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National ABA title 1950

63rd ABA National Championships 

 

1949 - 1950

 

Year:                        21 April 1950 

 

Venue:                     Wembley Arena, London

 

Peter Brander 57kg (Slough Centre ABC) wins his last ABA title.    Following his successes of 1945, 1946, 1948.    Brander was also an Olympian in 1948 (London, England), Commonwealth Bronze medal in 1950 (Auckland, New Zealand), and a member of the 1949 European Championship team (Oslo, Norway).

 

Ron Lantham 60kg (Hickleton Main ABC) and Terry Ratcliffe 69kg (Royal Air Force) become Commonwealth Champions in Auckland (New Zealand).

 

KG 

Weight 

Champion 

Finalist 

Result 

 

51

 

Fly

 

Albert Jones

(Kynoch BC)

 

A.Moore

(LMS Rovers ABC)

 

 

54

 

Bantam

 

Ken Lawrence

(Southampton ABC)

 

Walter Taylor

(LMS Rovers ABC)

 

 

57

 

Feather

 

Peter Brander

(Slough Centre ABC)

 

Percy Lewis

(Royal Air Force)

 

 

60

 

Light

 

Ron Latham

(Hickleton Main ABC)

 

Freddie King

(Robert Browning ABC)

 

 

69

 

Welter

 

Terry Ratcliffe

(Royal Air Force)

 

A.Light

(Winchester ABC)

 

 

75

 

Middle

 

P.Longo

(Army)

 

Terry Gooding

(GKB & N ABC)

 

 

81

 

Light Heavy

 

Peter Messervy

(Royal Navy)

 

Albert Gall

(Brixton Ivy Leaf ABC)

 

 

91

 

Heavyweight

 

P.Toch

(Army)

 

C.Carver

(Steel, Peech & Tozer ABC)

 



64th ABA National Championships

 

1950 - 1951

 

Year:                        20 April 1951

 

Venue:                    Wembley Arena, London

 

Jim Travers 57kg (Lansdowne BC) beats Percy Lewis 57kg (Royal Air Force) when the contest was stopped in the first round with both boxers having cuts to their eyes.   Travers was ahead on points and was declared the winner.   This rule was introduced in 1934.   Lewis did win the title in 1952.   Lewis, and Tommy Nicholls 54kg (Royal Air Force), John Maloney 69kg (Dagenham ABC) all represented England at the 1951 European Championship (Milan, Italy).

 

KG

Weight

Champion

Finalist

Result

 

51

 

Fly

 

Gerald John

(Slough Centre ABC)

 

S. Hawyes

(Jarrow Community ABC)

 

DIS(3)

 

54

 

Bantam

 

Tommy Nicholls

(Royal Air Force)

 

T. Icke

(Bournebrook ABC)

 

 

57

 

Feather

 

Jim Travers

(Lansdowne BC)

 

Percy Lewis

(Royal Air Force)

 

Contest stopped (RSC1)

 

60

 

Light

 

Ron Hinson

(West Ham ABC)

 

C. Harrison

(Steel, Peech & Tozer ABC)

 

DIS(3)

 

64

 

Light Welter

 

W. Connor

(Lowe House ABC)

 

T. Budge

(Empire Swansea BC)

 

 

67

 

Welter

 

Johnny Maloney

(Dagenham ABC)

 

A. Baird

(Army)

 

RSC(2)

 

71

 

Light Middle

 

Alf Lay

(Battersea ABC)

 

D. Roberts

(Army)

 

RSC(1)

 

75

 

Middle

 

Eric Ludham

(Army)

 

G. Wilson

(Market District ABC)

 

RSC(2)

 

81

 

Light Heavy

 

George Walker

(Thomas Refinery ABC)

 

R. Crookes

(Army)

 

RSC(1)

 

91

 

Heavyweight

 

Albert Halsey

(Kyrle Hall ABC)

 

J. Crickman

(Stepney Institute ABC)

 

 


65th ABA National Championships

 

1951 - 1952

 

Year:                        25 April 1952

 

Venue:                    Wembley Arena, London

 

Tommy Nicholls 54kg (Sankeys ABC) wins his second of (4) titles (1951, 1952, 1955, 1956).   All (10) ABA titles winners become 'Olympians' and travel to the 1952 Games (Helsinki, Finland).   However no medals were won.   It was also the first National ABA title for the famous Henry Cooper 81kg (Eltham & District ABC).

