WRESTLING.
BLQMFIELD BEATS ELLIOTT. HOSTILE DEMONSTRATION AT THAMES. THAMES, August 28. The most hostile demonstration for a long time from a Thames sporting crowd was seen in the King’s Theatre last night, when Blomfield defeated Elliott (who substituted at the last minute for Hopkins) by two 1 falls to one. The crowd resented the winner’s tactics in freely- using forearm jolts to his opponent’s head, and hooted frequently throughout. Blomfield secured a submission fall with a Boston crab in the third round. When Elliott evened with a body press in the fifth round after flying tackles, the crowd was delighted. Blomfield became annoyed, and engaged in retaliatory remarks and challenges, further exciting the crowd. When the bout ended early in the next round, after Elliott went- down to more arm jabs, there was a united chorus of hooting from the body of the theatre.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 271, 29 August 1935, Page 3
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