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Full name | Cecil Herbert Douglas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Clapton, London, England |
26 June 1886||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 30 September 1954 Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England |
(aged 68)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1912–1919 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 22 July 2013
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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.
'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.