WRESTLING.
AMATEUR TITLES. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Oct. 21. The New Zealand amateur wrestling titles competed for to-night resulted: Feather-weight.—R. W. Hutchison (Wellington) beat J. S. Genet (Canterbury) on points. Light-weight: Hutchison beat Genet by one fall. Welter-weight: V. L. Thomas (Canterbury) beat Y. Rawle (Auckland) on points. Middle-weight: J. McDonald (Auckland) beat TI. Wilson (Otago) by one fall. Light-heavyweight: H. Bartlett (Wanganui) beat Goughian (Otago) on points. Heavy-weight: G. Harris (Taranaki) beat Coughlan. DRAW AT WANGANUI. WANGANUI, Oct. 21. Wrestling before a packed house tonight, “Lofty” Blomfield (New Zealand), 16.5, drew with Jaget Singh, 16st, each man securing a fall. Singh secured the first fall at 4min losec, in the third round, with his Indian deathlock. Blomfield threw Singh about in the seventh round, and with a final slam secured a fall with a body press. CESTOLDI BEATS ANDRESEN. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Oct. 21. Eight rounds of fast, entertaining wrestling to-night ended with Angelo Cestoldi limp and face downward on the mat, but with the referee raising one of his hands in token of victory. Cestoldi had gained a fall over Ole Andresen in the sixth round and in the last withstood a full leg nelson for some minutes till he was saved by the gong.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 278, 22 October 1935, Page 10
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