AUCKLAND BOUT
Raines Disqualified i By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, May 6. A particularly lively professional wrestling contest was witnessed by a large attendance at the Town Hall between Sergeant-Major Lofty Blomficld, of the New Zealand military forces, and Dick Raines, of the United States of America. It ended in the final round when Raines was disqualified for throwing his opponent over the corner ropes on to an iron stanchion supporting the ring ropes. He had previously performed this actionwith the result that one of the stanchions was bent and when he repeated it, he was promptly disqualified. Before this round each man had obtained a fall.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 189, 7 May 1940, Page 12
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106AUCKLAND BOUT Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 189, 7 May 1940, Page 12
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