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1928
Dec 2 Nipper Taylor (Leeds) WKO6(6) NSC, Leeds
Dec 23 Joe Sadler WPTS(6) NSC, Leeds
1929
Feb 3 Young Kilbride (Leeds) LPTS(6) NSC, Leeds
Mar 24 Kid Eccles (Leeds) LPTS(8) NSC, Leeds
Promoter: Albert Heslop
Source: Boxing 27/03/1929 page 570
Promoter: Albert Heslop
Fight Record
Source: Boxing 04/12/1928 page 330
Promoter: Albert Heslop
Source: Boxing 02/01/1929 page 389
Source: Boxing 06/02/1929 page 470
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Sonny Lee (Leeds)
Active: 1928-1938
Weight classes fought in:
Recorded fights: 218 contests (won: 157 lost: 54 drew: 7)
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May 26 Jack Hawley (Leeds) WDSQ8(8) NSC, Leeds
Jun 16 Ted Hawley (Leeds) WPTS(6) NSC, Leeds
Jun 23 Young Wilson (Leeds) LKO2(8) NSC, Leeds
Aug 18 Kid Sedgewick (Leeds) WPTS(8) NSC, Leeds
Sep 29 Billy Bennett (Normanton) LPTS(10) NSC, Leeds
Nov 3 Young Wilson (Leeds) WPTS(8) NSC, Leeds
Nov 10 Johnny Clark (Leeds) WPTS(10) NSC, Leeds
Nov 18 Kid Hopkins WRTD8 Ideal Skating Rink, Harrogate
1930
Jan 1 Billy Bennett (Normanton) LPTS(10) Batley Carr Rink, Dewsbury
Jan 14 Teddy Higgins (Manchester) LPTS(10) Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Jan 15 Benny Thackray (Leeds) LPTS(10) Tennis Pavilion, Filey
Jan 19 Kid Sedgewick (Leeds) WPTS(10) NSC, Leeds
Jan 20 Jack Inwood (Birstall) WPTS(10) Rialto Skating Rink, York
Feb 2 Benny Thackray (Leeds) LPTS(10) NSC, Leeds
Feb 6 Kid Sedgewick (Leeds) WPTS Swan Croft Stadium, Colne
Feb 10 Kid Sedgewick (Leeds) WPTS(10) Royalty Theatre, Morecambe
Feb 16 Mickey Callaghan (Leeds) WPTS(10) NSC, Leeds
Source: Boxing 19/02/1930 pages 535 and 534
Source: Boxing 19/02/1930 page 535
Source: Boxing 22/01/1930 page 471
Source: Boxing 29/01/1930 page 486
Referee: Harry Jennings Promoter: G Lievesley
Source: Boxing 05/02/1930 page 499
Source: Colne Times and Nelson Leader
Referee: B O'Brien(Macclesfield) Promoter: F Cann
Source: Boxing 08/01/1930 page 438
Attendance: 2000
Source: Boxing 22/01/1930 page 471
Source: Yorkshire Post
Referee: Ben Green
Source: Boxing 06/11/1929 page 294
Promoter: Mr Heslop
Source: Boxing 13/11/1929 page 309
Source: Harrogate Herald
Promoter: Mr Heslop
Source: Boxing 26/06/1929 page 21
Source: Boxing 21/08/1929 page 117
Promoter: Mr Heslop
Source: Boxing 02/10/1929 pages 214 and 212
Source: Boxing 29/05/1929 page 697
Source: Boxing 19/06/1929 page 7
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Feb 20 Arthur Evitt (Manchester) DRAW(12) Swan Croft Stadium, Colne
Mar 3 Ernie Bolton (Wigan) WRTD8(10) Royalty Theatre, Morecambe
Mar 20 Arthur Evitt (Manchester) LPTS(12) Swan Croft Stadium, Colne
May 4 Ted Swales (Harrogate) WPTS(10) NSC, Leeds
