England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was represented by the Commonwealth Games Council for England (CGCE).
England joined the Commonwealth of Nations as part of the United Kingdom in 1931.
In this competition England finished second in the medals table behind Australia.
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“The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February.”
—Joseph Wood Krutch (1893–1970)
“The commonwealth of Athens is become a forest of beasts.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“In the past, it seemed to make sense for a sportswriter on sabbatical from the playpen to attend the quadrennial hawgkilling when Presidential candidates are chosen, to observe and report upon politicians at play. After all, national conventions are games of a sort, and sports offers few spectacles richer in low comedy.”
—Walter Wellesley (Red)