Exeter Flying Post, Morchard wrestling: Cann thrown by Dartmouth (1825)

WRESTLING.—At Morchard Grand Wrestling Match, yesterday and to day, for 12 Sovereigns, the Champion A Cann was thrown by the younger Dartmouth, by an unlucky fall, after 35 minutes severe play. Mr. Wreford carried off the first prize, and James Cann won the second; during the play A Cann’s shoe was thrown out by the triers as an improper one, the popular opinion was that the shoe was unexceptionable, and that the fate of it occasioned the Champion’s fall:—the play throughout was excellent.