.6 | 3 Q | 11.6 | 5  | did not advance
220 yards |  | 5  | did not advance
Dorothea Parker | 100 yards | 11.2 | 3 Q | 11.2 | 3 Q | 11.2 | 4
220 yards | 25.4 | 2 Q | 25.1 | 3 Q | 24.8 | 4
Lesley Rowe | 220 yards | 25.5 | 3 Q | 25.8 | 3 Q |  | 6
June Schoch | 80 m hurdles | 11.4 | 2 Q | —  | 11.6 |
Janet Shackleton | 80 m hurdles | 11.4 | 3 Q | —  | 11.7 |
Lesley Rowe
Shirley Hardman
Dorothea Parker | 440 yards relay | —  | 48.7 |
Ruth Dowman
Dorothea Parker
Lesley Rowe
Shirley Hardman | 660 yards relay | —  | DQ

1. ^ Ranks given are within the heat
2. ^ Ranks given are within the semifinal

#### Field

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Athlete  | Event  | Final

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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) |
Long jump | 19 ft 4+5⁄8 in
(5.91 m) GR |

## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1950 British Empire Games

Athlete  | Event  | Quarter Final  | Semi Final  | Final / BM | Rank

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Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result
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 |

## Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1950 British Empire Games

### Road

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Men's road race
Athlete  | Time  | Rank

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Nick Carter | 3:13:06.5  |
James Downie | 3:13:12.7  | 7
Ted Lambert | DNF

### Track

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Men's 1000 m sprint
Athlete  | Round 1  | Repechage  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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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

Men's 1 km time trial
Athlete  | Time  | Rank

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Graham Hughes | 1:17.1  | 8
Les Lock | 1:16.2  | 5
Malcolm Simpson | 1:16.5  | =6

Men's 4000 m individual pursuit
Athlete  | Round 1  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Time  | Opposition
Time  | Opposition
Time  | Rank
Les Lock |  Hamilton (SCO)
L 5:29.6[i] |  Cartwright (ENG)
L |  Hamilton (SCO)
W 5:26.7  |

1. ^ Qualified for the semifinals as the fastest loser

Men's 10 miles track race
Athlete  | Time  | Rank

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Alan Dean | DNF
Les Lock |  |
Frank Tredrea |  | unplaced

## Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1950 British Empire Games

Athlete  | Event  | Points  | Rank

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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  |

## Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1950 British Empire Games

### Men

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Individual épée
Athlete  | Elimination pool  | Final pool  | Rank

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result
Stephen Elsom |  Paul (ENG)
L 0 – 3  |  Pouliot (CAN)
L 2 – 3  |  Lund (AUS)
L 0 – 3  |  Jay (AUS)
L 0 – 3  |  Brooke (CAN)
L 0 – 3  |  Usher (SCO)
L 2 – 3  | did not advance
J. Shaw |  Ward (NZL)
L 1 – 3  |  Anderson (ENG)
W 3 – 1  |  Gibson (AUS)
L 0 – 3  |  de Beaumont (ENG)
L 1 – 3  |  Desjarlais (CAN)
L 0 – 3  | —  | did not advance
Joseph Ward |  Shaw (NZL)
W 3 – 1  |  Desjarlais (CAN)
L 2 – 3  |  de Beaumont (ENG)
L 2 – 3  |  Anderson (ENG)
W 3 – 2  |  Gibson (AUS)
W 3 – 1  | —  |  Lund (AUS)
L 2 – 3  |  Desjarlais (CAN)
W 3 – 2  |  Anderson (ENG)
W 3 – 2  |  de Beaumont (ENG)
L 1 – 3  |  Paul (ENG)
L 1 – 3  |  Jay (AUS)
L 1 – 3  | =6

