Arly Hollingsworth boxing record

This record is based on results reported in 'Boxing' plus a number of other bouts from local newspapers.

More bouts will be added to this record as they become available

This record can be published provided that I am credited as the source

Arley Hollingsworth(Sheffield)

some early bouts missing - will be added to record later this year

165 contests - won 63 lost 91 drew 11
Mar 29 1926 Young Butler(Chesterfield) LR4 Chesterfield Skating Rink 10
Jun 5 1926 Albert Barker(Sheffield) LR3 Carbrook 6
Jun 25 1927 Len Brown LKO2 Sheffield Pheasant Inn Grounds 10
Jul 9 1927 Ted Lomax(Thurcroft) WS4 Sheffield Pheasant Inn Grounds 10
Jul 23 1927 Billy Moss LP Sheffield Pheasant Inn grounds 8
Mar 5 1928 Billy Moss(Park Gate) WS2 Sheffield 8
Jun 16 1928 Luther Walker KO2 Sheffield
Jun 30 1928 Albert Naylor(Leicester) KO1 Sheffield Hyde Park 8
Jul 5 1928 Alf Mitchell(Liverpool) LKO3 Liverpool Stadium 10
Jul 9 1928 Kid Abrahams(Doncaster) LP Doncaster Corn Exchange 8
Jul 21 1928 Kid Abrahams(Doncaster) WP Sheffield Hyde Park
Jul 26 1928 Len Bowater(Dudley) WS2 Liverpool Breck Park Greyhound Stadium 10
Aug 3 1928 Teddy Welsh(Jarrow) WS1 Consett Palais de Danse 10
Aug 9 1928 Alf Mitchell(Liverpool) LP Liverpool Stadium 10
Aug 18 1928 Billy Farrell(Winlaton) LP Consett Palais de Danse 10
Sep 15 1928 Billy Smith(Sunderland) LR7 Sunderland Holmeside 15
Sep 17 1928 Albert Barker(Sheffield) LP Sheffield 10
Nov 6 1928 Charlie Ovey(Oldham) LKO11 Consett 15
Dec 15 1928 Jack Bates(Manchester) LP Consett Palais de Danse 12
Jan 6 1929 Jack Bates(Manchester) LP Leeds NSC 12
Apr 1 1929 Jack Skelly(Barnsley) DR Sheffield 10
May 4 1929 Fred Sheldon(Shipley) WP Sheffield 10
May 20 1929 Billy Carter(Leicester) WS2 Sheffield
Jun 22 1929 Siki Coulton(Leicester) WR2 Sheffield
Jul 6 1929 Jack Skelly(Barnsley) WP Sheffield 12
Jul 20 1929 Young Evitt(Manchester) LP Sheffield 10
Aug 10 1929 Young Evitt(Manchester) LP Sheffield 10
Sep 24 1929 Kid Sedgwick(Leeds) WP Sheffield Arcadia 10
Oct 15 1929 Arthur Ryan(Leicester) LP Sheffield 10
Oct 28 1929 Jim Lycett(Sheffield) KO2 Sheffield
Nov 22 1929 Harold Coule(Featherstone) DR Sheffield 10
Nov 23 1929 Eddie Kittrick(Wakefield) WR8 West Hartlepool
Dec 6 1929 Ike Grice(Mansfield) KO4 Sheffield St Clements Schoolroom
Dec 30 1929 Jack Skelly(Barnsley) LP Chesterfield 10
Jan 3 1930 Dick Inkles(Sheffield) WP Sheffield 12
Jan 17 1930 Tiny Smith(Sheffield) LP Sheffield 12
Jan 20 1930 Gunboat Smith(Belfast) KO7 Chesterfield 10
Jan 24 1930 Fred Bromley(Sheffield) WP Attercliffe St Clements Schoolroom 10
