WRESTLING
A DRAWN BOUT. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND. November 26. A professional wrestling bout on Saturday between "Tiger” Atkins, New Zealand, 15st 101 b, and George O'Brien Ireland, 15st 21b, resulted in a draw, each man securing one fall. Atkins gained the first fall in the fourth round, with a body press, after four flying tackles. O'Brien drew level in the seventh round, when he lifted his opponent for a slam and a body press.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 November 1939, Page 2
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