Jun 11 Cope Hampston (Batley) LPTS(10) Rialto Skating Rink, York
Jun 30 Billy Bennett (Normanton) LPTS(12) Black Swan Bowling Green, Harrogate
Aug 25 Sid Chilton (Kentish Town) LDSQ11(12) New St James Hall, Newcastle
Aug 31 Roy Gregory (Woodlands) LPTS(10) NSC, Leeds
Sep 10 Benny Thackray (Leeds) WPTS(10) Ideal Skating Rink, Harrogate
Sep 14 Mickey Callaghan (Leeds) WDSQ7 Leeds
Oct 13 Eddie Kittrick (Wakefield) WPTS(10) Olympia, Bradford
Oct 15 Butcher Greenwood (Keighley) LPTS(10) Ideal Skating Rink, Harrogate
Oct 16 Eddie Kittrick (Wakefield) LPTS(12) Swan Croft Stadium, Colne
Oct 19 African Kid (Jarrow) WPTS(10) NSC, Leeds
Nov 10 Cockney Samuels (Leeds) WPTS(10) Madeley Street Baths, Hull
Nov 16 Ted Walton (Wakefield) WDSQ9(10) NSC, Leeds
Dec 7 Butcher Greenwood (Keighley) WPTS(10) NSC, Leeds
Dec 21 Mickey Callaghan (Leeds) WPTS(10) Windsor Stadium, Leeds
Dec 23 T Cairncross (Leith) WPTS(10) Music Hall, Edinburgh
Dec 28 Johnny Clark (Leeds) LPTS(10) NSC, Leeds
Source: Edinburgh Evening News
Promoter: Harold Bownas
Source: Boxing 31/12/1930 page 427
Source: Boxing 22/10/1930 page 266
Source: Boxing 12/11/1930 page 309
Source: Boxing 19/11/1930 page 329
Source: Yorkshire Post
Source: Boxing 31/12/1930 page 427
Source: Boxing 17/09/1930 page 183
Source: John Hand (Boxing Historian)
Source: Boxing 22/10/1930 page 266
Source: Boxing 22/10/1930 page 265
Source: Burnley Express and Advertiser
Source: Boxing 07/05/1930 page 711
Source: Boxing 18/06/1930 page 808
Source: Boxing 09/07/1930 page 27
Source: Boxing 03/09/1930 page 154
Source: Boxing 03/09/1930 page 154
Source: Colne Times and Nelson Leader
Source: Boxing 12/03/1930 page 579
Source: Colne Times and Nelson Leader
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1931
Jan 15 Ernie Hendricks (Salford) WPTS(10) Swan Croft Stadium, Colne
Feb 5 Ernie Hendricks (Salford) WPTS(12) Swan Croft Stadium, Colne
Feb 15 Butcher Greenwood (Keighley) WPTS(10) Windsor Stadium, Leeds
Mar 3 Tom Goodall (Castleford) WPTS(10) Spring Bank Skating Rink, Nelson
Mar 8 Jack O'Hara (Leeds) WPTS(10) NSC, Leeds
Mar 24 Joe Warriner (Newark) WDSQ7(12) Drill Hall, Lincoln
May 3 Jack Skelly (Barnsley) WPTS(10) NSC, Leeds
May 17 Ted Sullivan (Sheffield) WPTS(10) Barnsley
May 30 Jack Skelly (Barnsley) WPTS(12) Sheffield
Jun 5 Sonny Chapple (Preston) WPTS(12) Majestic Rink, Preston
Jun 7 Cope Hampston (Batley) WPTS(12) NSC, Leeds
Jun 14 Ernie Moyse (Eccles) WPTS(10) NSC, Leeds
Jun 20 Jack Skelly (Barnsley) WPTS(15) Don Road Stadium, Sheffield
Jul 5 Gunner Riley (Heywood) LDSQ4(12) Stadium, Barnsley
Jul 18 Young Hugh McKee (Scotland) WPTS(10) Town Football Ground, Halifax
Jul 26 Gene Carney (Cheetham) WPTS(12) NSB, Royton
