Christchurch To Hold Wrestling Titles

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31783, 13 September 1968, Page 17

Christchurch To Hold Wrestling Titles

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright)

SYDNEY. Next year’s Australasian amateur wrestling championships will be held in Christchurch and will be attended by all Australian States.

This was announced by the chairman of the New Zealand Amateur Wrestling Union, Mr L. Woods, at Sydney yesterday, at the end of the first Australasian championships.

Mr Woods said that all the State delegates had assured him of their support for the Christchurch fixture, which will be held during the first week in September. New Zealand won the 1968 test series against Australia with a total of 57 points to 49. Junior members of the team scored 31 points to Aus-

tralia’s 27 and the seniors won by 26-22. For the New Zealanders, one of the outstanding performances of the tournament was the success of the Canterbury juniors, L. Ragg, R. Williams and K. McLoughlan, all winning titles in their respective divisions.

The senior middle-weight title winner, J. Downey (Tauranga), outclassed a strong field. Downey has learned all his wrestling from books and has never had a trainer in his six years at the sport The former Australian Olympic wrestler, P. Brown, found N. Scott (Wairarapa) a worthy opponent in the senior feather-weight class and won a hard-fought bout narrowly. T. Milat (Auckland), won the heavy-weight title in the final bout of the tournament when he pinned the Queenslander, A. McCarthy, in the first round. The placings in each weight division whre: Junior Under 7st 81b.—T. Waine (New South Wales) 1, P. Tabb (Victoria) 2, I. Grieg (Wellington) 3. Under Bst 2jlb.—Z. Kelevltz (Victoria) 1, I. Tuuta (Canterbury) 2, J. Bryant (Taranaki) 3. Under Bst llib.—K. Hobbs (Victoria) 1, B. Oldridge (Wellington) 2, L. McCormick (Queensland) 3. Under 9st 61b.—F. Caparillo (Victoria) 1, K. Willis (Taranaki) 2, P. Haines (New South Wales) 3. Under lOst 31b.—K. McLaugh-

lan (Canterbury) 1, L. Marusic (Victoria) 2, K. Harris (New South Wales) 3. Under llwt.—R. Williams (Canterbury) 1. R. Fenton (Taranaki) 2, S. Grieg (Wellington) 3. Under list 111 b.—J. Martin (New South Wales) 1, P. Molloy (Wellington) 2, P. Elmes (Queensland) 3. Under 12st 111 b.—D. Aspin (Auckland) 1, I. Simpson (Otago) 2. • Under 13st 101 b.—P. Ragg (Canterbury) 1, S. Ututonga (Bay of Plenty) 2. G. Wharfe (New South Wales) 3. Over 13st 101 b.—J. Gawthorne (New South Wales) 1, P. Smith (Auckland) 2. Senior Fly-weight.—J. Kinsella (New South Wales) 1. P. Massetti (Otago) 2, K. Astrella (Waikato) 3. Bantam-weight. —A. Toohy (Western Australia) 1, J. Mudgway (Taranaki) 2. A. Tempest (Victoria) 3. Feather-weight.—R. Brown (New South Wales) 1, R. Drake (New South Wales) 2. Welter-weight.—W. O’Brien (Victoria) 1, G. Mackay (Auckland) 2, P. Terei (Canterbury) 3. Middle-weight.—J. Downey (Bay of Plenty) 1, G. Mclntyre (Victoria) 2, J. Stunnell (New South Wales) 3. Light Heavy-weight.—W. Hubber (Southland) 1, H. Oos ter man (Waikato) 2. A. Natrass (Hawke’s Bay) 3. Heavy-weight.—T. Milat (Auckland) 1, R. Taylor (Auckland) 2, D. McCarthy (Queensland) 3. Cricket Match.— Close of play scores in the cricket match between Yorkshire, the countv champion, and the M.C.C. at Scarborough yesterday were: Yorkshire , 199 (D. Padgett 62. R. Hobbs 5/71, D. Underwood 3/25). M.C.C. 85/1 (C. Millburn 56).

Welshmen Win.— The Welsh Rugby team won the second match of its six-game Argentine tour at Beunos Aires, defeating a combined Argentine prodvincial team, 14-3. The visitors led 6-0 at half-time.