Cecil Herbert "Pickles" Douglas (28 June 1886 – 30 September 1954) was an English boxing referee and a
cricket
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er. He played for
Essex
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between 1912 and 1919.
'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.
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.
[C82-34 Churchman series cigarette cards, Boxing Personalities, 1938, #41 CH Douglas]
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1886 births
1954 deaths
English cricketers
Essex cricketers
British boxing referees
Cricketers from the London Borough of Hackney
20th-century English sportsmen
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