EACH TAKES A FALL
WRIGHT AND BLOMFIELD BOUT ENDS IN DRAW (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. Rube Wright and' Blomfield drew, one fall each, in a professional wrestling contest last night. . Wright led in the early part of the bout and took a fall in the second round with a body press after Blomfield had been badly shaken by a series of dumps.
Blomfield equalised in the sixth round with a flying toehold, followed by an octopus clamp, lo which Wright submitted.
A fast pace was manta ined throughout the bout, which was one of the keenest of the season.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20030, 31 August 1939, Page 10
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