That is to say each wrestler takes a firm hold of the other s jacket at the left shoulder and right underarm. As we ve already seen you must first shake hands, get in a hitch and not wrestle at all on the ground. As with other styles of wrestling, the aim in the Cornish manner is to defeat your opponent. To do this you must either back your man or effect a win over him by points. A back is scored when a man has been picked up and dropped flat on his back so that at least three of his four pins hit the ground simultaneously.
Pins are the shoulders and hips.
A back will win a contest whenever it takes place and the bout is over. As mentioned before, a back is signified by the sticklers raising their sticks straight up in the air. There s no arguing or disputing the sticklers decision. If, after a set time, no back has been scored, the stickers confer and compare the number of pins that they have recorded. Again, two out of three sticklers can carry the result in the event that they have not all recorded the same points.