Filter:
Exeter Flying Post, Tavistock Races: gold-laced hat to be wrestled for (1807)
- Date: 18070604
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
TAVISTOCK RACES. ON WEDNESDAY July the 8th, will be RUN FOR, over Whitchurch Down, a FIFTY POUND PLATE. A GOLD-LACED HAT to be WRESTLED FOR. COCKING, as usual. No booth or stand to be erected on Whitchurch Down, except by subscription. BALLS and ORDINARIES each DAY. Tavistock, 29th May, 1807.
Exeter Flying Post, Plympton Castle games: wrestling and cudgel-playing (1807)
- Date: 18070702
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
GAMES, PASTIMES, and DIVERSIONS, On the antient CASTLE of PLYMPTON, Devon. ON Tuesday and Wednesday, the 14th and 15th of July, 1807, (viz.) WRESTLING for a PURSE of GUINEAS, First Man ……………. £7 7s. 0d. Second ……………… £2 2s. 0d. Every other Stander, each …….. 7s. 0d. CUDGEL-PLAYING for a SILVER CUP, Value at least […]
Exeter Flying Post, Crediton Wrestling Field: sale by auction (1808)
- Date: 18080929
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
CREDITON, Devon. TO be SOLD in FEE, by public auction, in two lots, on Monday the third day of October next, at the Half Moon Inn, in Crediton, at five o’clock in the afternoon, subject to such conditions as will be then and there produced. Lot 1.—All that meadow or close of land, called the […]
Exeter Flying Post, Crediton Annual Wrestling: twenty guineas (1809)
- Date: 18090518
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
TO WRESTLERS. TO be WRESTLED for, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 24th and 25th days of May instant, in a Field adjoining the town of Crediton, Devon, the annual Prize of TWENTY GUINEAS, Ten Guineas of which, as usual, will be given to the best man, and the remainder distributed among the other players getting […]
Wheble, Somersetshire Gamesters (1810)
- Date: January 1, 1810
- Source: British Museum
- Type: Picture
- Tags: mon
An etching held at the British Museum (id: 1849,0210.107): Two young man playing fencing; illustration to ‘The Sporting Magazine’ vol.35. 1810. Etching and engraving © The Trustees of the British Museum. Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence.
Exeter Flying Post, Crediton Annual Wrestling advertisement (1810)
- Date: 18100510
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
CREDITON ANNUAL WRESTLING. THE prize of TWENTY GUINEAS will be WRESTLED for on TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY the 19th and 20th days of June next, in a field adjoining the town. Ten Guineas of which will be played for, and distributed on the Tuesday, and the remaining Ten Guineas on the Wednesday; Five Guineas of which, […]
Exeter Flying Post, Crediton Annual Wrestling advertisement (second notice, 1810)
- Date: 18100614
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
CREDITON ANNUAL WRESTLING. THE prize of TWENTY GUINEAS will be WRESTLED for on TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY the 19th and 20th days of June next, in a field adjoining the town. Ten Guineas of which will be played for, and distributed on the Tuesday, and the remaining Ten Guineas on the Wednesday; Five Guineas of which, […]
Exeter Flying Post, Crediton Annual Wrestling advertisement (1811)
- Date: 18110523
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
CREDITON WRESTLING, 1811. THE Annual Prize of TWENTY GUINEAS will be WRESTLED FOR this year on the WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY in WHITSUN-WEEK: Ten Guineas of which will be played for and distributed on the Wednesday; and the remaining Ten Guineas on the Thursday.— Five Guineas of which, on each day, will be given to the […]
Exeter Flying Post, Crediton Wrestling advertisement (second notice, 1811)
- Date: 18110530
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
CREDITON WRESTLING, 1811. THE Annual Prize of TWENTY GUINEAS will be WRESTLED FOR this year on the WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY in WHITSUN-WEEK: Ten Guineas of which will be played for and distributed on the Wednesday; and the remaining Ten Guineas on the Thursday.— Five Guineas of which, on each day, will be given to the […]
Exeter Flying Post, Exeter Grand Wrestling and Whitchurch Down advertisement (1811)