Jan 29 1930 George Appleton(Bow) LP Holborn Stadium Club 3
Bantamweight competition - preliminary round
Jan 31 1930 Albert Dyson(Barnsley) WS4 Barnsley Baths Hall 10
Feb 17 1930 Fred Bromley(Sheffield) WP Hanley Palais de Danse 15
Feb 21 1930 Jack Skelly(Barnsley) LP Barnsley 12
Feb 24 1930 Fred Bromley(Sheffield) WP Sheffield 12
Mar 18 1930 Earl Norfolk(Eccles) WP Preston Prince's Theatre 12
Mar 23 1930 Freddie Collins(Leeds) DR Leeds The Ring 10
Mar 31 1930 Jack Glover(Chesterfield) LP Chesterfield 15
Apr 7 1930 Alf Cotterill(Wolverhampton) WP Hanley Palais de Danse 15
Apr 15 1930 Teddy Higgins(Manchester) LP Preston Prince's Theatre 12
May 4 1930 Teddy Higgins(Manchester) WP Salford Adelphi Club 15
May 10 1930 Jack Skelly(Barnsley) LP Barnsley 12
May 31 1930 Harold Coule(Featherstone) WP Sheffield Hyde Park 12
Jun 8 1930 Joe Greenwood(Bolton) WP Salford Adelphi Club 15
Jun 28 1930 George Mellors(Nottingham) WP Sheffield Hyde Park 10
Jun 30 1930 Jack Bates(Manchester) WP Preston Marathon Stadium 12
Jul 6 1930 Emile Pladner(France) LP Paris France Buffalo Velodrome
Jul 19 1930 Dick Inkles(Sheffield) Wtwl10 Sheffield Hyde Park 12
Aug 2 1930 Teddy Higgins(Manchester) WR3 Sheffield Hyde Park 12
Sep 8 1930 Billy Farrell(Winlaton) LKO12 Newcastle New St James Hall 15
Oct 4 1930 Pat Gorman(Wheatley Hill) LKO6 Newcastle New St James Hall 15
Nov 24 1930 Len Wickwar(Leicester) KO3 Sheffield South St Hall 12
Dec 8 1930 Tom Cowley(Doncaster) LP Sheffield South Street Hall
Dec 15 1930 Kid Socks(London) WP Hull 15
Dec 22 1930 Tom Cowley(Sheffield) WP Sheffield South Street Hall 12
Jan 15 1931 Jim Crawford(Wrexham) LS9 Liverpool Stadium 15
Feb 23 1931 Dyke Archer(Salford) WP Sheffield
Mar 8 1931 Dan Dando(Merthyr) LP West Bromwich Palais de Danse 15
Mar 29 1931 Dyke Archer(Salford) WP Leeds Windsor Stadium 12
May 30 1931 Johnny King(Manchester) LS5 Sheffield Hyde Park 15
(British Bantamweight Title Eliminator)
Jun 17 1931 Len Fowler(Birmingham) LP Sheffield Hyde Park 12
Jul 13 1931 Johnny Regan(Rotherham) DR Sheffield Hyde Park 10
Jul 26 1931 Bob Lamb(Sunderland) LP Leeds NSC 12
Sep 27 1931 Benny Thackeray(Leeds) LP Leeds NSC 12
Oct 8 1931 Harry Connolly(Highbury) WS9 The Ring 15
Oct 16 1931 Jack Skelly(Barnsley) WP Barnsley Imperial Hall 12
Oct 19 1931 Len Fowler(Birmingham) LP Birmingham Kent St Baths 12
Oct 25 1931 Dave Crowley(Clerkenwell) LS9 The Ring 15
Nov 2 1931 Billy James(Birmingham) WP Birmingham Kent St Baths 12
Nov 15 1931 Phil Lolosky(Aldgate) WS7 Whitechapel Pavilion 15
Nov 25 1931 Bob Lamb(Sunderland) LP Morecambe Winter Gardens 15
