Pickles Douglas
FullnameCecil Herbert Douglas
Birth date26 June 1886
Birth placeClapton, London, England
Death date30 September 1954 (aged 68)
Death placeFrinton-on-Sea, Essex, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleBowler
Club 1Essex
Year 11912–1919
Columns1
Column 1FC
Matches 121
Runs 1326
Wickets 16
Date22 July 2013
Sourcehttp://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]

References

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