WRESTLING McCready beats Atkins on Points
McCready beat Atkins at Gisborne last night on points. Atkins secured a fall in. the second round when he forced his opponent to submit with a forward toe-hold, and McCready levelled with a rocking-chair splits and a Catherine wheel in the seventh. The bout was easily the best of the season.—(P.A.) Blomfield and Kaempfer Draw “Lofty” Blomfield drew with Hank Kaempfer in a wrestling match at New Plymouth last night. It produced a variety of holds and plenty of showmanship, but no falls.—(PA.) Melter Beats Pencheff Herb Meller (U.S.A.), 17st, beat George Pencheff (Australia), 16st 21b, in a professional wrestling contest at Christchurch last night. There was a fairly'large attendance. Meller won the bout on points, “after each wrestler had obtained a fall.—(P.A.)
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Greymouth Evening Star, 18 September 1946, Page 9
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