Nov 29 1931 Kid Pattenden(Bethnal Green) WP Whitechapel Pavilion 15
Dec 18 1931 Bob Watson(Wombwell) WP Barnsley Stadium 12
Dec 30 1931 Tommy Brown(Salford) LP Morecambe Winter Gardens 15
Jan 3 1932 Bob Watson(Wombwell) DR Barnsley Stadium 12
Jan 18 1932 Teddy Higgins(Manchester) WP Manchester Free Trade Hall 15
Jan 31 1932 Tommy Brown(Salford) KO3 Barnsley Stadium 12
Feb 23 1932 Johnny King(Manchester) LR7 Sheffield
Mar 6 1932 Billy Reynolds(Shepherds Bush) WR10 The Ring
Mar 27 1932 Johnny Peters(Battersea) LS11 The Ring
Apr 17 1932 Tommy Rose(Bolton) LR4 Barnsley Stadium
Apr 24 1932 Little Minor(Leeds) Wdsq13 Rotherham 15
May 11 1932 Kid Socks(London) LP Morecambe Winter Gardens 15
May 29 1932 Jack Skelly(Barnsley) WP Rotherham 12
Jun 20 1932 Kid Socks(London) LP Rotherham 12
Jul 17 1932 Len Fowler(Birmingham) WP Barnsley 12
Jul 21 1932 Bob Lamb(Sunderland) DR Norton-on-Tees Belle Vue Grounds 12
Aug 6 1932 Phineas John(Wales) LP Sheffield Hyde Park 12
Sep 4 1932 Jack Skelly(Barnsley) WR12 Barnsley
Oct 2 1932 Little Minor(Leeds) LP Barnsley 12
Oct 23 1932 Benny Caplan(St George's) LP Whitechapel 12
Nov 13 1932 Sonny Lee(Leeds) LP Barnsley Stadium 12
Dec 1 1932 Billy Reynolds(Newcastle) WR4 Sheffield
Jan 17 1933 George Reynolds(Wolverhampton) WP Smethwick Rink Market 12
Jan 30 1933 Cuthbert Taylor(Merthyr) WP Manchester Belle Vue 6
Featherweight Competition
Feb 27 1933 Benny Sharkey(Newcastle) LP Manchester Belle Vue 8
Featherweight gold belt competition - 2nd series
Mar 10 1933 Jim Maxwell(Carlisle) LP Stockton Albert Hall 12
Mar 21 1933 Snowball Reynolds(Wolv'hampton) WR5 Smethwick Rink Market 12
Apr 2 1933 Little Minor(Leeds) DR Leeds Brunswick Stadium 12
May 14 1933 Freddie Irving(Keighley) LP Leeds Brunswick Stadium 12
Jul 3 1933 Tommy Rogers(Willenhall) DR Wolverhampton Pear Tree Inn 12
Jul 24 1933 Snowball Reynolds(Wolverhampton) Wtwl10 Wolverhampton 10
Aug 12 1933 Henri Lemajeur(Belgium) WP Sheffield Hyde Park 12
Aug 21 1933 Ernie Upton(Birmingham) LP Wolverhampton 12
Sep 9 1933 Benny Sharkey(Newcastle) DR Rotherham 12
Sep 24 1933 Harold Lewis(Thornaby) LP Barnsley 12
Oct 1 1933 Jim Rowbotham(Birmingham) LP West Bromwich Palais de Danse 12
Oct 15 1933 Ernie Upton(Smethwick) LP West Bromwich Palais de Danse 12
Oct 31 1933 Johnny McGrory(Glasgow) LP Glasgow City Hall 12
Nov 10 1933 Dick Corbett(Bethnal Green) LS4 Hoxton
Nov 20 1933 Tommy Rogers(Willenhall) LKO12 Wolverhampton Drill Hall 12
Dec 10 1933 Young Beckett(Pentre) LP Walsall Navigation St Arena 12
Jan 21 1934 Boy Aldridge(Leeds) LP Barnsley 12
