© 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 Harry Crossley (Mexborough) Active: 1924-1934 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 94 contests (won: 62 lost: 20 drew: 11 other: 1) Fight Record 1924 Jul 26 Cyril Devine (Swinton) WPTS(10) Plant Hotel, Mexborough Source: Boxing 06/08/1924 page 412 Aug 16 George Slack (Doncaster) WPTS(10) Plant Hotel, Mexborough Source: Sheffield Daily Telegraph Slack was Northern Area Heavyweight Champion 1932 and 1933-35. Sep 29 George Slack (Doncaster) WPTS(8) Corn Exchange, Doncaster Source: Sheffield Daily Telegraph 1925 Jan 27 Mick Hennessy (Liverpool) LPTS(10) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing 04/02/1925 page 414 Promoter: Jack Smith Feb 16 Billy Marsden (Leeds) WRSF5(10) Edmund Road Drill Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 25/02/1925 page 45 Mar 19 Mack Arnold (Goole) WRSF8 Market Hall, Goole Source: Goole Times and Weekly Herald Apr 11 Farmer Jackson (Doncaster) DRAW(10) Plant Hotel, Mexborough Source: Mexborough and Swinton Times May 3 Jim McDonald (Manchester) LPTS(15) NSC, Leeds Source: Boxing 06/05/1925 page 206 Promoter: Albert Heslop Jun 12 Farmer Jackson (Doncaster) DRAW(10) Brewery Croft, Thorne Moorends Source: John Hand (Boxing Historian) Sep 28 George Williams (Felling) WKO5(15) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Newcastle Daily Journal Nov 16 Percy Stobbart (Rotherham) WPTS(10) Corn Exchange, Doncaster Source: Boxing 25/11/1925 page 254 Dec 31 Billy Cook (Woolwich) WRSF9(12) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 06/01/1926 page 350 1926 Jan 29 Harry Moody (Hull) WKO10(15) Central Hall, Scunthorpe Source: Sheffield Daily Telegraph Mar 4 Ike Clarke (Birkenhead) WKO5(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 10/03/1926 page 77 Mar 15 Jim Slater (Walsall) WRSF5(15) Cossington Street Baths, Leicester Source: Boxing 17/03/1926 page 88 Jul 10 Dick Power (Wales) LPTS(15) The Dell, Southampton Source: Boxing 14/07/1926 pages 325, 326, 327 and 331 Power boxed for the Welsh Heavyweight Title 1932. Promoter: H Wakefield of the Sussex Hotel Southampton Attendance: 6000 Sep 26 George Slack (Doncaster) WPTS(15) Stadium, Leeds Source: Boxing 29/09/1926 pages 110 and 111 Oct 17 Rocky Knight (Barbados) WPTS(15) Stadium, Leeds Source: Boxing 20/10/1926 page 172 Nov 21 Marine Trinder (Portsmouth) LPTS(15) Leeds Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) 1927 Jan 2 Eugene Steppe (Belgium) WPTS(15) Stadium, Leeds Source: Boxing 05/01/1927 page 366 Jan 15 George Slack (Doncaster) WRSF12(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 19/01/1927 page 398 Feb 14 Jack Hankinson (Northwich) WPTS(15) Town Hall, Hulme Source: Boxing 16/02/1927 page 457 Mar 7 Charlie Chetwynd (Leicester) WPTS(15) Victoria Baths, Nottingham Source: Boxing 16/03/1927 page 64 Referee: Fred Eastburn Promoter: Bert King Apr 24 Jack Phoenix (Dublin) WRSF15(15) NSC, Leeds Source: Boxing 27/04/1927 page 163 Promoter: Albert Heslop May 7 Rocky Knight (Barbados) DRAW(10) Picturedrome, Nuneaton Source: Boxing 11/05/1927 page 204 May 30 Leroi (Belgium) WPTS(15) Gaiety Theatre, Grimsby Source: Grimsby News Crossley 12st 7lbs Leroi 12st 6lbs Promoter: E Holloway Attendance: 3000 Jun 18 Marine Trinder (Portsmouth) WRSF3(15) Plant Hotel, Mexborough Source: Boxing 21/06/1927 page 331 Referee: Harry Jennings