Liverpool National Wrestling
The annual meeting of the Cumberland and Westmoreland wrestlers took place as usual at the house of Mr T. BARNES, Cattle Market Inn, nr the Old Swan, Liverpool on Monday and Tuesday last. On each day the attendance of competitors and spectators was numerous. On the first day 32 persons entered their names for the light-weights and throughout perhaps there was never any wrestling equal in this part of the country.
The first round over the list of those succeeding :-
Second round
John PALMER threw C. MOSSOP
W. CREIGHTON threw T. MIDDLETON
R. ROBINSON threw James BANKS
John IVISON threw John VICKERS
J. TOPPING threw J. DICKENSON
Edward SEWARD threw James BEWSHER
N. FALKNER threw T. GLAISTER
W. PALMER threw J. OLIPHANT
Third round and prize
R. ROBINSON threw Edward SEWARD
W. PALMER threw J. TOPPING
W. CREIGHTON threw John PALMER
John IVISON threw N. FALKNER
Fourth round
John IVISON threw R. ROBINSON
W. PALMER threw W. CREIGHTON
Final struggle
Walter. PALMER threw John IVISON
After the wrestling there was a sack race for two prizes and some merriment was occasioned on Monday by ENTWISTLE a man of twenty three and a half stone in weight and upwards of 60yrs of age entering his name for competition. Eight started, but the heavy weight lost his equilibrium before he had reached half the distance and fell. VICKERS and MOSSOP were the victors.
On Tuesday the competition was open to the light and heavy weights of England, 84 men entered their names. Amongst them was James LITTLE a man of great activity, who has for the last 10yrs withdrawn from competition. The first and second rounds were cleverly contested.
Third round and prizes
W. PALMER threw H. BENN
J. IVISON threw C. WATSON
J. LITTLE threw A. ALLEN
W. BURROWS threw W. MASON
W. WILSON threw J. PALMER
J. FAWCETT threw J. ARMSTRONG
A. DAWSON threw J. FENTON
J. OLIPHANT threw W. MILLER
J. BOWSHER threw T. MIDDLETON
A. MC DONALD threw J. ROBINSON
C. PENNINGTON odd man.
Fourth round
J. FAWCETT threw C. PENNINGTON
W. PALMER threw J. IVISON
A. DAWSON threw J. OLIPHANT
A. MC DONALD threw W. WILSON
J. BOWSHER threw W. BURROWS
J. LITTLE odd man
Fifth round
J. LITTLE threw J. FAWCETT
A. DAWSON threw A. MC DONALD
W. PALMER threw J. BOWSHER
Sixth round
A. DAWSON threw J. LITTLE
W. PALMER odd man
Final struggle
A. DAWSON threw W. PALMER
The referees discovered that some arrangements were entered into between the two last men, with a view to influencing the betting and dividing the money. The prizes were therefore withheld from the men and divided between the other competitors. A match between the Liverpool wrestlers afterwards came off, when James PARK was declared the victor, throwing his competitor Robert BROUGH, twice in succession . The sack race was won by WATSON and PALMER, 6 persons started.
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