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Gloucester Journal, “Notice to all gentlemen gamesters” (1740)

Gloucester Single-stick

Date: October 7, 1740
Source: Gloucester Journal
Type: Newspaper

Tags: Gloucester Single-stick

THIS is to give Notice to all Gentlemen Gamesters, and Others, THAT on Thursday the 16th Instant, there will be a great Wrestling-Match at the Swan-Inn in Highworth, Wilts, between the Gamesters of Berkshire and Gloucestershire, for Ten Guineas on each Side: To wrestle for Falls; no Files to be allow’d of. Five Men of […]