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]
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]