McCready’s Last Match

The Age – October 19, 1937

Earl McCready, the British Empire champion heavy weight wrestler, will have his last contest in Australia for the season against Sammy Stein, at West Melbourne, on Saturday.  He will arrive here from Sydney on Wednesday.  McCready is to leave for New Zealand to defend his Empire title against Lofty Blomfield, the New Zealand champion.

On October 30, “King Kong”Cox will wrestle Matros Kirilenko at West Melbourne, and the winner will then clash with Frank Jupson.  Other wrestling contests arranged yesterday were: – Szabo v. Britton, at Geelong, on October 27, and Lurich v. King Elliott, at Denillquin, November 3.

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