714 1982 COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN BRISBANE, Participation Medal, 67mm diameter, in original presentation case. At the Brisbane Games 46 teams comprising 1,583 athletes competed in 141 events, with Australia winning 39, one more than England on 38 and Canada in 3rd place with 26. In the pool, Tracey Wickham, Lisa Forrest and Lisa Curry won 7 swimming golds between them and Neil Brooks starred for the men, with 1 individual and 2 team golds. Rob De Castella won the marathon, Gary Honey set a new Games record in winning the long jump, Raylene Boyle won the 400m, Debbie Flintoff the 400m hurdles and Glynis Nunn the Heptathlon. $100–150 ❖ 715 1986 COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN EDINBURGH, Participation Medal "1986 XIII. Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh, Scotland", 69mm diameter. Only 27 teams participated in the Edinburgh Games. The majority of Commonwealth nations staged a boycott, meaning that the Games appeared largely to be a whites-only event. 32 of the eligible 59 countries or territories, largely African, Asian and Caribbean states, stayed away because of the Thatcher government’s policy of keeping Britain’s sporting links with apartheid South Africa in preference to participating in the general sporting boycott of that country. Consequently, Edinburgh 1986 witnessed the lowest turnout since Auckland 1950. Bermuda was a particularly late withdrawal, as its athletes had appeared in the opening ceremony and in the opening day of competition before the Bermuda Olympic Association decided to formally withdraw. Australia sent 235 competitors in 11 sports, winning 40 gold, 46 silver & 35 bronze medals; third in the medal rankings behind England and Canada. Australians won 13 of the possible 36 gold medals in the pool, Rob de Castella won the marathon and Gary Honey the long jump, while Debbie Flintoff won the 400m and Lisa Martin the marathon. Gael Martin won the shot put and the discus. Australians won all 5 track cycling events, 4 weight-lifting golds as well as others. $100–150 ❖ 716 1990 COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN AUCKLAND, Participation Medal "1990 XIV. Commonwealth Games, Auckland, New Zealand", 50mm diameter, in original presentation case. Australia topped the medals table once again, securing 52 gold, 54 silver & 56 bronze medals; with England and Canada coming 2nd & 3rd. Australia’s team was comprised of 247 competitors and 69 officials. In all, 55 teams sent 2,074 athletes to compete in 213 events. Some of Australia’s stars included Russell Butler, Craig Rogerson & Jenny Donnet in the diving; Andrew Baildon, Martin Roberts, Ian Brown & Glen Housman in the pool; and the female swimmers, Lisa Curry-Kenny, Hayley Lewis, Nicole Livingstone & Karin van Wirdum - the women securing 12 of the possible 16 in the swimming pool. Jane Flemming won the long jump and the Heptathlon, while Lisa Martin won the marathon and Kerry Saxby the 10k walk. Phil Adams won 3 golds in the pistol shooting. $75–100 ❖ 717 1994 COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN CANADA, Participation Medal "1994/ XV Commonwealth Games/ XV Jeux du Commonwealth/ Victoria, Canada", 50mm diameter, in original presentation case. There were 63 participating teams at the Games in Victoria, British Columbia, with 2,557 competitors. Australia’s 241 athletes won 87 gold, 52 silver & 43 bronze medals, securing top spot on the medal table followed by Canada, England and Nigeria. $75–100 ❖ 718 2002 COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN MANCHESTER, Participation Medal "2002 Manchester, The XVII Commonwealth Games, 50mm diameter, in original presentation case. At the first Games in 1930 Australia won only 8 medals against England’s 61. However, by these first Games of the 21st century held in Manchester, Australia’s medal tally had moved to 207 , ahead of any other country including England’s 165. Australians secured 82 gold, 62 silver and 63 bronze medals. $50–75 ❖ 719 2006 COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN MELBOURNE, Participation Medal "XVIII Commonwealth Games, Melbourne 2006", 60mm diameter, in original presentation case with cardboard sleeve. $100–150 ❖ 720 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL CIGARETTE CARDS: 1933 Wills "FOOTBALLERS 1933" a collection comprising 180 of the set of 200 all contained in a contemporary album; plus an additional album which appears to contain a quantity of duplicates. Mixed condition. $200–300 ❖ 706 710 Images ❖ Lots with this symbol indicate that images are not illustrated in this catalogue but are available online at www.leski.com.au 109