Jul 31 Tommy Lye (Acton) WPTS(15) NSC, Middlesbrough
Attendance: 10000
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)
Source: Boxing 29/07/1931 page 76
Source: Boxing 05/08/1931 page 92
Source: Boxing 05/08/1931 page 89
Source: Boxing 10/06/1931 pages 794 and 795
Source: Boxing 10/06/1931 page 796
Promoter: Albert Heslop
Source: Boxing 17/06/1931 page 810
Source: Boxing 24/06/1931 page 827
Source: Yorkshire Post
Attendance: 1000
Source: Boxing 06/05/1931 page 715
Source: Boxing 27/05/1931 page 764
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)
Source: Boxing 18/02/1931 page 539
Source: Colne Times and Nelson Leader
Promoter: Colne Syndicate
Source: Boxing 11/03/1931 page 587
Promoter: Albert Heslop
Source: Colne Times and Nelson Leader
Source: Colne Times and Nelson Leader
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Aug 5 Douglas Parker (Sunderland) LKO4(15) Borough Hall, West Hartlepool
Aug 28 Jack Inwood (Birstall) WPTS(10) NSC, Middlesbrough
Sep 1 Ernie Hendricks (Salford) WPTS(10) Carr Road Skating Rink, Nelson
Oct 4 Alf Craster (Middlesbrough) WPTS(12) Leeds
Oct 5 Joe Goodall (Castleford) WPTS(12) Lloyd's Market, Smethwick
Oct 16 Ted Sullivan (Sheffield) WPTS(12) Imperial Hall, Barnsley
Oct 19 Johnny Clark (Leeds) WPTS(12) Town Hall, Leeds
Oct 23 Phil Toole (Manchester) WPTS(10) Tower Circus, Blackpool
Nov 15 Ernie Hendricks (Salford) WPTS(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
Nov 20 Sonny Chapple (Preston) WPTS(12) Majestic Rink, Preston
Nov 30 Jack Manley (Bradford) WPTS(10) Town Hall, Leeds
Dec 6 Jack Glover (Barnsley) DRAW(12) Stadium, Barnsley
Dec 17 Roy Hilton (Hollinwood) WPTS(12) Swan Croft Stadium, Colne
Dec 18 Joe Goodall (Castleford) WPTS(12) Castleford
Dec 20 Eric Slater (South Elmsall) WPTS(12) NSC, Leeds
1932
Jan 4 Jack Glover (Barnsley) WPTS(12) Town Hall, Leeds
Jan 8 Tommy Rose (Bolton) LPTS(12) Barnsley
Promoter: Albert Heslop
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)
Promoter: Albert Heslop
Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian)
Source: Boxing 09/12/1931 page 16
Source: Boxing 16/12/1931 page 9
Source: Boxing 23/12/1931 page 13
Source: John Hand (Boxing Historian)
Source: Boxing 23/12/1931 page 10
Source: Boxing 28/10/1931 page 12
Promoter: Albert Heslop and Dave Goodman
Source: Boxing 28/10/1931 page 12
Source: Boxing 18/11/1931 page 11
Source: Yorkshire Post
Source: Boxing 09/09/1931 page 169
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)
Source: Boxing 14/10/1931 page 253
Source: Boxing 21/10/1931 page 11
Promoter: messrs Hattersley and Usher
Source: Boxing 12/08/1931 page 105
Parker boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1934 and was
Northern Area Lightweight Champion 1933-34.
