Worksop College Aldershot boxing team 1911
Boxing was a popular sport at English public schools until the early 1970s when it was outlawed due to its rather barbaric nature. Boxing gloves in those days were filled with horse hair and no doubt a great deal of nasty injuries were inflicted.
The photograph below shows the Worksop College boxing team that competed at England Public Schools Championships that were held in Aldershot in 1911. J.W.F. McNaught-Davis (Mason/Cross 1904-1912) gained the College’s first Blue in 1913 when representing Cambridge.
Left to right - G.F.G. Rees (Mason/Cross & Pelham/Fluer de Leys 1905-1913), J.W.F. McNaught-Davis (Mason/Cross 1904-1912, C.L.J Rees (Pelham/Fluer de Leys 1905-1911).
