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WRESTLING AT SOUTHMOLTON, DEVON. A GRAND WRESTLING MATCH will take place in a Field at the back of Mr. LUXTON’s ANCHOR INN, South-street, in the town of Southmolton, on THURSDAY and FRIDAY, 18th and 19th JUNE, when the following Prizes will be awarded: Best Man: £5 0s 0d. Second: £2 10s 0d. Third: £1 0s […]
Devon and Cornwall Wrestling Matches.—These annual matches took place on Good Friday, at Hackney Wick, in the open air. The custom of wrestling in boots was done away with, and all the men wrestled with stockinged feet. The value of the prizes was £60. R. Haywood (Devon) and Richard Dear (Cornwall)—After a dog throw, Haywood […]
THE COMMITTEE of the CORNWALL and DEVONSHIRE WRESTLING SOCIETY beg to announce that they will celebrate their usual ANNUAL SPORT in the Pleasure Garden attached to Mr Baum’s, the White Lion, Victoria Park Station, Hackney Wick, on Whit-Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, when a number of handsome money prizes will be given to be wrestled for […]
WRESTLING. Those who see wrestlers on a London arena of sawdust, whether they represent France against England or Cumberland against Westmoreland, gain thereby a very imperfect idea of this famous athletic sport. It is a country game. It belongs aright to wild regions where the turf is virgin, and the wrestler, like Antaeus in the […]
WRESTLING. Newton Abbot.—This good old Devonshire sport commenced on Thursday last, in one of the Bradley Meadows, near the town. The attendance was small on that day owing to the weather, it being very showery, but on Friday the ring was crowded to excess, and among the wrestlers were some of the finest men of […]
NORTH DEVON. Barnstaple.—The wrestling match that came off at this place last week was attended by some of the best players in the western counties; and also, from day to day, by a large number of spectators. It commenced on Wednesday the ult. Standards made included: William Tucker, of Marwood; George Crocker, Chittlehampton; William Hodge, […]
DEVON AND CORNISH WRESTLING. Easter Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the splendid grounds of Mr. Bowden, Chalk Farm, were filled with spectators, to witness the play between these two celebrated counties. Smelt and Chappel commenced the single play on Monday; Chappell succumbed to the former. Ball and Gill, of Cornwall, displayed a good bout; Gill put […]
DEVON AND CORNWALL WRESTLING. The Annual contest of skill in this ancient sport between natives of the Western Counties, commenced on Monday, Camden Town, near London, and did not terminate till Wednesday. In consequence of the unfavourable weather, the men could not play out the double and treble play, and they agreed to divide the […]
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LEEDS INTELLIGENCER. SIR,—A Correspondent in your last states, that, at the approaching Grand Wrestling Match, at Leeds, it is understood by the Cornishmen, that the players are to be confined to the hold by the collar, and that no other hold will be allowed. This is not the case. The […]
LEEDS, April 19.—The great wrestling match took place on Tuesday and Wednesday, on a stage erected in the centre of an enclosed piece of ground called “Haigh’s Park,” at Huddersfield. About ten o’clock, Bell and Pook commenced, the latter was thrown; Pyle, one of the Devonshire men from London, then threw in his hat for […]
DEVON WRESTLING IN LONDON. [Reported expressly for this paper.] The matches at the Eagle Tavern, City Road, concluded on Friday, when the first was awarded to Abraham Cann; 2d to Chappie; the fourth to Devon men. At the close of the play, two gentlemen from Westmoreland, Dobson and Anderson, entered the ring, and challenged Cann […]
WRESTLING IN LONDON. [Reported expressly for this paper.] A match for a prize of was played for at the Mile End Road, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, when excellent sport was afforded to those who are fond of athletic amusements. The first day play commenced at three o’clock. Stone raised his left wing in good […]
ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. EXETER GRAND WRESTLING. To the Editor of the Exeter and Plymouth Gazette. Sir,—I understand that it is intended to renew this manly sport in St. Thomas, and that the Grecians have also resolved upon having a bout. Surely it would be much better for the Manager to meet, join interests and purses, draw […]