Wrestle Collection

Cornish wrestling group, Randfontein, Transvaal, South Africa. Around 1900
Cornish wrestlers, officials, trophies and prizes pictured outside what appears to be the Transvaal miners sports clubhouse

Wrestling match advertisement, Bolingey, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall. 15th May 1839
A poster advertising a wrestling match taking place at Bolingey, Perranzabuloe, on Whit Tuesday, 21st May 1839

James Polkinghorne, the Cornish Wrestler, Artist Unknown
Oil on canvas, English School, 19th century

Cornish wrestlers, wood block print. 1820-1830
Cornish wrestlers from a wood block found in a printing office at Liskeard. It was used as a heading for posters and probably dates from around 1820-1830

Westmoreland and Cornish wrestlers, engraving. 1851
Engraving " Old English Sports at Saville House Leicester Square"

Cars parked in a field for a Cornish wrestling match at an unknown location
Cars parked for a Cornish wrestling match in a rugby field

Cornish wrestling match at an unknown location, Cornwall. Around 1930s
A large crowd watching a Cornish wrestling match in a rugby field. Thought to show the wrestler, Francis Gregory. The three older men in the ring with the wrestlers are sticklers (referees)

Cornish wrestling match, Gyllyngdune Gardens, Falmouth, Cornwall. Around 1930s
A crowd watching a Cornish wrestling match in front of the Princess Pavilion. The two older men in the ring with the wrestlers are sticklers (referees)

A crowd of people gathering to watch a Cornish wrestling match at an unknown location
An open air wrestling match, with a crowd of people watching, cars parked around the outside of the ring and an open marquee. Photographer: Charles Woolf

A crowd of people gathered to watch a Cornish wrestling match at an unknown location
An open air wrestling match, with a crowd of people watching, some of whom are sitting on hay bales

Wrestling match, probably at Newquay, Cornwall. 1964
Two young men engaged in a Cornish wrestling match in open air, with a crowd of people watching. Buses and cars are parked on the green. Photographer: Charles Woolf

Wrestling match at an unknown location, Cornwall. 1959
Two young men engaged in a Cornish wrestling match in open air, with a crowd of people watching. The three older men are the sticklers (referees). Photographer: Charles Woolf

Wrestling match, Padstow, Cornwall. Around 1910
A crowd watching a Cornish wrestling match at Padstow. Photographer: Unknown

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