Wrestling Fourth Round Reached In National Championships

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29016, 3 October 1959, Page 17

Wrestling Fourth Round Reached In National Championships

(New Zealand Press Association)

NAPIER. October 2. Wrestlers at the national championships looked set for a marathon session tonight as tournament organisers decided to press on and comolete the third round and start the fourth. All divisions were still undecided, but some competitors like the middle-weight. J. Monaghan (Southland) and the brilliant E. Thomas (Wellington) appeared certainties after all their opponents had been seen in action.

T Milat, the biggest and most powerful heavy-weight in the top division this year, wrestled for the first time tonight, after drawing the bye in the first round, and he looked almost certain to win the title for which he was runner-up in 1958. But the best heavy-weight bout was a willing encounter between J. Cheyne (Manawatu) and D Cullen (Wairarapa). Cheyne conceded weight, but wrestled determinedly to pin his opponent in the final stages. At the end of the fly-weight third round bout between the title-holder. R. Kavanagh (Canterbury) and G. Hansen (Auckland), Hansen was awarded an upset decision by one of the three judges supported by one member of the adjudication ooard But after an inspection of the judges’ cards it was found a mistake had been made, and the decision was changed to a draw. Two members of the New Zealand team which recently' toured Australia P. Moore (Canterbury) and E Matthews (Wellington) met in the third round of the bantamweight. There was nothing in it and (he vcdict was a draw. But for Moore it was the end of the tournament, as he was beaten by R. Mudgway (Manawatu) in the first round S. Molnar (Otago) drew w’ith the New Zealand representative. I. B. Roberts (Canterbury) after the most dvnamic bout of the night. Molnar threw Roberts as the whistle went for the end of the bout, but it was not enough to give him a win. Results:— > Second Round Feather-weight. R. Meehan (Auckland) beat S. Hamohona (Napier), by a fall; M. Fussell (Wellington) beat J. Lindsay (Waikato), by a fall; N. Scott (Wairarapa) beat B. Halligan (Canterbury), on points. Light-weight.—K. Scott (Wairarapa) beat P. McGregor (Napier),

by a fall; B. Roberts (Canterbury) beat P. Singh (Waikato), on points; S. Molnar (Otago) beat I. Adams (Wellington), by a fall; H. Clark (Nelson) beat P. Croft (Auckland), on points. _ Welter-weight.—G. Hobson (Canterbury) beat D. Hunter (Wellington), on points; D. Singh (Waikato) beat A. Perona (Marlborough), by a fall; R. Gilmour (Southland) beat M. Coleman (Wanganui), by a fall. Middle-weight.—L. McMillan (Nelson) beat E. Hart (Waikato), by a fall: A. Weston (Canterbury) beat B. Hooker (Auckland), on points; R. Butto (Wellington) beat J. Eidler (Otagoi. on points. Light Heavy-weight.—E. Morrinson (Waikato) beat D. McTaggart (Otago) on points; A. Nattrass (Napier) beat M. Fearnley (Canterbury), by a fall: F. Thomas (Wellington), a bye. Heavy-weight.—T. Milat (Auckland) beat J. Ratana (Waikato), by a fall: J Cheyne (Manawatu) beat D. Cullen (Wairarapa), by a fall; K. Hancox (Napier) drew with C. Smith (Canterbury). Third Round Fly-weight.—C. Le Gros (Wellington) beat R. Gopi "(Southland), by a fall; G. Hansen (Auckland) beat R. Kavanagh (Canterbury), on points. Bantam-weight.—P. Moore (Canterbury) drew with E. Matthews (Wellington); R. Mudgway (Manawatu) beat B. Stannett (Waikato), by a fall. Feather-weight. R. Meehan (Auckland) beat N. Scott (Wairarapa), on points. Light-weight.—K. Scott (Wairarapa) beat T. Robinson (Manawatu), by a fall: S. Molnar (Otago) drew with I. B. Roberts (Canterbury); I. Adams (Wellington) beat P. Croft (Auckland), on points; H. Clark (Nelson) beat P. McGregor (Napier), on points. Welter-weight.—D. Singh (Waikato) drew with D. Udy (Auckland); G. Hobson (Canterbury) beat A. Perano (Marlborough), by a fall. Middle-weight M. Monaghan (Southland) beat B. Hooker (Auckland), by a fall; A. Weston (Canterbury) beat L. McMillan (Nelson), by a fall.

Light Heavy-weight.—E. Thomas (Wellington) beat D. McTaggart (Otago), by a fall: A. Nattrass (Napier) beat E. Morrinson (Waikato), by a fall.