WRESTLING
BLOMFIELD BEATS MCCREADY
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, Sept. 23. Lofty Blomfield beat Earl McCready. British Empire wrestling champion, on points, before a crowded house this evenin,.. The match was for the British Empire title, but McCready retains the championship as the rules provide that the championship must be won on falls. McCready took a fall with a rolling rockingchair splits in the fourth round, and Blomfield evened with an octopus clamp in the seventh. ‘
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25608, 24 September 1948, Page 9
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