Exeter Flying Post, London Devon and Cornish wrestling: four-day report (1826)

Grand Devonshire & Cornish Wrestling Match, in London. A very interesting match has been played between the Cornish and Devonshire men in London, which was decided on Thursday at the Eagle Tavern, City Road. WEDNESDAY, (Third Day.)—Of four and twenty men who entitled themselves to enter the lists for the double play, 14 were Devonshire men, and 10 from Cornwall. Among the former, Abraham Cann, the celebrated champion, stood foremost. THURSDAY, (Fourth Day.)—Warren and Cann closed this quadrille play. Cann, while thus between heaven and earth, had recourse to his favourite crook with his left leg, and thus making a purchase, he threw the whole weight of his body back on the breast of Warren, who, unable to resist the pressure both ways, suddenly fell on his back. The prizes were then awarded as follows:—The first prize of ten sovereigns to Abraham Cann, Devonshire; the second prize of six sovereigns to Warren, Cornwall; the third prize of three sovereigns to Glanville, Cornwall; the fourth prize of one sovereign to Moyle, Cornwall.