Singapore: Pre-1900
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1837
JANUARY 1837
JANUARY 2, 1837 (MONDAY)
House on the Corner of the Plain, Singapore City, Singapore
Featuring yacht racing, sampan racing, foot racing, a sack race, wrestling match, goose race, diving match and other festivities
Notes:
"Some wrestling between Chinese then ensued; but there appeared few competitors for the honor of the ring, and a more sordid and uninteresting batch of athletics perhaps never before exhibited; only a single couple displayed their prowess-but there was not the slightest exhibition of skill in their performance-and nothing in the style in which the victory was won elicited applause." - Free Press & Mercantile Advertiser
JANUARY 1837
JANUARY 2, 1837 (MONDAY)
House on the Corner of the Plain, Singapore City, Singapore
Featuring yacht racing, sampan racing, foot racing, a sack race, wrestling match, goose race, diving match and other festivities
Notes:
"Some wrestling between Chinese then ensued; but there appeared few competitors for the honor of the ring, and a more sordid and uninteresting batch of athletics perhaps never before exhibited; only a single couple displayed their prowess-but there was not the slightest exhibition of skill in their performance-and nothing in the style in which the victory was won elicited applause." - Free Press & Mercantile Advertiser
1838 (no results)
1839
JANUARY 1839
JANUARY 1, 1839 (TUESDAY)
Singapore City, Singapore
Featuring all kinds of sports including wrestling by "klings" which is said to be better than ever seen by "lusty chinamen"
JANUARY 1839
JANUARY 1, 1839 (TUESDAY)
Singapore City, Singapore
Featuring all kinds of sports including wrestling by "klings" which is said to be better than ever seen by "lusty chinamen"
1890 (no results)
1891
NOVEMBER 1891
NOVEMBER 23, 1891 (MONDAY)
The World's Champion, Duncan C. Ross: One Night Only
Town Hall, Singapore City, Singapore
Attendance: "Very Good House" / "Large"
Tickets: $1.00, $1.50 & $2.00
Referee: Lieutenant R.A. Kelsall.
1 - Collar & Elbow
Captain Duncan Ross Vs. Tim Bailey,
Draw (00:02:15)
2 - Collar & Elbow
Tim Bailey def. Captain Duncan Ross (00:28:30)
3 - Catch-as-Catch-Can
Captain Duncan Ross def. Tim Bailey (00:01:17)
Notes:
He also performed feats with a sword and lifted heavy weights.
The wrestling bouts closed the show. Ross at first asked for volunteers to wrestle, when nobody stood up, Ross called two names from the audience and only Bailey got up.
After the matches Ross was due to go on in fencing, he said he had pulled his shoulder doing the heavy weights and would instead give an explanation of Catch-as-Catch-Can holds.
NOVEMBER 24, 1891 (TUESDAY)
The Esplanada, Singapore City, Singapore
1 - Hammer Throwing
Captain Duncan Ross Vs. Inspector Paterson,
Result Unknown
NOVEMBER 1891
NOVEMBER 23, 1891 (MONDAY)
The World's Champion, Duncan C. Ross: One Night Only
Town Hall, Singapore City, Singapore
Attendance: "Very Good House" / "Large"
Tickets: $1.00, $1.50 & $2.00
Referee: Lieutenant R.A. Kelsall.
1 - Collar & Elbow
Captain Duncan Ross Vs. Tim Bailey,
Draw (00:02:15)
2 - Collar & Elbow
Tim Bailey def. Captain Duncan Ross (00:28:30)
3 - Catch-as-Catch-Can
Captain Duncan Ross def. Tim Bailey (00:01:17)
Notes:
He also performed feats with a sword and lifted heavy weights.
The wrestling bouts closed the show. Ross at first asked for volunteers to wrestle, when nobody stood up, Ross called two names from the audience and only Bailey got up.
After the matches Ross was due to go on in fencing, he said he had pulled his shoulder doing the heavy weights and would instead give an explanation of Catch-as-Catch-Can holds.
NOVEMBER 24, 1891 (TUESDAY)
The Esplanada, Singapore City, Singapore
1 - Hammer Throwing
Captain Duncan Ross Vs. Inspector Paterson,
Result Unknown
1892
NOVEMBER 1892
NOVEMBER 22, 1892 (TUESDAY)
Singapore City, Singapore
"An All Nations' Olympiad
The American people, and the citizens of Chicago especially, whose push, restless energy, and enterprise are being developed to the full in the coming World's Fair, are, it seems, about to forestall us in the grand tournament contemplated and set on foot by Mr. J. Astley Cooper. His, however, is an Anglo-Saxon Olympiad for all branches of English-speaking populations. The American tournament in all branches of sport is open to all nations for the championship of the world. It may be premised that in almost any competition in branches of sport, among civilised or barbarous communities, those belonging to the great Anglo-Saxon race would come off the victors.
Englishmen, their descendants and offshoots, enjoy a pre-eminence in this regard. Still in the All Nations' Olympiad about to take place at Chicago it might so happen that athletes other than those belonging to the Anglo-Saxon race may run us very hard. In certain games, such as wrestling and running long distances, the Japanese and certain of the peoples in India would run us very hard hard. To carry out the All Nations' Olympiad in its entirety, it would of course be necessary to bring to Chicago representative athletes from every country. We shall see whether this can be done. In the meantime Mr. J.E. Sullivan, the secretary of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, has written to Mr. J. Astley Cooper suggesting the desirableness of the movement above referred to, and the latter is understood to have replied that the gathering is worthy of support. Many nobleman and gentlemen in the British islands have also given their approbation to the undertaking, and the leading English amateur associations are following suit." - Straits Times Weekly Issue
1893 (no results)
1894 (no results)
1895 (no results)
1896
JUNE 1896
JUNE 1, 1896 (MONDAY)
Wilson's Circus
Singapore City, Singapore
Featuring the Wrestling Bear
1897 (no results)
1898 (no results)
1899
AUGUST 1899
AUGUST 4, 1899 (FRIDAY)
Exhibition of the Animatoscope
Promoter: J. Naftaly
Adelphi Hall, Singapore City, Singapore
"The illustrations descriptive of the incidents connected with the Spanish-American War, are very interesting. Among other series of pictures, those especially good are a thief chased by a bobby, a conjuror who performs some smart tricks, and a wrestling match between two individuals of immense proportions"
Unique content strictly for the Professional Wrestling Historical Society.
All research has been completed by #PWHS or by a trusted contributor.
Information came from contemporary newspapers unless otherwise stated.
Results from Singapore: Pre-1900.
Updated: July 29, 2019.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
Unique content strictly for the Professional Wrestling Historical Society.
All research has been completed by #PWHS or by a trusted contributor.
Information came from contemporary newspapers unless otherwise stated.
Results from Singapore: Pre-1900.
Updated: July 29, 2019.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
