NEAT

William . b. Castle st. Bristol 11 March 1791; was nearly 6 feet in height and weighed when trained 13 stone 7 pounds; fought Tom Oliver for 100 guineas a side at Rick mans worth 10 July 1818, when Neat won after 28 rounds lasting 91 minutes; took a benefit at the Fives Court, London 23 Feb. 1819; was to have fought Tom Spring 6 Oct. 1819, but having broken his arm the match was off; fought Thomas Hickman, the Gasman, for 100 guineas a side at Hunger ford Downs, near Newbury 11 Dec. 1821, when Neat won in 18 rounds lasting 23½ minutes, 25,000 persons were present and £150,000 changed owners after the battle; fought Tom Spring near And over 20 May 1823 for £200 a side, when Spring won in 8 rounds lasting 37 minutes; a butcher in Bristol to his death. d. Bristol 23 March 1858. The Fancy , By An Operator i 441–6 (1826) portrait ; H. D. Miles’s Pugilistic a ii 15–22, 104–17 (1880) portrait .