G'day Riot Squad Thank you very much for your quick correction. I agree to keep this little error between ourselves. 😉 No apologies are needed although I will accept a pint or two of Britain's finest beer if I ever make it over to the Old Dart. Cheers gentlemen! Ed

G'day Riot Squad As always, you blokes have done a great job on the Flying Stars tribute to Bob McMaster. Just one little point needs to be addressed. 😉 Could you please correct your listing on the home page of https://wrestlingheritage.co.uk which notes "14th March Wallaby Bob. Wrestling Heritage celebrates the New Zealand wrestler and rugby player as we add him to the Flying Stars section of Wrestlers." Wallaby Bob, as a proud Australian, would be turning over in his grave! 😀 Keep up the good work, fellas. Wrestling Heritage is a terrific site. Cheers! Ed

Powerlock wondered if Primo Carnera "wrestled in any other countries or was the UK his only wrestling". Carnera also wrestled in: USA [of course :) ] Australia Canada Mexico Switzerland Japan

G'day Ron Thanks very much for posting the footage of Felix Miquet vs Bert Assirati. Like my mate, The Ost, I had not previously seen this film. I enjoyed the interesting, albeit brief, footage. Cheers champ! Ed

John Wade "borrowed" the name Ivan Kalmikoff from American wrestler Ed Bruce (real name Edward Bogucki). Bruce wrestled as Ivan Kalmikoff from 1942 to 1979 throughout North America.

G'day Robert I doubt that any UK wrestlers returned undefeated from their tours of India and Pakistan. I believe that pro wrestling was predetermined in both those countries so I feel that visiting wrestlers would have had to put over the native stars. Cheers mate! Ed

Scottish wrestler Robert Bruce retired in New Zealand after his wrestling and talent agency careers. Bruce passed away in NZ in 2009 at the age of 65.

Billy Robinson wrestled in India and Pakistan.

Bert Assirati wrestled in India.

Ady Berber Ernst Weber-Drohl Current wrestlers: Chris Colen Franz Dynamite Daniel Haas Tommy Golden Oliver Gratzer Martin Heiligenbrunner Tom Hüttinger Lexxus (Thomas Hutter) Mexx Julian Nero Bambikiller Chris Raaber Miguel Ramirez Robert Ray Muslim Sultanov Captain Steve Swallow

Arthur Openshaw played rugby league for Salford. Spike Robson played rugby league for both Salford and Swinton. Les Thornton played rugby league for Salford. Following is a bit of detail on some of the wrestlers already mentioned in posts above. Ron Historyo mentioned Francis St Clair Gregory. Gregory played rugby union for Redruth and England, and rugby league for Wigan, Warrington, and England. Hack mentioned Bob McMaster. McMaster played rugby union for Brothers, Queensland and Australia, and rugby league for Leeds, Brisbane Brothers, and the Other Nationalities representative team (vs England). Romeo and Howard have both mentioned Mal Kirk. Kirk played rugby league for Featherstone Rovers, Castleford, and Doncaster. Romeo mentioned Don Vines. Vines played rugby league for Oldham, St Helens, and Wakefield Trinity. Romeo mentioned Ted “Hooker” Heath. Heath played rugby league for Doncaster. Hack mentioned Ken Davies (father of Gwyn Davies). Davies played rugby league for Dewsbury and Wakefield Trinity. Romeo and Ray have both mentioned Big Daddy (Shirley Crabtree). Crabtree played rugby league for Bradford Northern. Ron Historyo mentioned Douglas Clark. Clark played rugby league for Huddersfield and England. In Australia: Max Steyne played rugby league for North Sydney and Manly-Warringah. Jerry Visscher played rugby league for Old Bar. Jim "Joseph" Armstrong played rugby league for South Sydney and Australia. Ron Miller played rugby league for Eastern Suburbs. In New Zealand: Hori Tiki played rugby union for New Zealand. In Japan: Ashura Hara played rugby union for Japan. Great Kusatsu played rugby union for Japan. Kenzo Suzuki played rugby union for Japan. Bad Luck Fale played rugby union for Fukuoka.

Outside the Heritage years but one of today's top wrestlers is the WWE (NXT) United Kingdom Champion, Walter (full name Walter Hahn) from Austria.

The police who were present at the wrestling matches in that era were real on-duty policemen. Police also attended boxing matches in those days. The law enforcement officers had the power to stop wrestling and boxing matches in those times. Ron mentioned that Tom Lurich did some promoting. This may explain why Lurich worked regularly at Leichhardt Stadium but not as frequently at Sydney Stadium. I assumed that Lurich may have been the Leichhardt Stadium promoters' booker. * Ron: could you please expand on Lurich's promoting activities. I am fascinated by this side of the wrestling business. I am leaving today on a 1,500 kilometre wrestling trip (ring announcing and commentating) through the North Coast of NSW. On my return I will endeavour to contact Wrestling Heritage member, Blue Boy, whose grandfather, Pat McHugh, promoted at Leichhardt Stadium and other venues. Cheers!

G'day Ron I've seen photos of Lurich in trunks - that's why I wrote that Tom almost always wore long black tights in his matches. ;) Mate, you are an absolute champion! I love your work. The footage of Lurich vs Clark is terrific. You have made my last day of the decade. Cheers my friend! Ed

I’m sorry to be a naysayer but I don’t think that either photo features Tom Lurich or George Walker. Lurich almost always wore long black tights in his matches. It was his signature look. I agree with the Ost that Walker had a very distinct appearance. Walker’s hair was very closely cropped above those distinctive ears and it was quite curly/wavy on top. I’m not sure that the second photo is from Australia. I have never seen an image (photo or film) of an Aussie match in which a referee wore a long sleeve jumper. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if Douglas Clark’s NZ loss to George Walker, as reported in the Brisbane Telegraph (above in Ron's post), was just hype. If Dave Cameron and the Ost can’t find any matches for Clark in NZ then Douglas may not have wrestled there. As Ost mentioned, it may have been Jack Clarke. The plot thickens, however, as Ron’s research has uncovered these matches: 3 August 1936 in Auckland, NZ Cowboy Rebel Russell (AKA Rebel Rob Russell) defeated Douglas Clark 8 August 1936 in Auckland, NZ Douglas Clark vs Sam Leathers - result not known Can the Ost please clarify whether the 3 August 1936 and 8 August 1936 matches in Auckland may have perhaps been Jack Clarke matches? Ost: I don’t think it’s Sam Leathers in either of Steven Bell’s photos. Do you have any images of Rob Russell please mate? Cheers!

That should have read "I would guess that referees in Britain would be more formally attired." Sorry!