O’Toole Defeats Holmback In Wrestling Bout

Wanganui Chronicle, 27 July 1949, Page 6

O’Toole Defeats Holmback In Wrestling Bout

CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night (PA) —Tommy O’Toole beat Erik Hclmback by two falls to one in a professional wrestling bout this evening. Holmback won a fall with a bod? press in the fifth round. In the seventh round O’Toole obtained a fall after applying rolling facelocks and throat stomps, and in the final round a penalty fall was given against Holmback.

the leeway to 12-6 The Australian:', however, took the game 15-6. The Wanganui pair secured a lead of 7-3 in the third game. After some bright rallies the local pair lead 11-7. The score went to 12-10 with the Wanganui pair having the edge. Wanganui took the game 15-16 to win the match. The final match was between Arthur McCabe and Miss Peacock and A. Holroyd and Mrs. Hay-Camp-bell. The Australians won the first, game 15-5 after a close start. The second game was a hard tussle, but the Australians had too many pointscoring shots and won 15-7.

Detailed results are as follow, the Australians being mentioned first: — Misses Peacock and Pullen beat Miss Greaves and Mrs. Hay-Campbell, 15-2. 15-6; A. S. McCabe and A. G. McCabe heat A. J. Anderson and A. Holroyd, 15-8, 15-6; Miss Pullen beat Mrs. Haggitt, 11-1, 11-1; B. G. Tonkin beat A. Holroyd, 18-17, 15-2, 15-5; Miss Peacock beat Miss Greaves, 11-7, 11-9; A. C. McCabe beat A. J. Anderson, 15-2, 15-6; Tonkin and Miss Pullen beat Anderson and Mis.s Greaves. 5-15 15-6, 15-10; A. G. McCabe and Miss Peacock beat Holroyd and Mrs. Hay-Camp-boll, 15-5, 15-7.