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England At The 1950 British Empire Games
England competed at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand, from 4 February to 11 February 1950. The athletes that competed are listed below. Athletes Athletics (Men) Boxing Cycling Diving Fencing Rowing Swimming Weightlifting Wrestling References {{Commonwealth Games medallists 1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ... Nations at the 1950 British Empire Games British Empire Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commonwealth Games England
Commonwealth Games England (CGE) is the national Commonwealth Games Association for England. The council is responsible for supporting and managing the participation of Team England at the Commonwealth Games'. Predecessor The Commonwealth Games Council for England (CGCE) was originally responsible for 'Team England' and oversaw each team between the 1930 British Empire Games and Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games and the England teams at the Commonwealth Youth Games. Membership of the Games Council consisted of representatives from 26 different sports on the Commonwealth Games' Sports Programme, supported by a small salaried team.CGCE's President was gold medallist Sir Christopher Chataway, the first ever winner of the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year award and a teammate of Sir Roger Bannister. Present organisation Following a review in 2009, the Commonwealth Games Council for England was disbanded and a new organisation, Commonwealth Games England, was establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antony Hignell
Antony Francis Hignell (6 July 1928 – 23 October 2015) was an English cricketer and javelin thrower. Cricket career He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Gloucestershire. He was born in Kroonstad. Hignell made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 1947 season, against Cambridge University. He scored 7 runs in the only innings in which he batted, and conceded 48 runs with the ball in 18 overs. Hignell played for Gloucestershire Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship during the 1948 season. Athletics career In 1949 he was AAA champion in the javelin event, and represented England in 1950 where he placed fourth at the British Empire Games in Auckland. Personal life He was the father of Alastair Hignell, who played cricket for Cambridge University and Gloucestershire and rugby union for England, Cambridge University and Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Whittle
Harold 'Harry' Whittle (2 May 1922 – 11 May 1990) was a British hurdler and long jumper. He competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics. He also represented England in four events at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ..., New Zealand; the 440 yards, 440 yards hurdles, long jump and triple jump. He was a three times long jump national champion. References 1922 births 1990 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics British male hurdlers British male long jumpers Olympic athletes of Great Britain Place of birth missing Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games Commonweal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wells (athlete)
Peter Wells (23 May 1929 – 5 January 2018) was a British-born athlete who competed in the High Jump at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics. He also represented England at the 1950 Empire Games in Auckland, and New Zealand at the 1954 Commonwealth Games in Vancouver. After the 1950 Empire Games in Auckland, Wells didn't travel back to England with the rest of the team, preferring to stay and settle in Christchurch, New Zealand. He lived in New Zealand for the rest of his life, apart from a short period in 1952 when he returned to England in order to qualify for the 1952 Summer Olympics. He died in Christchurch on 5 January 2018 after a short illness. Early life and education Wells was born at Friern Barnet in North London, the youngest child of Cecil Edward Wells and Ethel Alice Wells (née Cannon). He lived initially in Finchley before moving at the age of two to High Barnet. He attended Byng Road Council School, (now calleFoulds School, and then went to Queen Elizabeth's G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Wright (athlete)
Charles Thomas Wright was a male athlete who competed for England. Athletics career He represented England in the 880 yards and 1 mile race at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ..., New Zealand. References English male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games competitors for England {{England-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Walker (athlete)
Margaret Walker (2 January 1925 – 10 May 2016) was a British sprinter. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics. She competed as part of Great Britain's 1948 Olympic 4 × 100 m relay team and they were placed fourth. She also represented England and won a silver medal in the 660 yard relay and a bronze medal in the 4 x 440 yard relay at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ..., New Zealand. She also competed in the 110 yards and 200 yards events. References External links * 1925 births 2016 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics British female sprinters Olympic athletes for Great Britain Place of birth missing Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Shenton