- Date: 18110725
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
EXETER GRAND WRESTLING MATCH. TO be WRESTLED FOR, on MONDAY next, the 29th of July instant, in a Field, adjoining the Black Boy Turnpike, St. Sidwell’s, a PURSE of TEN GUINEAS. To the best Man, FIVE GUINEAS. Second best ditto, TWO GUINEAS. Third best ditto, ONE GUINEA. To every Double Player, 5s. each; and 7s. […]
Exeter Flying Post, Whitchurch Down and Honiton wrestling advertisements (1811)
- Date: 18110829
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
WRESTLING. ON Wednesday and Thursday, the 4th and 5th of September next, (being the Tavistock and Plymouth Races,) there will be WRESTLING on Whitchurch Down, for a PURSE of TEN GUINEAS. The best man will be entitled to Seven Guineas; the second-best man Two Guineas; and the third-best One Guinea; with good encouragement to every […]
Exeter Flying Post, Topsham wrestling: purse of seven pounds (1811)
- Date: 18110905
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
WRESTLING. TO be WRESTLED for, at Topsham, on Monday, September the 9th, 1811, a PURSE of SEVEN POUNDS. The best man will receive three pounds, the second best one pound ten shillings, and the winner of the first fall five shillings. The remainder of the money will be divided amongst the next best players, in […]
Hen Pearce, born in Bristol in 1777, rose to become the undisputed Champion of England from 1804 until his retirement through ill health in 1807. Before his rise to national prominence, Pearce had defeated a series of opponents across the West Country fight scene. Pierce Egan’s Boxiana (1812) records his matches in detail, establishing Pearce […]
Exeter Flying Post, Exeter Grand Wrestling and single-stick advertisement (1812)
- Date: 18120716
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
EXETER GRAND WRESTLING MATCH. TO be WRESTLED for, on Monday and Tuesday the 27th and 28th of July instant, in a field adjoining the Black Boy Turnpike, A PURSE of TWENTY GUINEAS,—TEN GUINEAS each day. To the man who throws the first fall, Seven Shillings. To every double player, Five Shillings each. The players are […]
Exeter Flying Post, Exeter Grand Wrestling advertisement (second notice, 1812)
- Date: 18120723
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
EXETER GRAND WRESTLING MATCH. TO be WRESTLED for, on Monday and Tuesday the 27th and 28th of July instant, in a field adjoining the Black Boy Turnpike, A PURSE of TWENTY GUINEAS,—TEN GUINEAS each day. To the man who throws the first fall, Seven Shillings. To every double player, Five Shillings each. The players are […]
Exeter Flying Post, Champion Flower thrown at King’s Nympton by Beal (1812)
- Date: 18120806
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
WRESTLING.—The champion Flower, who carried off the best prize on the first day of the Exeter Wrestling, was thrown at King’s Nympton on Thursday last, by Robert Beal, of George Nympton. He had been in the habit of carrying off the prize from the above place for several years past, there never being any players […]
The athletic exercise to which these people are mostly addicted is that of wrestling. This is pursued with great fervour and emulation by the young farmers and peasantry in the country It is common on these occasions for a purse of six eight or ten guineas to be made by gentlemen fond of promoting this […]
Exeter Flying Post, Exeter Grand Wrestling advertisement (1813)
- Date: 18130722
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
EXETER GRAND WRESTLING MATCH. THE ANNUAL PRIZE of TWENTY GUINEAS, will be WRESTLED for this year, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 4th and 5th of August next. The play to begin precisely at seven o’clock in the morning. The usual encouragement will be given to players. Exeter, 21st July, 1813.
Exeter Flying Post, Chawleigh wrestling: Totty throws Flower (1813)
- Date: 18130819
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
The Wrestling Match at Chawleigh, Devon, last week, afforded much sport, most of the matches being strongly contested. The prizes were won by Smith, of Swimbridge, and Totty, of Meshaw. The latter threw the champion Flower, a most tremendous fall, whom he fairly raised above ground by mere strength of arm.
