© www.boxinghistory.org.uk - all rights reserved This page has been brought to you by www.boxinghistory.org.uk Click on the image above to visit our site Bandsman Blake (Great Yarmouth) Active: 1910-1922 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 71 contests (won: 54 lost: 16 other: 1) Fight Record 1910 Sgt. Plassey WKO2 Gibraltar Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Pte. Woodward WPTS(6) Gibraltar Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Pte. Woodward WPTS(6) Gibraltar Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Pte. Rowe WPTS(6) Gibraltar Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Pte. Woodward WPTS(6) Gibraltar Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) 1911 Gunner Franklyn WRSF4 Belguam India Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Pte. Stevens WPTS(10) Belguam India Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Pte. Shrimpton WKO2 Belguam India Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Pte. Stevens WPTS(3) Bangalore India Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Pte. Defoe WKO1 Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Sgt. Cork WKO2 Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Pte. Holesworth LPTS(3) Madras India Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Pte. Grant LPTS(3) Bangalore India Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) 1912 Pte. Holesworth WRTD2 Delhi India Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Sgt. Chapman WRSF4 Belguam India Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Sgt. Harry Curzon (Derby) WKO2 Belguam India Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Curzon boxed for the British Light-Heavyweight Title 1916. Pte. Taylor WPTS Bangalore India Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Sgt. Chapman WKO9 Bombay India Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Pte. Gillett WKO3 Bombay India Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Gunner Ferris WKO2 Poona India Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Pte. Holesworth WRTD2 Bangalore India Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Pte. Taylor WPTS(3) Bangalore India Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Pte. Stevens WDSQ Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Sgt. Chilvers LPTS(3) Delhi India Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Pte. Holesworth LPTS(3) Poona India Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) 1913 Mar 10 Pte. Neal (Grenadier Gds.) WRSF2(6) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 15/03/1913 page 514 Mar 15 Young Johnson (USA) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 22/03/1913 page 554 Mar 22 Pte. Ransome (Coldstream Gds) WRTD3 Empress Rink, Ipswich Source: Boxing 29/03/1913 page 582 (Eastern Counties Heavyweight Title) Apr 2 Bill Smith WRTD2(10) Wonderland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 12/04/1913 pages 634 and 635 Apr 7 Bill Bristowe (Blackfriars) W(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 12/04/1913 page 620 Apr 21 Bert Hicks (Walthamstow) WRTD5(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 26/04/1913 pages 674 and 675 May 10 Harry Croxon (West Drayton) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 17/05/1913 page 68 May 26 Pte. Mahoney WRTD4(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 31/05/1913 pages 110 and 111 Jun 9 Charlie Wilson WRTD5 The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Jul 12 Arthur Harman (Lambeth) WKO3(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 19/07/1913 page 290 Jul 28 Sid Doyle (Islington) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 02/08/1913 page 332 Samuel Palmer WRSF Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Sep 27 Harry Reeve (Plaistow) WDSQ6(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 04/10/1913 pages 561 and 562 Reeve was British Light-Heavyweight Champion 1916-17. Sep 29 Gunner Durn (Stroud) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Oct 11 Pte. Clifford (Irish Gds.) