I saw this in the Wikipedia article on Cornish wrestling:
I've looked at the rules on the Cornish Wrestling Ass'n website and I don't see anything about a "first one to touch the ground" rule. Presumably this is invoked in a tie-break situation? The Ass'n's rules say the official is supposed to award the win to the wrestler who made the most honest attempts to throw his opponent and say nothing about overtime.
What's the time limit on a bout? I'm guessing an hour-long match is unusual and this was due to the match being drawn until then and extended to determine a winner.
Are there different rules for championship and non-championship matches with respect to length-of-match, breaking ties, and so on?
The only reason I can think that a "first one to touch ground" would have won is because neither of the wrestlers had scored any 'pin' points during the match. That would have been a nil all score and the first wrestler then to have his opponent ' touch ground' would have been granted a 'pin point' by one of the 'Sticklers'.
At least ... that's my guess.
Without actually contacting a Cornish Wrestling Association (and I note there is one in Victoria) the closest thing I can get to finding the length a bout goes for is rule 10.4 of the Association's rule book. It states:
So it would seem that prior to a match, there is an agreed duration set for each represented class. Possibly to take account of who exactly has fronted up to wrestle? It maybe that every bout can be set to a different time frame with no established 'agreed' length as such.
After a further reading of the rules, I reckon an hour bout is an exceptionally LONG bout.
The rules also state:
As each bout commences, the next wrestlers are called in.
Having your next wrestlers sit and watch for an hour seems a tad excessive to me. Maybe on that basis I might guess that a 10 minute bout would be long enough?
Pretty much what I'd assumed: that such a rule would kick in after a certain amount of time had elapsed (but an *hour*!?).
In fact, I thought I read "10 minutes" somewhere at one time, but I can't find it now. I'm familiar with many styles of wresting, and an hour is incredibly long for any form I know of.
In the above-mentioned match, there was nobody waiting in the wings since it was the championship final.
Anybody on this board attend these matches? What are the rules for timing and tie-breaking?
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