62nd ABA National Championships
May 2, 1949 | Wembley Arena, London
Show Results
Weight Category Champion Finalist
Under 51 kg Huge Riley (Gilmerton ABC) D Browning (Army)
Under 54 kg Tommy Miller (Glasgow Transport BC) S Lane (Barry Central BC)
Under 57 kg Henry Gilliland (Kilmarnock BC) Basil Williams (Llanelly YMCA BC)
Under 60 kg Algar Smith (Langham ABC) C Piggott (Standard Motors ABC)
Under 69 kg Alan Buxton (Harrow ABC) Wally Thom (Birkenhead ABC)
Under 75 kg Stan Lewis (Langham ABC) R Crookes (Army)
Under 81 kg Peter Messervy (Royal Navy) Sam Knowles (Aston ABC)
Under 91 kg A Worrall (Army) Albert Halsey (Kyrle Hall)
ABA National Junior Championships 1949
1949
Show Results
Weight Category Champion Finalist
Class A kg D Gilfeather (Dundee SC ABC)
kg G John (Slough Centre ABC)
kg T Keeley (Birkenhead ABC)
kg G Martin (St Mary's ABC)
kg P Jones (Caerphilly ABC)
kg J Croll (Strathmartine ABC)
kg E Russell (West Ham ABC)
kg B Wells (Reading Aero ABC)
Class B kg K Lawrence (Southampton ABC)
kg L Reece (Cardiff Amateurs BC)
kg D Lightfoot (Mitchell & Butlers ABC)
kg P Wakefield (Featherstone Miners Welfare ABC)
kg L Morgan (Senior Street ABC)
kg W Wooding (Joseph Lucas ABC)
kg G McNally (Liverpool Star ABC)
kg K Phillips (Warley ABC)
ABA National Schools Championships 1949
1949
Show Results
Weight Category Champion Finalist
Junior kg C Pearson (Cardiff)
kg G Finnigan (Enfield)
kg A Nelson (Battersea)
kg D Farley (Kingston)
kg P O’ Callaghan (Dagenham)
kg W Dyson (Hornchurch)
kg T Murphy (West Ham)
Intermediate kg R Jenkins (Pontypool)
kg D Balaam (Oxford)
kg W Thomas (Ammanford)
kg R Atkins (Hackney)
kg E Best (Abergavenny)
kg V Curtis (Hendon)
kg P Winnman (Oxford)
kg N Trigg (Newport)
Senior Class A kg J Denvir (Kingston)
kg P Dodd (Blandford)
kg J Edensor (Stafford)
kg W Lawrence (Oxford)
kg L Mackay (Wimbledon)
kg C Tutt (Raynes Park)
kg A Dove (Battersea)
Senior Class B kg M Colvin (Raynes Park)
kg W Evans (Cardiff)
kg J Francis (Wandsworth)
kg P Maysey (Brighton)
kg W Freeman (Aycliffe)
61st ABA National Championships
May 5, 1948 | Wembley Arena, London
Show Results
Weight Category Champion Finalist
Under 51 kg Henry Carpenter (Bradfield ABC) Peter Keenan (Anderston BC)
Under 54 kg Tommy Proffitt (LNER ABC) Albert Perera (Representing Ceylon)
Under 57 kg Peter Brander (Slough Centre ABC) Charlie Tucker (Royal Air Force)
Under 60 kg Ron Cooper (Royal Navy) P Guichan (LMS Rovers ABC)
Under 69 kg Max Shacklady (Eccles ABC) Johnny Ryan (Army)
Under 75 kg Johnny Wright (Royal Navy) T Warren (West Ham ABC)
Under 81 kg Don Scott (Army) J Sully (Cardiff Amateurs BC)
Under 91 kg Jack Gardner (Army) Johnny Morkus (Repton ABC)
ABA National Junior Championships 1948
1948
Show Results
Weight Category Champion Finalist
Class A kg E Witham (Caryl Gardens ABC)
kg D Broadley (Glasgow Corporation ABC)
kg W Gleenslade (West Wirral ABC)
kg D Cilla (Cardiff Gas BC)
kg J Croll (Dundee SC ABC)
kg C Page (News Chronicle & Star ABC)
kg J Smith (British Oxygen ABC)
kg D Bebbington (Fairbairn House ABC)
Class B kg R Parker Roadmenders (ABC)
kg A Galloway (Morris Motors ABC)
kg F Reardon (Mottingham ABC)
kg E Hennessey (Wembley ABC)
kg B Snell (Epsom & Ewell)
kg W Beckett (Epsom & Ewell)
