England at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
England competed at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 24 January - 2 February 1974.
England finished second in the medal table.
Medal table (top three)
The athletes that competed are listed below.Athletics
Name | Event/s | Medal/s |
Joan Allison | 800m, 1500m | 1 x silver |
Brenda Bedford | shot put | |
David Bedford | 5000m, 10,000m | |
Verona Bernard | 400m, 400m relay | 1 x gold, 1 x silver |
John Bicourt | 3000m steeplechase | |
Dave Black | 5000m, 10,000m | 1 x silver, 1 x bronze |
Norine Braithwaite | 1500m | |
Pete Browne | 800m | |
Colin Campbell | 800m | |
Geoff Capes | discus, shot put | 1 x gold |
Sheila Carey | 800m, 1500m | |
Andy Carter | 800m, 1500m, 400m relay | 1 x silver |
Ian Chipchase | hammer | 1 x gold |
Maureen Chitty | long jump | |
Charles Clover | javelin | 1 x gold |
Derek George Cole | 100m relay | |
Sharon Corbett | javelin | 1 x bronze |
Pat Cropper | 800m | |
Pru French | javelin | |
Brendan Foster | 1500m, 5000m | 1 x silver |
Graham Gower | 110m hurdles | |
Brian Green | 100m, 200m, 100m relay | |
Val Harrison | high jump | |
Donna Hartley | 200m | |
Bill Hartley | 400m hurdles, 400m relay | 1 x silver |
Raymond Edward Hearn | 400m | |
Ron Hill | marathon | |
Wendy Hill | 200m | |
John Hillier | discus | 1 x bronze |
Steve Hollings | 3000m steeplechase | |
Janet Honour | 100m hurdles, pentathlon | |
Brian Hooper | pole vault | 1 x bronze |
Ruth Kennedy | 400m relay | 1 x gold |
Barry King | decathlon | 1 x silver |
John Kirkbride | 1500m | |
Colin Kirkham | marathon | |
Sonia Lannaman | 100m, 100m relay | 1 x silver |
Barbara Lawton | high jump | 1 x gold |
Carl Philip Lawton | 20 mile walk | |
Alan Lerwill | triple jump, long jump | 1 x gold |
Andrea Lynch | 100m, 100m relay | 2 x silver |
Sue Mapstone | pentathlon | |
Barbara Martin | 100m, 200m, 100m relay | 1 x silver |
Ian Christopher Matthews | 100m, 200m, 100m relay | |
Chris Monk | 100m, 200m, 100m relay | |
Alan Pascoe | 400m hurdles, 400m relay | 1 x gold, 1 x silver |
Howard Payne | hammer | 1 x silver |
Sue Pettett | 400m relay | 1 x gold |
Brian Stanley Roberts | javelin | |
Jannette Roscoe | 400m, 400m relay | 1 x gold |
Tessa Sanderson | javelin | |
John Sherwood | 400m hurdles | |
Sheila Sherwood | long jump | |
Ann Simmonds | 100m hurdles, high jump, long jump | 1 x bronze |
Tony Simmons | 10,000m | |
Dorothy Swinyard | discus, shot put | |
Bill Tancred | discus, shot put | 1 x silver |
Ian Thompson | marathon | 1 x gold |
Roy Thorpe | 20 mile walk | 1 x silver |
Dave Travis | javelin | 1 x silver |
Judy Vernon | 100m hurdles, 100m relay | 1 x gold, 1 x silver |
John Warhurst | 20 mile walk | 1 x gold |
Dawn Webster | 400m | |
Barry Williams | hammer | |
John Wilson | 400m, 400m relay | 1 x silver |
Mike Winch | shot put | 1 x silver |
Badminton
Name | Event/s | Medal/s |
Margaret Beck | singles, doubles | 1 x gold, 1 x silver |
Margaret Boxall | doubles. mixed | 1 x silver |
Nora Gardner | singles, mixed | 1 x silver |
Gillian Gilks | singles, doubles, mixed | 3 x gold |
Ray Stevens | doubles | 1 x silver |
Elliot Stuart | singles, doubles, mixed | 1 x gold, 1 x bronze |
Derek Talbot | singles, doubles, mixed | 2 x gold, 1 x bronze |
Mike Tredgett | singles, doubles, mixed | 1 x silver |
Paul Whetnall | singles, mixed | 1 x silver |
Susan Whetnall | singles, doubles, mixed | 1 x silver, 2 x bronze |
Bowls
Name | Event/s | Medal/s |
David Bryant | singles | 1 x gold |
Dave Crocker | rinks/fours | |
John Evans | pairs | 1 x silver |
Ted Hayward | rinks/fours | |
Peter Line | pairs | 1 x silver |
Bob Robertson | rinks/fours | |
Harry Taylor | rinks/fours |
