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The 1930 British Empire Games were the first of what later become known as the Commonwealth Games, and were held in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada from August 16-23 1930.

The events included Athletics, Boxing, Lawn Bowls, Rowing, Swimming, and Wrestling. The opening ceremonies and many events were held at the Civic Stadium (now Ivor Wynne Stadium) in east Hamilton.^[1]

Participating Teams

There were 11 teams participating in these first British Empire Games:

Medals by country

Total		59	57	49	165
1	England	25	23	13	61
2	Canada	20	15	19	54
3	South Africa	6	4	7	17
4	New Zealand	3	4	2	9
5	Australia	3	4	1	8
6	Scotland	2	3	5	10
7	Wales	0	2	1	3
8	British Guiana	0	1	1	2
9	Ireland	0	1	0	1

Medals by event

Athletics

All events were for men only.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Percy Williams (CAN)	9.9	Ernest Page (ENG)	10.2e	Johnny Fitzpatrick (CAN)
220 yards	Stanley Engelhart (ENG)	21.8	Johnny Fitzpatrick (CAN)		William Walters (RSA)
440 yards	Alex Wilson (CAN)	48.8	William Walters (RSA)	48.9e	George Golding (AUS)
880 yards	Tommy Hampson (ENG)	1:52	Reg Thomas (ENG)	1:55.5e	Alex Wilson (CAN)	1:55.6e
1 mile	Reg Thomas (ENG)	04:14	William Whyte (AUS)	4:17.0e	Jerry Cornes (ENG)
3 miles	Stan Tomlin (ENG)	14:27	Alex Hillhouse (AUS)	14:27.6e	Jack Winfield (ENG)	14:28e
6 miles	Billy Savidan (NZL)	30:50	Ernie Harper (ENG)	31:01.6e	Tom Evenson (ENG)
Marathon	Dunky Wright (SCO)	2:43:43	Sam Ferris (ENG)	+880yd	Johnny Miles (CAN)	+300yd
3000 metres steeplechase	George Bailey (ENG)	9:52	Alex Hillhouse (AUS)		Vernon Morgan (ENG)
120 yards hurdles	David Burghley (ENG)	14.6	Howard Davies (RSA)	14.7e	Fred Gaby (ENG)
440 yards hurdles	David Burghley (ENG)	54.4	Roger Leigh-Wood (ENG)	55.9e	Douglas Neame (ENG)
High jump	Johannes Viljoen (RSA)	1.90	Colin Gordon	1.88	William Stargratt (CAN)	1.85
Pole vault	Vic Pickard (CAN)	3.73	Howard Ford (ENG)	3.73	Robert Stoddard (CAN)
Long jump	Len Hutton (CAN)	7.20	Reg Revans (ENG)	6.96	Johannes Viljoen (RSA)	6.86
Triple jump	Gordon Smallacombe (CAN)	14.76	Reg Revans (ENG)	14.29	Len Hutton (CAN)	13.90
Shot put	Harry Hart (RSA)	14.58	Robert Howland (ENG)	13.46	Charlie Herman (CAN)	12.98
Discus throw	Harry Hart (RSA)	41.43	Charlie Herman (CAN)	41.22	Abe Zvonkin (CAN)	41.17
Hammer throw	Malcolm Nokes (ENG)	47.13	Bill Britton (IRL)	46.89	John Cameron (CAN)	44.45
Javelin throw	Stanley Lay (NZL)	63.13	Doral Pilling (CAN)	55.93	Harry Hart (RSA)	53.21
4×110 yards relay	Canada	42.2	England	42.7e	South Africa
4×440 yards relay	England	3:19	Canada	3:19.8e	South Africa

Bowls

All events were for men only.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Singles	Robert Colquhoun (ENG)	J.G. Thomas (RSA)	William Fielding (NZL)
Pairs	Tommy Hills and George Wright (ENG)	William Fielding and Peter McWhannell (NZL)	W.H. Moore and Arthur Reid (CAN)
Fours	England	Canada	Scotland

Boxing

All events were for men only.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight	Jacob Smith (RSA)	Thomas Pardoe (ENG)	Ross Galloway (CAN)
Bantamweight	Harry Mizler (ENG)	Tommy Holt (SCO)	John Keller (CAN)
Featherweight	Freddie Meacham (ENG)	Lawrence Stevens (RSA)	Alex Lyon (SCO)
Lightweight	James Rolland (SCO)	Cosmos Canzano (CAN)	Albert Love (ENG)
Welterweight	Leonard Hall (RSA)	Howard Williams (CAN)	Fred Brooman (ENG)
Middleweight	Frederick Mallin (ENG)	Dudley Gallagher (AUS)	Ernest Peirce (RSA)
Light heavyweight	Joe Goyder (ENG)	Joey Basson (ENG)	A. Pitcher (CAN)
Heavyweight	Victor Stuart (ENG)	William Skimming (CAN)

