Australia at the 1930 British Empire Games

Flag of Australia used at the Games

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.^[1]

Medals

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Australia	3	4	1	8

Gold

• Henry "Bobby" Robert Pearce - Men's Singles Sculls
• Noel Phillip Ryan - Men's 1500 Yards Freestyle - 18 min 55.4 s
• Noel Phillip Ryan - Men's 440 Yards Freestyle - 5 min 3.0 s

Silver

• William "Tickle" Miller Whyte - Men's 1 Mile Run - 4 min 17.0 s
• Alex "Alex" John Hillhouse - Men's 2 Mile Steeplechase
• Alex "Alex" John Hillhouse - Men's 3 Mile Run - 14 min 27.6 s
• Dudley C. Gallagher - Men's Middleweight Division (75 kg)

Bronze

• George Augustus Golding - Men's 440 Yard Run/Quarter Mile - 49.6 s (in heat)

1930 Australian Team & Results

Athletics

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

Boxing

Men's Middleweight Division (75 kg)

• Dudley C. Gallagher - Silver

Rowing

Men's Singles Sculls

• Robert Pearce - Gold

Swimming

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

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

See also

• Australia at the 1928 Summer Olympics
• Australia at the 1932 Summer Olympics

References

1. "EMPIRE GAMES.". Recorder (Port Pirie, SA : 1919 - 1954). Port Pirie, SA: National Library of Australia. 20 August 1930. p. 1. Retrieved 22 May 2013.

External links

• Australia Commonwealth Games Association