Scotland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Scotland at the
1998 Commonwealth Games
Scotland at the; 1998 Commonwealth Games
CG code	SCO
CGA	Commonwealth Games Scotland
Website	teamscotland.scot
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Flag bearers	Opening: Dougie Walker; Closing: Shirley McIntosh
Medals; Ranked 11th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 7 Total 12
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1930; 1934; 1938; 1950; 1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022; 2026; 2030;

Scotland competed at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 11 September until 21 September 1998.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Scotland came 11th overall in the medal table with 3 gold, 2 silver and 7 bronze medals.^[4]

Medals

				Total
Scotland	3	2	7	12

Medallists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Colin McNeil (boxing)
Jackie Townsley (boxing)
Men's doubles (squash)
Women's doubles (badminton)
Men's 10m air rifle pairs (shooting)
Women's 50m three-positions rifle pairs (shooting)
Women's 50m prone rifle pairs (shooting)

Team and results

Athletics

Men

Athlete	Events	Club	Medals
Ross Baillie	110m hurdles
Martin Bell	20 km walk
Elliot Bunney	100m
David Cavers	marathon
Ian Gillespie	5000m
Grant Graham	800m
Stephan William Moore Hayward	shot put
Jamie Quarry	decathlon
Alexis Sharp	decathlon
Dougie Walker	200m
Graham Ross White	50 km walk
Stephen Whyte	hammer throw

Women

Athlete	Events	Club	Medals
Allison Curbishley	400m
Lorna Jackson	javelin
Vikki McPherson	10,000m
Alison Murray-Jessee	pole vault
Pauline Richards	heptathlon
Malgorzata Waldrop	100m

Badminton

Men^[5]

Athlete	Events	Club
Bruce Flockhart	singles	Dunfermline
Alastair Gatt	doubles, mixed	Edinburgh
David Gilmour	singles	Hamilton
Russell Hogg	doubles, mixed	Dunfermline
Jim Mailer	singles	Stirling
Kenny Middlemiss	doubles, mixed	Edinburgh
Craig Robertson	doubles, singles	Fauldhouse

Women^[5]

Athlete	Events	Club
Alexis Blanchflower	doubles, mixed	Glasgow
Anne Gibson	singles	Dumfries
Gillian Martin	singles	Brookfield
Kirsteen McEwan	singles, doubles, mixed	Bridge of Weir
Elinor Middlemiss	doubles, mixed	Edinburgh
Fiona Sneddon	singles	Lochgelly
Sandra Watt	doubles	Innerleithen

Boxing

Athlete	Events	Club
Alex Arthur	57 kg featherweight	Leith Victoria AAC, Edinburgh
Alan Foster	75 kg middleweight
Colin McNeil	67 kg welterweight	Fauldhouse ABC
Lee Sharp	63.5 kg light-welterweight
Jackie Townsley	71 kg light-middleweight	Cleland Miners' ABC, Motherwell

Cricket

Squad^[6]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Scotland men	Men's tournament	Pakistan No result	New Zealand L by 177 runs	Kenya L by 5 wickets	4	did not advance		13

Group stage

Group D
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	6	1.799
2	Pakistan	3	1	1	1	3	0.480
3	Kenya	3	1	2	0	2	−0.697
4	Scotland	3	0	2	1	1	−2.401

Source: ESPNcricinfo

9 September 1998
10:00
Scorecard

Pakistan
201/5 (50 overs)

v

Scotland
31/3 (17.2 overs)

Akhtar Sarfraz 66 (61)
Mike Allingham 2/46 (10 overs)

Stephen Crawley 12 (52)
Shoaib Akhtar 2/7 (5 overs)

No result
Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Nizam Baksh (Can) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)

Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
No further play was possible due to rain after 17.2 overs into Scotland's innings.
Points: Pakistan 1, Scotland 1.^[7]

13 September 1998
10:00
Scorecard

New Zealand
278/6 (50 overs)

v

Scotland
101 (42.4 overs)

Stephen Fleming 102 (135)
James Brinkley 3/55 (10 overs)

George Salmond 31 (73)
Chris Harris 4/25 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 177 runs
Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Beattie Arlow (NI) and Darrell Hair (Aus)

Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
Points: New Zealand 2, Scotland 0.^[8]
Scotland were eliminated as a result of this match.