Boxing
Name | Event/s | Medal/s |
Michael Abrams | 48kg light-flyweight | |
Patrick Cowdell | 54kg bantamweight | 1 x gold |
Robbie Davies | 71kg light-middlweight | 1 x bronze |
Tommy Dunn | 63.5kg light-welterweight | |
Colin Flinn | 57kg featherweight | |
Des Gwilliam | 60kg lightweight | |
Roy Hilton | 51kg flyweight | |
Bill Knight | 81kg middlweight | 1 x gold |
Neville Meade | 91kg heavyweight | 1 x gold |
Carl Speare | 75kg middleweight | 1 x bronze |
Cycling
Name | Event/s | Medal/s |
Mick Bennett | scratch race, pursuit, team pursuit | 1 x gold |
Maurice Burton | match sprint | |
Geoff Cooke | match sprint, tandem | 1 x gold |
Ernie Crutchlow | match sprint, tandem | 1 x gold |
Phil Edwards | road race | |
Rik Evans | time trial, team pursuit | 1 x gold |
Phil Griffiths | road race | |
Ian Hallam | scratch race, time trial, pursuit, team pursuit | 2 x gold, 2 x bronze |
Steve Heffernan | scratch race, time trial | 1 x gold |
William Moore | pursuit, team pursuit | 1 x gold, 1 x silver |
Peter Watson | road race |
Diving
Name | Event/s | Medal/s |
Martyn Brown | 10m platform | |
Alison Drake | 3m springboard | |
Trevor Simpson | 3m springboard | 1 x bronze |
Beverly Williams | 10m platform | 1 x silver |
Shooting
Name | Event/s | Medal/s |
Laszlo Antal | 50m free pistol | 1 x bronze |
Brian Bailey | clay pigeon trap | 1 x silver |
Frank Balcombe | 50m rifle prone | |
Alec Bonnett | skeet | |
Tony Clark | rapid fire pistol | |
John Cooke | 50m free pistol, rapid fire pistol | |
Malcolm Cooper | 50m rifle prone | |
Joe Neville | clay pigeon trap, skeet | 1 x silver |
Keith Pilcher | fullbore rifle pair | |
James Spaight | fullbore rifle pair | 1 x bronze |
Swimming
Name | Event/s | Medal/s |
Lesley Allardice | 100/200 freestyle, relay | 1 x bronze |
Joanne Atkinson | 100 butterfly, 200 medley, relay | |
Brian Brinkley | 200 butterfly, 200/400 medley, relays | 1 x gold, 3 x silver, 2 x bronze |
Colin Cunningham | 100/200 backstroke, 100 butterfly, 100 freestyle, relays | 1 x silver, 2 x bronze |
Neil Dexter | 200/400 freestyle, relay | 1 x silver |
Susan Edmondson | 100/200/400 freestyle, relay | 1 x bronze |
Martin Edwards | 100/200 butterfly | |
Christine Gaskell | 100/200 breaststroke, relay | 1 x gold |
June Green | 200/400/800 freestyle | |
Christine Jarvis | 100/200 breaststroke | |
Jean Jeavons | 100/200 butterfly | |
Alyson Jones | 100 freestyle, 100 butterfly, relays | 1 x bronze |
Margaret Kelly | 100/200 backstroke, relay | |
David Leigh | 100/200 breaststroke, relay | 1 x gold, 1 x silver, 1 x bronze |
Paul Naisby | 100/200 breaststroke, 200 medley | 2 x bronze |
Stephen Nash | 100/200 butterfly, relay | 1 x bronze |
Susan Richardson | 200/400 medley | |
Caroline Tamlyn | 100/200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly | |
Raymond Terrell | 200/400 medley, relays | 1 x silver, 2 x bronze |
Keith Walton | 100 freestyle, relay | 1 x bronze |
Avis Willington | 200/400 medley, relay | 1 x bronze |
Weightlifting
Name | Event/s | Medal/s |
Tony Ford | 82.5kg light-heavyweight | 1 x gold |
Michael Foy | 75kg middleweight | |
Dave Hancock | +110kg super-heavyweight | |
Andy Kerr | *110kg super-heavyweight | 1 x silver |
Precious McKenzie | 52kg flyweight | 1 x gold |
George Newton | 67.5kg lightweight | 1 x gold |
Mike Pearman | 82.5kg light-heavyweight | 1 x bronze |
Brian Strange | 110kg heavyweight | |
Alan Winterbourne | 60kg featherweight |
Wrestling
Name | Event/s | Medal/s |
Joey Gilligan | 68kg lightweight | 1 x silver |
Ronald Grinstead | 82kg middleweight | |
Tony Shacklady | 74kg welterweight | 1 x silver |
Amrik Singh Gill | 57kg bantamweight | 1 x silver |
Paul Toole | 62kg featherweight |