Jimmy Matcham interviewed by Pat O'Connor and Jim Buchanam in the Norm O'Connor folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1115998
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Matcham, Jimmy, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1967
- 1 sound tape reel (ca. 59 min.) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, half track mono ; 5 in.
- Series:
- Norm O'Connor folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording.
- Full contents:
- Jimmy Matcham discusses boxing, Jimmy (?) Lewis, looking at newspaper cuttings, 'The Melbourne Hawklet'(?); his father; how Famechon is a great featherweight; 'The Hamilton Spectator'; his teacher who went to England; first time Matcham got married; Jack Johnson and how Jack sparred with Vic Kernie at the old Cyclodrome, Matcham egged another boxer Starlight (or Star for short) to spar with Jack, Johnsons exhibition at old Opera House; Tivoli Johnson better than Clay; other fighters, Tommy Burns, Macintosh; Les Darcy a great middleweight; McGoorty (?); the great Sam Langford, fought Johnson once; Matcham's father had billiard rooms in the city; Walter Lindrum; Sam Langford & McVey fought at the Pavilion in Exhibition Street; the saying 'mug's a treat'; Starlight his wife and background, Starlight fought Fitzsimmons who introduced the solar plexus punch; the great Jack Dempsey had Indian Cherokee blood; Jack Johnson and Willard, the Italian Cerrerra who turned to wrestling; how Darcy started in boxing and when he fought at Sydney Stadium, Darcy's generosity to his mother; Snowy Baker representing Australia in the Olympics and how he died in Memphis; Peter Jackson; how Matcham met Johnny Famechon; Matcham's father came from America and knew Griffo (?), Lang, Tommy Burns. Rest of tape incomprehensible.
- Notes:
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- A collection of recordings and related material collected during the 1950s and 1960s by Norm O'Connor and others for the Folk Lore Society of Victoria.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript unavailable.
- Subject:
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This belongs to the Norm O'Connor folklore collection.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2037 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1967
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