Boxing at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

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Boxing at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
VenueVancouver Forum
LocationVancouver, Canada
Dates30 July – 7 August 1954
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Boxing at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was the fifth appearance of the Boxing at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Vancouver, Canada, and featured contests in ten weight classes.[1]

The Exhibition Forum was the venue for the boxing

The boxing events were held in the Vancouver Forum.[2] South Africa topped the boxing medal table by virtue of winning three gold medals.[3]

In the light-middleweight category Bruce Wells won his semi-final against Maurice Tuck but after a clash of heads in the bout he was declared unfit for the final. Tuck was also declared unfit to continue resulting in Freddy Wright progressing to the final instead.

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Canada)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Africa (SAF)3025
2 Canada (CAN)*2125
3 Scotland (SCO)2103
4 England (ENG)2024
5 Southern Rhodesia (SRH)1203
6 Northern Rhodesia (NRH)0303
7 Australia (AUS)0235
8 Wales (WAL)0101
9 Nigeria (NGR)0011
10 New Zealand (NZL)0000
 Pakistan (PAK)0000
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)0000
Totals (12 entries)10101030

Medallists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight  Dick Currie (SCO)  Abe Bekker (NRH)  Warner Batchelor (AUS)
Bantamweight  John Smillie (SCO)  Gordon Smith (SRH)  Abubakar Idi Garuba (NGR)
Featherweight  Leonard Leisching (SAF)  Malcolm Collins (WAL)  Dave Charnley (ENG)
Lightweight  Piet van Staden (SRH)  Frank McQuillan (SCO)  Brian Cahill (AUS)
Light Welterweight  Mickey Bergin (CAN)  Aubrey Harris (SRH)  Des Duguid (AUS)
Welterweight  Nicholas Gargano (ENG)  Rodney Litzow (AUS)  Hendrik van der Linde (SAF)
Light Middleweight  Wilf Greaves (CAN)  Freddy Wright (NRH)  Bruce Wells (ENG)
Middleweight  Johannes van der Kolff (SAF)  Arthur Crawford (NRH)  Marcel Piau (CAN)
Light Heavyweight  Piet van Vuuren (SAF)  Tony Madigan (AUS)  Bill Misselbrook (CAN)
Heavyweight  Brian Harper (ENG)  Gerry Buchanan (CAN)  George Jenkins (SAF)

Results

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[4][5][6]

First round

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Weight Winner Loser Score
Flyweight 51kg
Scotland Dick Currie bye
Northern Rhodesia Abe Bekker Nigeria Adu Garuba points
Australia Warner Batchelor Pakistan Ahmed Shah points
Canada Gerry Boucher bye
Bantamweight 54kg
Scotland John Smillie South Africa Dennis Kennedy points
Southern Rhodesia Gordon Smith bye
Nigeria Abubakar Idi Garuba bye
New Zealand Edwin Stockley bye
Featherweight 57kg
South Africa Leonard Leisching Canada Bud Palmer points
Wales Malcolm Collins bye
England Dave Charnley Australia Gil Durey TKO 3
Trinidad and Tobago Hollis Wilson bye
Lightweight 60kg
Southern Rhodesia Piet van Staden Canada Clayton Kenny points
Scotland Frank McQuillan bye
Australia Brian Cahill bye
South Africa Mickey Pretorius England George Whelan disq
Light-welterweight 63.5kg
Canada Mickey Bergin bye
Southern Rhodesia Aubrey Harris bye
Australia Des Duguid bye
New Zealand Alan Scaife bye
Welterweight 67kg
England Nicholas Gargano New Zealand Mike Hannah
Australia Rodney Litzow bye
South Africa Hendrik van der Linde Canada Sonny Forbes
Northern Rhodesia Chris Vivier bye
Light-middleweight 71kg
Canada Wilf Greaves Australia Gwynfryn Evans
Northern Rhodesia Freddy Wright bye
England Bruce Wells bye
New Zealand Maurice Tuck bye
Middleweight 75kg
South Africa Johannes van der Kolff bye
Northern Rhodesia Arthur Crawford bye
Canada Marcel Piau bye
Light heavyweight 81kg
South Africa Piet van Vuuren bye
Australia Tony Madigan bye
Canada Bill Misselbrook bye
Heavyweight 91kg
England Brian Harper bye
Canada Gerry Buchanan bye
South Africa George Jenkins bye
Australia Steve Zoranich bye

Semi-finals

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Weight Winner Loser Score
Flyweight
Currie Boucher points
Bekker Batchelor points
Bantamweight
Smillie Stockley TKO 2
Smith Idi Garuba points
Featherweight
Leisching Charnley points
Collins Wilson TKO 2
Lightweight
van Staden Pretorius TKO 3
McQuillan Cahill points
Light-welterweight
Bergin Duguid points
Harris Scaife points
Welterweight
Gargano van der Linde points
Litzow Vivier points
Light-middleweight
Greaves Wright+ NC
Wells+ Tuck TKOI 1
Middleweight
van der Kolff bye
Crawford Piau points
Light heavyweight
van Vuuren bye
Madigan Misselbrook TKO 1
Heavyweight
Harper Zoranich KO 1
Buchanan Jenkins TKO 2

Bronze medal

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Weight Winner Loser Score
Flyweight Batchelor Boucher
Bantamweight Idi Garuba Stockley
Featherweight Charnley Wilson
Lightweight Cahill Pretorius
Light-welterweight Duguid Scaife
Welterweight van der Linde Vivier
Light-middleweight Wells Tuck w/o
Middleweight Piau no opponent
Light heavyweight Misselbrook no opponent
Heavyweight Jenkins Zoranich

Finals

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Weight Winner Loser Score
Flyweight Currie Bekker points
Bantamweight Smillie Smith points
Featherweight Leisching Collins points
Lightweight van Staden McQuillan points
Light-welterweight Bergin Harris points
Welterweight Gargano Litzow points
Light-middleweight Greaves Wright points
Middleweight van der Kolff Crawford points
Light heavyweight van Vuuren Madigan points
Heavyweight Harper Buchanan points

References

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  1. ^ "Medal Standings Vancouver 1954". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Wednesday at the BEG". Vancouver Sun. 3 August 1954. p. 14. Retrieved 20 September 2025 – via Google Newspapers.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Boxing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  4. ^ "K.Harrison breaks record but is third". Evening Despatch. 5 August 1954. Retrieved 11 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "British Empire & Commonwealth Games Vancouver, Canada August 3-7, 1954". Amateur Boxing. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Boxing". Leicester Evening Mail. 7 August 1954. Retrieved 11 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.