BOXING

Grey River Argus, 8 September 1939, Page 10

BOXING

UNABLE TO MAKE TRIP. E. Rochford, one of the West Coast team chosen to compete in the New Zealand championships at Invercargill, has received a cracked rib, and will not make the trip.

NATIONAL TITLES. FIRST NIGHT DRAW. Following is the draw for the first night of the amateur national boxing championships, to be held at Invercargill, commencing on Tuesday, September 12:— Flyweight.—E. Foote (Christchurch) v. L. Larson (Wellington); A. Cameron (Rakaia) v. F. Brown (Southland). Featherweight.—R. Davis (Waipukurau) v. M. Hunter (Oamaru); N. Blake (Christchurch) v. L. Pennington (Auckland); J. Parker (Wellington) v. W. Brown (Southland); W. Clark (Greymouth) v. T. Batty (Gisborne); A. Jones (Rakaia) v. G. Thomas (Taranaki). Lightweight.—T. Dunn (Hutt Valley) v. C. Beal (Hawke’s Bay); J. Musson (Ashburton) v. J. Ramsay (Otago); G. Toon (Waipukurau) v. P. Dolan (Oamaru). Welterweight. B. Fairbrother (Hutt; Valley) v. S. Hitchcock (Wellington);' Ez Rochford (Gepymouth) v. W. Little (Auckland); D. McKenzie (Rakaia) v. D. Heeney (Gisborne). Middleweight.—H. Candy (Taranaki) v. S. Tonks (Ashburton). Crjuiserfweight.—B. Withell (Ashburton) v. D. Mullett (Wellington);

D. Rollenson (Auckland) v. A. Lucas (Hawke’s Bay). J Heavyweight.—T. O’Gorman (Westport) v. D. Anderson (Southland). Bantamweight.—J. Jenkins (Auckland) v. P. Connolly (Ashburton); N. ■' Leckie (Otago) v. T. Hoggarth (Greymouth); L. Salmon (Southland) v. B Maddern (Taranaki); H. Foote (Wellington) v. C. Hutchinson (Waipukurau). - i