WALKER" BEATS LURICH
(By Telegraph.—l.ess Association.)
AUCKLAND, 22nd September.
George Walker, heavyweight champiou of the British Empire, and Tom Lurich, heavyweight champion of Russia, drew a very large house at the Town Hall. Walker -won by two falls to one. Walker obtained a submission fall in the third round with a reverse toehold and in the sixth with a backward slam. "Lunch's fair was secured in the fifth round with a ,"Figure' Four*'" body scissors and headpress. The bout was staged by the New Zealand Wrestling Association.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 73, 23 September 1930, Page 4
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