Tom Oliver

Bare knuckle pugilist.

Oliver, Tom (The Commissary), born 1789, in Bucks, wt. 12st;
b. Kimber, 2gs., 100m., Tothill Fields, 1811,
b. H. Lancaster, 20gs., 18m., June 2, 1812;
b. Ford, 25gs., 125m., Greenford Common, October 6, 1812;
b. George Cooper, 25gs., 17m., 13r., Moulsey Hurst, May 15, 1813;
b. Painter, £50, 26m., 8r., Shepperton Range, May 17, 1814;
bn. by Carter,
bn. by Neat;
b. Kendrick, £50 (turn-up), 70m., 30r., Epsom Races, May 28, 1819;
bn. by Donnelly;
b. Shelton, 100gs., 51m., 39r., Sawbridgeworth, January 13, 1820;
bn. by Painter,
bn. by Tom Spring,
bn. by Gas,
bn. by Abbott;
b. Ben Burn, £25 a-side, 24m., 6r., Hampton, January 28, 1834.
Received three weeks’ imprisonment at Oxford Assizes for being present at Gill and Norley’s fight, July 15, 1846.

Source: Famous Fights-Past and Present - No. 057