AMATEUR WRESTLING
DOMINION TOURNEY OPEN TNG CONTESTS (P<<r Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. With competitors present from all parts of the Dominion, the New Zealand amateur wrestling championships were opened to-day. Results:'Bantamweight.—K. Ruby (Wellington), Bst. 91b.. beat T. ITarvey (Auckland), Bst. 10-jlb., on points: A. ITahn (West Coast). Bst. 7jlb.. beat L. Maunder (Southland), Bst. 101 b.. by a fall; S. Todd (Canterbury), Bst. 11 lb., beat D. Hunter (Hawke's Bay), Bst. 111 b., by a fall. Featherweight.—E. Hayirran (Auckland). 9s t. 21b., beat J. Eccerslcy (Wellington). 9st. 81b.. by one fall; M. McDonald (Hawke’s Bay), 9st: 71b., beat Price (South Canterbury). 9st. 71b., by one fall; W. Riley (Southland), list 131 b., beat P. Peters (West Const), fist 51b., by one fall; J. Genet (Canterbury). 9st. 5 jib., beat L. Hastie (Otago), 9st. sjib., by one fall. Welterweight.—W. Croft (West Coast), lOst. 9 jib., beat G. Fade (Southland), list. 21b., by one fall; R. Hu line (Auckland), list. 11b., beat J. Blight (Canterbury), lOst. 101 b.. Blight being incapacitated; C. Price (Wellington), lOst. 21b., beat W. Cole (Taranaki), list. 21b., by one fall; A. Hour (Otago), lOst. 131 b., beat Davis (South Canterbury), lOst. 131 b., .by one fall.
Lightweight. —J. Mclnnes (Canterbury). lOst. 31b., beat N. Webley (Hawke’s Bay), lOst. 31b., by a fall: V. Gallagher (Southland), 9st. 101 b., beat G. Burn (West Coast), lOst. OJlb., by a fall; R. Minnis (Wellington), lOst. 41b., (beat B. Rawle (Auckland), lOst 51b on points.
Middleweight.—C. Gemmell (Auckland). list. 131 b., beat J. Stewart (Hawke’s BayL 12st. 31b., on points; G. Harris (Canterbury), 12st. 41b„ beat 111 Tourell (Otago), list. 131 b., by a fall: D. Cudley (Wellington), 12st. 41b., beat R. Sutton (Southland), list. 71b., by a fall.
Light-heavyweight. —R. Bedsley (Canterbury), 13st. lib., bent M. Yunovitch (Taranaki), 12st. 6-Jlb., by a fall; W. Norton (Auckland), 13st. 81b., beat A. McGregor (Southland), 13st. 61b., on points. ________
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20054, 28 September 1939, Page 7
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317AMATEUR WRESTLING Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20054, 28 September 1939, Page 7
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