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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote]Hi Colin I'm Les's brother. Is this the bout you've mentioned? Ripley and Heanor News April 12th 1963 WRESTLING AT HEANOR RILEY BEATEN-TURPIN REJECTS WIN Heanor Town Hall was packed to capacity on Saturday when International Promotions (Leicester) staged another action packed tournament. The main event was a light-heavyweight bout between Randolph Turpin (Leamington) and Les Riley (Langley Mill). It was action and excitement all the way, as both wrestlers warmed up with Irish Whips and Turpin laid on a leg lever, Riley hit back with a knee drop. Turpin took the first fall in this round however, with a victory roll and shoulder press. The third round was very much Turpin's as he lay on a gruelling body scissors and then hammered Riley round the ring with three mighty forearm smashes. At the start of the fourth Turpin held Riley in a bear hug but amid great excitement, the local star escaped and equalised with a double knee on the shoulder press. Now it was Riley's turn to raise the cheers, as he executed a short arm scissors on Turpin, but the coloured star replied by knocking Riley out of the ring twice. Riley dropped Turpin with a piledriver and quickly applied an overhead throw. His next move however,brought disaster, when he tried to follow up with a flying two-foot drop kick, which Turpin sidestepped and Riley tangled himself in the ropes with the top rope tightly secured round his groin. He was temporarily knocked-out, and Referee Pygall, Turpin and two seconds worked feverishly for five minutes before Riley recovered and was able to be assisted to his corner. Ken Mason announced Turpin the winner with a technical knock-out, but the former world middleweight boxing champion declared "No Contest." On the same bill was a tag match featuring Jack Taylor and his brother Raymond against the Red Scorpion and the Toff(USA), this was won by the Taylor's with Jack getting the winning fall after 20 minutes. In the tag team captains contest the Red Scorpion beat young Raymond by one fall in the fourth round. At the New Co-op Hall, Ilkeston on Good Friday, another local lad, Alan Benniston (Heanor) meets Cliff Mills (Denmark) in a tournament promoted by International Promotions. Thanks to Jenny for all the hard work in my research. PAULR[/quote]
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Ron Moore (Ronto the Bull) and other Wrestlers
replied on: 9/15/2006 8:32:22 PM

Hi Colin I'm Les's brother.
Is this the bout you've mentioned?
Ripley and Heanor News
April 12th 1963
WRESTLING AT HEANOR

RILEY BEATEN-TURPIN REJECTS WIN
Heanor Town Hall was packed to capacity on Saturday when International Promotions (Leicester) staged another action packed tournament.
The main event was a light-heavyweight bout between Randolph Turpin (Leamington) and Les Riley (Langley Mill). It was action and excitement all the way, as both wrestlers warmed up with Irish Whips and Turpin laid on a leg lever, Riley hit back with a knee drop. Turpin took the first fall in this round however, with a victory roll and shoulder press. The third round was very much Turpin's as he lay on a gruelling body scissors and then hammered Riley round the ring with three mighty forearm smashes. At the start of the fourth Turpin held Riley in a bear hug but amid great excitement, the local star escaped and equalised with a double knee on the shoulder press. Now it was Riley's turn to raise the cheers, as he executed a short arm scissors on Turpin, but the coloured star replied by knocking Riley out of the ring twice. Riley dropped Turpin with a piledriver and quickly applied an overhead throw. His next move however,brought disaster, when he tried to follow up with a flying two-foot drop kick, which Turpin sidestepped and Riley tangled himself in the ropes with the top rope tightly secured round his groin. He was temporarily knocked-out, and Referee Pygall, Turpin and two seconds worked feverishly for five minutes before Riley recovered and was able to be assisted to his corner. Ken Mason announced Turpin the winner with a technical knock-out, but the former world middleweight boxing champion declared "No Contest."

On the same bill was a tag match featuring Jack Taylor and his brother Raymond against the Red Scorpion and the Toff(USA), this was won by the Taylor's with Jack getting the winning fall after 20 minutes.
In the tag team captains contest the Red Scorpion beat young Raymond by one fall in the fourth round.
At the New Co-op Hall, Ilkeston on Good Friday, another local lad, Alan Benniston (Heanor) meets Cliff Mills (Denmark) in a tournament promoted by International Promotions.
Thanks to Jenny for all the hard work in my research.
PAULR

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