 

KG

Weight

Champion

Finalist

Result

 

51

 

Fly

 

Dai Downer

(Roath Youth BC)

 

Gerald John

(Slough Centre ABC)

 

 

54

 

Bantam

 

Tommy Nicholls

(Sankeys ABC)

 

C. Salter

(Ormiston ABC)

 

RSC(1)

 

57

 

Feather

 

Percy Lewis

(Royal Air Force)

 

Steve Trainer

(Hulme Lads ABC)

 

 

60

 

Light

 

Freddie Reardon

(Downham Community ABC)

 

A. Wallace

(Royal Air Force)

 

 

64

 

Light Welter

 

Peter Waterman

(Caius ABC)

 

Cy Harrison

(Steel, Peech & Tozer ABC)

 

 

67

 

Welter

 

Johnny Maloney

(Royal Air Force)

 

Les Morgan

(Rotax ABC)

 

 

71

 

Light Middle

 

Bernard Foster

(Mitchell & Butlers ABC)

 

Bruce Wells

(Royal Air Force)

 

 

75

 

Middle

 

Terry Gooding

(Army)

 

K. Phillips

(Warley ABC)

 

 

81

 

Light Heavy

 

Henry Cooper

(Eltham & District ABC)

 

J. McLean

(Burntisland ABC)

 

 

91

 

Heavyweight

 

Eddie Hearn

(Battersea ABC)

 

D. Rowe

(Royal Air Force)

 

 


66th ABA National Championships

 

1952 - 1953

 

Year:                        24 April 1953

 

Venue:                    Wembley Arena, London

 

Bruce Wells 71kg (Royal Air Force) wins his first title, going onto win again 1954.   Wells also become European Champion in 1953 (Warsaw, Poland).   Adding a further European Gold in 1955 (Berlin, Germany) and a Bronze Commonwealth Medal in 1954.  

 

Percy Lewis 57kg (Oxford YMCA ABC), Dennis Hinson 60kg (Army) and Henry Cooper 81kg (Army) attend the 1953 European Championships (Berlin, Germany).   Ron Barton 75kg (Royal Air Force) returned with a Bronze medal.

 

KG

Weight

Champion

Finalist

Result

 

51

 

Fly

 

R. Currie

(Dalmarnock BC)

 

F. Jones

(Royal Air Force)

 

 

54

 

Bantam

 

J. Smillie

(Fauldhouse Miners ABC)

 

G. Heaynes

(Army)

 

 

57

 

Feather

 

Percy Lewis

(Oxford YMCA ABC)

 

A. Sillett

(Army)

 

 

60

 

Light

 

Dennis Hinson

(Army)

 

H. Duffin

(Earlsfield ABC)

 

 

64

 

Light Welter

 

D. Hughes

(Cardiff Gas BC)

 

T. Molloy

(Army)

 

 

67

 

Welter

 

Les Morgan

(Rotax ABC)

 

Frank Hope

(St. Teresas ABC)

 

 

71

 

Light Middle

 

Bruce Wells

(Royal Air Force)

 

Roy Francis

(Brixton Ivy Leaf ABC)

 

 

75

 

Middle

 

Ron Barton

(Royal Air Force)

 

Terry Gooding

(Cardiff Gas BC)

 

 

81

 

Light Heavy

 

Henry Cooper

(Army)

 

Anthony Madigan

(Fulham ABC)

 

 

91

 

Heavyweight

 

Joe Erskine

(Army)

 

Albert Halsey

(Mitchell & Butlers ABC)

 

 


67th ABA National Championships

 

1953 - 1954

 

Year:                        23 April 1954

 

Venue:                    Wembley Arena, London

 

Anthony Madigan 81kg (Fulham ABC) was actually an Australian winning a Commonwealth Silver in 1954 (Vancouver, Canada), then becoming Commonwealth Champion in 1958 (Cardiff, Wales) and again in 1962 (Perth, Australia).   He won a Bronze Olympic Medal in 1960 (Rome, Italy) losing to one 'Mr Cassius Clay'.  

