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Australia at the 1930 British Empire Games

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Australia at the
1930 British Empire Games
CGF codeAUS
CGAAustralian Commonwealth Games Association
Websitecommonwealthgames.org.au
in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Competitors7 in 4 sports
Flag bearersOpening: Bobby Pearce
[1] Closing:[2]
Officials2
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
3
Silver
4
Bronze
1
Total
8
British Empire Games appearances

Australia at the 1930 British Empire Games was represented by a handful of athletes and abbreviated AUS.

Australia was one of only eleven countries to be represented at these inaugural Games.

At these first Games, Australia won only eight medals against England's 61. The Australians' return home was delayed because the RMS Tahiti on which they were due to travel sank during the Games.[3]

Medallists

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Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Bobby Pearce Rowing Men's Singles Sculls
 Gold Noel Ryan Swimming Men's 440 yards Freestyle
 Gold Noel Ryan Swimming Men's 1500 yards Freestyle
 Silver William Whyte Athletics Men's 1 Mile Run
 Silver Alex Hillhouse Athletics Men's 2 Mile Steeplechase
 Silver Alex Hillhouse Athletics Men's 3 Mile Run
 Silver Dudley Gallagher Boxing Men's Middleweight Division (75 kg)
 Bronze George Golding Athletics Men's 440 Yard Run/Quarter Mile

1930 Australian Team & Results

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Men's 440 Yard Run/Quarter Mile

  • George Augustus Golding – Bronze, 49.6 s (in heat)
  • Herbert Alexander Bascombe – 6th, 49.4 s (in heat)

Men's 880 Yard Run/Half Mile

  • Herbert Alexander Bascombe – 5th in Heat 1
  • George Augustus Golding – Did not finish

Men's 1 Mile Run

  • William "Tickle" Miller Whyte – Silver, 4 min 17.0 s
  • Russell McDougall – 7th

Men's 2 Mile Steeplechase

  • Alex John Hillhouse – Silver

Men's 3 Mile Run

  • Alex John Hillhouse – Silver, 14 min 27.6 s

Men's 6 Mile Run

  • Alex John Hillhouse – Did not start

Men's 4 x 110 Yard Relay

  • Australia – Did not start

Men's Middleweight Division (75 kg)

  • Dudley C. Gallagher – Silver

Men's Singles Sculls

  • Robert Pearce – Gold

Men's 100 Yards Backstroke

  • (Ivan) William Cameron – 4th

Men's 100 Yards Freestyle

  • (Ivan) William Cameron – 4th

Men's 1500 Yards Freestyle

  • Noel Phillip Ryan – Gold, 18 min 55.4 s

Men's 440 Yards Freestyle

  • Noel Phillip Ryan – Gold, 4 min 39.8 s

Officials

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  • Honorary Manager – Hugh Richard Weir (VIC)
  • Honorary Coach-Trainer – Harvey Howard Fargher (VIC)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Flag bearers". Australian Web Archive. Archived from the original on 23 November 1998. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Annual Report 2017" (PDF). Commonwealth Games Australia. Retrieved 11 February 2018.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "EMPIRE GAMES". Recorder (Port Pirie, SA : 1919 – 1954). Port Pirie, SA. 20 August 1930. p. 1. Retrieved 22 May 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
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