BLOMFIELD DISQUALIFIED
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Disobeyed the Referee
(By Teiegrapii-
AUCKLAND, Last Night. A spectacular wrestling contest between 'Lofty" Blomfield and Floyd Marshall, held at Hamilton, had a disappointing finish in the sixth round, in which Blomfield, although he had the match in hand, was disqualified. The first four rounds were full of interest, both men exploiting punishing holds. In the fifth round Blomfield converted a Japanese leg throw into an octopus clamp, and with the assistance of tho ropes secured a falL Marshall was apparently disabled, and Blom. field could easily have secured the deciding fall when the gong sounded for the sixth round. Instead he jumped at Marshall several times while the latter was sitting in a dazed condition on the ropes, and his repeated disobcdience of the referee's orders to keep back resulted in his disqualifica. tion.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 201, 10 September 1937, Page 5
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