WRESTLING
MATCH AT GREYMOUTH. To complete the day’s sport after the West- Coast-Bulh.fr Rugby match on Saturday piext, the Greymouth Wrestling Association has, secured a special attraction to be staged that night. Dick Raines will, meet Dan O’Connor, and these two big and tough men can he depended upon to produce all the thrills the most critical crowd could look for. Even though his feat, has been duplicated since by John Katan, Raines:,still has the distinction of being the first man to beat Earl McCready in New Zealand this season, and his wrestling in all his matches has been of sufficiently high quality to make the honour well deserved. Raines has great size and strength and. ,he uses these advantages to the fullest possible extent. O’Connor, whose 'size (he is-'over 6ft in height and; weighs nearly 17 stone) does not prevent' his . making, brilliant use of the but difficult dropkick. has proved $6 be one of the most successful and popular of the season’s visitors. He has a nuniber of specialty holds, one of .the most effective being a combination of a reverse octopus clamp and a surfboard hold. Hi s jolts and tackles cause his opponents any amount of trouble and will provide an effective answer to the tactics which Raines favours.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 July 1940, Page 4
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