October 21, 2026

In California, Thomas Eudy from St Austell became the state champion of this English folk sport in 1861, while a wrestler from Holland known as Dutcher competed in it in Cornwall in the 1890s. The sport takes its name from a region in southwest England. Which folk sport is this?

A Smoky Mountain Wrestling
B curling
C Rugby football
D Cornish wrestling

Cornish wrestling, a jacket-based English folk sport from Cornwall, had Thomas Eudy of St Austell crowned California state champion in 1861, and a Dutch wrestler known as Dutcher competed in Cornwall in the 1890s.

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