Meyer Defeats Cheung

Manawatu Times, Volume LIX, Issue 7493, 18 June 1934, Page 7

Meyer Defeats Cheung

CLEVER WRESTLING AT NAPIER Per Press Association. NAPIER, June IC. Dr. Freddie Meyer, America, defeated Wong Buck Cheung, China, in a professional wrestling contest at Napier last night. Following a series of headlocks, in the seventh round Meyer lifted his opponent in an aeroplane spin and dumped him to secure an easy fall. The Chinese was rendered unconscious and was unable to continue. The bout was one of the cleverest witnessed in Napier for some tunc, there being no undue display of showmanship. Shikina Defeats Michot Per Press Association. NEW PLYMOUTH, Last Night. In a bout of good scientific but not spectacular wrestling, Shikina defeated Michot by two falls to one. Michot obtained a fall in the fourth round and Shikina one in each of the fifth aud sixth rounds. ' Shikina frequently did clever work with his bare feet. Snowden, b Ebeling 5 Grimshaw, e O’Reilly, b Ebeling 2 Timms, st. Barnett, b Bromley .... 50 Bellamy, c Bromley, b FleetwoodSmith 9 Cox, 1.b.w., b Fleetwood-Smith .... 1 Towell, b Fueling 1 Matthews, c Bradman, b Fleetwood Smith I Pitt, not out - Partridge, c Barnett, b FleetwoodSmith 9 Brown, not out 0 Extras ~ Total 133 Bowling: Ebeling 3 wickets for 26, Darling 0 for IS, Chippcrfield, 6 for 32,; O’Reilly 0 for 5; Bromley, 1 for 21; Fleetwood-Smith, 5 for 29. Larwood’s Fine Achievement SIX WICKETS FOR ONE RUN Received Sunday, 7 p.m. LONDON, June 16. Playing for Notts against Lanshire at Trent Bridge, Larwood, before lunch, without a leg trap, took six wickcte for one run, including three wickets in one over, all being caught in the slips. English County Games LARWOOD AND BOWES IN FORM LONDON, June 35. Performances of note in the latest scries of county cricket matches included a bowling “double” by Larwood, which helped Nottinghamshire to an outright win over Essex. Larwood tok five wickets in the first innings and four iu the second. Bowes was also in form. Playing for Yorkshire he took six wickets for 2S runs in ono innings. Other bowlers to succeed were Hopwood, of Lancashire, and Cornford, of Sussex, who each took six wickets in an innings. There were numerous big scores from the bat, notable among which were the three centuries by Hendren, Hulme and Allen for Middlesex. L Parks and John Langridge scored heavily for Sussex. Hammond was another to run to double figures, as were Carr and Woolley. The results were: — Middlesex v. Glamorgan, at Lord’s. —Middlesex, 476 for six wickets, declared (Hendren 114, Hulme 102, Allen 112 not out); Glamorgan, 102 and 202. Middlesex won by an innings and liruns. Essex v. Nottinghamshire, at Westcliff. —Nottinghamshire, 371 (Carr 307) and 137 for nine wickets, declared; Essex. 184 (Larwood five for 50) and 199 (Larwood four for 63). Nottinghamshire won by 145 runs. Kent v., Worcestershire, at Tonbridge.—Kent, 344 (Ames 75) and 304 for six wickets, declared (Woolley 104); Worcestershire, 278 (Nawab of Pataudi 73) and 192. Kent won by 17S runs. Sussex v. Surrey, at Horsham. —Surrey. 280 (Squires 84, Cornford six for 54)’ and 224 (Hobbs 79); Sussex, 452 for five wickets, declared (J. Parks 122, John Langridge 100) and 54 for one wicket. Sussex won by nine wickets. Hampshire v. Lancashire, at Southampton.—Hampshire, 241 and 159 (Hopwood six for 45); Lancashire, 357 (Iddon 94) and 44 for one wicket. Lancashire won by nine wickets. Yorkshire v. Leicestershire, at Huddersfield- —Leicestershire, 82 (Bowes, six for 28) and 127; Yorkshire, 201 and 11 for no wickets. Yorkshire won by ten wickets. Derbyshire v. Gloucestershire, at Derby.—Gloucestershire, 299 and 307 (Hammond 134); Derbyshire, 336 (Storcr 89) and 93 for no wickets. Derbyshire won on the first innings.