Individual foil
Athlete  | Elimination pool  | Final pool  | Rank

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result
Charles Dearing |  M. Gittos (NZL)
L 4 – 5  |  Anderson (ENG)
L 0 – 5  |  Desjarlais (CAN)
L 3 – 5  |  Dean (AUS)
W 5 – 3  |  Pilbrow (ENG)
L 3 – 5  | did not advance
Austen Gittos |  Paul (ENG)
L 3 – 5  |  Pouliot (CAN)
L 2 – 5  |  Fethers (AUS)
L 2 – 5  |  Brooke (CAN)
L 2 – 5  |  Jay (AUS)
W 5 – 4  |  M. Gittos (NZL)
W 5 – 3  |  Desjarlais (CAN)
L 3 – 5  |  Paul (ENG)
L 2 – 5  |  Pilbrow (ENG)
W 5 – 1  |  Pouliot (CAN)
W 5 – 2  |  Fethers (AUS)
L 1 – 5  |  Anderson (ENG)
W 5 – 3  | 4
Murray Gittos |  Dearing (NZL)
W 5 – 4  |  Dean (AUS)
W 5 – 3  |  Pilbrow (ENG)
W 5 – 3  |  Desjarlais (CAN)
W 5 – 3  |  Anderson (ENG)
L 2 – 5  |  A. Gittos (NZL)
L 3 – 5  |  Fethers (AUS)
L 3 – 5  |  Anderson (ENG)
W 5 – 3  |  Pouliot (CAN)
L 2 – 5  |  Pilbrow (ENG)
L 3 – 5  |  Paul (ENG)
L 2 – 5  |  Desjarlais (CAN)
L 3 – 5  | 8

Individual sabre
Athlete  | Elimination pool  | Final pool  | Rank

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result
Trevor Hadley |  Anderson (ENG)
L 1 – 5  |  Pouliot (CAN)
L 1 – 5  |  Gibson (AUS)
L 2 – 5  |  Brooke (CAN)
L 1 – 5  |  Jay (AUS)
L 3 – 5  | did not advance
Julius Stafford |  Wright (NZL)
L 3 – 5  |  Paul (ENG)
L 0 – 5  |  Desjarlais (CAN)
L 3 – 5  |  Pilbrow (ENG)
L 1 – 5  |  Dean (AUS)
W 5 – 4  | did not advance
Dudley Wright |  Stafford (NZL)
W 5 – 3  |  Dean (AUS)
W 5 – 1  |  Pilbrow (ENG)
L 3 – 5  |  Paul (ENG)
L 4 – 5  |  Desjarlais (CAN)
W 5 – 2  |  Gibson (AUS)
L 4 – 5  |  Paul (ENG)
W 5 – 3  |  Brooke (CAN)
W 5 – 2  |  Desjarlais (CAN)
W 5 – 2  |  Anderson (ENG)
L 0 – 5  |  Pouliot (CAN)
L 1 – 5  |  Pilbrow (ENG)
L 3 – 5  | =4

Team épée
Athlete  | Round robin  | Rank

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Round 1  | Round 2  | Round 3
Eric Cox
Stephen 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

Team foil
Athlete  | Round robin  | Rank

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Round 1  | Round 2  | Round 3
Charles Dearing
Austen Gittos
Murray Gittos
Nathaniel Millar |  Canada |  Australia |  England |
Dearing
v Desjarlais W 5 – 2
v Pouliot L 1 – 5
v Brooke W 5 – 4  |  |
A. Gittos
v Desjarlais W 5 – 0
v Pouliot L 1 – 5
v Brooke W 5 – 1

M. Gittos
v Desjarlais L 4 – 5
v Pouliot W 5 – 2
v Brooke W 5 – 2
Result
W 6 – 3  | Result
L 4 – 5  | Result
L 3 – 6

Team sabre
Athlete  | Round robin  | Rank

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Round 1  | Round 2  | Round 3
Eric Flaws
Trevor Hadley
Allan McLeavey
Julius Stafford
Dudley Wright |  Australia |  Canada |  England | 4
Hadley
v Booth
v Chillug
v Dean
1 win, 2 losses  | Hadley
v Brooke L
v Pouliot L
v Desjarlais L | Flaws
v de Beaumont L 1 – 5
v Pilbrow L 1 – 5
v Anderson L 4 – 5
McLeavey
v Booth L
v Chillug L
v Dean L | Stafford
v Brooke L
v Pouliot L
v Desjarlais L | McLeavey
v Pilbrow L 1 – 5
v Anderson L 2 – 5
v de Beaumont W 5 – 3
Wright
v Booth
v Chillug
v Dean
2 wins, 1 loss  | Wright
v Brooke W
v Pouliot W
v Desjarlais W | Stafford
v Anderson L 1 – 5
v de Beaumont L 0 – 5
v Pilbrow L 2 – 5
Result
L 3 – 6  | Result
L 3 – 6  | Result
L 1 – 8

