Referee Knocked Out
STOPPED WRESTLER’S KICK Fighters Ignore Him PANDEMONIUM AT SYDNEY STADIUM
tlie referee black-out unconscious on the mat, two wrestlers at the Sydney Stadium carried on merrily until the referee recovered and-crowned one of them victor. Pandemonium reigned until finally the tight was resumed with a third aggressive wrestler as referee.
United P.A. —By Telegraph—-Copyright Uecd. 10.40 a.m. SYDNEY, Today. Unprecedented scenes occurred at the Stadium, when two wrestlers, Ted Thye and Billy Edwards, fought madly after the referee, Tom Banner, had been kicked unconscious. Finally, recovering somewhat, the referee crawled alongside the men on the mat and crowned Thye the winner. He then left the ring. Actually it was Thye’s foot that
caused the trouble. While the pandemonium reigned. Thye also left the ring, and Edwards, who was in tears, appealed to the crowd Scenes of the wildest disorder followed, until after ten minutes Thye returned, and the match was continued with another wrestler, Tom Lurich, as referee. The contest eventually ended in a draw on a fall to each. When either man offended Lurich applied vicious holds or smacks.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1042, 5 August 1930, Page 9
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