15 September 1998
10:00
Scorecard

Scotland
156/8 (50 overs)

v

Kenya
157/5 (37.3 overs)

Bruce Patterson 31 (82)
Maurice Odumbe 5/38 (10 overs)

Ravindu Shah 48 (63)
Keith Sheridan 2/24 (10 overs)

Kenya won by 5 wickets
Rubber Research Institute Ground, Shah Alam
Umpires: Beattie Arlow (NI) and Steve Bucknor (Jam)

Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
Edward Mboya (Ken) played his final List A match.^[9]
Maurice Odumbe (Ken) took his only List A five-wicket haul.^[9]^[10]
Points: Kenya 2, Scotland 0.

Cycling

Men

Athlete	Events	Club	Medals
James Gladwell	road race, time trial
Chris Hoy	1 km time trial, sprint
Craig Maclean	1 km time trial, points, sprint
James Millar	points
Richard Moore	road race, time trial
Brian Smith	road race
Neil Walker	road race, points
Drew Wilson	road race

Women

Athlete	Events	Club	Medals
Zoe Anderson	road race

Gymnastics

Men

Athlete	Events	Club	Medals
Barry Collie	all-around, team
Steve Frew	all-around team
Jon Mutch	all-around team

Women

Athlete	Events	Club	Medals
Laura Mackie	rhythmic all-around, team

Lawn bowls

Men^[11]

Athlete	Events	Club
George Adrain	fours	Dreghorn BC
John Aitken	fours	Kirkliston BC
David Gourlay	pairs	Annbank BC
Kenny Logan	fours	Kirkliston BC
Alex Marshall	pairs	Gorgie Mills BC, Edinburgh
Jim McIntyre	fours	Houldsworth BC
Willie Wood	singles	Gifford BC

Women^[12]

Athlete	Events	Club
Liz Dickson	fours	Eyemouth BC
Julie Forrest	singles	Hawick BC
Betty Forsyth	fours	Blantyre BC
Sarah Gourlay	fours	Annbank BC
Margaret Letham	pairs	Burnbank Hamilton BC
Joyce Lindores	pairs	Ettrick Forest BC
Joyce Miller	fours	Greenfaulds BC

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Events	Medals
Richard Grisenthwaite	fullbore rifle, fullbore rifle pair
Robin Law	air rifle, air rifle pair, 3Pos, 3Pos pair
David Lewis	air pistol
Ewen MacColl	trap, trap pair
David Marello	trap, trap pair
Ian Marsden	skeet, skeet pair
Martin Pennington	air pistol
David Rattray	air rifle, air rifle pair
Ronald Sellar	3Pos, pair, prone, pair
Ian Shaw	fullbore rifle, fullbore rifle pair
Martin Sinclair	prone, prone pair
Mike Thomson	skeet, skeet pair

Women

Athlete	Events	Medals
Susan Bell	prone, prone pair
Patricia Littlechild	air rifle, air rifle pair
Shirley McIntosh	rifle 3Pos, rifle 3Pos pair, prone, prone pair	,
Janis Thomson	air rifle, air rifle pair, 3Pos, 3Pos pair

Squash

Men^[13]

Athlete	Events	Club	Medals
Stuart Cowie	singles, doubles, mixed	Bridge of Allan
David Heath	singles, doubles, mixed	Oban
Martin Heath	singles, doubles, mixed	Oban
Peter Nicol	singles, doubles, mixed	Inverurie	,

Women'^[13]

Athlete	Events	Club	Medals
Senga Macfie	singles, doubles, mixed	Bridge of Allan
Claire Waddell	singles, doubles, mixed	Bridge of Allan

