I am sure I can find a few more , but just a couple of things. If we collect all Dave Jons bills 1948-early1952 then the number of times he would have wrestled would be perhaps 600-1000.
We would be lucky to get 200-300 in my view.
Also I have tried hard on this one and Dave Jones was David A J Jones . He only travels as David Jones , so if his death only got registered as David Jones we are not very likely to find it. Even those born 1922 , there are hundreds. Thus far I have looked in USA and Britain and don't see "AJ" that would fit. One wonders why wrestlingdata have him age 101.
Yes Ron, the 1000 matches would make sense, even though we might count from sometime in '48 -'52, that would still only be a schedule of a bit over 200 matches a year, or a little under 4 a week. (Holidays and injuries, not included) It does mean however, we should have many, many, many more matches, for all those guys who wrestled for a decade or more. The hole we're digging is getting bigger by the moment!
Having typed all this out, on publishing, there was a lot of gobbly accompanied by some gook, so I had to delete it and take a screenshot and paste. Unfortunately it would not let me edit out Finley and replace with Finney. The things you do for love. Funnily enough, it didn't correct any of the dates, places and names that just may be lurking in there.
The above list
25/1Reading Pat Curry 7/3Leeds Ron Jackson 8/3Chelmsford Danno Davey
9/3Lincoln Ernie Baldwin 25/3/Middlebro Eric Day 8/7 Fleetwood Sonny Wallace
30/7 Middlebro Jim Hussey 5/9/ Leeds Legs Langevin 21/10Liverpool Harry Brooks
4/11Leicester Jim Foy 5/11Middlebro Sandy Orford 7/12 Lincoln Sonny Wallace
I have missed a couple at Liverpool and Chelmsford and have doubts that there was wrestling
Couple from Morecambe
16/6 Alf Robinson 7/7 Jack Pye
Chelmsford 4/10 Rex Gable
Exeter 22/2 Red McKenzie and 11/1 Abdul the Turk and 27/10 Mike Byrnes
Hull 14/2 Mancelli
Lincoln 2/2 Ali Bey
I am sure I can find a few more , but just a couple of things. If we collect all Dave Jons bills 1948-early1952 then the number of times he would have wrestled would be perhaps 600-1000.
We would be lucky to get 200-300 in my view.
Also I have tried hard on this one and Dave Jones was David A J Jones . He only travels as David Jones , so if his death only got registered as David Jones we are not very likely to find it. Even those born 1922 , there are hundreds. Thus far I have looked in USA and Britain and don't see "AJ" that would fit. One wonders why wrestlingdata have him age 101.
I came across two results that I don't think you have, above:-
April 22nd, 1949, David Jons vs Black Butcher Johnson at Coventry Drill Hall, Coventry.
December 9th, 1949, David Jons vs Don Mendoza, Ashgate Road Drill Hall, Chesterfield.
Having typed all this out, on publishing, there was a lot of gobbly accompanied by some gook, so I had to delete it and take a screenshot and paste. Unfortunately it would not let me edit out Finley and replace with Finney. The things you do for love. Funnily enough, it didn't correct any of the dates, places and names that just may be lurking in there.
Another installment tomorrow, hopefully.