WRESTLING
WIN FOR BLOMFIELD. O'CONNOR BEATEN ON POINTS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, July 7. The third meeting in Auckland of the professional heavyweight wrestlers, Lofty Blomfield. New Zealand champion, and Dan O'Connor, America, last night, resulted in a win for Blomfield on points after each had obtained one fall. A succession of forward toeholds for the greater part of the final round earned Blonjfield a wide margin in points. RAINES BEATS HARBEN. GREYMOUTH, July .7. In a wrestling match last night. Dick Raines gained the decision over George Harben. . Each man secured a fall but Harben was incapacitated in the seventh round with a back-breaker.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 July 1940, Page 3
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