Lee sub for Tommy Lye(Acton)
Source: Boxing 02/09/1931 page 153
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Jan 15 Billy Graham (Gateshead) WPTS(12) Majestic Rink, Preston
Jan 21 Roy Hilton (Hollinwood) LPTS(12) Swan Croft Stadium, Colne
Jan 30 Ernie Bicknell (Doncaster) WPTS(10) Town Hall, Retford
Feb 1 Tommy Hyams (Kings Cross) LPTS(12) Town Hall, Leeds
Feb 7 Billy Bennett (Normanton) WPTS(12) NSC, Leeds
Feb 12 Albert Barker (Sheffield) WPTS(12) Stadium, Barnsley
Feb 21 Ernie Hendricks (Salford) WPTS(12) NSC, Leeds
Feb 27 Ernie Bicknell (Doncaster) WPTS(10) Town Hall, Retford
Feb 29 Billy King (Wakefield) WPTS(12) NSC, Middlesbrough
Mar 3 Alex McFarland (Salford) WRSF8(12) Swan Croft Stadium, Colne
Mar 6 Alex Tennant (Glasgow) WPTS(12) NSC, Leeds
Mar 11 Sam Minto (Barbados) WPTS(12) Drill Hall, Lincoln
Mar 13 Jack Smith (Barnsley) WKO2(12) NSC, Leeds
Mar 20 Albert Barker (Sheffield) WPTS(12) Stadium, Barnsley
Mar 27 Johnny Clark (Leeds) WPTS(12) Fullerton Park, Leeds
Mar 29 Albert Barker (Sheffield) WPTS(12) Drill Hall, Sheffield
Apr 9 Ted Cullen (Mansfield) WPTS(10) Lincoln
Apr 10 Ted Sullivan (Sheffield) WPTS(12) Stadium, Barnsley
Source: Boxing 06/04/1932 page 11
Promoter: Jack Cuthbert
Source: Leeds Mercury
Referee: Reggie Meen Attendance: 4000
Source: Boxing 13/04/1932 page 11
Source: Nottingham Daily Journal
Source: Boxing 16/03/1932 page 11
Source: Boxing 23/03/1932 page 10
Source: Boxing 31/03/1932 page 10
Promoter: Albert Heslop
Source: Retford Gainsborough and Worksop Times
Promoter: Dick Dibley Attendance: 800
Source: Boxing 09/03/1932 page 11
Source: Boxing 09/03/1932 page 13
Source: Boxing 09/03/1932 page 11
Hyams boxed for the Southern Area Featherweight Title 1933 and
boxed for the Southern Area Lightweight Title 1938.
Source: Boxing 10/02/1932 page 10
Source: Boxing 17/02/1932 page 11
Source: Boxing 24/02/1932 page 11
Promoter: Mr Conway
Source: Boxing 27/01/1932 page 13
Referee: WJ Farnell Promoter: Tom Storr
Source: Retford Gainsborough and Worksop Times
Source: Boxing 03/02/1932 page 8
Source: Boxing 20/01/1932 page 12
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Apr 15 Joe Warriner (Newark) DRAW(10) Drill Hall, Lincoln
Apr 17 George Gledhill (Halifax) WPTS(12) NSC, Leeds
Apr 19 Billy Quinlan (Ammanford) LPTS(15) Drill Hall, Sheffield
May 2 Harry Brown (Northampton) WPTS(12) Belle Vue Barracks, Bradford
May 15 Cush Davies (Ashton) WKO4 Stadium, Barnsley
May 22 Billy Hill (Manchester) WDSQ7(10) NSC, Leeds
Jun 5 Francois Machtens (Belgium) WPTS(12) Stadium, Rotherham
Jun 19 Freddy Smith (Glasgow) WPTS(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
Jul 3 Len Fowler (Birmingham) WPTS(12) Stadium, Barnsley
Jul 10 Francois Machtens (Belgium) LPTS(12) Rotherham
Jul 22 Roy Hilton (Hollinwood) WPTS(12) Imperial Ballroom, Nelson
Aug 10 Jim Gordon (Darlington) LDSQ8(12) Winter Gardens, Morecambe
Aug 28 Francois Machtens (Belgium) WDSQ4(12) Stadium, Barnsley
Sep 7 Dom Volante (Liverpool) LKO1(12) Winter Gardens, Morecambe
Sep 18 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) WPTS(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
Oct 16 Kid Close (Leeds) WPTS(12) NSC, Leeds
Oct 23 Dick Burke (Liverpool) WPTS(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
Burke boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator 1933.
Volante boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1932.
Source: Boxing 21/09/1932 page 11
Match made at 9st 2lbs Lee 9st 2lbs Sharkey 9st 2lbs
Source: Boxing 19/10/1932 page 12
Source: Boxing 26/10/1932 page 10
Source: Boxing 17/08/1932 page 10
Gordon sub for Dom Volante(Liverpool)
Source: Boxing 31/08/1932 page 10
Match made at 9st 1lb
Source: Boxing 14/09/1932 page 11
Promoter: Sam Moreton
Source: Boxing 22/06/1932 page 11
Source: Boxing 07/07/1932 page 10
Source: Leeds Mercury
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)
Promoter: Jack Cuthbert
Source: Leeds Mercury
Source: Boxing 18/05/1932 page 12
Source: Leeds Mercury
Source: Boxing 08/06/1932 page 12
Source: Lincoln Rutland and Stamford Mercury
Source: Boxing 20/04/1932 page 11
Source: Boxing 27/04/1932 page 11
Quinlan boxed for the British Lightweight Title 1934 and was Welsh Area
Lightweight Champion 1932-34.
