Matthew Clay upstaged his England team-mate

Matthew Clay took the 50m backstroke in Melbourne, pipping team-mate Liam Tancock to win in 25.04 seconds.

Tancock was favourite after breaking the Games record in the heats but had to settle for silver. South Africa's Johannes Zandberg was third.

In the men's 200m freestyle, Ross Davenport claimed first ahead of silver medallist Simon Burnett.

Davenport timed his race to perfection after reaching the halfway point in fourth.

It didn't happen for me this time but hopefully it will next time Liam Tancock

The 21-year-old from Derby moved up into second at the final turn and stormed down the final 50m to claim gold.

Scotland's David Carry was unable to add to his 400m gold as he finished fifth, with team-mate Andrew Hunter seventh.

Clay, who was born in South Africa but raised in England, now has his first international title.

"It is kind of a shock," said Clay. "I was half a second off the pace going into the final but I saw no reason why anyone should beat me.

"I just had to step up and do my own race. You never know what pressure does to other people.

"I blacked my goggles out so I couldn't see what anyone else was doing. I was just doing my own thing."

Although Tancock was disappointed with the result, he was philosophical afterwards saying: "I didn't have a great start but these things happen on the 50m dash.

"I'm pretty pleased with my first Commonwealth Games, and the gold couldn't have gone to a better man.

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"It's great for the sport in England. It didn't happen for me this time but hopefully it will next time."

Clay had to cut short his lap of honour after receiving his medal to make an immediate return to the pool for the semi-finals of the 50m butterfly.

The 23-year-old finished in a dead-heat for third with Scotland's Todd Cooper to make it through.

But veteran England star Mark Foster, 35, missed out after finishing fifth in the second semi.

Chris Cook hinted at more medals to come for England with a new Games record of 1:00.94 in the semi-finals of the 100m breaststroke.

The 26-year-old from South Shields was joined in the final by team-mates James Gibson and Darren Mew, as well as Scotland's Kristopher Gilchrist.