Feb 6 1934 Jack Hardiman(Smethwick) LP Smethwick Rink Market 12
Feb 10 1934 Peter McKinley(Edinburgh) LP Glasgow Adelphi Club 12
Mar 3 1934 Stan Davies(Maltby) DR Sheffield 12
Mar 6 1934 George Chaplin(Walsall) WP Smethwick Rink Market 12
Mar 18 1934 Louis Botes(South Africa) LP Euston 10
Apr 8 1934 Jack Lyden(Liverpool) LP Salford 15
Apr 17 1934 Gilbert Johnstone(Dundee) LP Dundee 10
May 5 1934 Stan Davies(Maltby) LP Scunthorpe 12
May 26 1934 Albert Roothoft(Belgium) WS10 Sheffield 10
Jun 10 1934 Billy Gannon(Liverpool) LS7 Rotherham 12
Aug 6 1934 Joe Horridge(Rochdale) WP Wolverhampton 10
Sep 29 1934 Cuthbert Taylor(Merthyr) LP Merthyr Labour Stadium 15
Oct 22 1934 Dave Finn(Stepney) Wdsq3 Holborn
Nov 2 1934 Douglas Kestrell(Cardiff) LP Blackpool Tower Circus 15
Nov 11 1934 Johnny Peters(Battersea) LP Whitechapel 10
Dec 10 1934 Hal Cartwright(Tipton) LP Wolverhampton Drill Hall 12
Dec 22 1934 Norman Milton(Warrington) LS8 Warrington
Jan 11 1935 Boy Owens(Bolton) WP Blackpool Tower Circus 10
Jan 31 1935 Ronnie James(Swansea) LP Swansea Mannesmann Hall 12
Feb 4 1935 Young Beckett(Pentre) WP Dudley Baths 12
Feb 17 1935 Dick Titley(Walsall) LP Walsall Hatherton St Rink 12
Feb 18 1935 Johnny Peters(Battersea) LP Paddington Baths 12
Feb 24 1935 Dave Finn(Stepney) LKO1 Hackney Devonshire Club 10
Apr 28 1935 Benny Caplan(St George's) LP The Ring 10
May 12 1935 Joe Horridge(Rochdale) LS10 Manchester SC 12
Aug 4 1935 Joe Horridge(Rochdale) LP Manchester Junction Stadium 10
Aug 29 1935 Jackie Kirk(Mansfield) LS5 Sheffield 10
Sep 29 1935 Nipper Cusick(Manchester) LP Manchester Junction Stadium 10
Oct 21 1935 Johnny Kilburn(North Shields) LP Newcastle New St James Hall 10
Nov 18 1935 JC Walters(Holborn) LS6 The Ring 10
Dec 16 1935 Benny Sharkey(Newcastle) LS8 Wolverhampton Drill Hall 12
Jan 17 1936 Jimmy Clough(Earlestown) LS7 Warrington Baths Hall 10
Mar 30 1936 Al Capone(West Hartlepool) LP West Hartlepool 10
May 19 1936 Dennis Howard(Birmingham) WP Smethwick Rink Market 10
Jun 9 1936 Dennis Howard(Birmingham) WP Smethwick Rink Market 10
Jun 11 1936 Jack Lilley(Congleton) LP Morecambe Winter Gardens 12
Jun 28 1936 Dick Titley(Walsall) LP Walsall Hatherton St Rink 10
Aug 16 1936 Jackie Kirk(Mansfield) KO10 Manchester Junction Stadium 10
Oct 19 1936 George Marsden(Nottingham) LP Sutton-in-Ashfield 10
Jan 16 1937 Kid Derg(Belfast) LP Belfast 10
May 8 1937 Tom Edwards(Mexborough) DR Denaby Main 10
Jan 17 1938 Frank Parkes(Nottingham) LR5 Sutton-in-Ashfield Baths 10
Mar 13 1939 Bob Smart(Leeds) LP Alfreton 8
Mar 20 1939 Bob Smart(Sheffield) LP Alfreton 8