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 18/10/1913 pages 608 and 610 Oct 30 Gunner Rawles (Dundalk) WRTD13(20) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 08/11/1913 page 41 Rawles boxed for the British Heavyweight Title 1914. Match made at 12st 7lbs Nov 3 Pte. Harris (Coldstream Gds) WRTD8(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 08/11/1913 page 34 Nov 9 Harry Croxon (West Drayton) WRSF6 Ipswich Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Dec 13 Mike King (Marylebone) WKO3 Ipswich Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Dec 13 Mike King (Marylebone) WKO3 Empress Rink, Ipswich Source: Boxing 20/12/1913 page 205 Dec 26 Pte. Clifford (Irish Gds.) WRSF11(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 03/01/1914 pages 250 and 251 Dec 31 Dixie Kid (USA) WPTS(20) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 10/01/1914 page 273 1914 Mar 3 Bombardier Billy Wells (Streatham) LKO4(20) London Palladium Source: Boxing 07/03/1914 pages 451, 455, 457 and 459 (British Heavyweight Title) Wells was British and British Empire Heavyweight Champion 1911-19. Apr 2 Bill Smith (Lambeth) WKO2(10) Wonderland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 11/04/1914 page 622 Apr 20 Joe Borrell NC4 The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 25/04/1914 page 672 May 14 Bill Bristowe (Blackfriars) WKO6 Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth Source: Mirror of Life May 21 Nichol Simpson (Hetton-le-Hole) WRTD6(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 30/05/1914 page 120 Simpson boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1914. Jun 24 George Marchant (Stepney) WPTS(10) Empress Rink, Ipswich Source: Mirror of Life Jul 16 Tom Leary (Woolwich) WKO4 Olympia, Kensington Source: Boxing 17/07/1914 pages 14 and 15 1915 Mar 11 Harry Reeve (Plaistow) WPTS(20) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 17/03/1915 pages 331 and 332 Apr 30 Jim Barry (USA) WRTD5 Cinema Palace, Salisbury Plain Source: Boxing May 10 Pat O'Keefe (Canning Town) LKO13(20) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 12/05/1915 page 8 O'Keefe was British Middleweight Champion 1906 and 1914-16 and 1918-19. 1916 May 22 Pat O'Keefe (Canning Town) WPTS(20) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 24/05/1916 pages 70 and 71 (British Middleweight Title) Jun 20 Seaman Noble WPTS(8) Great Yarmouth Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Jun 30 Seaman Noble WRTD8(10) Great Yarmouth Source: Boxing 05/07/1916 page 170 1917 Dec 6 Sid Burns (Aldgate) LKO6 Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing Burns boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1912. 1918 Jan 28 Pat O'Keefe (Canning Town) LKO2(20) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing (British Middleweight Title) Referee: JH Douglas Apr 1 Barney Tooley (Brierley Hill) LKO6(20) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing Referee: JT Hulls Apr 8 Eddie Feathers (Haslingden) LKO3(20) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 1920 Feb 5 Bert Day (Brixton) LKO5(15) Stadium, Holborn Source: Boxing 11/02/1920 pages 59 and 60 Referee: Joe Palmer Day sub for Tom Berry Feb 7 Nichol Simpson (Hetton-le-Hole) LKO5 Wellington Pier Pavilion, Great Yarmouth Source: Boxing 11/02/1920 page 63 Jun 26 Tom Gummer (Rotherham) LKO1(15) Pheasant Inn Grounds, Carbrook Source: Boxing 30/06/1920 page 426 Gummer was British Middleweight Champion 1920-21. 1921 Jan 22 Billy Knowles (Ipswich) WRSF4(10) Drill Hall, Great Yarmouth Source: Sporting Life Jan 26 Roland Todd (Doncaster) LKO6(15) Walham Green Baths, Fulham Source: Boxing 04/02/1921 page 452 Todd was British and British Empire Middleweight Champion 1923-27 and European Middleweight Champion 1923-24. Promoter: Alf Evans & Tom Woodley Oct 10 Arthur Cameron (Fulham) LPTS(15) Great Yarmouth Source: Sporting Life 1922 Feb 2 Albert Rogers (Mitcham) LKO2(6) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 08/02/1922 pages 388 and 389 (Middleweight Belt competition 1st series) Referee: Moss Deyong © This record was researched and compiled by Miles Templeton and Richard Ireland. It may be published elsewhere provided full acknowledgement and a link to www.boxinghistory.org.uk are included © www.boxinghistory.org.uk - all rights reserved This page has been brought to you by www.boxinghistory.org.uk Click on the image above to visit our site We have a lot more information on this boxer, and for all of the boxers listed on this record. Please email [email protected] or phone 07872 578596 for details.