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Nov 6 Kid Nicholson (Leeds) WPTS(12) NSC, Leeds
Nov 13 Arly Hollingsworth (Sheffield) WPTS(12) Stadium, Barnsley
Nov 20 Billy Hazell (Pontypridd) LPTS(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
Nov 28 Johnny Peters (Battersea) WPTS(12) Leeds
Dec 12 Jules Sadman (Belgium) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester
Dec 20 George Reynolds (Wolverhampton) WPTS(12) Rink Market, Smethwick
1933
Jan 23 Johnny Peters (Battersea) LDSQ6(12) Belle Vue, Manchester
Feb 5 Albert Holding (Barnsley) WDSQ3(12) Stadium, Barnsley
Feb 13 Little Minor (Leeds) LDSQ4(12) Town Hall, Leeds
Feb 27 George Daly (Blackfriars) LPTS(12) Town Hall, Leeds
Mar 5 Billy Sheldon (Newcastle) WPTS(12) NSC, Leeds
Mar 26 George Gledhill (Halifax) WPTS(12) NSC, Leeds
Mar 30 Freddy Irving (Keighley) LPTS(12) Imperial Ballroom, Nelson
Apr 9 Louis Botes (South Africa) LPTS(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
Apr 14 Albert Holding (Barnsley) DRAW(12) Stadium, Barnsley
Apr 27 Freddy Irving (Keighley) WPTS(12) Imperial Ballroom, Nelson
Apr 30 Johnny Clark (Leeds) WPTS(12) NSC, Leeds
Source: Colne Times and Nelson Leader
Source: Boxing 03/05/1933 page 12
Clarke sub for Kid Close(Holbeck)
Source: Boxing 08/03/1933 page 13
Source: Boxing 29/03/1933 page 13
Source: Boxing 05/04/1933 page 12
Source: Boxing 12/04/1933 page 12
Source: Boxing 19/04/1933 page 12
Source: Boxing 25/01/1933 page 8
Source: Boxing 08/02/1933 page 14
Source: Boxing 15/02/1933 page 8
Source: Yorkshire Post
Daly boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator twice in 1935.
Match made at 9st
Source: Boxing 23/11/1932 page 12
Source: Harold Alderman (Boxing Historian)
Source: Boxing 14/12/1932 page 8
Source: Boxing 29/12/1932 page 11
Source: Boxing 09/11/1932 page 12
Nicholson boxed for the British Bantamweight Title 1928.
Source: Boxing 16/11/1932 page 12
Hollingsworth boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator 1931.
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Jun 3 Phineas John (Pentre) WPTS(12) Hyde Park, Sheffield
Jul 2 Henri Lemajeur (Belgium) WPTS(12) Rotherham
Jul 16 Francois Machtens (Belgium) LDSQ4(12) Rotherham
Jul 20 Jimmy Walsh (Chester) WPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool
Jul 29 Ginger Jones (Ammanford) WDSQ7 Working Men's Club, Llanelly
Sep 17 Francois Machtens (Belgium) WPTS(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
Oct 8 Jerry Driscoll (Ireland) WRSF7 Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
Oct 12 Ginger Jones (Ammanford) LPTS(12) Spring Bank Skating Rink, Nelson
Oct 14 Joe Warriner (Newark) WPTS(12) Retford
Oct 23 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) LPTS(12) New St James Hall, Newcastle
Nov 5 Freddy Irving (Keighley) DRAW(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
Nov 25 Jack Skelly (Barnsley) WPTS(15) Town Hall, Retford
Nov 29 Seaman Tommy Watson (Newcastle) WDSQ2(12) New St James Hall, Newcastle
Dec 11 Jimmy Walsh (Chester) WPTS(10) Manchester
Dec 17 Tony Butcher (Liverpool) LDSQ6(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
1934
Jan 14 Young Beckett (Pentre) WPTS(12) Hatherton Street Rink, Walsall
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)
Source: Boxing 20/12/1933 page 13
Source: Boxing 17/01/1934 page 11
Beckett boxed for the Welsh Flyweight Title 1929.
Source: Boxing Weekly Record 31/10/1933 page 13
Source: Boxing 08/11/1933 page 11
Source: John Hand (Boxing Historian)
Source: Newcastle Daily Journal
Watson was British Featherweight Champion 1932-34.
Welsh Area Featherweight Champion 1929-32.
Source: Boxing 20/09/1933 page 13
Source: Boxing 10/10/1933 page 13
Source: Colne Times and Nelson Leader
Source: John Hand (Boxing Historian)
Match made at 9st 4lbs
Source: Boxing 26/07/1933 page 11
Walsh was British Lightweight Champion 1936-38.
Source: Boxing 02/08/1933 page 13
Jones boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator 1930 and was
Bantamweight Champion 1929.
Attendance: 5000
Source: Boxing 05/07/1933 page 12
Promoter: Sam Moreton
Source: Boxing 19/07/1933 page 13
Source: Boxing 07/06/1933 page 12
John was Welsh Area Flyweight Champion 1929 and Welsh Area
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Jan 23 Spud Murphy (Manchester) WPTS(12) Salford
Feb 4 Billy Boulger (Canning Town) WPTS(12) Hatherton Street Rink, Walsall
Feb 12 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) WPTS(12) New St James Hall, Newcastle
Feb 18 Cliff Peregrine (Ammanford) WPTS(12) Hatherton Street Rink, Walsall
Mar 19 Battling Sandjack (Egypt) WPTS(15) Rushden
Mar 25 Albert Holding (Barnsley) WPTS(12) NSC, Leeds
Apr 8 Bert Cantor (Birmingham) WPTS(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
Apr 19 George Reynolds (Wolverhampton) LRTD3(15) Stadium, Liverpool
Apr 28 Joe Warriner (Newark) WPTS(12) NSC, Scunthorpe
May 17 Nel Tarleton (Liverpool) WPTS(15) Stadium, Liverpool
May 22 Jim Birch (Barnsley) WPTS(12) Pontefract
May 28 Charlie Jordan (Kingston) WPTS(12) Bradford
Jun 14 Frankie Brown (Liverpool) WPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool
Aug 18 Albert Barker (Sheffield) WPTS(10) Scunthorpe
Aug 19 Hal Cartwright (Tipton) WPTS(12) Walsall
Sep 9 Billy Wakefield (Royston) LDSQ8(12) Stadium, Barnsley
Sep 16 Peter Clarke (Liverpool) LDSQ2 Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
Sep 22 Jack Hardiman (Smethwick) WPTS(12) Town Hall, Retford
Oct 5 Alf Twells (Nottingham) WPTS(12) Lincoln
Oct 12 Alf Twells (Nottingham) WPTS(12) Lincoln
Source: Boxing 19/09/1934 page 14
Source: John Hand (Boxing Historian)
Source: Boxing 10/10/1934 page 15
Source: Boxing 17/10/1934 page 15
Source: Boxing 20/06/1934 page 15
Brown boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator twice in 1935.
Source: Boxing 22/08/1934 page 11
Source: Boxing 22/08/1934 page 11
Source: Boxing 12/09/1934 page 15
Tarleton was British Featherweight Champion 1931-32 and 1934-36 and British
Featherweight Champion 1940-47 and British Empire Featherweight Champion 1940-45.
Referee: Tom Gamble
Source: York Evening Press
Source: Boxing 30/05/1934 page 10
Source: Boxing 11/04/1934 page 14
Source: Boxing 25/04/1934 page 14
Source: Boxing 02/05/1934 page 14
Referee: Harry Jennings
Source: Boxing 23/05/1934 page 14
Source: Boxing 07/02/1934 page 11
Source: Newcastle Daily Journal
Source: Boxing 21/02/1934 page 14
Source: John Hand (Boxing Historian)
Source: Boxing 28/03/1934 page 14
Source: John Hand (Boxing Historian)
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Oct 14 Nobby Baker (Trealaw) WPTS(12) Hatherton Street Rink, Walsall
Oct 21 George Reynolds (Wolverhampton) WDSQ6(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
Oct 25 Spud Murphy (Manchester) WPTS(12) Winter Gardens, Morecambe
Oct 27 Bert Bailey (Leeds) WKO6(10) Scunthorpe
Oct 31 Bert Cantor (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Arcadia, Scarborough
Nov 3 Joe Warriner (Newark) WPTS(10) Scunthorpe
Nov 10 Alf Twells (Nottingham) WPTS(10) Scunthorpe
Nov 11 Jimmy Griffiths (Barnsley) LDSQ9(12) Barnsley
Nov 18 Bert Ison (Leicester) WPTS(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
Nov 23 Spud Murphy (Manchester) WPTS(15) Junction Stadium, Miles Platting
Dec 5 Norman Snow (Northampton) LPTS(10) Portsmouth
Dec 10 Jack Carrick (Hull) WPTS(12) Hull
Dec 23 Camille Desmet (Belgium) WPTS(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
1935
Jan 20 Louis Saerens (Belgium) WDSQ6(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
Jan 24 Spud Murphy (Manchester) WPTS(12) Imperial Ballroom, Nelson
Feb 4 Lyndon Bennett (Brierley Hill) WPTS(10) Rushden
Source: Boxing 02/01/1935 page 16
Source: Boxing 23/01/1935 page 14
Source: Colne Times and Nelson Leader
Source: Boxing 13/02/1935 page 14
Snow boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1940 and was Southern Area
Lightweight Champion 1934-35 and Southern Area Welterweight Champion 1936-41.
Source: John Hand (Boxing Historian)
Carrick boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1939 and was
Northern Area Lightweight Champion 1938.
Referee: Fred Blakeborough
Source: Boxing 14/11/1934 page 15
Source: Boxing 21/11/1934 page 13
Source: Boxing 28/11/1934 page 14
Source: Boxing 12/12/1934 page 15
Referee: Fred Blakeborough
Bailey sub for Ted Sullivan
Source: Boxing 07/11/1934 page 13
Source: Boxing 07/11/1934 page 13
Source: Boxing 14/11/1934 page 14
Baker boxed for the Welsh Lightweight Title 1930 and 1935.
Source: Boxing 24/10/1934 page 14
Match made at 9st 10lbs
Source: Boxing 31/10/1934 page 13
Source: Boxing 31/10/1934 page 14
Source: Boxing 17/10/1934 page 13
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Feb 10 Louis Saerens (Belgium) LPTS(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
Feb 27 Seaman Tommy Watson (Newcastle) LPTS(12) Portsmouth
Mar 7 Fred Wilcox (Nelson) WPTS(12) Imperial Ballroom, Nelson
Mar 10 Harry Craster (Middlesbrough) LPTS(10) NSC, Middlesbrough
Mar 15 Stan Davies (Maltby) LPTS(12) Lincoln
Apr 29 Les McCarthy (Manchester) LPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester
May 12 Joe Connelly (Bathgate) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars
May 27 Les McCarthy (Manchester) LPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester
May 28 Bill Hardy (Barrow) WPTS(12) Barrow
Jun 2 Harry Mizler (St George's) LPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars
Jun 17 George Odwell (Camden Town) WPTS(12) New St James Hall, Newcastle
Jun 27 Joe Connelly (Bathgate) WPTS(10) Music Hall, Edinburgh
Jul 8 Frank Barton (Salford) WPTS(8) Stanley Track, Liverpool
Aug 1 Aldo Spoldi (Italy) LRSF6(10) Drill Hall, Bethnal Green
Sep 9 Alby Day (Old Ford) WPTS(10) Devonshire Club, Hackney
Oct 18 Frank Barton (Salford) LPTS(10) Warrington
Nov 4 Jack Kirby (Birmingham) WPTS(12) Co-op Hall, Darlington
Source: Boxing Weekly Record 13/11/1935 page 24
Source: Boxing 07/08/1935 page 15
Promoter: George Kid Socks
Source: Boxing 11/09/1935 page 11
Day boxed for the Southern Area Lightweight Title 1936.
Source: Boxing 23/10/1935 page 20
Source: Boxing 19/06/1935 page 10
Odwell boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1937.
