Wrestling at the 1934 British Empire Games

Wrestling at the 1934 British Empire Games
Wrestling at the 1934 British Empire Games
Venue	Wembley Empire Pool
Location	London, England
Dates	4 – 11 August 1934
	← 1930 1938 →

At the 1934 British Empire Games, the wrestling competition was held in London, England, and featured contests in seven weight classes.

The wrestling events were held at the Wembley Empire Pool.^[1]

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

Medal table

* Host nation (England)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada (CAN)	3	2	3	8
2	Australia (AUS)	2	0	0	2
3	Scotland (SCO)	1	0	3	4
4	South Africa (SAF)	1	0	0	1
5	England (ENG)*	0	5	1	6
Totals (5 entries)		7	7	7	21

All events were for men only.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bantamweight	Edward Melrose (SCO)	Ted McKinley (CAN)	Joseph Reid (ENG)
Featherweight	Robert McNab (CAN)	Joe Nelson (ENG)	Murdoch White (SCO)
Lightweight	Dick Garrard (AUS)	G. E. North (ENG)	Howard Thomas (CAN)^[4]
Welterweight	Joe Schleimer (CAN)	William Fox (ENG)	Rashid Anwar (IND)
Middleweight	Terry Evans (CAN)	Stanley Bissell (ENG)	Robert Harcus (SCO)
Light heavyweight	Mick Cubbin (SAF)	Bernard Rowe (ENG)	Alex Watt (CAN)
Heavyweight	Jack Knight (AUS)	Pat Meehan (CAN)	Archie Dudgeon (SCO)

Weight	Winner	Loser	Score
Bantamweight
	Edward Melrose	Joseph Reid	w/o
	Ted McKinley	Joseph Reid	2min 12 sec
	Edward Melrose	Ted McKinley	1min 25sec
Featherweight
	Robert McNab	Joe Nelson	10min 45sec
	Ajaib Singh	K. Young	5min 36sec
	Murdoch White	Ajaib Singh	Points
	Robert McNab	K. Young	50sec
	Joe Nelson	Murdoch White	13min 59sec
	Robert McNab	Ajaib Singh	69sec
	Robert McNab	Murdoch White	20sec
Lightweight
	Dick Garrard	Joseph Burroughs	65sec
	G. E. North	Drummond Walker	4min 30sec
	Howard Thomas	Joseph Burroughs	ret injury
	Dick Garrard	G. E. North	2min 13sec
	Dick Garrard	Howard Thomas	points
	G. E. North	Howard Thomas	points
	Howard Thomas	Drummond Walker	w/o
Welterweight
	Joe Schleimer	Maurice Allwood	2min 59sec
	William Fox	Rashid Anwar	15min-points
	Maurice Allwood	Leonard Morgan	5min 4sec
	Joe Schleimer	William Fox	3min 10 sec
	Rashid Anwar	Leonard Morgan	5min 4sec
	William Fox	Maurice Allwood	2min 55sec
	Joe Schleimer	Rashid Anwar	6min 23sec
Middleweight
	Terry Evans	Stanley Bissell	8min 27 sec
	Terry Evans	Robert Harcus	8min 17sec
	Stanley Bissell	Robert Harcus	11min 26 sec
Light heavyweight
	Mick Cubbin	Bernard Rowe	2min 17sec
	Alex Watt	Allan Brodie	2min 59sec
	Bernard Rowe	Alex Watt	1min 41sec
	Mick Cubbin	Alex Watt	1min 41sec
	Mick Cubbin	Allan Brodie	2mins 21sec
Heavyweight
	Jack Knight	Horace Taylor	3min 51sec
	Pat Meehan	Archie Dudgeon	10min 43sec
	Jack Knight	Pat Meehan	points
	Jack Knight	Archie Dudgeon	6min 25sec
	Archie Dudgeon	Horace Taylor	5min 40sec

^ "A Big Programme for Canada". Daily News (London). 14 February 1930. Retrieved 21 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Empire Games Wrestling". Nottingham Journal. 10 August 1934. Retrieved 23 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Wrestling". The Scotsman. 10 August 1934. Retrieved 23 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Wrestling". The Times. 10 August 1934. p. 6 – via Times Digital Archives.