After campaigning for the idea among contacts he met at the Olympics, he was asked to organise the first British Empire Games in Hamilton.

[4] The sports included athletics, boxing, lawn bowls, rowing, swimming, and wrestling.

Canadian triple jumper Gordon Smallacombe claimed the debut gold medal a few hours later.

[1] The 1930 British Empire Games made use of pedestals for dignitaries to present medals to winning athletes, as proposed by Bobby Robinson.

[6][7] There were 11 teams participating in these inaugural British Empire Games: Notable venues include: