WRESTLING
McCready Keeps Title MATCH WITH BLOMFIELD ■, ~~ In a contest which moved' at an exceedingly fast pace and was replete with thrills, Earl .McCready. Canada, retained his British Empire heavyweight title al the Town Hall on Saturday night, beating the .New Zealand challenger, Ser-geant-Major Lofty Blomfield, by two falls to one. , A capacity house, which was a record for the season, witnessed some fiery exchanges, cleverly . interspersed with solid and scientific wrestling. The bout ended in the seventh round with Blomfield a beaten but still defiant wrestler. • J ’
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Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 11, 12 July 1940, Page 8
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88WRESTLING Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 11, 12 July 1940, Page 8
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