Swimming

Athlete	Events	Club	Medals
Michael Cole	200 medley
Ian Edmond	100, 200m breaststroke
Paul Latimer	100, 200m butterfly, 200 medley
David Leith	400 free
Bryan Morgan	50, 100m free
Graeme Smith	400, 1500m free
Gregor Tait	100, 200m backstroke

Women

Athlete	Events	Club	Medals
Diana Borland	200 free, 4x100 free
Kerry Martin	50m free, 100m butterfly, 4x100 free
Lymm Mclaren	50m free
Pauline McLean	4x100 free
Beverley Robertson	100, 200m breaststroke
Alison Sheppard	50, 100m free, 4x100 free
Kirsty Thomson	100, 200m backstroke

Tenpin bowling

Men

Athlete	Events	Club	Medals
Robert Baird	singles, doubles, mixed
Robert Birnie	singles, doubles, mixed

Women

Athlete	Events	Club	Medals
Carol Pirie	singles, doubles, mixed
Laura Rhoney	singles, doubles, mixed

Weightlifting

Athlete	Events	Medals
Martin Boland	69 kg
Paul Coyle	77 kg
David Murray	94 kg
Thomas Neil	105 kg
Dennis O'Brien	62 kg
Alan Ogilive	56 kg
Stuart Yule	94 kg

References

↑ "Scotland Kuala Lumpur 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
↑ "Drug shame lifter in team picked to restore the nation's sporting pride Honour and discredit in squad for the Games". The Herald. 3 July 1998. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
↑ "Drug shame lifter in team picked to restore the nation's sporting pride Honour and discredit in squad for the Games". Herald Scotland. 3 July 1998. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
↑ "Medal Standings Kuala Lumpur 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
1 2 "Badminton". Edinburgh Evening News. 9 May 1998. p. 56. Retrieved 21 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Scotland Squad". ESPNcricinfo. 16 June 1998. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
↑ "Pakistan v Scotland - Commonwealth Games 1998/99 (Group D)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
↑ "New Zealand v Scotland - Commonwealth Games 1998/99 (Group D)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
1 2 "Kenya v Scotland - Commonwealth Games 1998/99 (Group D)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
↑ "Player profile of Maurice Odumbe". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 27 December 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
↑ "Wood back to claim singles spot at Games". The Scotsman. 4 June 1998. p. 31. Retrieved 10 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Scotland Women are just bowling along". Scotland on Sunday. 13 September 1998. p. 57. Retrieved 10 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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[2] "Drug shame lifter in team picked to restore the nation's sporting pride Honour and discredit in squad for the Games". The Herald. 3 July 1998. Retrieved 21 January 2026.

[3] "Drug shame lifter in team picked to restore the nation's sporting pride Honour and discredit in squad for the Games". Herald Scotland. 3 July 1998. Retrieved 3 March 2026.

[4] "Medal Standings Kuala Lumpur 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2025.

[EEN-5] 1 2 "Badminton". Edinburgh Evening News. 9 May 1998. p. 56. Retrieved 21 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[6] "Scotland Squad". ESPNcricinfo. 16 June 1998. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2025.

[7] "Pakistan v Scotland - Commonwealth Games 1998/99 (Group D)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2025.

[8] "New Zealand v Scotland - Commonwealth Games 1998/99 (Group D)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2025.

[match_D5-9] 1 2 "Kenya v Scotland - Commonwealth Games 1998/99 (Group D)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2025.

[10] "Player profile of Maurice Odumbe". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 27 December 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.

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[12] "Scotland Women are just bowling along". Scotland on Sunday. 13 September 1998. p. 57. Retrieved 10 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[TSsquash-13] 1 2 "Games challenge". The Scotsman. 27 May 1998. p. 33. Retrieved 29 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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Medals

Medallists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Team and results

Athletics

Badminton

Boxing

Cricket

Cycling

Gymnastics

Lawn bowls

Shooting

Squash

Swimming

Tenpin bowling

Weightlifting

See also

References