Sherborne Mercury, Bradford near Taunton: sword, dagger and wrestling (1780)

BRADFORD, near TAUNTON, SOMERSET, May 8, 1780.

TO BE PLAYED for at SWORD and DAGGER. (Somerset against the World.)

On MONDAY, the 22d of MAY, To be PLAYED for at SWORD and DAGGER, at the Black-Lion Inn, in Bradford, near Taunton, Somerset, A Subscription Purse of Guineas.

TUESDAY the 23d will be PLAYED for at WRESTLING, at the same place, A LARGE SILVER BOWL.

WEDNESDAY the 24th will be PLAYED for, at the same place, at SWORD and DAGGER, A GOLD-LACED HAT.

☞ If no opponents appear against the Somerset Lads, they are to be ticketed, and play against each other.

N.B. All disputes that may arise, to be decided by the Subscribers; and no person to mount the stage but those approved of by them.