England at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
| England at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games | |
|---|---|
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| CGF code | ENG |
| CGA | Commonwealth Games England |
| in Cardiff, Wales | |
| Medals Ranked 1st |
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| British Empire and Commonwealth Games appearances | |
England at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, from 18 to 26 July 1958.[1][2]
England finished at the top of the medal table.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England | 29 | 22 | 29 | 80 |
| 2 | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia | 27 | 22 | 17 | 66 |
| 3 | .svg.png){kind=small} South Africa (SAF) | 13 | 10 | 8 | 31 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 69 | 54 | 54 | 177 | |
The athletes that competed are listed below.[3]
Athletes
Men
Women [6]
| Name | Club | Event/s | Medal/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suzanne Allday | Spartan Ladies | Discus, Shot put | .svg.png){kind=icon} , .svg.png){kind=icon}
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| Audrey Bennett | Essex Ladies | High jump | |
| Mary Bignal | London Olympiades | High jump, Long jump |
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| Margaret Callender | Ilford AC | Javelin | |
| Jean Card | Croydon Harriers | High jump | |
| Josephine Cook | London Olympiades | Shot put | |
| Marianne Dew | Selsonia | 220y | |
| Maya Giri | Phoenix AC | Discus | |
| Moyra Hiscox | Spartan Ladies | 220y | |
| Sheila Hoskin | Spartan Ladies | High jump, Long jump |
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| Dorothy Hyman | Hickleton Main | 100y, relay |
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| Iris Mouzer | Birchfield Harriers | Shot put | |
| Marian Needham | Walton AC | Long jump | |
| Sylvia Needham | Spartan Ladies | Discus | |
| June Paul | Spartan Ladies | 100 & 220y, relay |
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| Sue Platt | London Olympiades | Javelin | |
| Carole Quinton | Birchfield Harriers | 80m hurdles |
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| Dorothy Shirley | Salford Harriers | High jump | |
| Mary Tadd | London Olympiades | Javelin | |
| Madeleine Weston | Selsonia | 100y, relay | , .svg.png){kind=icon}
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| Jean Whitehead | London Olympiades | Long jump | |
| Averil Williams | Hereford AC | Javelin |
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| Heather Young | Longwood Harriers | 100 & 220y, 80m hurdles relay | , ,
|
Boxing
| Name | Club | Event/s | Medal/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Bache | Golden Gloves, Liverpool | flyweight |
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| Peter Benneyworth | Caius BC, Battersea | bantamweight | |
| Roy Beaman | Royal Air Force | featherweight | |
| Johnny Caiger | Monteagle ABC, London | middleweight |
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| Johnny Cooke | Maple Leaf, Bootle | lightweight |
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| Joey Jacobs | Victoria Avenue, Manchester | light welterweight |
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| Joe Leeming | Army | light heavyweight | |
| Brian Nancurvis | Army | welterweight |
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| Stuart Pearson | Doncaster Plant Works ABC | light middleweight |
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| David Thomas | Polytechnic BC | heavyweight |
|
Cycling
| Name | Club | Event/s | Medal/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karl Barton | Coventry Road Club | Sprint |
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| Lloyd Binch | Notts Castle BC | Sprint |
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| Ray Booty | Ericsson Wheelers | Road |
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| Bill Bradley | Southport RCC | Road | |
| John Entwistle | Fallowfield CC | Time trial | |
| Mike Gambrill | Clarence Wheelers | Pursuit | |
| John Geddes | Melling Wheelers | Road, Scratch | |
| Keith Harrison | Wyndham RCC | Scratch, Sprint, Time trial | |
| Bill Holmes | Hull Thursday RC | Road | |
| Johnny Ralph | Polytechnic CC | Scratch | |
| Norman Sheil | Melling Wheelers | Pursuit |
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| Tom Simpson | Harworth & District CC | Pursuit |
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| Neville Tong | Polytechnic CC | Time trial |
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Diving
Men
| Name | Club | Event/s | Medal/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Cann | Highgate | 10m Platform |
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| Keith Collin | Isleworth | 3m Springboard |
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| Brian Phelps | Highgate | 10m Platform |
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| Peter Squires | Highgate | 3m Springboard | |
| Peter Tarsey | Ealing | 10m Platform |
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Women
| Name | Club | Event/s | Medal/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Long | Ilford | 3m Springboard, 10m Platform |
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| Liz Ferris | Mermaid SC | 3m Springboard |
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| Molly Wieland | Isander | 10m Platform |
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| Charmain Welsh | Durham City | 3m Springboard, 10m Platform |
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Fencing
Men
| Name | Event/s | Medal/s |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Amberg | Sabre, Sabre team | ,
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| Ralph Cooperman | Sabre, Sabre team | ,
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| Harold Cooke | Foil, Foil Team |
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| Bill Hoskyns | Épée, Épée team, Sabre | , , ,
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| Mike Howard | Épée, Épée team | ,
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| Allan Jay | Épée, Épée team | ,
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| Raymond Paul | Foil, Foil Team | ,
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| René Paul | Foil, Foil Team | ,
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| Eugene Verebes+ | Sabre team |
|
