Gloucester Journal, “Notice to all gentlemen gamesters” (1740)

THIS is to give Notice to all Gentlemen Gamesters, and Others,

THAT on Thursday the 16th Instant, there will be a great Wrestling-Match at the Swan-Inn in Highworth, Wilts, between the Gamesters of Berkshire and Gloucestershire, for Ten Guineas on each Side: To wrestle for Falls; no Files to be allow’d of. Five Men of each Side to wrestle; and, for Encouragement of the Gamesters, the Landlord of the said Inn will give Two Guineas to that Side which shall throw Three Falls out of the Five, and Half-a-Crown to every Man that throws a Fall. — That Side which has not a Man on the Stage by One o’Clock, loses the Wager.

The Gloucester Journal, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. Friday, 7 October 1740, Page 3.