From last to first

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33450, 4 February 1974, Page 1

From last to first

St Vincent, a small island in the West Indies, has the distinction of having won the most points per head of population of all the Commonwealth countries competing at the Games. New Zealand was second, and Western Samoa was third. By winning a gold medal in boxing on the eve of the closing of the Games, F. Lucas (St Vincent) brought his country from being last equal to first. The three points gained from the gold medal, and averaged out among a total population of about 95,000, meant that St Vincent had one point for every 32.000. Although Australia won the most points, with 168 (three points for a gold medal, two for a silver, and one for a bronze), it could manage only fourth place, at one point for even,- 78,000 of population. At the 1970 Commonwealth Games at Edinburgh, St Vincent also came near the top. It was third, with one point for every 90,000 of population. First was the Isle of Man, and second, Australia. Country Points Population per point (in 000 s)

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St Vincent 3 32 New Zealand 61 48 - West. Samoa 3 55 : Australia 168 78 1 North Ireland 13 118 Wales 17 160 | Canada 131 168 1 Scotland 30 174 Jamaica 8 241 England 167 275 . Kenya 32 384 1 Trinidad and Tobago 3 390 Swaziland 1 479 Uganda 17 635 Ghana 13 758 Zambia 6 760 Lesotho 1 1,030 Malaysia 6 1,900 Singapore 1 2,190 | Nigeria 19 3,130 Tanzania 4 3,580 1 India 31 18,900 :