WRESTLING CONTEST
O'CONNOR BEATS RAINES [bt telegraph—press association] CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday In a professional wrestling bout to-night Dan O'Connor beat Dick Haines by two falls, one a penalty, to one. Raines scored the first fall with a Boston crab in the fourth round. O'Connor evened in the seventh with a body press after a drop kick. The last round was very willing. Raines sent O'Connor through the ropes and the referee was involved in a free-for-all which followed. Eventually O'Connor was awarded a penalty fall p,nd the match.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23699, 4 July 1940, Page 12
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87WRESTLING CONTEST New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23699, 4 July 1940, Page 12
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