17Sept1838 The London-Birmingham Railway is fully opened. The train from Euston Station at 8am would arrive in Birmingham at 1:45pm, the Birmingham-Liverpool connection would get you to Liverpool by 6:30pm, irreversibly changing how spectators travelled to & from fights
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16Sept1843 Dick Curtis the ‘Pet of the Fancy’ & ‘Champion of the Light Weighs’ died at 1 Little Surrey St, Blackfriars Rd aged 41yrs, buried in St George’s Churchyard Southwark. Born 1802 Curtis fought 15x in the London Prize Ring 13win1loss1draw & 1forfeit.
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14Sept1828 The Weekly Dispatch publishes a letter telling publicans including Harry Holt to never allow, ‘..John Scroggins to consume more than 1 quart of gin, rum, or brandy—nor more than 30 glasses of liquor called grog (at the same time) By order of the Commander-in-Chief’
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13Sept1824 Rough Robin #Manchester defeats Jack Manning #Birmingham in 30rds & 45min in front of 5K people at Delph 4mi north of Oldham (Manchester). Robin Seconded by Sampson, Manning by Harry Holt. After his win Holt invites Robin to #London to train him.
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The fight between Randall & Martin in Sept 1821 was immortalised in a publication titled, ‘Real Life In London, or, The rambles & adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq, & his cousin, the Hon. Tom Dashall…’ apparently written by ‘An Amateur’ later attributed to Pierce Egan or someone unknown copying his style.
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Jack Randall (1794-1828) the ‘Nonpareil’(no match or equal) was undefeated in 16x Prizefights but being a middle weight was ineligible for a Championship Title. Randall defeated Holt in May 1817 at Coombe-Warren before they became sparring partners for many years
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11Sept1821 Jack Randall defeats Jack Martin knocking him out after 7min10sec at Crawley Downs. Randall was Seconded by Harry Holt & Paddington Jones, Martin by Tom Spring & John Thurtell. (300guineas aside)
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10Sept1822 Josh Hudson defeats Barlow in 6rds & 6min at St Albans after Tom Belcher stopped the fight & conceded for Barlow who had been knocked senseless. In the same Ring Jem Ward Defeated Burke (Jr) in 7min. Ward Seconded by Harry Holt, Burke by Tom Oliver.
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Harry Holt trained Jack Hannan for a month prior his fight against Johnny Walker in April 1839 choosing the Bald Faced Stag at #Finchley as their headquarters. Well known pedestrian Bob Fuller assisted Holt in training Hannan which may account for his ability to last almost 4hrs in the Ring.
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One of the longest #Bareknuckle fights to ever take place in the London #PrizeRing was between Jack Hannan & Johnny Walker on #Chesterford Common near #Littlebury, #Essex on 2April1839. Hannan (Seconded by Harry Holt) defeated Walker (Seconded by Dick Curtis) in 3hr48min.
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6Sept1831 Harry Holt & Jem Ward (Champion of England) stop & exhibit for several days in #Edinburgh on their Grand Sparring Tour of #England & #Scotland. Scottish Surgeon, Physician, Philosopher & Writer, Robert Macnish is noted as seeing them exhibit 3x.
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Harry Holt didn’t take a permanent position as a Committee Member in the ‘Fair Play Club’ instead distancing himself from ‘politics’ & positions of financial influence over the Ring. Holt remains focused on getting-up matches, Training, Promoting & Seconding Prizefighters.
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After controversy in 1829 the ‘Fair Play Club’ Committee makes it clear that the Club’s role is to simply preserve the integrity of the Ring & not as an arbitrator of disputes between Stakeholders, Backers or Combatants. The Fair Play Clib is sadly disbanded in December 1829.
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In 1461 during the #WarsoftheRoses the 2nd Battle of St Albans was partially fought (flight of the Yorkists) on #Nomansland Common & in #C17th gangs of thieves regularly robbed travellers on the Common including the legendary ‘Wicked Lady’ Highwaywoman Katherine Ferrers.
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2Sept1828 Harry Holt & his student Paddy Flynn travel to Warwick Races on a ‘Milling Speculation’ where Flynn was to fight a local countryman. The match does not come off & they return to London several days later.
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1Sep1821 Published on this day 302 years ago:
‘THE INTERIOR OF THE FIVES COURT WITH RANDALL AND TURNER SPARRING’
by Charles Turner (1821).
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The 1st time the Fair Play Club’s ‘Regulators’ are use was at a fight on 16Sept1828 at Shire Mear, Bedfordsire when Harry Jones defeats Ned Stockman. The Regulators were Ward, Holt, Tebbutt, Reid, Oliver, Gaynor, Fogo and Tisdale
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In 1828 the ‘Fair Play Club’ became the governing body of the #London #PrizeRing with power to employ ‘Regulators’ to keep the integrity of the Ring. #Regulators were paid a Half Guinea & armed with Whips to stop spectators from invading the Ring or disrupting fights
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30Aug1825 Rough Robin defeats Harry Bundollock in 18rds & 25min at #Nomansland Common near St Albans. Robin Seconded by Harry Holt & Josh Hudson, Bundollock by George Head & Harry Harmer (£25 aside)
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29Aug1828 The Fair Play Club is establish on this day by Harry Holt, Tom Spring, Mr Harmer(Owner Weekly Dispatch) Mr Smith(Editor Weekly Dispatch) & Vincent George Dowling(Editor Bell’s Life in London) at the Castle Tavern, Holborn. Tom Spring is selected as Treasurer.
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