WRESTLING
BLOMFIELD DEFEATS ATKINS <P.A.) AUCKLAND, Nov. 24. The return wrestling match between •' Lofty" Blomfleld, of Auckland, and Fred Atkins, of Australia, thrilled the crowd which filled the Town Hall tonight. It resulted in a win for Blornfield who was awarded a penalty fall in the seventh round when he was struck a solid blow on the left ear with what the referee determined was a punch. Prior to this each man had obtained a fall. The first fall was won by Atkins when he lifted his opponent for a slam and press. Blomfleld evened with a submission from an octopus clamp.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24773, 25 November 1941, Page 8
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102WRESTLING Otago Daily Times, Issue 24773, 25 November 1941, Page 8
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