Wrestling at the 1950 British Empire Games

Wrestling at the 1950 British Empire Games
Venue	Auckland Town Hall (Great Hall)
Location	Auckland, New Zealand
Dates	4 – 11 February 1950

Wrestling at the 1950 British Empire Games was the fourth appearance of Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games.

The sport featured contests in eight weight classes and the events were held in the Great Hall of the Auckland Town Hall, which had a capacity of 3,000 for the events.^[1] Wrestlers in each weight division would compete in a round-robin to determine final positions.

Australia topped the wrestling medal table with three gold medals.^[2][3]

  *   Host nation (New Zealand)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	3	3	1	7
2	New Zealand (NZL)*	2	3	1	6
3	Canada (CAN)	2	2	0	4
4	South Africa (SAF)	1	0	2	3
5	England (ENG)	0	0	2	2
Totals (5 entries)		8	8	6	22

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight	Bert Harris (AUS)	Eric Matthews (NZL)	none awarded
Bantamweight	Douglas Mudgway (NZL)	Jim Chapman (AUS)	none awarded
Featherweight	John Armitt (NZL)	Roland Milord (CAN)	Arnold Parsons (ENG)
Lightweight	Dick Garrard (AUS)	Morgan Plumb (CAN)	Gordon Hobson|NZL}
Welterweight	Henry Hudson (CAN)	Jack Little (AUS)	Martin Jooste (SAF)
Middleweight	Maurice Vachon (CAN)	Bruce Arthur (AUS)	Callie Reitz (SAF)
Light heavyweight	Pat Morton (SAF)	Arthur Sneddon (NZL)	Tom Trevaskis (AUS)
Heavyweight	Jim Armstrong (AUS)	Pat O'Connor (NZL)	Kenneth Richmond (ENG)

There were only two competitors in the flyweight and bantamweight divisions.^[4][5][6][7]

Winner	Loser	Score
Bert Harris	Eric Matthews	fall

Winner	Loser	Score
Douglas Mudgway	James Alexander Chapman	fall

Winner	Loser	Score
John Armitt	Arnold Parsons	points
Roland Milord	Eric Roland Hayman	points
Milford	Parsons	split
Armitt	Hayman	points
Parsons	Hayman	?
Armitt	Milford	points

Final positions: 1. Armitt 2. Milford 3. Parsons 4. Hayman

Winner	Loser	Score
Dick Garrard	Gordon Hobson	fall
Morgan Plumb	David Ickringill	fall
Plumb	Hobson	points
Garrad	Ickringill	fall
Hobson	Ickringill	w/o failed weight
Garrad	Plumb	fall

Final positions: 1. Garrad 2. Plumb 3. Hobson 4. Ickringill

Winner	Loser	Score
Henry Hudson	Martin Jooste	points
John David Cobain Little	Jack Monaghan	fall
Little	George Henry	fall
Hudson	Monaghan	fall
Jooste	Monaghan	?
Hudson	Henry	?
Little	Jooste	points
Henry	Monaghan	?
Jooste	Henry	fall
Hudson	Little	split

Final positions: 1. Hudson 2. Little 3. Jooste 4. Henry 5. Monaghan

Winner	Loser	Score
Maurice Vachon	Peter Fletcher	fall
Bruce Arthur	Eddie Bowey	points
Arthur	Callie Reitz	points
Fletcher	Bowey	points
Vachon	Reitz	points
Arthur	Fletcher	fall
Vachon	Bowey	?
Bowey	Fletcher	?
Reitz	Fletcher	?
Vachon	Arthur	points

Final positions: 1. Vachon 2. Arthur 3. Reitz 4. Bowey 5. Fletcher

Winner	Loser	Score
Pat Morton	Thomas Richard Trevaskis	points
Arthur Sneddon	F Payette	w/o failed medical
Sneddon	Trevaskis	points
Morton	Payette	w/o
Trevaskis	Payette	w/o
Morton	Sneddon	fall

Final positions: 1. Morton 2. Sneddon 3. Trevaskis 4. Payette

Winner	Loser	Score
Jim Armstrong	Pat O'Connor	fall
Kenneth Richmond	Albert Ovendon	fall
Armstrong	Richmond	points
O'Connor	Ovenden	fall
O'Connor	Richmond	points
Armstrong	Ovenden	w/o

Final positions: 1. Armstrong 2. O'Connor 3. Richmond 4. Ovenden