Cycling at the 1934 British Empire Games explained

Event:	Cycling
Games:	1934
Venue:	Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester
Dates:	11 August 1934
Next:	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 winners

Time Trial			Ted Clayton (SAF)
Sprint 1000 yd			Ted Clayton (SAF)
10 mile Scratch		Ted Clayton (SAF)

Results

1,000m Time Trial

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1			1 min 16 2-5 sec
2		1 min 18 sec
3		1 min 18 3-5 sec
4		1 min 20 2-5 sec
5		1 min 21 3-5 sec
6	Denis J Corr	1 min 22 1-5 sec
D McKenzie	1 min 22 1-5 sec
8		1 min 23 sec
9	F O Jones	1 min 16 2-5 sec

10 mile scratch race

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1			24 min 26 1-5 sec
2		half a wheel
3
4

1,000 yards sprint championship

Heat 1

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1	Horace Pethybridge
2	G Turner
3	William W Tagg

Heat 2

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1	Ernest Higgins
2	D McKenzie
3	H Brown

Heat 3

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1	Ted Clayton
2	Frank Grose
3	Denis J Corr

Semi final 1

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1	Ernest Higgins
2	Ted Clayton

Semi final 2

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1	Horace Pethybridge
2	Frank Grose

Final

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

See also

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

Notes and References

1. News: Empire Games, Corr competes in Cycling Events . Northern Whig . 13 August 1934 . 23 August 2022 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .