The bout on this date with the venue simply as London between Peter Brown (Woolwich) and Battling Jack Nelson (USA) was on this show at the Wonderland arena.
Full results, from Boxing News, 18th September 1909
Bandsman Rice (Hounslow) w rtd 3 Jack Meekins (Battersea)
Peter Brown (Woolwich) w pts 6 Battling Jack Nelson (USA)
Punch Prill (Poplar) w pts 6 Tom Hart (Old Ford)
Stoker Green (St John's Wood) w pts 6 Frank Wheeler (Woolwich)
Charley Webster (Bermondsey) w rsf 5 Sid Stagg (Deptford) - cut eye, bout stopped at the end of the round
Charley Wood (Bermondsey) w rsf 4 Jumbo King (Lambeth)
George Colbourne (Islington) w pts 6 Dick Emden (Spitalfields)
Tom Gibbs (Poplar) w pts 6 Harry Wilson (Canning Town)
Also on the show, novices competition at 112lb and 116lb
Flyweight (112)
Bill Davis (Bermondsey) w pts Frank Willaims (Canning Town)
Ted Payne (Bermondsey) w disq Young Rogers (Hoxton)
C Catchpole (Somers Town) w ko 2 Jack Saunders (Spitalfields)
Jack Fielder (Stepney) w pts Bill Evans (Walworth)
J Connell (Bow) w disq -- Andrew Barr (Canning Town)
Bantamweight (116)
Ernie Shearman (Stratford) w ko 3 Jack Coates (Stepney)
Ben Reed (----------) w ko 2 Albert Howes (Bermondsey)
Will Glover (Holloway) w disq 1 Bill Smith (Stepney)
Bill Sawyer (Bethnal Green) w ------- Driver Hart (Old Ford)
11 September 1909, Wonderland, Mile End, London
Re: 11 September 1909, Wonderland, Mile End, London
Wonderland (100 Whitechapel Road) fell within Whitechapel, not Mile End. I've confirmed this on the 1911 census.
Re: 11 September 1909, Wonderland, Mile End, London
Yes, sorry, you're right - Mile End should be changed as the venue area for Wonderland - as you say it was 'just over the border' at 100 Whitechapel Road - but the point is, I think, that two shows happened within half a mile or so on the same day. Not a big deal, obviously. I hadn't realised Wonderland burned down in 1911.
Re: 11 September 1909, Wonderland, Mile End, London
Hi Bob, was just making the point generally, as I noticed after reading your post that Wonderland has been listed as being in Mile End in the Boxrec database.
It's staggering how many fight venues staging regular bouts London had. As you say, two within half a mile of each other in this case. Goes to show how popular boxing was back then.
The circumstances surrounding the Wonderland fire were decidedly fishy.
It's staggering how many fight venues staging regular bouts London had. As you say, two within half a mile of each other in this case. Goes to show how popular boxing was back then.
The circumstances surrounding the Wonderland fire were decidedly fishy.
Re: 11 September 1909, Wonderland, Mile End, London
It's an important point, thanks for pointing it out... I would be interested to know more about the fire. I've picked up a bound volume of Sep 1909 to March 1910, so am ploughing through it. Fascinating reading (if you like that sort of thing)...