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Joseph Menear (1868)

  • Joseph Menear
  • Date: July 16, 1868
  • Source: The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
  • Type: Picture
  • Collection: Devonshire Wrestling Society
  • Tags: Joseph Menear

A portrait of Joseph Menear.

John Slade (1866)

  • Champion John Slade
  • Date: December 19, 1866
  • Source: The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
  • Type: Picture
  • Collection: Devonshire Wrestling Society
  • Tags: Champion John Slade

John Slade, Champion Wrestler (Devon and Cornwall). Featured in The Illustrated Sporting News. Engraved by Moore V. Williamson. Original page in the archives of DWS.

Devon & Cornwall Wrestling meeting at Plymouth (1875)

  • Alfred Concanen Plymouth
  • Date: April 17, 1875
  • Source: The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
  • Type: Picture
  • Collection: Devonshire Wrestling Society
  • Tags: Alfred Concanen Plymouth

Appearing in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, pp.65. Illustrated by Alfred Concanen.

CWA, 150th anniversary of Cann vs Polkinghorne – Souvenir Programme (1976)

  • Cann-vs-Polkinghorne
  • Date: August 11, 1976
  • Type: Programme
  • Collection: Devonshire Wrestling Society
  • Tags: Cann-vs-Polkinghorne

A souvenir programme created for the 150th anniversary of the Cann vs Polkinghorne match. This event took place at Polkinghorne’s public house at St. Columb. This programme was gifted to The Devonshire Wrestling Society by Gerry Cawley, Historian of The Cornish Wrestling Association in 2015. 

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