EMPIRE WRESTLING
BLOMFIELD TAKES TITLE (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Monday For the second time the British Empire wrestling championship title changed hands in Wellington when Lofty Blomfield won it tonight from John Katan, the holder since he captured it from McC-ready a month ago. Blomfield obtained the sole fall of an exciting and vigorous bout in the sixth round. Blomfield was pinned on the mat by Katan, kicked upward and connected with Katan’s face, tumbling him backward. Blomfield then took a fall with a body press. The Town Hall was packed, and many stood throughout a lengthy bout, which was interrupted for half an hour when the ring collapsed and had to be re-erected. McCready, who watched the b' lit from the ringside, challenged the
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21184, 6 August 1940, Page 9
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125EMPIRE WRESTLING Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21184, 6 August 1940, Page 9
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