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Wrestling at the 1938 British Empire Games

Wrestling at the 1938 British Empire Games
VenueRushcutters Bay Stadium
LocationSydney, Australia
Dates5 – 12 February 1938

At the 1938 British Empire Games, the wrestling competition was held in Sydney, Australia, and featured contests in seven weight classes.

The wrestling events were held at the Rushcutters Bay Stadium, following a large number of entries for the boxing and wrestling events.[1]

Wrestlers in each weight division would compete in a round-robin to determine final positions.[2][3]

The Sydney Stadium (also called Rushcutters Bay Stadium) in 1941J

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Australia)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia (AUS)*6006
2 Canada (CAN)1214
3 South Africa (SAF)0314
4 New Zealand (NZL)0224
5 England (ENG)0022
6 Scotland (SCO)0011
Totals (6 entries)77721

Medallists

All events were for men only.

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight  Ted Purcell (AUS)  Vernon Blake (CAN)  Ray Cazaux (ENG)
Featherweight  Roy Purchase (AUS)  Larry Clarke (CAN)  Joe Genet (NZL)
Lightweight  Dick Garrard (AUS)  Vernon Thomas (NZL) South Africa Alfred Harding (SAF)
Welterweight  Tom Trevaskis (AUS) South Africa Felix Stander (SAF)  Jerry Podjursky (NZL)
Middleweight  Terry Evans (CAN) South Africa Peter Sheasby (SAF)  Leslie Jeffers (ENG)
Light heavyweight  Eddie Scarf (AUS) South Africa Sidney Greenspan (SAF)  Thomas Ward (SCO)
Heavyweight  Jack Knight (AUS)  Jim Dryden (NZL)  John Whelan (CAN)

Round robin

Jim Dryden of New Zealand won a silver medal at heavyweight
Weight Winner Loser Score
Bantamweight
Canada Vernon Blake England Ray Cazaux Points
New Zealand Leo Nolan Australia Ted Purcell 3mins
Cazaux Nolan 1min 45sec
Purcell Blake 9mins
Blake Nolan 9mins
Purcell Cazaux Points
Featherweight
Australia Roy Purchase Canada Larry Clarke 5mins
Purchase New Zealand Joe Genet 1min
Clarke Genet Points
Lightweight
Australia Dick Garrard South Africa Alfred Harding Points
Garrard New Zealand Vernon Thomas Points
Thomas Harding Points
Welterweight
Australia Tom Trevaskis New Zealand Jerry Podjursky 8.5mins
South Africa Felix Stander Podjursky 7.5mins
Trevaskis Stander Points
Middleweight
South Africa Peter Sheasby England Leslie Jeffers Points
Canada Terry Evans Australia Todd A. Hardwick Points
Jeffers New Zealand Harcourt Godfrey 2mins
Sheasby Hardwick 6mins
Evans Jeffers Points
Sheasby Godfrey 14mins 28sec
Evans Sheasby Points
Evans Godfrey ?
Godfrey Hardwick ?
Jeffers Hardwick ?
Light heavyweight
South Africa Sidney Greenspan New Zealand Torsten Anderson 2.5mins
Australia Eddie Scarf Scotland Thomas Ward Points
Greenspan Ward Points
Scarf Anderson 5.5mins
Scarf Greenspan 2mins 57sec
Ward Anderson ?
Heavyweight
Australia Jack Knight Canada John Whelan 1min
New Zealand Jim Dryden Scotland Archie Dudgeon Points
Dryden Whelan Points
Knight Dudgeon 2.5mins
Knight Dryden 14min 58sec
Whelan Dudgeon ?

References

  1. ^ "The 1938 Commonwealth Games". Lochista. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  2. ^ "More Records broken". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 7 February 1938. Retrieved 24 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Empire Games results". Evening Despatch. 9 February 1938. Retrieved 24 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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