### Women

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Individual foil
Athlete  | Final pool  | Rank

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result
Florence Andrews |  Pym (AUS)
L 3 – 4  |  Glen-Haig (ENG)
L 1 – 4  |  Stokes (AUS)
L 2 – 4  |  Wilson (AUS)
W 4 – 2  |  Hamilton (CAN)
L 1 – 4  |  Woodroffe (NZL)
L 0 – 4  |  Jekyll (NZL)
W 4 – 1  | 6
Olga Jekyll |  Hamilton (CAN)
W 4 – 0  |  Wilson (AUS)
W 4 – 2  |  Pym (AUS)
L 2 – 4  |  Glen-Haig (ENG)
L 2 – 4  |  Stokes (AUS)
W 4 – 3  |  Woodroffe (NZL)
L 2 – 4  |  Andrews (NZL)
L 1 – 4  | 5
Patricia Woodroffe |  Wilson (AUS)
W 4 – 1  |  Hamilton (CAN)
W 4 – 0  |  Glen-Haig (ENG)
L 2 – 4  |  Stokes (AUS)
W 4 – 1  |  Pym (AUS)
W 4 – 2  |  Jekyll (NZL)
W 4 – 2  |  Andrews (NZL)
W 4 – 0  |

## Lawn bowls

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Main article: Lawn bowls at the 1950 British Empire Games

Athlete  | Event  | Round robin  | Eliminator  | Final  | Rank

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Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score
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  |

## Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1950 British Empire Games

Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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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  |

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1950 British Empire Games

### Men

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Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Final

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Michael Amos | 110 yards freestyle | 1:01.9 | 6 Q | 1:02.5 | 6
440 yards freestyle | 5:06.1 | 6 Q | 5:08.1 | 5
Lyall Barry | 110 yards freestyle | 1:03.2 | =8  | did not advance
Colin Callan | 220 yards breaststroke | 3:05.7 | 6 Q | 3:09.8 | 6
Colin Chambers | 1650 yards freestyle | 21:46.6 | 6 Q | 21:45.3 | 6
Noel Chambers | 440 yards freestyle | 5:14.1 | 10  | did not advance
Trevor Eagle | 220 yards breaststroke | 3:01.4 | 5 Q | 3:02.9 | 5
Roger Gibbs | 110 yards backstroke | 1:18.7 | 9  | did not advance
Peter Hanan | 110 yards freestyle | 1:04.4 | 10  | did not advance
Buddy Lucas | 440 yards freestyle | 4:48.9 | 2 Q | 5:02.5 |
1650 yards freestyle | 20:11.2 | 1 Q | 20:10.1 |
Peter Mathieson | 110 yards backstroke | 1:13.7 | 5  | 1:13.6 | 4
John Shanahan | 220 yards breaststroke | 2:57.4 | 3 Q | 2:59.8 | 4
Peter Mathieson
John Shanahan
Lyall Barry | 3 x 110 yards medley relay | —  | 3:30.1 |
Lyall Barry
Buddy Lucas
Noel Chambers
Michael Amos | 4 x 220 yards freestyle relay | —  | 9:27.7 |

### Women

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Norma Bridson | 110 yards freestyle | 1:11.0 | 4 Q | 1:11.2 | 5
Winifred Griffin | 110 yards freestyle | 1:10.1 | 2 Q | 1:11.9 | 6
440 yards freestyle | 5:38.4 | 3 Q | 5:39.4 | 4
Kristin Jacobi | 110 yards freestyle | 1:13.4 | 11  | did not advance
Helen Mackenzie | 440 yards freestyle | 5:47.6 | 8  | did not advance
Jean Stewart | 110 yards backstroke | 1:18.6 GR | 1 Q | 1:19.1 |
Margaret Sweeney | 220 yards breaststroke | —  | 3:28.2 | 6
Jean Stewart
Margaret Sweeney
Winifred Griffin | 3 x 110 yards medley relay | —  | DQ
Kristin Jacobi
Norma Bridson
Winifred Griffin
Joan Hastings | 4 x 110 yards freestyle relay | —  | 4:48.7 |

