British Empire Games 1950 / Athletics

At the British Empire Games in Auckland in 1950 , a total of 28 athletics competitions were held between February 4 and 11, 20 of which were for men and eight for women. The venue was Eden Park .

Men

100 yard run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	John Treloar	OUT	09.7
2	Bill de Gruchy	OUT	09.8
3	Donald Pettie	CAN	09.8
4th	Alastair Gordon	OUT	09.9
5	Peter Henderson	NZL	09.9
6th	Clem Parker	NZL	10.0

Final: February 4th

220 yards run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	John Treloar	OUT	21.5
2	David Johnson	OUT	21.8
3	Don Jowett	NZL	21.8
4th	Alastair Gordon	OUT	21.9
5	Donald Pettie	CAN	21.9
6th	Clem Parker	NZL	22.2

Final: February 9th

440 yards run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Edwin Carr	OUT	47.9
2	Leslie Lewis	CLOSELY	48.0
3	David Batten	NZL	48.8
4th	Derek Pugh	CLOSELY
5	Ross Price	OUT
6th	Jack Sutherland	NZL

Final: February 11th

880 yards run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	John Parlett	CLOSELY	1: 53.1
2	Jack Hutchins	CAN	1: 53.4
3	Bill Parnell	CAN	1: 53.4
4th	David White	OUT	1: 53.7
5	Thomas White	CLOSELY	1: 53.9
6th	Clifford Simpson	NZL	1: 56.0
7th	Schalk Booysen	SAF
8th	Neil Wilson	NZL

Final: February 7th

Mile run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Bill Parnell	CAN	4: 11.0
2	Len Eyre	CLOSELY	4: 11.8
3	Maurice Marshall	NZL	4: 13.2
4th	John Marks	OUT	4: 14.8
5	Thomas White	CLOSELY	4: 15.0
6th	Jack Sinclair	NZL	4: 20.0
7th	Don MacMillan	OUT
8th	Jack Hutchins	CAN

Final: February 11th

Three mile run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Len Eyre	CLOSELY	14: 23.6
2	Harold Nelson	NZL	14: 27.8
3	Anthony Chivers	CLOSELY	14: 28.1
4th	Alan Merrett	OUT	14: 34.0
5	Ken MacDonald	OUT	14: 35.9
6th	Colin Lousich	NZL	14: 41.0
7th	Les Perry	OUT

February 7th

Six mile run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Harold Nelson	NZL	30: 29.6
2	Andrew Forbes	SCO	30: 31.9
3	Noel Taylor	NZL	30: 31.9
4th	John Davey	OUT	30: 34.7
5	Alan Merrett	OUT	30: 46.3
6th	Anthony Chivers	CLOSELY	31: 15.2

February 4th

marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Jack Holden	CLOSELY	2:32:57
2	Syd Luyt	SAF	2:37:03
3	John Clarke	NZL	2:39:27
4th	Gordon Stanley	OUT	2:40:49
5	Tom Richards	WHALE	2:42:11
6th	Paul Collins	CAN	2:45:02
7th	Gordon Bromley	NZL	2:46:51
8th	George Norman	CAN	2:47:50

February 11th

120 yard hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Peter Gardner	OUT	14.3
2	Ray Weinberg	OUT	14.4
3	Tom Lavery	SAF	14.6
4th	Don Finlay	CLOSELY	14.7
5	John Holland	NZL
6th	Lionel Smith	NZL

Final: February 9th

440 yard hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Duncan White	CEY	52.5
2	John Holland	NZL	52.7
3	Geoff Goodacre	OUT	53.1
4th	George Lubbe	SAF
5	Harry Whittle	CLOSELY
6th	George Gedge	OUT

Final: February 7th

4-by-110-yard relay

space	country	athlete	Time (s)
1	Australia	Bill de Gruchy David Johnson Alastair Gordon John Treloar	42.2
2	England	Leslie Lewis Brian Shenton Nick Stacey Jack Archer	42.5
3	New Zealand	Clem Parker Peter Henderson Keith Beardsley Arthur Eustace	42.6
4th	Ceylon	Sumana Navaratnam John de Saram Oscar Wijeyasinghe Duncan White

4 by 440 yards relay

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	Australia	Ross Price George Gedge James Humphreys Edwin Carr	3: 17.8
2	England	Terence Higgins John Parlett Derek Pugh Leslie Lewis	3: 19.3
3	New Zealand	John Holland David Batten Derek Steward Jack Sutherland	3: 20.0
4th	Ceylon	John de Saram Oscar Wijeyasinghe A. Somapala Duncan White	3.22.8
5	Canada	Bill LaRochelle Bill Parnell Donald Pettie Jack Hutchins

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	John Winter	OUT	1.98
2	Josiah Majekodunmi	NGR	1.95
	Alan Paterson	SCO	1.95
4th	Johnny Borland	NZL	1.95
5	Peter Wells	CLOSELY	1.93
6th	Ron Pavitt	CLOSELY	1.90
7th	John Vernon	OUT	1.90
8th	Doug Stuart	OUT	1.88

February 4th

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Tim Anderson	CLOSELY	3.96
2	Stan Egerton	CAN	3.96
3	Peter Denton	OUT	3.88
4th	Wallace Heron	NZL	3.88
5	Ron Miller	CAN	3.80
6th	George Martin	NZL	3.73
7th	Doug Robinson	CAN	3.73
8th	Mervyn Richards	NZL	3.73

