WALKER BEATS BURESH
fßy Telejjraph.—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, 7th September. The return wrestling match at the Town Hall to-night between George Walker and Stanley Bnresh was won by Walker in the fifth round. Walker gained the first fall in the second round with.a body press after he had lifted and slammed his opponent: Buresh evened in the third round with a double leg-hold body press following a flying tackle, which had been preceded by headlock throws. In the fifth round Walker won a submission fall by means of a reverse toe-bar. The bout was very strenuously contested, Buresh showing himself to be a much-improved wrestler since defeated by Demetralin the first match in New Zealand.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 60, 8 September 1931, Page 5
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114WALKER BEATS BURESH Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 60, 8 September 1931, Page 5
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