WRESTLING
WALKER V. THOMPSON. > ter tress Association — (Jopyright.) WELLINGTON, September 29. Superiority, strength experience and ringcraft, gave George Walker a straight forward victory by tw<j| falls to one over Tommy Thompson, in a wrestling match here to-night. The bout was full of interesting work, and although Thompson showed up well as a resourceful and willing performer it became clear before many minutes had gone that Walker was the more dangerous man. He won the first fall inj the third round. Thompson then equalised amid high excitement, in the next, but Walker brought the match 'to an end in the fifth with an unusually well-directed slam. Both men scaled 13st 121 b.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 September 1932, Page 2
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