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CodeDS/UK/22653
NameDouglas; Cecil Herbert (26 June 1886-30 September 1954); English boxing referee and cricketer
AliasPickles Douglas
Dates26 June 1886-30 September 1954
GenderMale
Place of Birth/OriginClapton, London, England (born)
BiographyCecil Herbert "Pickles" Douglas was an English boxing referee and a cricketer. He played for Essex 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.

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.

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