WRESTLING
EMPIRE TITLE. BLOMFIELD DEFEATS KATAN. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. This Day. For the second time, the British Empire wrestling championship title changed hands in Wellington last night. Sergeant-Major Lofty Blom field won it from John Katan. holder since he captured it from McCready a month ago. The New Zealander obtained the sole fall of an exciting and vigorous bout. In the sixth round Blomfield, pinned on the mat by Katan, kicked upward and connected with Katan’s face, tumbling him backward. Blomfield then took a fall with a body press. The Town. Hall was jammed full. Many stood throughout the lengthy bout, which was interrupted for half an hour when the ring collapsed and had to be re-erected.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 August 1940, Page 3
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