 

Nicky Gargano 67kg (Army), George Whelan 60kg (Army), Brian Harper 91kg (Royal Air Force) all become Commonwealth Champions in 1954 (Vancouver, Canada). Dave Charnley 57kg (Fitzroy Lodge ABC) won a Bronze medal.

 

KG

Weight

Champion

Finalist

Result

 

51

 

Fly

 

R. Currie

(Dalmarnock ABC)

 

Albert Jones

(Wilmot Breedon ABC)

 

RSC(3)

 

54

 

Bantam

 

J. Smillie

(Fauldhouse Miners ABC)

 

D. Glanville

(Stowe ABC)

 

 

57

 

Feather

 

Dave Charnley

(Fitzroy Lodge ABC)

 

Richard McTaggart

(Royal Air Force)

 

RSC(1)

 

60

 

Light

 

George Whelan

(Army)

 

F. McQuillan

(Dundee BC)

 

 

64

 

Light Welter

 

G. Martin

(Army)

 

G. Hodgson

(Joe Waltons ABC)

 

 

67

 

Welter

 

Nicky Gargano

(Army)

 

Peter Jones

(Sankeys ABC)

 

 

71

 

Light Middle

 

Bruce Wells

(Royal Air Force)

 

A. Keogh

(Lucas ABC)

 

 

75

 

Middle

 

K. Phillips

(Royal Air Force)

 

E. Lennon

(St. Pancras ABC)

 

 

81

 

Light Heavy

 

Anthony Madigan

(Fulham ABC)

 

Eddie Woollard

(Army)

 

 

91

 

Heavyweight

 

Brian Harper

(Royal Air Force)

 

Trevor Snell

(Roath Youth BC)

 

 


68th ABA National Championships

 

1954 - 1955

 

Year:                        29 April 1955

 

Venue:                    Wembley Arena, London

 

Steve Coffey 60kg (Manco ABC) won both the Irish and English ABA National title in 1955.    Tommy Nicholls 57kg (Sankeys ABC) and Nicky Gargano 67kg (Army) both become European Champions in 1955 (Berlin, Germany).   The team also included Derek Lloyd 51kg (Army), Bernard Foster 71kg (Mitchell & Butlers ABC), Frank Hope 75kg (St. Teresas ABC) and David Rent 81kg (Maple Leaf ABC).

 

KG

Weight

Champion

Finalist

Result

 

51

 

Fly

 

Derek Lloyd

(Army)

 

K. Langford

(Slough Centre ABC)

 

 

54

 

Bantam

 

G. Dormer

(Army)

 

K. Williams

(John Wrights ABC)

 

 

57

 

Feather

 

Tommy Nicholls

(Sankeys ABC)

 

J. Swan

(LMS Rovers ABC)

 

 

60

 

Light

 

Steve Coffey

(Manco ABC)

 

B. Jones

(Raleigh ABC)

 

 

64

 

Light Welter

 

F. McQuillan

(Dundee BC)

 

G. Martin

(Army)

 

RSC(3)

 

67

 

Welter

 

Nicky Gargano

(Army)

 

Peter Jones

(Sankeys ABC)

 

 

 

71

 

Light Middle

 

Bernard Foster

(Mitchell & Butlers ABC)

 

Ron Garnett

(Earlsfield ABC)

 

RSC(3)

 

75

 

Middle

 

Frank Hope

(St. Teresas ABC)

 

R. Perren

(Earlsfield ABC)

 

DIS(3)

 

81

 

Light Heavy

 

David Rent

(Maple Leaf ABC)

 

E. Wollard

(Eton Manor ABC)

 

 

91

 

Heavyweight

 

D. Rowe

(Glamorgan Police BC)

 

P. James

(Royal Navy)

 

 


69th ABA National Championships

 

1955 - 1956

 

Year:                        27 April 1956

 

Venue:                    Wembley Arena, London

 

Terry Spinks 51kg (West Ham ABC) and Richard McTaggart 60kg (Royal Air Force) become Olympic Champions in 1956 (Melbourne, Australia).   Nicky Gargano 67kg (Convent Gardens ABC) secures an Olympic Bronze medal.   Ron Redrup 75kg (West Ham ABC), Owen O'Reilly 54kg (Royal Air Force) and John McCormack 71kg (NB Loco ABC) become Olympians.