kg W Mullen (Wellmeadow ABC)
kg K Walters (Aston ABC)
ABA National Schools Championships 1948
1948 | ABA National Schools Championships 1948
Show Results
Weight Category Champion Finalist
Junior kg E Hughes (Nelson London)
kg J Malone (Birkenhead)
kg S Saleh (Cardiff)
kg T Whiting (Tilbury)
kg T Summers (Tottenham)
kg L Gold (Hackney)
kg M Harvey (Kingston)
Intermediater kg R Bowdery (Mitcham)
kg D Read (Croydon)
kg P Duffell (Oxford)
kg D Edensor (Stafford)
kg W Lawrence (Oxford)
kg R Homewood (Brighton)
kg R Davies (St Francis)
kg E Jones (Poole)
Senior kg K Atkinson (Sutton)
kg M Bucke (Southend)
kg D Walters (Barry)
kg W Evans (Cardiff)
kg R Beech (Southend)
kg J Cook (Woolwich)
kg M Green (Hove)
60th ABA National Championships
1947 | Wembley Arena, London
Show Results
Weight Category Champion Finalist
Under 51 kg Jimmy Clinton (Dalmarnock BC) Henry Carpenter (Bradfield ABC)
Under 54 kg Danny O'Sullivan (Robert Browning ABC J Dwyer (Scottish National BC)
Under 57 kg Selwyn Evans (Newbridge ABC) Peter Brander (Slough Centre ABC)
Under 60 kg Colin Morrisey (Tir-y-berth BC) Ron Cooper (Royal Navy)
Under 69 kg Johnny Ryan (Army) Tot Glanville (Slough Centre ABC)
Under 75 kg R Agland (Tir-y-berth ABC) R Bebbington (Army)
Under 81 kg Alex Watson (Leith Victoria BC) J Rice (Royal Navy)
Under 91 kg George Scriven (Downham Community ABC)
ABA National Junior Championships 1947
1947
Show Results
Weight Category Champion Finalist
Class A kg L Reece (Cardiff Amateurs BC)
kg J Lawrence (Mottingham ABC)
kg A Wallace (Portsmouth Council ABC)
kg D Stewart (Leith Victoria ABC)
kg E Everard (Mottingham ABC)
kg E Hennessey (Wembley ABC)
kg J Smith (Bognor Regis ABC)
kg K Greasley (Derwent ABC)
Class B kg W Silney (Gainsford ABC)
kg B Marshall (Holy Name ABC)
kg F Reardon (Downham Community ABC)
kg F Redgate (Epsom & Ewell ABC)
kg K Bebbington (Fairbairn House ABC)
kg M Hill (Gummerys ABC)
kg D Fletcher (Hillsborough ABC)
kg V Bannister (Cardiff Gas BC)
59th ABA National Championships
1946 | Wembley Arena, London
Show Results
Weight Category Champion Finalist
Under 51 kg R Gallacher (John Browns Welfare ABC) B Fisher (Austin ABC)
Under 54 kg C Squires (Royal Air Force) C Farrell (Morris Commercial ABC)
Under 57 kg Peter Brander (Slough Centre ABC) Tommy Bayley (Royal Air Force)
Under 60 kg Eddie Thomas (Merthyr Ex-Servicemen's BC) Ernie Thompson (Army)
Under 69 kg Johnny Ryan (Army) Robert Frost (West Ham ABC)
Under 75 kg Randolph Turpin (Royal Navy) Ian Watson (LMS Rovers ABC)
Under 81 kg J Taylor (Army) L Fowler (St Pancras ABC)
Under 91 kg Pat (H) Floyd (Polytechnic ABC) Andre Mennegault (Representing France)
ABA National Junior Championships 1946
1946
Show Results
Weight Category Champion Finalist
Class A kg R Towhill (Penarth BC)
kg B Marshall (Holy Name ABC)
kg H Fulton (St Pancras ABC)
kg F Richardson (Slough Centre ABC)
kg I Devonport (Birkenhead ABC)
kg R Wormall (Austin ABC)
kg W White (Birmingham ABC)
kg A Stone (Fitzroy Lodge / Lynn ABC)
Class B kg D Taffureli (Lilleshall Road Morden ABC)
kg O Trainer (Manchester ATC ABC)
kg K Anglum (New Southgate ABC)
kg R Latham (Hickleton Main ABC)
kg D Hughes (Cardiff Amateurs BC)
kg R Crookes (Hillsborough ABC)
kg L Allen (Gummerys ABC)
kg A Hines (Romford ABC)