WRESTLING REVIVAL
The Wellington Wrestling Association will set the sport going again at the Town Hall, Wellington, tomorrow night with a professional match over eight rounds between Lofty Blomtleld. the New Zealand champion, and Harry Andrews, a hefty Australian, who gave Blomtleld a great tussle at Auckland a couple of weeks ago. The Australian Is the llrst man who has been able to use Blomfleld’s octopus clamp against him. Andrews has a wide range of holds, and did well as an amateur in Australia, As he can stand plenty <.f rough treatment, tomorrow night’s contest should bo full of exciting incidents. A supporting professional contest will be staged between Ken Shannon and Frank Moses, and there will bo a series of amateur preliminary bouts.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 200, 22 May 1944, Page 7
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124WRESTLING REVIVAL Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 200, 22 May 1944, Page 7
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