WRESTLING
NEW ZEALAND AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS THE NEW ZEALAND TITLEHOLDERS (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGHA.M.) WELLINGTON, September 20. A good standard was maintained at the New Zealand amateur wrestling championships, considering that this is the first year in which they have.been-conducted under Olympic Games rules.- Following are the results;.— Bantam-weight L. Nolan (Wellington) beat T. Harvey (Auckland) by one fall. S. Todd (Canterbury) beat O. Farnham (Wanganui) by one fall. Nolan beat. Todd by one fall. Harvey beat Farnham. • Nolan retained his title. Todd beat Harvey in a bout to decide the runner-up. Feather-weight I J. Head (Wanganui) beat R. W. Hutcheson (Wellington) on points. - J. F. Genet (Canterbury) beat N. Thomson "(Otago) on points. '..'... ' Hutcheson beat Thomson-by one fall. Genet beat Head by one fall. Final; Genet beat Hutcheson. Genet retained his title. Light-weight L. Vare (Wanganui) beat R. Minnis (Wellington) by one fall. F. Keach (Otago) beat L. J. Genet (Canterbury) by one fall: Minnis. beat L. Ball (Auckland) on points. Keach beait Vare by one fall. Vare beat Ball by one fall. Minnis beat Genet by one fall.. Keach took the title, Vare being run-ner-up. Middle-weight J. Aspin (Auckland) beat D. Cudby (Wellington) by one fall. A. McGregor. (Southland) beat G. Terry (Otago) by one fall. ~._,.». H. R. Godfrey. (Wanganui) beat A. K. Asher (Canterbury) by one fall. Aspin beat McGregor by one fall. ■■■ Asher beat Terry by one fall. Godfrey beat Cudby by one fall. Asher beat Aspin on. points. Final: Godfrey beat Aspin. Welter-weight V. Thomas (Wellington)' 'beat J. Podjursky (Wanganui) by one fall. J. Howard (Christchurch) beat R. Sutton (Southland) by one fall. A. Idour (Otago) beat H. Duckworth (Gtsborne), the latter retiring hurt. Thomas beat A. Nicol (Auckland) by one-fall. ' : - „ .• Howard beat Podjursky, the latter retiring hurt. , ~ Idour beat Sutton by one fall. Thomas beat Howard by. one fall. Idour beat Nicol by one fall. . Final. Thomas beat Idour.. In a bout to decide the runner-up, Idour outpointed Howard. . . Light Heavy-weight T. Anderson (Wellington) beat T. Fahey (Canterbury) by one fall. ~.'■' Fahey beat S. Kemp (Auckland) by one fall. -■•'.' Final: Anderson beat Kemp. Hcavy-weieht J. H. Dryden (Wellington) beat W. Norton (Auckland) on points. ■ Dryden beat C. J: Pullar (Canterbury) by one fall.' „ ■ " Dryden retained the title. Norton was runner-up.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22512, 21 September 1938, Page 14
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374WRESTLING Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22512, 21 September 1938, Page 14
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