Cherbourg, Thursday Island - Boxing - Mackay - 1950 June
Item
Sport
Competition Type
Local
Communities Involved
Cherbourg See all items with this value
Thursday Island See all items with this value
Start Date
June 28, 1950
Place
Mackay, Queensland See all items with this value
Title
Cherbourg, Thursday Island - Boxing - Mackay - 1950 June
Description
Jimmy Sharman Troupe. Col Daley from Cherbourg vs Tony Assan, "pearl diver" from Thursday Island. Daley is not named , but it is clear from context that he is the boxer referred to as "one lad who shone like a full moon was Archie Bradley's Cherbourg mission fighter". Cross-reference this with report of Assan-Daley fight in Sharman's tent in Cairns around this time: Cairns Post, 20 July 1950, p2.
Competitors
Col Daley See all items with this value
Tony Assan See all items with this value