Exeter Flying Post, Chulmleigh wrestling advertisement (1814)
- Date: 18140804
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
TO be WRESTLED FOR, at the Butchers’ Arms Inn, in Chulmleigh, a PRIZE of FIVE GUINEAS, on Tuesday the 9th day of August next, precisely by ten o’clock in the forenoon; the first man that gets a share before eleven o’clock to have half-a-guinea, the best man to have two guineas, and all gentlemen wrestlers […]
Exeter Flying Post, Exeter Grand Wrestling advertisement (1814)
- Date: 18140804
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
EXETER GRAND WRESTLING MATCH. TO be WRESTLED FOR, on Wednesday and Thursday the 10th and 11th of August instant, in a Field adjoining the Black Boy Turnpike, A PURSE of TEN GUINEAS. To every double player Five Shillings. The play to begin at eight o’clock in the morning. The players are requested to give in […]
Exeter Flying Post, Chulmleigh wrestling report: Totty champion (1814)
- Date: 18140811
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
A purse of five guineas was wrestled for at Chulmleigh yesterday. The weather being fine, and a good ring provided for the contest, the play went off in fine stile. The champion Flower, with a very small party, had to contend with a large party from the north of Devon: he sustained the contest with […]
The Press-Gang (1815)
- Date: June 12, 1815
- Source: Westcountry Garland
- Type: Rhyme
- Tags: Blind Wrestler Dick Simmons
Sixty years ago this curious West-country ditty was sung not only from the Tamar to the Land’s End, but from Barnstaple Bay to the Rame Head. It describes, in rough and ready rhyme, the experiences of a country yokel who was carried off by a press-gang from a wrestling match on Maker Heights, near Plymouth. […]
Exeter Flying Post, Exeter Grand Wrestling and Chawleigh results: Thorne of Waterloo (1815)
- Date: 18150817
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
Exeter Grand Wrestling. TO be WRESTLED FOR, in a Field at Hill’s Farm, in the parish of St. Sidwell’s, on Thursday and Friday, the 24th and 25th instant, a PURSE of at least TEN GUINEAS. Play to begin each day at ten o’clock in the forenoon.—In order to encourage early attendance, the first double player […]
Exeter Flying Post, Brixham Whitsun wrestling advertisement (1816)
- Date: 18160523
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
BRIXHAM ANNUAL DIVERSIONS, in Whitsun-week, will be generally attractive, from the variety of amusements, and particularly so on Wednesday, the 5th June, to the admirers of SCIENTIFIC WRESTLING, from the expectation that a PURSE of FIVE GUINEAS, which will be the winner’s prize, will bring together many competitors for fame, in this national and English […]
Exeter Flying Post, Modbury wrestling advertisement (1816)
- Date: 18160530
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
MODBURY, DEVON. TO be WRESTLED FOR, at Modbury, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 11th and 12th days of June, 1816, the following PRIZES, viz. SEVEN POUNDS for the best man, TWO POUNDS for the second best, a handsome GOLD LACED HAT for the third best, and Seven Shillings for every other Standard. The play to […]
Exeter Flying Post, Morice Town Fair: Polkinghorne throws Flower; Jordans and Cann win prizes (1816)
- Date: 18160613
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
The sports at Morice-Town Fair, Plymouth-Dock, last week, afforded much amusement. On Thursday the wrestling matches began, in which 22 standards, comprising the best players in Devon and Cornwall, among others the two Jordans, Jackman, Polkinghorne, Flower, Cann, Cowling, Webber, &c. &c. maintained the character of their respective counties with matchless strength and dexterity. The […]
Exeter Flying Post, Exeter Grand Wrestling advertisement (1816)
- Date: 18160620
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
Exeter Grand Wrestling. TO BE WRESTLED FOR, IN A FIELD, AT HILL’S-COURT, IN THE PARISH OF ST. SIDWELL’S. ON MONDAY and TUESDAY, the 8th and 9th Days of JULY, 1816, A Purse of at least Fifteen Guineas. Play to begin at ten o’clock in the forenoon. In order to encourage an early attendance, the first […]
Exeter Flying Post, Barnstaple wrestling: Prince Regent’s Birthday — Hogg first prize (1816)
- Date: 18160822
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
The Prince Regent’s Birth-Day.—Every thing that could contribute to the cheerfulness and enjoyment of a public festival was experienced at Barnstaple on Monday last. It being the anniversary of the Regent’s birth-day, the morning was ushered in by a well-rung peal on the church bells; and in a field adjoining the town a Grand Wrestling […]
Exeter Flying Post, Crediton Wrestling Field: sale by auction (1817)
- Date: 18170327
- Source: Exeter Flying Post
- Type: Newspaper
CREDITON, DEVON. TO be SOLD in Fee, with immediate possession, all that Field or Close of Land, containing about one acre (more or less) called the LITTLE CLOSE, or WRESTLING FIELD, situate near Thresher’s Causeway, in Crediton, and now in possession of Mr. Philip Stone.—Also, for the Life of the said Philip Stone, aged 50, […]