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The 1950 British Empire Games was the fourth edition of what is now called the Commonwealth Games. It was held in Auckland, New Zealand between the 4th and 11th of February 1950, after a 12-year gap from the 3rd edition of the games. The main venue was Eden Park, although the closing ceremonies were held at Western Springs Stadium, see New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games.

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Bernama--NEW DELHI, Oct 14 (Bernama) -- Malaysia achieved its best ever gold medal haul since its participation in the then -British Empire Games- in -1950- (as Malaya) ... - Date : Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:52:31 GMT+00:00

1 Australia 34 27 19 80
2 England 19 16 13 48
3 New Zealand 10 22 22 54
4 Canada 8 9 14 31
5 South Africa 8 4 8 20
6 Scotland 5 3 2 10
7 Malaya 2 1 1 4
8 Fiji 1 2 2 5
9 Ceylon 1 2 1 4
10 Nigeria 0 1 0 1
11 Wales 0 1 0 1
12 Southern Rhodesia 0 1 0 1
Total 88 89 80 257

Boxing :
Flyweight Hugh Riley (CEY) > ZA Marcus Temple (SAF) >
Bantamweight ZA Jan van Rensburg (SAF) > (CEY) > Len Walters
Featherweight Henry Gilliland (RHO) > Peter Brander
Lightweight Ronny Latham [[Billy Barber (boxer) Eddie Haddad
Welterweight Terry Ratcliffe Bill Seewitz (CEY) >
Middleweight ZA Theunis van Schalkwyk (SAF) > James Beal Bill Pinkus
Light heavyweight [[Don Scott (boxer) [[Christopher Rollinson [[Jack Taylor (boxer)
Heavyweight Frank Creagh Sid Cousins none awarded

Cycling : Track
Time Trial Russell Mockridge 1:13.4 Sid Patterson 1:13.5 [[Tommy Godwin (cyclist born 1920) 1:13.6
Sprint 1000 m Russell Mockridge 2 - 0 Sid Patterson 0 - 2 Graham Avery 2 - 1
4000 m Ind. Pursuit Cyril Cartwright 5:16.3 Russell Mockridge 5:27.0 Les Lock 5:26.7
10 mile Scratch [[William Heseltine (cyclist) 23:23.4 Les Lock Ken Caves

: Road
Road race Hector Sutherland 3'13:06.4 [[Nick Carter (cyclist) 3'13:06.5 Jack Fowler 3'13:06.6

Diving : Men's events
3 m springboard [[George Athans (diver) 169.21 Peter Heatly 168.80 [[Jack Stewart (diver) 168.17
10 m platform Peter Heatly 156.07 [[George Athans (diver) 145.36 [[Francis Murphy (diver) 129.40

: Women's events
3 m springboard Edna Child 126.58 Noeline MacLean 124.59 Lynda Hunt 115.38
10 m platform Edna Child 70.89 Gwen Fawcett 65.64 Noeline MacLean 59.93

Fencing : Men's events
Foil René Paul 7 wins John Fethers 6 wins George Pouliot 4 wins
Foil team England
Arthur Pilbrow
Robert Anderson
René Paul
20 wins New Zealand
Austin Gittos
Gordon Dearing
Murray Gittos
Malcolm Millar
13 wins Canada
George Pouliot
Robert Desjarlais
Edward Brooke
12 win
Épée Charles de Beaumont 7 wins [[Robert Anderson (fencer) 6 wins Ivan Lund 5 wins
Épée team Australia
Allan Jay
Ivan Lund
Charles Stanmore
3 wins England
René Paul
Charles de Beaumont
Robert Anderson
2 wins Canada
George Pouliot
Robert Desjarlais
Edward Brooke
1 win
Sabre Arthur Pilbrow [[Robert Anderson (fencer) George Pouliot
Sabre team England
Charles de Beaumont
Arthur Pilbrow
Robert Anderson
4 wins Canada
George Pouliot
Robert Desjarlais
Edward Brooke
2 wins Australia
Norman Booth
Leslie Chillug
Edwin Dean
Jock Gibson
1 win

: Women's events
Foil Mary Glen-Haig 7 wins Patricia Woodroffe 6 wins Catherine Pym 5 wins

Lawn Bowls :
Singles James Pirrett 101 points [[Albert Newton (bowls) 93 points Lionel Garnett 90 points
Pairs Evan Exelby
and [[Robert Henry (bowls)
93 points ZA W. Gibb
and H. J. van Zyl (SAF) >
50 points [[Leslie Brown (bowls) 41 points
Fours South Africa
Alfred Blumberg
H. Currer
Harry Atkinson
Norman Walker
4 wins Australia
Charles Cordaiy
James Cobley
John Cobley
Len Knight
2 wins New Zealand
Fred Russell
John Englebretson
Noel Jolly
Pete Skoglund
1 win

Rowing :
Single sculls Mervyn Wood 7:46.8 [[Anthony Rowe 7:54.0 ZA Ian Stephen (SAF) > 8:04.0
Double sculls Mervyn Wood
and Murray Riley
7:22 Joe Schneider
and Des Simonson
7:32 Ken Tinegate
and [[Jack Brown (rower)
7:39
Coxless pairs Wal Lambert
and [[Jack Webster (rower)
7:58 [[David Gould (rower) 8:10 none awarded
Coxed fours New Zealand
Ted Johnson
John O'Brien
Bill James
Bill Carroll
Colin Johnstone
7:17.2 Australia
Leslie Montgomery
Erwin Elder
Cecil Winkworth
Kenneth Gee
Kevin Fox
7:24.0 none awarded
Eights Australia
Alan Brown
Bruce Goswell
Edward Pain
Eric Longley
James Barnes
Peter Holmes
Phil Cayzer
Bob Tinning
Ross Selman
6:27 New Zealand
Bruce Culpan
Donald Adam
Don Rowlands
Edwin Smith
Graham Jarratt
Kerry Ashby
Murray Ashby
Thomas Engel
William Tinnock
6:27.5 England
Tony Butcher
Hank Rushmere
Michael Lapage
Patrick Bradley
Peter de Giles
Peter Kirkpatrick
Dickie Burnell
Bill Windham
Jack Dearlove
6:40

