Pickles Douglas Explained

Pickles Douglas
Fullname:Cecil Herbert Douglas
Birth Date:26 June 1886
Birth Place:Clapton, London, England
Death Place:Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England
Batting:Right-handed
Role:Bowler
Club1:Essex
Year1:1912–1919
Columns:1
Column1:FC
Matches1:21
Runs1:326
Wickets1:6
Date:22 July 2013
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/11925.html Cricinfo

Cecil Herbert "Pickles" Douglas (28 June 1886  - 30 September 1954) was an English boxing referee and a cricketer. He played for Essex between 1912 and 1919.[1]

'Pickles' Douglas was a leading boxing referee for many years, handling contest including Jack Doyle v. Jack Petersen, 1933; the two Len Harvey v. Jack Petersen fights, 1933 and 1934; Primo Carnera v. George Cook, 1932; and George Cook v. Joe Beckett, 1922.[2]

Family

He was the son of John H. Douglas, a prominent personality at the Covent Garden club, and brother of J. W. H. T. Douglas, who won the ABA amateur middle-weight boxing championship in 1905, the Olympic middleweight title in 1908 and afterwards captained the Essex county cricket eleven and England.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pickles Douglas . 22 July 2013 . ESPNcricinfo.
  2. Web site: BoxRec. BoxRec. 2 April 2016.
  3. C82-34 Churchman series cigarette cards, Boxing Personalities, 1938, #41 CH Douglas