Attendance: 1000 Jul 2 Tom Fowler (Shepherds Bush) WRSF4(15) Pheasant Inn Grounds, Carbrook Source: Boxing 05/07/1927 pages 380 and 381 Jul 16 Stoker Stubbs (Portsmouth) WKO4(15) Plant Hotel, Mexborough Source: Boxing 19/07/1927 pages 426 and 427 Referee: Charles Brennan Aug 7 Charlie Chetwynd (Leicester) WRTD10(15) NSC, Leeds Source: Boxing 09/08/1927 page 492 Aug 13 Joe Mullings (Catford) WKO4(15) Plant Hotel, Mexborough Source: Boxing 16/08/1927 page 14 Aug 19 Harry Chaplain (Grimsby) WKO2(15) Scunthorpe Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Sep 16 Stoker Miller (Portsmouth) WRSF3(15) Central Rooms, Scunthorpe Source: Boxing 20/09/1927 pages 112 and 113 Referee: Harry Jennings Promoter: Messrs Housman and Drury Nov George Clough (Accrington) LKO Accrington Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle Clough was Northern Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1929. Nov 8 George Clough (Accrington) LPTS(15) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing 15/11/1927 page 251 Match made at 12st 7lbs 1928 Jan 30 Jim Shaw (Erith) WPTS(6) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Feb 6 Con O'Kelly (Hull) DRAW(15) Madeley Street Baths, Hull Source: an unknown Hull newspaper O'Kelly was Northern Area Heavyweight Champion 1938. Referee: Harry Dorsey Feb 20 Daniel Marmouget (France) WPTS(15) Edmund Road Drill Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 28/02/1928 page 494 Attendance: 4000 Mar 5 Harry Foster (Sheffield) WKO3(15) Norfolk Grove Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 13/03/1928 page 526 Apr 4 Ludwig Haymann (Germany) LPTS(8) Berlin Germany Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) May 14 Eddie Riches (Stratford) WKO5(15) Corn Exchange, Doncaster Source: Boxing 23/05/1928 page 687 Jul 9 Don Shortland (Sheffield) LPTS(15) Corn Exchange, Doncaster Source: Boxing 18/07/1928 page 20 Shortland boxed a British Heavyweight Title Eliminator in 1930. Referee: Eugene Corri Jul 23 Louis Maurier (France) WRSF4(10) Junior Training Hall, Leicester Source: Boxing 01/08/1928 pages 49 and 49 Aug 6 Harry Robinson (Manchester) WPTS(15) Highfield Road Racecourse, Blackpool Source: Blackpool Times (Northern Heavyweight Title) Referee: Harry Jennings Promoter: Joe Morris(London) Attendance: 15000 according to Blackpool Times combined purse £350 £50 a side Sep 29 Ludwig Haymann (Germany) LPTS(10) Dortmund Germany Source: South Wales Echo Oct 5 Hein Muller (Germany) DRAW(10) Berlin Germany Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Oct 19 Rudi Wagener (Germany) DRAW(10) Cologne Germany Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Nov 17 Ernst Guehring (Germany) WPTS(8) Cologne Germany Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Nov 23 Hein Muller (Germany) DRAW(10) Berlin Germany Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Dec 10 Jack Stanley (Deptford) DRAW(15) Corn Exchange, Doncaster Source: Boxing 19/12/1928 page 361 Stanley boxed for the British Heavyweight Title 1924. Promoter: Billy Bridgwater 1929 Feb 4 Jack Stanley (Deptford) LPTS(15) Doncaster Source: Boxing 06/02/1929 page 469 £100 a side Mar 11 Jack Stanley (Deptford) DRAW(15) Hull Source: Newcastle Daily Journal Apr 15 Primo Ubaldo (Italy) WRTD12(15) Corn Exchange, Doncaster Source: Boxing 17/04/1929 page 613 Match made at 12st 9lbs Apr 29 Bob Carvill (Bridlington) WRSF4(15) Town Hall, Leeds Source: Boxing 01/05/1929 page 644 (Northern Area Light-Heavyweight Title) Carvill was Northern Area Heavyweight Champion 1932-33. Jun 3 Len Johnson (Manchester) LPTS(15) Leeds Source: Boxing 05/06/1929 page 706 Jun 30 Frank Fowler (York) WPTS(15) Leeds Source: Boxing 03/07/1929 page 32 (Northern Area Light-Heavyweight Title) Fowler boxed for the Northern Area Light-Heavyweight Title 1929. Aug 26 Gipsy Daniels (Newport) WPTS(15) Doncaster Source: Boxing 28/08/1929 page 132 Daniels was British and British Empire Light-Heavyweight Champion 1927. Nov 2 Larry Gains (Canada) LPTS(10) Cologne Germany Source: Yorkshire Post Nov 25 Frank Moody (Pontypridd) WPTS(15) Stadium (NSC), Holborn Source: Boxing 27/11/1929 page 340 (British Light-Heavyweight Title) Moody was British Middleweight Champion 1927-28 and British Light-Heavyweight Champion 1927-29. Crossley 12st 5lbs Moody 12st 7lbs Referee: C H Douglas 1930 Feb 18 Reggie Meen (Desborough) WPTS(15) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing 26/02/1930 page 551 Meen was British Heavyweight Champion 1931-32. Referee: Jimmy Wilde Mar 17 Bobby Shields (Glasgow) WRSF8(15) Victoria Baths, Nottingham Source: Boxing 19/03/1930 pages 597 and 596 Shields was Scottish Area Heavyweight Champion 1929-33. Mar 25 Jean Toneh (France) WKO1(15) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing 02/04/1930 page 626 Mar 31 Georges Gardebois (France) ND9(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 09/04/1930 page 642 both injured Apr 15 Gipsy Daniels (Newport) WPTS(15) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing 23/04/1930 pages 679 and 678 Referee: Mr Evans(Birmingham) Apr 21 Dick Power (Wales) WPTS(15) Connaught Drill Hall, Portsmouth Source: Boxing 23/04/1930 page 679 Jun 23 Stoker Stubbs (Portsmouth) WRTD5(15) Pier Pavilion, Plymouth Source: Boxing 02/07/1930 page 12 Aug 7 Bob Carvill (Bridlington) WDSQ11(15) Skating Rink, Bridlington Source: Boxing 13/08/1930 page 105 Sep 22 Frank Fowler (York) WPTS(15) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 24/09/1930 page 200 Oct 31 Ernst Pistualla (Germany) LPTS(10) Berlin Germany Source: Yorkshire Post Nov 17 Len Johnson (Manchester) DRAW(15) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing 19/11/1930 page 324 Match made at 12st 9lbs Nov 28 Thyge Petersen (Denmark) DRAW Copenhagen Denmark Source: Yorkshire Post 1931 Jan 26 Emile Egrel (France) WKO1(15) Colston Hall, Bristol Source: Boxing 28/01/1931 page 486 Promoter: Capt A Prince-Cox manager of Bristol Rovers Feb 24 Reggie Meen (Desborough) LPTS(15) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing 04/03/1931 page 572 Mar 2 Georges Gardebois (France) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 04/03/1931 page 565 Jul 6 Frank Fowler (York) WRTD3(15) Sportsman's Group Gardens, Owlerton Source: Boxing 15/07/1931 page 43 Aug 1 Kid Moose (Southport) WKO3(15) Renishaw Source: Boxing 05/08/1931 page 90 Promoter: British Union of Fascists Sep 7 Don McCorkindale (South Africa) LKO3(12) New Victoria Hall, Nottingham Source: Boxing 09/09/1931 page 165 Referee: Tom Gamble Nov 5 Steve McCall (Aberdeen) WRSF9(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 11/11/1931 page 6 McCall boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1930 and was Scottish Area Middleweight Champion 1929-31.