 

KG

Weight

Champion

Finalist

Result

 

51

 

Fly

 

Terry Spinks

(West Ham ABC)

 

P. Walsh

(Royal Northern ABC)

 

 

54

 

Bantam

 

Owen Reilly

(Royal Air Force)

 

Don Weller

(Battersea ABC)

 

 

57

 

Feather

 

Tommy Nicholls

(Sankeys ABC)

 

A. Devlin

(Port of London Authority ABC)

 

 

60

 

Light

 

Richard McTaggart

(Royal Air Force)

 

Eddie Kane

(Lochead BC)

 

 

64

 

Light Welter

 

Dave Stone

(Battersea ABC)

 

T. McGunness

(Army)

 

RSC(3)

 

67

 

Welter

 

Nicky Gargano

(Convent Gardens ABC)

 

Terry Gill

(Army)

 

 

71

 

Light Middle

 

John McCormack

(NB Loco ABC) 

 

Johnny Cunningham

(Royal Air Force)

 

 

75

 

Middle

 

Ron Redrup

(West Ham ABC)

 

Bernard Foster

(Mitchell & Butlers ABC)

 

 

81

 

Light Heavy

 

D. Mooney

(Lanark Welfare BC)

 

J. Cole

(Port of London Authority ABC)

 

 

91

 

Heavyweight

 

David Rent

(Maple Leaf ABC)

 

Dave Thomas

(Polytechnic ABC)

 

 


70th ABA National Championships

 

1956 - 1957

 

Year:                        26 April 1957

 

Venue:                    Wembley Arena, London

 

Derek Lloyd 51kg (New Buxton ABC), Dave Stone 64kg (Army), Ron Warnes 67kg (Army), Johnny Cunningham 71kg (Royal Air Force), Tom Green 81kg (Hull Boys ABC) and Dave Thomas 91kg (Polytechnic ABC) all represented England at the 1957 European Championships (Prague, Czechoslovakia).   No medals were won.

 

KG

Weight

Champion

Finalist

Result

 

51

 

Fly

 

R. Davies

(Army)

 

Derek Lloyd

(New Buxton ABC)

 

 

54

 

Bantam

 

J. Morrissey

(Lanark Welfare BC)

 

D. Caulfield

(Royal Air Force)

 

 

57

 

Feather

 

M. Collins

(Melingriffith ABC)

 

A. Day

(Army)

 

 

60

 

Light

 

J. Kidd

(Royal Air Force)

 

W. Barber

(Rugby ABC)

 

RSC(3)

 

64

 

Light Welter

 

Dave Stone

(Army)

 

R. Warner

(Hanwell ABC)

 

RSC(2)

 

67

 

Welter

 

Ron Warnes

(Army)

 

T. Johnson

(Scarborough YMCA ABC)

 

 

71

 

Light Middle

 

Johnny Cunningham

(Royal Air Force)

 

Jackie Wood

(Cannock St. Luke ABC)

 

 

75

 

Middle

 

P. Burke

(Sankeys ABC)

 

L. Barrow

(Royal Air Force)

 

 

81

 

Light Heavy

 

Tom Green

(Hull Boys ABC)

 

A. Peacock

(Army)

 

 

91

 

Heavyweight

 

Dave Thomas

(Polytechnic ABC)

 

Neville Walker

(Nottingham School of Boxing ABC)

 

RSC(1)

 


71st   ABA National Championships

 

1957 - 1958

 

Year:                        25 April 1958

 

Venue:                    Wembley Arena, London

 

Richard McTaggart 60kg (Royal Air Force) wins the second of his (5) National ABA titles (1956, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1965).   He was Olympic Champion in 1956 (Melbourne, Australia), Olympic Bronze Medallist in 1960 (Rome, Italy), Commonwealth Champion in 1958 (Cardiff, Wales), European Champion in 1961 (Belgrade, Yugoslavia), Silver Medalist in the 1962 Commonwealth Games (Perth, Australia).   He also won (7) Scottish ABA titles.

