BOXING CHAMPIONS.
DOMINION TOURNAMENT. THORNTON IN SEMI-FINALS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Sunday. The finals have been reached in all except two classes in the New Zealand amateur boxing championships and they will be contested at the Town Hall to-morrow night. All the contestants in last night’s bouts gave aggressive displays and had a crowd of 1500 in a state of excitement. Results were as follows: Lighl-heavy-weiglit. Semi-finals: J. Thornton (Hamilton), list 2 Jib, beat C. Marsh (Greymouth), 12st; G. Farmer (Auckland), list 7*lb, knocked out P. Nicholle (Hutt Valley), 12st. Middle-weight.—M. Spring (Pahiatua), list 31b, beat T. Lister (Ashburton), list 61b; D. Boswell (Hutt Valley), list 31b, beat F. Mclvor (Manawatu), list 5 Jib; G. Low (Christchurch), list 31b, beat G. Marshall (Taranaki), list ljlb. Semifinals: Spring beat N. James (Pahlatua). Boswell beat Low.
Welter-weight.—D. Heeney (Gisborne), lOst 51b, beat G. Downes (Manawatu), lOst ljlb; D. Johnson (Auckland), lOst 51b, beat J. Cadwallader (Wairarapa), lOst lilb; W. G. Parris (Wellington), lOst 21b, beat S. Jenkin (Oamaru), lOst 4Jib. Semifinals: J. Reidy (Southland), lost 31b, beat Johnson; Parris beat Heeney. Light-weight.—D. Edington (Timaru), 9st 71b, beat D. Mclnnes (Napier), 9st; N. Jenkin (Oamaru), ,9st 6Jib, knocked out N. Evans (Motueka), 9st 7|lb; R. Baker (Southland), 9st 4Jib, beat R. Nixon (Auckland), 9st 4ilb, on a technical knock-out. Feather-weight.—W. Hawes (Greymouth), Sst 12 Jib, beat J. Lambert (Southland), Bst 131 b; J. O’Connor (Christchurch), Bst 111 b, knocked out J. Collins (Manawatu), Bst 11 Jib: P. Kelly (Auokland), Sst 11 Jib, beat G. Thomas (Taranaki) Sst 111 b. Semifinal: G. Marshall (Wellington), Bst 121 b, beat Hawes. Bantam-weight.—J. Parker (Wellington), Sst 3Jib, beat C. Rayner (Marlborough), Sst 21b. Semi-final: B. McKay (Napier), Bst s Jib, beat W. Shaskey (Gisborne), Bst 3Jib. Flv-weight..—D. Madden (Taranaki), 7st 12Jlb, beat H Allott (Auokland), 7st 7Jib.
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Waikato Times, Volume 120, Issue 19984, 7 September 1936, Page 3
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