England at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

England at the
1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
England at the; 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
CGF code	ENG
CGA	Commonwealth Games England
in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Medals; Ranked 1st	Gold 23 Silver 24 Bronze 20 Total 67
British Empire and Commonwealth Games appearances
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England competed at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from 30 July to 7 August 1954.^[1]

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England finished at the top of the medal table.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	23	24	20	67
2	Australia	20	11	17	48
3	South Africa	16	6	13	35
Totals (3 entries)		59	41	50	150

Name	Age	Event/s	Medal/s
Suzanne Allday	19	Discus, Hammer, Javelin, Shot put	1 x silver
Peter Allday	27	Hammer	None
Don Anthony	25	Hammer	None
Roger Bannister	25	1 mile	1 x gold
Ken Box	23	100y, 220y, relay, Long jump	none
Ian Boyd	21	880y, 1 mile	1 x bronze
Chris Brasher	25	1 mile	none
Shirley Burgess	20	100y, 220y, relay	1 x silver
Christopher Chataway	23	3 miles	1 x gold
Derek Cox	23	High jump, Long jump, Shot put	none
Stan Cox	36	6 miles, Marathon	none
Jean Desforges	25	80mh, Long jump	2 x bronze
Alan Dick	24	440y, relay	1 x gold
Peter Driver	22	3 miles, 6 miles	1 x gold
Geoff Elliott	23	Pole vault, Shot put	1 x gold
George Ellis	21	100y, 220y, relay	none
Peter Fryer	26	440y, relay	1 x gold
Fred Green	28	3 miles	1 x silver
Shirley Hampton	18	100y, 220y, relay	1 x silver, 1 x bronze
Brian Hewson	21	880y	1 x silver
Peter Higgins	25	440y, relay	1 x gold
Chris Higham	23	120yh	1 x silver
Ann Johnson	20	220y, Long jump	none
Derek Johnson	21	880y, relay	2 x gold
Harry Kane	21	440y, 440yh	1 x silver
David Law	24	880y, 1 mile	none
Alan Lillington	21	100y, 220y, relay	none
Jack Parker	26	120yh	none
Anne Pashley	19	100y, relay	1 silver
Jim Peters	35	6 miles, Marathon	1 x bronze
Mark Pharaoh	23	Discus, Shot put	1 x bronze
Frank Sando	23	3 miles, 6 miles	1 silver, 1 x bronze
John Savidge	29	Shot put, Discus,	1 x gold
Pam Seaborne	18	80mh	none
Brian Shenton	27	100y, 220y, relay	1 x silver
Dorothy Tyler	34	High jump, Javelin, Long jump	1 x silver
Ken Wilmshurst	23	440yh, Long jump, Triple jump	2 x gold
Heather Young	21	100y, 220y, relay	1 x silver

Name	Age	Event/s	Medal/s
Edwin Bateman	73	pairs	none
James Carr	60	fours	none
John Coles	62	fours	none
Stanley Lee	54	singles, fours	none
William Parker	61	fours	none
Tom Stewart	70	pairs	none

Name	Age	Event/s	Medal/s
Dave Charnley	19	featherweight	1 x bronze
Nicholas Gargano	19	welterweight	1 x gold
Brian Harper	20	heavyweight	1 x gold
Bruce Wells	21	welterweight	1 x bronze
George Whelan	19	Lightweight	none

Name	Age	Event/s	Medal/s
Peter Brotherton	23	Pursuit, 1,000m	1 x silver
Keith Harrison	21	Time trial, Scratch, 1,000m	1 silver, 1 x bronze
Tony Hoar	22	Road	none
Cyril Peacock	25	Sprint, Time trial	1 x gold
Bernard Pusey	23	Pursuit, Road	1 x bronze
Norman Sheil	21	Pursuit, Road, Scratch	1 x silver
Eric Thompson	27	Road, Scratch	1 x gold

Medal table

Name	Age	Event/s	Medal/s
Ann Long	17	3m & 10m Platform	1 x gold, 1 x bronze
Frank Mercer	26	3m Springboard	none
Eunice Millar	26	10m Platform	1 x silver
Peter Tarsey	17	10m Platform	none
Tony Turner		3m Springboard, 10m Platform	1 x silver
Charmain Welsh	16	3m Springboard	none

Name	Age	Event/s	Medal/s
Michael Amberg	28	Sabre, Sabre team	1 x gold, 1 x silver
William Beatley	20	Sabre, Sabre team	1 x silver
Ralph Cooperman	26	Foil, Foil Team, Sabre, Sabre team	1 x gold, 2 x silver
Charles de Beaumont	51	Épée, Épée team	1 x gold
Mary Glen-Haig	36	Foil	1 x gold
Allan Jay	24	Épée, Épée team, Foil, Foil Team	2 x gold, 1 x bronze
René Paul	33	Épée, Épée team, Foil, Foil Team	3 x gold, 1 x silver
Gillian Sheen	25	Foil	1 x silver

Name	Age	Event/s	Medal/s
Tom Christie	27	Coxless pairs	1 x silver
Nicholas Clack	23	Coxless pairs	1 x silver
Alastair Davidson		Coxed fours, eights	1 x silver, 1 x bronze
Joe Eldeen	31	Eights	1 x silver
David Glynne-Jones	25	Coxed fours, eights	1 x silver, 1 x bronze
Maurice Legg		Coxed fours, eights	1 x silver, 1 x bronze
John Macmillan	26	Coxed fours, eights	1 x silver, 1 x bronze
Geoffrey Page	25	Coxed fours, eights	1 x silver, 1 x bronze
John Pope		Eights	1 x silver
Sidney Rand	19	Single sculls	1 x silver
M.G.C. Savage		Eights	1 x silver
Alan Watson	25	Eights	1 x silver

Name	Age	Event/s	Medal/s
Donald Bland	23	440y & 1650y freestyle, freestyle relay	none
Jean Botham	19	110y freestyle, freestyle & medley relays	1 x bronze
Fearne Ewart	17	110y freestyle, freestyle relay	1 x bronze
Margaret Grundy	16	220y breastroke, medley relay	1 x bronze
Peter Head	19	110y & 440y freestyle, freestyle relay	none
Alan Hime	24	220y breaststroke	1 x bronze
Peter Jervis	22	220y breaststroke, medley relay	1 x silver
Vivienne Meyrick	17	110y backstroke	none
Valerie Nares-Pillow	17	100y freestyle, freestyle relay	1 x bronze
Maureen Pitchfork	19	110y backstroke, medley relay	none
Haydn Rigby	17	110y backstroke, medley & freestyle relay	none
Ronald Roberts	31	110y fresstyle, medley & freestyle relays	none
Pat Symons	19	110y backstroke	1 x silver
Daphne Wilkinson	22	440y freestyle, freestyle relay	1 x bronze