Swimming : Men's events
110 yd freestyle [[Peter Salmon (swimmer) 1:00.4 [[Frank O'Neill (swimmer) 1:00.6 Pat Kendall 1:01.8
440 yd freestyle Garrick Agnew 4:54.6 ZA Graham Johnston (SAF) 60.8 Buddy Lucas 4:55.5
1650 yd freestyle ZA Graham Johnston (SAF) 19:55.7 Jim Portelance 20:08.3 Buddy Lucas 20:10.1
110 yd backstroke ZA Jackie Wiid (SAF) 1:07.7 [[John Brockway (swimmer) 1:08.0 Bert Kinnear 1:10.8
220 yd breaststroke [[David Hawkins (swimmer) 2:54.1 Roy Romain 2:54.2 Ron Sharpe 2:56.0
4×220 yd
freestyle relay
New Zealand
Buddy Lucas
Lyall Barry
Michael Amos
Colin Chambers
9:27.7 Australia
Barrie Kellaway
Garrick Agnew
Frank O'Neill
James Beard
9:34.5 England
Donald Bland
Jack Hale
Pat Kendall
Ray Legg
9:36.8
3×110 yd
medley relay
England
Jack Hale
Pat Kendall
Roy Romain
3:26.6 Canada
Allan Gilchrist
Lucien Beaumont
Peter Salmon
3:29.4 New Zealand
John Shanahan
Lyall Barry
Peter Mathieson
3:30.1

: Women's events
110 yd freestyle Marjorie McQuade 1:09.0 Margaret Wellington 1:09.6 ZA Joan Harrison (SAF) 1:10.7
440 yd freestyle ZA Joan Harrison (SAF) 5:26.4 Margaret Wellington 5:33.7 Denise Norton 5:33.8
110 yd backstroke Judy-Joy Davies 1:18.6 Jean Stewart 1:19.1 Helen Yate 1:20.5
220 yd breaststroke Elenor Gordon 3:01.7 Nancy Lyons 3:03.6 Elizbeth Church 3:10.3
4×110 yd
freestyle relay
Australia
Denise Spencer
Denise Norton
Judy-Joy Davies
Marjorie McQuade
4:44.9 New Zealand
Joan Hastings
Kristin Jacobi
Norma Bridson
Winifred Griffin
4:48.7 England
Grace Wood
Helen Yate
Lillian Preece
Margaret Wellington
4:56.0
3×110 yd
medley relay
Australia
Judy-Joy Davies
Marjorie McQuade
Nancy Lyons
3:53.8 England
Elizbeth Church
Helen Yate
Margaret Wellington
3:56.6 Scotland
Elizabeth Turner
Elenor Gordon
Margaret Girvan
3:58.9

Weightlifting :
Bantamweight (MAL) > 655 lb Rosaire Smith 615 lb Keith Caple 600 lb
Featherweight (MAL) > 685 lb Julian Creus 670 lb ZA Barrie Engelbrecht (SAF) > 640 lb
Lightweight [[James Halliday (weightlifter) 760 lb (MAL) > 735 lb Vern Barberis 730 lb
Middleweight Gerry Gratton 795 lb [[Bruce George (weightlifter) 740 lb Fred Griffin 720 lb
Light Heavyweight Jim Varaleau 815 lb ZA Issy Bloomberg (SAF) > 815 lb (MAL) > 765 lb
Heavyweight Harold Cleghorn 900 lb Ray Magee 830 lb none awarded

Wrestling :
Flyweight [[Bert Harris (wrestler) 1 win [[Eric Matthews (wrestler) 1 loss none awarded
Bantamweight [[Doug Mudgway 1 win [[Jim Chapman (wrestler) 1 loss none awarded
Featherweight [[John Armitt (wrestler) 3 wins Roland Milord 2 w - 1 l Arnold Parsons 1 w - 2 l
Lightweight Dick Garrard 3 wins Morgan Plumb 2 wins George Hobson 1 win
Welterweight [[Henry Hudson (wrestler) 3 wins [[Jack Little (wrestler) 3 w - 1 l ZA Martin Jooste (SAF) > 1 win
Middleweight Maurice Vachon 3 wins Bruce Arthur 3 w - 1 l ZA Carel Reitz (SAF) > 2 w - 2 l
Light heavyweight ZA Patrick Morton (SAF) > 2 wins Arthur Sneddon 1 win Tom Trevaskis
Heavyweight [[Jim Armstrong (wrestler) 3 wins [[Pat O'Connor (wrestler) 2 wins Kenneth Richmond 1 win

Commonwealth Games

British Empire Games1930 * 1934 * 1938 * 1950
British Empire and Commonwealth Games1954 * 1958 * 1962 * 1966
British Commonwealth Games1970 * 1974
Commonwealth Games1978 * 1982 * 1986 * 1990 * 1994 * 1998 * 2002 * 2006 * 2010 * 2014 * 2018 * 2022



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