## Water polo

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Main article: Water polo at the 1950 British Empire Games

Team roster

Charles Brown, Jim Cameron, Terry Harris, Bob Hatchwell, Barrie Hutchinson, Tom Logan (c), Edward Raven, Jim Walsh, Neil Williams, Wally Williams

Game 1
4 February 1950  |  New Zealand | 4-11  |  Australia | Newmarket Olympic Pool

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Hatchwell 2, Logan, W. Williams | Goals | Amadee 4, Johnston 2, French, Bennett, Doerner, Hastie, own goal

Game 2
6 February 1950  |  New Zealand | 2-13  |  Australia | Newmarket Olympic Pool

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| Goals | Amadee 4, Bennett 5, Johnston 2, Hastie 2

Game 3
10 February 1950  |  New Zealand | 2-5  |  Australia | Newmarket Olympic Pool

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Final standings
Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Rank

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New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 29 | -21 |

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1950 British Empire Games

Athlete  | Event  | Press  | Snatch  | Jerk  | Total  | Rank

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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)  |

## Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1950 British Empire Games

Athlete  | Event  | Elimination rounds  | Final  | Rank

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Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result
Eric Matthews | Flyweight | —  |  Harris (AUS)
L |
Doug Mudgway | Bantamweight | —  |  Chapman (AUS)
W |
John Armitt | Featherweight |  Parsons (ENG)
W |  Hayman (AUS)
W | —  |  Milord (CAN)
W |
Gordon Hobson | Lightweight |  Dick Garrard (AUS)
L |  Plumb (CAN)
L | Eliminated  |
Jack Monaghan | Welterweight |  Little (AUS)
L |  Hudson (CAN)
L | Eliminated
Peter Fletcher | Middleweight |  Vachon (CAN)
L |  Bowey (ENG)
W |  Arthur (AUS)
L | Eliminated
Arthur Sneddon | Light heavyweight | —  |  Trevaskis (AUS)
W | —  |  Morton (SAF)
L |
Pat O'Connor | Heavyweight |  Armstrong (AUS)
L |  Ovendon (CAN)
W |  Richmond (ENG)
W | —  |

## Officials

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* Team manager – Bill Holley
* Athletics
* Manager – Jim Barnes
* Chaperone – Pearl Ellis
* Coach – Frank Sharpley
* Masseurs – J. Meek, W. N. Connell
* Boxing
* Manager – K. A. Neale
* Trainer – Richard Dunn
* Masseur – A. G. Bates
* Cycling manager – Cliff Chainey[1]
* Fencing manager – T. H. Wilson[2]
* Lawn bowls manager – J. R. Smith[3]
* Rowing masseur – C. G. Fearon[4]
* Swimming
* Manager – Len Moorhouse[5]
* Chaperone – Winifred Bridson[5]
* Coach – D. F. Watson[5]
* Weightlifting manager / coach – C. S. McDonald[6]
* Wrestling
* Manager – J. W. Steele[7]
* Coach / assistant manager – Vic Rawle[7]

## See also

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* New Zealand Olympic Committee
* New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games
* New Zealand at the 1948 Summer Olympics
* New Zealand at the 1952 Summer Olympics

## Notes

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1. ^ "N.Z. cycling team assembles for the Empire Games". Wanganui Chronicle. 18 January 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
2. ^ "British Empire Games: New Zealand fencing team". Bay of Plenty Times. Vol. 78, no. 15114\. 25 October 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
3. ^ "Empire Games: farewell to athletes from Canterbury". The Press. Vol. 86, no. 26019\. 24 January 1950. p. 3. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
4. ^ "Rowing teams announced". The Press. Vol. 86, no. 26011\. 14 January 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
5. ^ a b c "Manager's tribute". Otago Daily Times. No. 27345\. 22 March 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
6. ^ "N.Z. Empire Gaines weight-lifting team". Wanganui Chronicle. 19 December 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
7. ^ a b "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.

## References

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* 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
* "Empire Games 1950 souvenir issue". New Zealand Sportsman. 4 (8). 8 March 1950.

