WRESTLING.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIX, Issue 1065, 4 August 1910, Page 12

WRESTLING.

Considerable interest was taken in the wrestling match Gardiner v. Hansen which took place in the Municipal Theatre Waipawa, the other night, and the large audience that attended were rewarded by seeing a very strenuous contest, which ended in a draw, neither participants being able to secure a fall, after one and a-half hours’ wrestling.” Gardiner, whose weight is given as 9st. 101 b., stripped in the pink of condition and his opponent, Hansen, appeared to be in fairly good form, considering that he had only had ten days’ notice of the match. Gardiner showed himself to be very tricky and clever, and on many occasions had the local man in a tight corner, but the latter by clever work always succeeded in extricating himself. Mr. J. Brandon gave satisfaction as referee and Mr. F. Lyons as timekeeper.

The catch-as-catch-can match between Joe Gardiner, (London), and Aubrey Sara (Auckland), New Zealand amateur champion, duly eventuated on the Recreation Ground Napier, on Thursday last, in the presence of several hundreds of spectators. The contestants, when stripped, appeared to be about on an equality in the matter of physique, and the result proved that there was very little to choose between the men in science. Four bouts were wrestled, and after a strenuous contest, lasting altogether about fifty minutes, the match ended in a draw without either men being able to obtain a fall. The contestants were frequently applauded for smart work, and in this respect the honours were very evenly divided. Mr. T. W. Barry was referee; Messrs. C. F. Minett and D. Evans • timekeeper, Mr. F. W. ■ Czar. A group of the officials together with the contestants will appear in the next issue of this paper