Rowing

All events were for men only.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Single sculls	Henry "Bobby" Pearce (AUS)	8:04	Jack Beresford (ENG)		Fred Bradley (ENG)
Double sculls	Elswood Bole and Bob Richards (CAN)	7:48
Coxless fours	England F.M.L Fitzwilliams A.J. Halby Arthur Edwards Humphrey Boardman	7:05	Canada J. Gayner J. Fleming O.G. Bellew H.J. Pelham	+2 lgths	New Zealand Barry Johnson Vic Olsson Alex Ross Charley Saunders
Coxed fours	New Zealand Mick Brough John MacDonald Ben Waters Bert Sandos Arthur Eastwood	8:02	Canada B.L. Gales R.S. Evans J.A. Butler H.R. McCuaig A. Miles	+2 lgths	British Guiana J.I. Matthews F.O. Gomes B.P. Bagley E.M. Gonsalves J. Jardine
Eights	England	6:37	New Zealand	+0.75 lgths	Canada	+4 lgths

In the double sculls event, only Canada was represented, so the organisers simply invited a couple of crews from the United States to provide some opposition.

Swimming

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yd freestyle	Munroe Bourne (CAN)	56.0	Norman Brooks (ENG)	56.1	Bert Gibson (CAN)
440 yd freestyle	Noel Ryan (AUS)	5:03.4	Gordon Bridson (NZL)		George Burleigh (CAN)
1500 yd freestyle	Noel Ryan (AUS)	18:55.4	Gordon Bridson (NZL)	19:41	George Burleigh (CAN)
100 yd backstroke	Bill Trippett (ENG)	1:05.4	Willie Francis (SCO)	1:06	John Besford (ENG)	1:07
220 yd breaststroke	Jack Aubin (CAN)	2:35.4	Stanley Bell (ENG)	2:40	Reggie Flint (ENG)	2:45
4×200 yd freestyle relay	Canada Bert Gibson Munro Bourne George Burleigh Jimmy Thompson	8:42.4	England Freddie Milton Norman Brooks Watts Whiteside	8:43

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yd freestyle	Joyce Cooper (ENG)	1:03.0	Ellen King (SCO)	1:07	Valerie Davies (WAL)
440 yd freestyle	Joyce Cooper (ENG)	5:25	Valerie Davies (WAL)	5:28	Sarah Stewart (SCO)
100 yd backstroke	Joyce Cooper (ENG)	1:15	Valerie Davies (WAL)	1:17	Phyllis Harding (ENG)	1:18
220 yd breaststroke	Celia Wolstenholme (ENG)	3:06.3	Margery Hinton (ENG)		Ellen King (SCO)
4×100 yd freestyle relay	England Joyce Cooper Doreen Cooper Olive Joynes Phyllis Harding	4:32.8	Canada Elizabeth Edwards Irene Pirie-Milton Marjorie Linton Peggy Bailey	4:33.0	Scotland Cissie Stewart Ellen King Jean McDowall Jessie McVey	4:37.0

Diving

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 m springboard	Alfred Phillips (CAN)	147	Cyril Kennett (CAN)	138	Arthur Stott (CAN)	127
10 m platform	Alfred Phillips (CAN)	90.6	Samuel Walker (CAN)	83.3	Thomas Scott (ENG)	82.3

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 m springboard	Oonagh Whitsett (RSA)	90.1	Doris Ogilvie (CAN)	89.7	Mollie Bailey (CAN)	88.7
10 m platform	Pearl Stoneham (CAN)	39.3	Helen McCormack (CAN)	38.3

Wrestling

All events were for men only.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bantamweight	James Trifunov (CAN)	Joseph Reid (ENG)
Featherweight	Cliff Chilcott (CAN)
Lightweight	Howard Thomas (CAN)	Harold Angus (ENG)
Welterweight	Reg Priestley (CAN)	Harry Johnson (ENG)
Middleweight	Mike Chepwick (CAN)	Stanley Bissell (ENG)	Max Thiel (RSA)
Light heavyweight	Bill McIntyre (CAN)	Edgar Bacon (ENG)
Heavyweight	Earl McCready (CAN)	Alex Sanguine (ENG)

References

^ ""Tigertown Triumphs"" (Press release). The Hamilton Spectator-Memory Project (Souvenir Edition) page MP56. 2006-06-10. {{cite press release}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

Commonwealth Games Official Site
1930 British Empire Games at the official Guernsey site
1930 British Empire Games - Australian Commonwealth Games official website

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