Bert Priestley (Mexborough)

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1 - all rights reserved This page has been brought to you by Click on the image above to visit our site Bert Priestley (Mexborough) Active: Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 54 contests (won: 44 lost: 6 drew: 4) Fight Record 1923 Jun 24 Eddie Kilroy (Leeds) WPTS(6) Premier Boxing Academy, Leeds Source: Boxing 27/06/1923 page 160 Aug 4 Tom C Toole (West Melton) WPTS(6) British Legion, Mexborough 1924 May 10 Johnny Stokes (Denaby) WPTS(6) Watson's Coliseum, Mexborough Jun 7 Johnny Stokes (Denaby) DRAW(8) Scunthorpe (9st novice competition 1st series) Jun 13 Johnny Stokes (Denaby) WPTS(6) Memorial Park, Thorne Moorends Referee: Nat Mawby(Nottingham) Promoter: Ernest McGowan

2 Jun 23 Alf Drakeford (Sheffield) WPTS(6) Montagu Stadium, Mexborough Promoter: G H Flood Aug 2 Billy Setters (Denaby) DRAW(6) Montagu Stadium, Mexborough Source: Boxing 13/08/1924 page 13 Aug 16 Saul Turner (High Gate) WPTS(6) Plant Hotel, Mexborough Nov 6 Ike Simmons (Sheffield) WPTS(6) Market Hall, Goole Promoter: H Baxter(Thorne) Nov 29 Wag Mosley (Doncaster) WPTS(6) Drill Hall, Barnsley Dec 6 Arthur Uttley (Wombwell) WRTD3(6) Plant Hotel, Mexborough 1925 Mar 2 Alf Drakeford (Sheffield) WPTS(10) Norfolk Road Drill Hall, Sheffield Mar 7 Billy Setters (Denaby) WPTS(8) Welfare Hall, Denaby Source: Mexborough and Swinton Times Mar 26 Tracey Howard (Leeds) WPTS(10) Gaiety Ballroom, Castleford Source: Boxing 01/04/1925 page 125 Promoter: Alf Daly Mar 29 Butcher Rider (Leeds) LKO4(6) NSC, Leeds Source: Boxing 01/04/1925 page 125 Apr 11 Johnny Kid Moffatt (Rossington) WPTS(10) Town Hall, Thorne Moorends Source: John Hand (Boxing Historian) Sep 17 Young Dusty (Byker) WPTS(10) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 23/09/1925 page Feb 12 Eddie McGarney (Halifax) WPTS(10) Drill Hall, Halifax Source: Boxing 17/02/1926 page 30 Promoter: William Lumb Oct 3 J Barrett (Castleford) WPTS(10) Stadium, Leeds Source: Boxing 06/10/1926 page 130 Oct 11 Les Burns (Bowes Park) WPTS(10) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 13/10/1926 page 141 Nov 8 Albert Barker (Sheffield) WPTS(10) Edmund Road Drill Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 10/11/1926 page 220 Nov 19 Harold Ratchford (Oldham) WPTS(15) Marathon Stadium, Preston Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle

