Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Saturday 17 September 1927

BOXING

Easy Win for Harry Crossley Over Stoker Miller.

The Central Rooms, Scunthorpe, were crowded last night, when Harry Crossley, the well-known Mexborough boxer, easily defeated Stoker Miller, the cruiser and heavy-weight champion of the Royal Navy and Marines for the past three years.

Crossley, who was in much the better condition and was a stone heavier, outclassed his opponent, who bad ugly crouching style. Crossley used his left to great advantage and administered very heavy punishment in the first and second rounds, Miller bleeding profusely from the mouth. In the third round the referee, Mr. H. Jennings, stopped the contest, Miller then being hardly ablet tp defend himeelf.

Billy Wright (Mexborough), although having three damaged fingers, beat T. Gregson (Grimsby) ina  gruelling ten-rounds contest. Wright was the aggressor practically throughout, but it was only in the last two rounds that he showed his superiority.