## External links

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* NZOC website on the 1950 games
* Commonwealth Games Federation website
* Athletes in the 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand has a paragraph on these Games

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1950 New Zealand British Empire Games team

Athletics|

* Neil Bates
* Dave Batten
* Kevin Beardsley
* Johnny Borland
* Bev Brewis
* Gordon Bromley
* Johnny Brown
* Max Carr
* Jack Clarke
* Claude Clegg
* Dave Dephoff
* Ruth Dowman
* Arthur Eustace
* Pixie Fletcher
* Keith Forsythe
* Lionel Fox
* Arthur Fuller
* Noeline Gourley
* Shirley Hardman
* Doug Harris
* Joan Hart
* Peter Henderson
* Doug Herman
* Wallace Heron
* Allen Hill
* John Holland
* George Hoskins
* Bevin Hough
* Graham Jeffries
* Roy Johnson
* Don Jowett
* Colin Kay
* Stan Lay
* Jim Leckie
* Colin Lousich
* Arthur Lydiard
* Clyde Main
* Colleen Malone
* Maurice Marshall
* George Martin
* Raymond McKenzie
* Keith Morgan
* John Myles
* Harold Nelson
* Dorothea Parker
* Clem Parker
* Gus Redmond
* Eric Rhodes
* Merv Richards
* Cleone Rivett-Carnac
* Lesley Rowe
* June Schoch
* Janet Shackleton
* Cliff Simpson
* Jack Sinclair
* Lionel Smith
* Barry Steel
* Derek Steward
* Jack Sutherland
* Noelene Swinton
* Noel Taylor
* Yvette Williams
* Neil Wilson
* Roy Woolley

Boxing|

* Jim Barnden
* James Beal
* Robert Broadhurst
* Frank Creagh
* Bert Maddern
* James McIvor
* William Paterson
* Christopher Rollinson

Cycling|

* Graham Avery
* Nick Carter
* Alan Dean
* James Downie
* Graham Hughes
* Ted Lambert
* Les Lock
* Don Olive
* Malcolm Simpson
* Allen Stonex
* Frank Tredrea

Diving|

* Joyce Carpenter
* Owen Jaine
* Betty Moore
* Mayzod Reid
* Jack Stewart

Fencing|

* Florence Andrews
* Eric Cox
* Charles Dearing
* Stephen Elsom
* Eric Flaws
* Austen Gittos
* Murray Gittos
* Trevor Hadley
* Olga Jekyll
* J.H. Malcolm
* Allan McLeavey
* Nathaniel Millar
* J. Shaw
* Julius Stafford
* Joseph Ward
* Patricia Woodroffe
* Dudley Wright

Lawn bowls|

* Arthur Engebretsen
* Phil Exelby
* Robert Henry
* Noel Jolly
* James Pirret
* Fred Russell
* Pete Skoglund

Rowing|

* Donald Adam
* Kerry Ashby
* Murray Ashby
* Bill Carroll
* Bruce Culpan
* Thomas Engel
* David Gould
* Humphrey Gould
* Tristan Hegglun
* Bill James
* Grahame Jarratt
* Ted Johnson
* Colin Johnstone
* John O'Brien
* Don Rowlands
* Joe Schneider
* Des Simonson
* Edwin Smith
* Bill Tinnock

Swimming|

* Michael Amos
* Lyall Barry
* Norma Bridson
* Colin Callan
* Colin Chambers
* Noel Chambers
* Trevor Eagle
* Roger Gibbs
* Winifred Griffin
* Peter Hanan
* Joan Hastings
* Kristin Jacobi
* Buddy Lucas
* Helen Mackenzie
* Peter Mathieson
* John Shanahan
* Jean Stewart
* Margaret Sweeney

Water polo|

* Charles Brown
* Jim Cameron
* Terry Harris
* Bob Hatchwell
* Barrie Hutchinson
* Tom Logan
* Edward Raven
* Jim Walsh
* Neil Williams
* Wally Williams

Weightlifting|

* Trevor Clark
* Harold Cleghorn
* Tony George
* Lewis Lawn
* Edwin Norton

Wrestling|

* John Armitt
* Peter Fletcher
* Gordon Hobson
* Eric Matthews
* Jack Monaghan
* Doug Mudgway
* Pat O'Connor
* Arthur Sneddon

Chef de Mission: Bill Holley

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