England at the 1938 British Empire Games

England at the 1938 British Empire Games

CG code	ENG
CGA	Commonwealth Games England
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 15 Silver 15 Bronze 10 Total 40
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

England at the 1938 British Empire Games (abbreviated ENG) was the third appearance of the country at the Commonwealth Games. The Games were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, from 5 February to 12 February 1938.^[1]

England finished second in the medal table behind Australia with 15 gold medals, 15 silver medals and 10 bronze medals.^[2]

Medal table (top three)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	25	19	22	66
2	England	15	15	10	40
3	Canada	13	16	15	44
Totals (3 entries)	53	50	47	150

Team

The athletes that competed are listed below.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Athletics

Men^[6]^[7]

Name	Age	Occupation	Club	Medal
Sandy Duncan	25	Schoolmaster	Achilles Club
Bernard Eeles	24	Accountant	Southgate Harriers	none
Frank Handley	27	Clerk	Salford Harriers	,
Cyril Holmes	22	Drysalter	Manchester University AC	, ,
Harry Lister	22	School teacher	Nottingham University AC	none
Brian MacCabe	23	Advertising	London AC
John Lunn Newman	21	Bank clerk	London AC	none
Bert Norris	39	Civil Servant	Polytechnic Harriers
Henry Pack	25	Police officer	Belgrave Harriers
Ken Richardson	19	Cost clerk	London AC
Bill Roberts	25	Timber salesman	Salford Harriers	,
Lawrence Wallace	20	Student	Ryde Harriers
Peter Ward	24	Stockbroker	Achilles Club
Lawrence Weatherill	32	No profession	South London Harriers	none
Dick Webster	23	Army officer	Achilles Club	none

Women

Name	Age	Occupation	Club	Medal
Dora Gardner	25	Secretary	Middlesex LAC
Mary Holloway	20	Typist	Mitcham AC	none
Winifred Jeffrey	17	Typist	Birchfield Harriers
Gladys Lunn	29	P.O Clerk	Birchfield Harriers
Ethel Raby	23	Comptometer operator	Middlesex LAC	,
Dorothy Saunders	22	Teacher	Spartan LAC
Kathleen Stokes	21	Saleswoman	London Olympiades
Kathleen Tiffen	25	Commercial artist	Mitcham AC	none
Dorothy Tyler-Odam	17	Typist	Mitcham AC

Boxing

Name	Age	Occupation	Club	Medal
William Butler	21	Electrician	Standard BC
Maurice Dennis	24	Mechanic	Northampton Polytechnic ABC
Harry Groves	19	Brewers Drayman	Devas ABC
Alf Harper	24	Mechanic	Aston ABC	none
Joseph Wilby	25	Royal Air Force	RAF BC

Cycling

^[8]

Name	Age	Occupation	Club
Ray Hicks	20	Student	Belle Vue
Ray Jones^[9]	19	Carpenter	Wolverhampton Wheelers
William Maxfield	21	Storekeeper	Kentish Wheelers
Ernie Mills^[9]	24	Engineer	Addiscombe CC

Diving

Men

Name	Age	Occupation	Club	Medal
Doug Tomalin	23	Royal Air Force	RAF/Highgate DC	,

Women

Name	Age	Occupation	Club	Medal
Jean Gilbert	18	Clerk	Jersey	none

Lawn bowls

^[10]

Name	Age	Occupation	Club	Medal
James Cuthbert	64	Retired public works contractor	Wembley BC	none
Tommy Hills	54	Auctioneer & estate agent	Eltham BC	none
George Hiscock	62	Retired relieving officer	Fulham BC	none
Samuel Jones	71	Retired builder	Croydon BC	none
Edward Shuttle	60	Retired employment exchange manager	Reading BC	none
Edward Tappenden	61	Retired private secretary	Hitchin BC	none
Ronald Weeks	52	Retired farmer	Wimscombe BC	none

Rowing

Name	Age	Occupation	Club	Medal
Basil Beazley	24	Electrical engineer	London RC
John Burrough	24	Chemist	London RC
Rhodes Hambridge	26	Medical student	London RC
Peter H. Jackson	25	Accountant	London RC	,
Desmond Kingsford	23	Timber merchant	London RC
Jack Offer	29	Estate manager	Kingston RC
Dick Offer	28	Insurance	Kingston RC
William Reeve	23	Civil engineer	London RC
John Sturrock	22	Army officer	London RC
John Turnbull	21	Cambridge student	London RC
Tim Turner		Australian resident	London RC

Swimming

Men^[10]

Name	Age	Occupation	Club	Medal
Goldup Davies	23	Draughtsman	Otter SC	,
Kenneth Deane	16	Student	Great Yarmouth SC	none
Frederick Dove	20	Insurance clerk	Otter SC	,
Mostyn Ffrench-Williams	23	Civil servant	Penguin SC
Bob Leivers	22	Master butcher	Longton ASA	, ,
Michael Henry Taylor	19	Solicitor's clerk	Sheffield SC	,
Norman Wainwright	23	Clerk	Hanley SC	,

Women^[10]

Name	Age	Occupation	Club	Medal
Lorna Frampton	17	Bank clerk	Hounslow SC
Zilpha Grant	18	Burrough's operator	South Manchester
Joyce Harrowby	16	Student	Leicester SC
Margery Hinton	22	Clerk	Old Trafford SC	,
Edna Hughes	21	Corporation employee	Walsall SC
Margaret Jeffery	17	Bank clerk	Croydon SC
Doris Storey	18	Machinist	East Leeds SC	,
Norman Wainwright	23	Clerk	Hanley SC	,

Wrestling

Name	Age	Occupation	Club	Medal
Ray Cazaux	20	Pastry cook	College PCC, Bradford
Leslie Jeffers	27	Policeman	Metropolitan Police

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"The Empire Games". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 15 September 1937. p. 6. Retrieved 18 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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