3 Nov 29 Harry Hughes (Folkestone) WPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 01/12/1926 page 279 Dec 20 Johnny McMillan (Glasgow) LPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing McMillan boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1934 and was Scottish Area Featherweight Champion Feb 19 Billy Farrell (Winlaton) WPTS(15) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 23/02/1927 page 12 Mar 12 Bob Sharkey (Leeds) WPTS(15) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 16/03/1927 page 61 Mar 18 Joe McGonnigle (Wishaw) WKO4 Scottish Stadium, Govan Source: Boxing 23/03/1927 page 80 Apr 18 Tiny Smith (Sheffield) WPTS(15) Plant Hotel, Mexborough Referee: Roland Todd Promoter: Frank Lane Jun 11 Jack Turney (Edlington) WPTS(15) Plant Hotel, Mexborough Source: Boxing 14/06/1927 page 308 Promoter: Frank Lane Jul 9 Albert Barker (Sheffield) WPTS(12) Pheasant Inn Grounds, Carbrook Source: Boxing 12/07/1927 pages 402 and 403 Jul 30 Jack Swann (Barnsley) WPTS(15) Plant Hotel, Mexborough Source: Boxing 03/08/1927 pages 470 and 471 Oct 24 Harry Middleton (Norwich) WRTD5(8) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 25/10/1927 page 202 Nov 6 Teddy Brown (Forest Hall) WPTS(15) NSC, Leeds Source: Boxing 08/11/1927 page 239 Nov 28 Billy Housego (Paddington) LPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Dec 5 Jimmy Davison (New Seaham) LPTS(10) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden 1928 Mar 10 Ernie Bicknell (Doncaster) DRAW(10) Baths Hall, Denaby Source: Mexborough and Swinton Times Promoter: Frank Lane 1929 Dec 8 Jack O'Hara (Leeds) LPTS(8) NSC, Leeds Source: Yorkshire Post

4 Dec 9 Ernie Bicknell (Doncaster) WRTD7 Cleethorpes Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) (Yorkshire Lightweight Title) 1930 Jan 13 Ernie Bicknell (Doncaster) DRAW(12) Pier Pavilion, Cleethorpes Source: Grimsby Daily Telegraph (Yorkshire Lightweight Title) Referee: E McDuggan(Doncaster) 1932 May 16 Jim Birch (Barnsley) LRTD5(10) Worksop Nov 17 Bert Everett (Ipswich) WRSF2(8) Corn Hall, Norwich Source: Boxing 23/11/1932 page 14 Referee: Sid Ackland Dec 1 Arthur Harvey (Bedford) WPTS(10) Corn Hall, Norwich Source: Boxing 07/12/1932 page 14 Referee: Percy J Moss Dec 8 Pat Rodgers (Sheffield) WPTS(10) Corn Hall, Norwich Source: Boxing 14/12/1932 page 13 Referee: Sid Ackland Dec 14 Seaman O'Dell (Chatham) WPTS(10) Baths Hall, Ipswich Source: East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich) Referee: Harry Cracknell(Peterborough) Promoter: Wally Dakin Dec 15 Bugler Harry Lake (Plymouth) WRSF2(10) Corn Hall, Norwich Source: Boxing 21/12/1932 page 13 Lake was British and British Empire and European Bantamweight Champion Referee: H Cracknell(Peterborough) 1933 Jan 5 Seaman O'Dell (Chatham) WPTS(12) Corn Hall, Norwich Source: Boxing 11/01/1933 page 13 Attendance: good Jan 12 Joe Tucker (Ramsgate) WRSF5 Corn Hall, Norwich Source: Boxing 18/01/1933 page 13 Referee: Gus Platts Biggest ever crowd at this venue Jan 18 Flutey Green (USA) WPTS(10) Baths Hall, Ipswich Source: East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich) Referee: Johnny Brown(St George's) Promoter: Wally Dakin

5 Jan 19 Harry Bygraves (Norwich) WRSF8(10) Corn Hall, Norwich Source: Boxing 25/01/1933 page 13 Jun 1 Johnny Gordon (Aldgate) WRTD7 Firs Stadium, Norwich Source: Boxing 07/06/1933 page 13 Attendance: Feb 22 Jock Ewart (Melton Mowbray) WPTS(10) Corn Hall, Norwich Mar 1 Bert Ison (Leicester) WPTS(10) Corn Hall, Norwich Mar 8 Harry Bygraves (Norwich) WKO9(10) Corn Hall, Norwich Source: Boxing 14/03/1934 page 15 Mar 17 Jimmy Jarvis (Norwich) WPTS(8) New Hall, Dereham Referee: J Towell(Norwich) This record was researched and compiled by Miles Templeton and Richard Ireland. It may be published elsewhere provided full acknowledgement and a link to are included - all rights reserved This page has been brought to you by 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 boxinghistory@hotmail.co.uk or phone for details