February 11th

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Neville Price	SAF	7.31
2	Bevan Hough	NZL	7.20
3	Dave Dephoff	NZL	7.08
4th	Keith Forsythe	NZL	7.08
5	Harry Whittle	CLOSELY	6.91
6th	Karim Olowu	NGR	6.91
7th	Mohamed Sheriff	CEY	6.55

February 7th

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Brian Oliver	OUT	15.61
2	Les McKeand	OUT	15.28
3	Ian Polmear	OUT	14.67
4th	Roy Johnson	NZL	14.51
5	Keith Forsythe	NZL	14.22
6th	Graham Jeffries	NZL	14.09
7th	Neville Price	SAF	14.00
8th	Allan Lindsay	SCO	13.97

February 9

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mataika Tuicakau	FIJ	14.63
2	Harold Moody	CLOSELY	13.92
3	Leo Roininen	CAN	13.68
4th	Doug Herman	NZL	13.41
5	Keith Morgan	NZL	13.36
6th	Clyde Main	NZL	12.60
7th	Duncan Clark	SCO	12.08
8th	Manasa Nukuvou	FIJ	11.94

February 9

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ian Reed	OUT	47.72
2	Mataika Tuicakau	FIJ	44.00
3	Svein Sigfusson	CAN	43.48
4th	Keith Pardon	OUT	41.10
5	Gus Redmond	NZL	40.44
6th	Ronald Trangmar	RHO	39.24
7th	Harold Moody	CLOSELY	39.06
8th	Max Carr	NZL	38.63

February 7th

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Duncan Clark	SCO	49.94
2	Keith Pardon	OUT	47.83
3	Herb Barker	OUT	45.62
4th	Norman Drake	CLOSELY	44.78
5	Arthur Fuller	NZL	43.65
6th	Max Carr	NZL	42.84
7th	James Leckie	NZL	41.60
8th	Keith Allen	OUT	41.31

February 11th

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Leo Roininen	CAN	57.11
2	Luke Tunabuna	FIJ	56.02
3	Doug Robinson	CAN	55.60
4th	Antony Hignell	CLOSELY	55.34
5	Claude Clegg	NZL	53.62
6th	Stanley Lay	NZL	53.44
7th	Les McKeand	OUT	50.28

February 11th

Women

100 yard run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marjorie Jackson	OUT	10.8
2	Shirley Strickland	OUT	11.0
3	Verna Johnston	OUT	11.1
4th	Dorothea Parker	NZL	11.2
5	Shirley Hardman	NZL	11.3
6th	Ann Shanley	OUT	11.4

Final: February 4th

220 yards run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marjorie Jackson	OUT	24.3
2	Shirley Strickland	OUT	24.5
3	Daphne Robb	SAF	24.7
4th	Dorothea Parker	NZL	24.8
5	Verna Johnston	OUT	25.3
6th	Lesley Rowe	NZL

Final: February 9th

80 meter hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Shirley Strickland	OUT	11.6
2	June Schoch	NZL	11.6
3	Janet Shackleton	NZL	11.7
4th	Noeline Gourley	NZL	11.9
5	Ann Stalder	OUT	11.9
6th	Pixie Fletcher	NZL

Final: February 9th

440 yards relay (220 + 110 + 110)

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Australia	Marjorie Jackson Shirley Strickland Verna Johnston	47.9
2	New Zealand	Lesley Rowe Shirley Hardman Dorothea Parker	48.7
3	England	Sylvia Cheeseman Margaret Walker Dorothy Manley	50.0
4th	Canada	Eleanor McKenzie Geraldine Bemister Peggy Moore

660 yards relay (220 + 110 + 220 + 110)

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Australia	Shirley Strickland Verna Johnston Marjorie Jackson Ann Shanley	1: 13.4
2	England	Sylvia Cheeseman Margaret Walker Doris Batter Dorothy Manley	1: 17.5
3	Canada	Eleanor McKenzie Geraldine Bemister Patricia Jones Elaine Silburn
	New Zealand	Dorothea Parker Lesley Rowe Ruth Dowman Shirley Hardman	DQ

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Dorothy Tyler	CLOSELY	1.60
2	Bertha Crowther	CLOSELY	1.60
3	Noeline Swinton	NZL	1.55
4th	Dorothy Manley	CLOSELY	1.52
5	Joan Morrison	OUT	1.47
	Elaine Silburn	CAN	1.47
	Rosella Thorne	CAN	1.47
	Shirley Gordon	CAN	1.47
	Bev Brewis	NZL	1.47

February 7th

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Yvette Williams	NZL	5.91
2	Judy Canty	OUT	5.78
3	Ruth Dowman	NZL	5.74
4th	Verna Johnston	OUT	5.54
5	Elaine Silburn	CAN	5.35
6th	Edith Anderson	SCO	5.23
7th	Rosella Thorne	CAN	5.21
8th	Dorothy Tyler	CLOSELY	5.08

February 11th

Javelin throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Charlotte MacGibbon	OUT	38.84
2	Yvette Williams	NZL	37.96
3	Cleone Rivett-Carnac	NZL	34.43
4th	Dorothy Tyler	CLOSELY	32.85
5	Bertha Crowther	CLOSELY	26.02

February 9

Web links

• Results on the Commonwealth Games Federation website
• IV Commonwealth Game, Auckland 1950 on trackfield.brinkster.net
• IV Commonwealth Games on TOPS in athletics