A WRESTLING MATCH

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume VIII, Issue 386, 16 December 1897, Page 8

A WRESTLING MATCH

On Friday last Arthur Skinner and J. W. Sutherland, with friends, met at the office of the Sporting Review, and the outcome was a match between the pair, the following articles of agreement being signed and the money deposited with the Editor “ This is an agreement between J. W. Sutherland, of New Zealand, on the one part, and Arthur Skinner, of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the other part, to wrestle a mixed style match for not. less than £2O a-side, on a date to be fixed as soon as a suitable place is secured. The middle-weight championship to be included in the result, A. Skinner at the present time being holder of the title in the South Island. The styles to be “catch-as catch-can,” “Cumberland,” and “ Graeco-Roman,” three falls at each style, the winner of two out of the three styles to win the match. Each contestant to have a second, the referee to be mutually appointed on the day of the match, his decision to be final and binding without recourse to law. On signing this agreement a deposit of £5 a-side to be made, and the balance of £l5 a-side to be placed in the hands of the Editor of the Sporting Review not later than the day previous to the date of the match.” There can be no doubt as to the genuineness of the match, and as there is not muon difference in the weignls (61bs in favour of Sutherland), there should be a splendid contest, and it is to be hoped that a suitable place will be engaged for the struggle. The spirit in which the men met was excellent, and when the articles of agreement were signed the mutual hope was expressed that the better man would win.