 

Stuart Pearson 71kg (Plant Works ABC) and Dave Thomas 91kg (Polytechnic ABC) both win Commonwealth Silver Medals in 1958 (Cardiff, Wales).   Joe Leeming 81kg (Army) was also in the team.

 

KG

Weight

Champion

Finalist

Result

 

51

 

Fly

 

Jackie Brown

(Leith Victoria BC)

 

G. John

(Royal Air Force)

 

 

54

 

Bantam

 

Howard Winstone

(Dowlais BC)

 

F. Owen

(Dennistoun BC)

 

 

57

 

Feather

 

Malcolm Collins

(Mellingriffith ABC)

 

Roy Beaman

(Royal Air Force)

 

 

60

 

Light

 

Richard McTaggart

(Royal Air Force)

 

Johnny Cooke

(Maple Leaf ABC)

 

 

64

 

Light Welter

 

Robert Kane

(St. Mungos ABC)

 

D. Higgins

(Army)

 

 

67

 

Welter

 

Brian Nancuris

(Army)

 

H. Coster

(West Ham ABC)

 

 

71

 

Light Middle

 

Stuart Pearson

(Plant Works ABC)

 

Ray Griffiths

(Hanwell ABC)

 

 

75

 

Middle

 

P. Hill

(Fitzroy Lodge ABC)

 

E. Lee

(Royal Air Force)

 

 

81

 

Light Heavy

 

Joe Leeming

(Army)

 

R. Shaw

(Battersea ABC)

 

 

91

 

Heavyweight

 

Dave Thomas

(Polytechnic ABC)

 

Ron Davies

(Raven ABC)

 



   72nd  ABA National Championships

 

1958 - 1959

 

Year:                        24 April 1959

 

Venue:                    Empire Pool and Sports Arena

 

Dave Thomas 91kg (Polytechnic ABC) wins a Silver Medal at the 1959 European Championships (Lucerne, Switzerland).   Harry Scott 75kg (Maple Leaf ABC) also wins a Bronze Medal.   Mick Gushlow 51kg (Royal Air Force), Don Weller 54kg (Army), Paul Warwick 60kg (Army), Jimmy McGrail 67kg (Royal Air Force), Stuart Pearson 71kg (Plant Works ABC) and Johnny Ould 81kg (Fisher ABC) formed the remainder of the team.

 

KG

Weight

Champion

Finalist

Result

 

51

 

Fly

 

Mick Gushlow

(Royal Air Force)

 

Albert Jones

(Wilmot Breedon ABC)

 

 

54

 

Bantam

 

Don Weller

(Army)

 

Francis Morgan

(St Teresas ABC)

 

 

57

 

Feather

 

George Judge

(NB Loco ABC)

 

Ken Field

(Army)

 

 

60

 

Light

 

Paul Warwick

(Army)

 

Johnny Cooke

(Maple Leaf ABC)

 

 

64

 

Light Welter

 

Robert Kane

(St Mungos ABC)

 

Danny O'Brien

(Army)

 

 

67

 

Welter

 

Jimmy McGrail

(Royal Air Force)

 

Robert Keddie

(Scottish National BC)

 

 

71

 

Light Middle

 

Stuart Pearson

(Plant Works ABC)

 

Brian Lester

(Royal Air Force)

 

RSC(3)

 

75

 

Middle

 

Fred Elderfield

(Army)

 

Harry Scott

(Maple Leaf ABC)

 

 

81

 

Light Heavy

 

Johnny Ould

(Fisher ABC)

 

Rae Dryden

(Royal Navy)

 

 

91

 

Heavyweight

 

Dave Thomas

(Polytechnic ABC)

 

Len James

(Patchway ABC)