Brian Shenton (15 March 1927 – 9 May 1987) was a track and field sprinter. He represented Great Britain in the men's 200 metres and men's 4x100 metres relay at two consecutive Summer Olympics (1952 and 1956). Born in Doncaster from a working-class background, he was a member of the Doncaster Plant Works Athletic Club, later having a successful career in the City and reaching the position of Chairman of Noble Lowndes. He died in a car crash soon after retirement. Shenton came to public attention in 1950 with a series of good performances, culminating in a place at the European Championships as a replacement. Described as the "boy from nowhere", he set a new personal best in the semi-finals of 21.6s, in the finals beating off the challenge of Étienne Bally. He won the gold medal at the 1950 European Athletics Championships in Brussels, Belgium in the men's 200 metres in a time of 21.5s as part of the British team that first topped the medal table with a medal count that w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Stacey
Rev. Nicolas David Stacey (27 November 1927 – 8 May 2017) was a priest of the Church of England and social activist. He was Rector of Woolwich in the 1960s, and Director of Social Services for Kent County Council from 1974 to 1985. Early life Nick Stacey was born 27 November 1927. He was educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and saw service on HMS ''Anson'' in the last months of the Second World War. He participated in the liberation of Hong Kong, and witnessed the devastation of Hiroshima shortly after VJ Day. He resigned his commission in the Navy to read Modern History at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and then trained for the priesthood at Cuddesdon Theological College. During this time he represented his service, university and country in athletics, being president of the Oxford University Athletics Club, and participated in the British Empire Games (1950), and the 1952 Olympic Games. He was a semi-finalist in the 200 metres and a finalist in the 4×400 metres r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Pugh
Derek Charles Pugh (8 February 1926 – 2 May 2008) was a British track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events. Athletics career He represented Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Tooting in London. Outside Olympic competition, he represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 relay at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand. He was a double champion for Great Britain at the 1950 European Athletics Championships, winning the 400 metres title and the 4×400 metres relay gold medal. He had previously won individual bronze and a relay silver at the 1946 European Athletics Championships. He also won a bronze medal in the relay with England at the 1950 British Empire Games The 1950 British Empire Games was the fourth staging of what is now called the Commonwealth Games. It was held in Auckland, New Zealand between 4 and 11 February 1950, after a 12-year gap from the third edition of the games. The main venue was . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Pavitt
Ronald Cecil John Pavitt (15 September 1926 – 31 January 1988) was a British athlete. He competed in the men's high jump at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics. He also represented England in the high jump at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ..., New Zealand. References 1926 births 1988 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics British male high jumpers Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games competitors for England {{UK-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Parlett
Harold John Parlett (19 April 1925 – 6 March 2022) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Bromley, Greater London. Athletics career Parlett was the 800 metres champion at the 1950 European Athletics Championships. Representing England, he won the 880-yard run at the 1950 British Empire Games The 1950 British Empire Games was the fourth staging of what is now called the Commonwealth Games. It was held in Auckland, New Zealand between 4 and 11 February 1950, after a 12-year gap from the third edition of the games. The main venue was ... and was also a silver medallist in the 4×440 yards relay. His personal best for the 800 m was 1:50.5 minutes, set in 1950. Personal life Parlett died on 6 March 2022, at the age of 96. References 1925 births 2022 deaths Athletes from London Sportspeople from the London Borough of Bromley English male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athlete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Tyler-Odam
Dorothy Jennifer Beatrice Tyler, MBE (née Odam; 14 March 1920 – 25 September 2014) was a British athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. She was born in Stockwell, London. Odam competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany where she won the silver medal behind Ibolya Csák. She jumped the highest and was the first to clear 1.60 meters, and would have won under modern countback rules, but under the 1936 rulebook a jump-off was called for, and Csák won the gold. In 1939 she broke the world record in the high jump with 1.66m, but Germany's Dora Ratjen allegedly broke her record quickly. Odam was suspicious of Ratjen and, according to Odam, "They wrote to me telling me I didn't hold the record, so I wrote to them saying, 'She's not a woman, she's a man'. They did some research and found 'her' serving as a waiter called Hermann Ratjen. So I got my world record back." Odam's world record was formally recognized by the sport's world govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