+ Part of the Sabre team but withdrew from some later matches through injury
Women
| Name | Event/s | Medal/s |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Glen-Haig | Foil |
|
| Gillian Sheen | Foil |
|
Lawn bowls
| Name | Club | Event/s | Medal/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percy Baker | Poole Park BC | singles |
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| John Bettles | Raunds Methodists BC | rinks/fours |
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| Fred Horn | Torquay | pairs | |
| Norman King | Parliament Hill BC | rinks/fours |
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| Walter Phillips | Boscombe Cliff BC | rinks/fours |
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| John Scadgell | Worthing BC | rinks/fours |
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| Harold Shapland | Tiverton Boro BC | pairs |
Rowing
Swimming
Men
| Name | Club | Event/s | Medal/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malcolm Barnes | Stoke Newington | 440y freestyle, freestyle relay | |
| Terry Boyes | York City | 440y freestyle | |
| Richard Campion | Stoke Newington | 220y butterfly | |
| Stanley Clarke | Plaistow United | 110y freestyle, freestyle relay | |
| Alan Clarkson | York City | 440y freestyle | |
| Brian Curtis | Watford | 220y butterfly | |
| Brian Day | Sheffield | 220y breaststroke | |
| Richard Hemingway | Holbeck | 220y breaststroke | |
| Peter Kendrew | York City | 110y freestyle | |
| Neil McKechnie | Wallasey | 110y freestyle, freestyle & medley relay |
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| Michael Payne | Bristol Central | 110y backstroke | |
| Haydn Rigby | Southport | 110y backstroke | |
| Graham Sykes | Coventry | 110y backstroke, medley relay |
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| Graham Symonds | Coventry | 220y butterfly, freestyle & medley relay | ,
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| Chris Walkden | Beckenham | 220y breaststroke, medley relay | ,
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Women
| Name | Club | Event/s | Medal/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Dyson | Kingston Ladies | 220y breaststroke |
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| Margaret Edwards | Heston | 110y backstroke |
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| Elspeth Ferguson | York City | 440y freestyle | |
| Christine Gosden | Croydon | 110y breaststroke & butterfly, medley relay | ,
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| Judy Grinham | Hampstead | 110y backstroke & freestyle, 2 x relay | , ,
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| Sylvia Lewis | Hounslow | 110y backstroke | |
| Anita Lonsbrough | Huddersfield | 220y breaststroke, medley relay | ,
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| Anne Marshall | Kingston Ladies | 110y freestyle, freestyle relay |
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| Anne Morton | Blackpool | 110y butterfly | |
| Beryl Noakes | Woolwich | freestyle relay |
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| Jean Oldroyd | Dewsbury | 110y butterfly | |
| Judy Samuel | Surrey Ladies | 440y freestyle | |
| Diana Wilkinson | Stockport | 110 & 440y freestyle, 2 x relay | ,
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Weightlifting
| Name | Club | Event/s | Medal/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Brownbill | Wallasey AC | Bantamweight |
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| R. Gore | Middle Heavyweight | ||
| Ben Helfgott | Hackney, London | Lightweight |
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| Laurie Levine | Leeds | Middleweight | |
| Ken McDonald | YMCA Club, London | Heavyweight |
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| George Manners | Hackney, London | Light Heavyweight | |
| Allan Robinson | Chorley, Lancs | Featherweight |
Wrestling
| Name | Club | Event/s | Medal/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Aspen | Bolton Harriers | 62kg featherweight |
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| Peter Christie | Sparta AWC, London | 52kg flyweight | |
| Dennis Gilligan | Manco AWC, Stretford | 57kg bantamweight | |
| Herbie Hall | Bolton Harriers | 68kg lightweight | |
| David Ickringill | Manco AWC, Stretford | 74kg welterweight | |
| Harry Kendall | John Ruskin, Walworth | 90kg Light heavyweight | |
| Ray Myland | John Ruskin, Walworth | 82kg Middleweight |
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| Kenneth Richmond | Galtymore, London | 100kg Heavyweight |
References
- ^ "1958 Cardiff". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "Cardiff 1958 Team". Team England.
- ^ "English athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "England's Team". Lincolnshire Echo. 23 June 1958. p. 6. Retrieved 27 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Eldon Runs Six Miles At Cardiff". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 29 June 1958. p. 24. Retrieved 27 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Marion jumps into Games". Daily Mirror. 12 June 1958. p. 20. Retrieved 28 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Joe Jacobs Boxes For England". Manchester Evening News. 12 May 1958. p. 8. Retrieved 28 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Empire Games Road Team". Leicester Daily Mercury. 13 May 1958. p. 20. Retrieved 9 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "In the recent Empire Games Trials". Football Gazette (South Shields). 7 June 1958. p. 3. Retrieved 9 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Gillian Sheen for Games". Hull Daily Mail. 12 June 1958. p. 12. Retrieved 9 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "England's Bowls Team for Empire Games". Nottingham Evening News. 13 February 1958. p. 6. Retrieved 9 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rowing Shock for England". Birmingham Mail. 14 June 1958. p. 1. Retrieved 9 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Pairs Shock at Henley". Sunday Express. 15 June 1958. p. 19. Retrieved 9 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Sykes and Symonds chosen for trials". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 28 May 1958. p. 11. Retrieved 16 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Wrestling Team for Cardiff". Nottingham Evening News. 17 May 1958. p. 8. Retrieved 9 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.