Source: Boxing 03/07/1935 page 13
Source: Boxing 10/07/1935 page 10
Barton boxed for the Northern Area Lightweight Title 1936 and 1938.
Connelly was Scottish Area Lightweight Champion 1936.
Source: Boxing 29/05/1935 page 11
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)
Source: Boxing 05/06/1935 page 12
Mizler was British Lightweight Champion 1934.
Source: Boxing 13/03/1935 page 13
Craster was Northern Area Lightweight Champion 1937.
Source: Boxing 20/03/1935 page 15
Source: Boxing 01/05/1935 page 11
Source: Boxing 15/05/1935 page 12
Source: Boxing 06/03/1935 page 13
(British Lightweight Title Eliminator)
Match made at 9st 9lbs
Referee: Johnny Summers
Source: Boxing Weekly Record 13/03/1935 page 16
Source: Boxing 13/02/1935 page 15
Page 13
Nov 18 Alby Day (Old Ford) WPTS(10) Devonshire Club, Hackney
Dec 1 Jack Lyden (Liverpool) WPTS(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
Dec 26 Joe Connelly (Bathgate) WPTS(12) Adelphi SC, Glasgow
1936
Jan 3 Billy Hughes (Birkenhead) LRSF8(12) Tower Circus, Blackpool
Feb 21 Hal Cartwright (Tipton) WPTS(10) Hatherton Street Rink, Walsall
Mar 9 Len Wickwar (Leicester) LRSF1 Olympia, Bradford
Mar 30 Hal Cartwright (Tipton) LKO7(12) Drill Hall, Wolverhampton
Jul 6 Frank Barton (Salford) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester
Sep 15 Frank Hill (Barrow) WDSQ2(10) Drill Hall, Barrow
Sep 20 Mark Coleman (Leeds) LPTS(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
Sep 30 Fred Wilcox (Nelson) WDSQ3(10) Empress Ballroom, Burnley
Oct 8 Jack Carrick (Hull) WPTS(10) White City Stadium, Hull
Oct 26 Len Wickwar (Leicester) DRAW(10) Leicester
Nov 8 Lefty Satan Flynn (Jamaica) LKO2(10) The Ring, Blackfriars
Dec 11 George Darley (Hull) WPTS(10) Palace Stadium, Normanton
Dec 28 George Hinchcliffe (Pontefract) WPTS(10) Corporation Baths, Pontefract
1937
Jan 16 George Hinchcliffe (Pontefract) WPTS(10) Corporation Baths, Pontefract
Feb 8 Len Wickwar (Leicester) DRAW(10) Granby Halls, Leicester
Source: Boxing 20/01/1937 pages 16 and 17
Source: Boxing 10/02/1937 page 12
Attendance: 3000
Source: Boxing Weekly Record 04/11/1936 page 23
Source: Boxing 11/11/1936 page 18
Source: John Hand (Boxing Historian)
Source: Boxing Weekly Record 06/01/1937 page 17
Match made at 9st 11lbs
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)
Source: Boxing 23/09/1936 pages 16 and 17
Source: Boxing 07/10/1936 page 15
Source: Boxing 14/10/1936 page 21
Referee: Gus Platts
Source: Boxing 26/02/1936 page 24
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)
Source: Boxing 01/04/1936 page 14
Source: Boxing 08/07/1936 page 12
Source: Boxing 20/11/1935 page 12
Source: Boxing 04/12/1935 page 20
Source: Boxing 01/01/1936 page 20
Source: Boxing 08/01/1936 page 20
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Feb 26 Charlie Knock (Hanley) WPTS(10) Corporation Baths, Pontefract
Mar 23 Frank Hill (Barrow) WPTS(12) Drill Hall, Barrow
1938
Aug 2 George Bunter (West Hartlepool) WPTS(10) Leeds
Aug 16 Dodo Williams (Jamaica) WRSF6(10) Greyhound Stadium, Reading
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Source: Boxing 24/08/1938 pages 16 and 17
Promoter: Bamford Promotions
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Source: Boxing 03/03/1937 page 16
Source: Boxing 31/03/1937 page 10
Source: Boxing Weekly Record 10/08/1938 page 19