Cycling at the 1934 British Empire Games
Venue	Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester
Dates	11 August 1934
1938 →

Cycling at the 1934 British Empire Games was the first appearance of Cycling at the Commonwealth Games. The events took place at the Fallowfield Stadium in Manchester despite the Games being hosted by London. The events were held on the last day of the Games on 11 August 1934.^[1]

Medal table[edit]

  *   Host nation (England)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	1	1	0	2
	Canada	1	1	0	2
3	England*	1	0	1	2
4	South Africa	0	1	2	3
Totals (4 entries)		3	3	3	9

Medal winners[edit]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Time Trial	Dunc Gray (AUS)	Bob McLeod (CAN)	Ted Clayton (SAF)
Sprint 1000 yd	Ernest Higgins (ENG)	Horace Pethybridge (AUS)	Ted Clayton (SAF)
10 mile Scratch	Bob McLeod (CAN)	Ted Clayton (SAF)	William Harvell (ENG)

Results[edit]

1,000m Time Trial[edit]

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Dunc Gray	1 min 16 2-5 sec
2	Bob McLeod	1 min 18 sec
3	Ted Clayton	1 min 18 3-5 sec
4	Frank Grose	1 min 20 2-5 sec
5	William Harvell	1 min 21 3-5 sec
6	Denis J Corr	1 min 22 1-5 sec
8	William W Tagg	1 min 23 sec
9	F O Jones	1 min 16 2-5 sec

10 mile scratch race[edit]

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Bob McLeod	24 min 26 1-5 sec
2	Ted Clayton	half a wheel
3	William Harvell
4	Frank Grose

1,000 yards sprint championship[edit]

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete
1	Horace Pethybridge
2	G Turner
3	William W Tagg

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete
1	Ernest Higgins
2	D McKenzie
3	H Brown

Heat 3

Pos	Athlete
1	Ted Clayton
2	Frank Grose
3	Denis J Corr

Semi final 1

Pos	Athlete
1	Ernest Higgins
2	Ted Clayton

Semi final 2

Pos	Athlete
1	Horace Pethybridge
2	Frank Grose

Final

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Ernest Higgins	1 min 58 4-5 sec
2	Horace Pethybridge	2 lengths
3	Ted Clayton

References[edit]

See also[edit]

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
• Cycling at the Commonwealth Games