4.—A scrambling round; wild hitting on both sides; Sharpe under.
5.—Sharpe, quick and ready, got in right and left on Gaynor’s head, but with little visible effect; both down in the close.
6.—Sharpe bustled in: Gaynor shifted; Sharpe put in a left-hander, which Gaynor countered with the right on the Bishop’s mouth. Sharpe bored in, and sent a pile-driver on Gaynor’s ribs with such effect as to floor him instantly. (First knock-down for Sharpe.)
7.—The Bishop, brisk as a bee, forced the fighting, then closed, and had Tom down in a scramble.
8.—The Bishop fought rather wildly; Gaynor twice stopped his left, when Sharpe closed, and threw him, falling himself through the ropes.
9.—The marks of the body blows received by Gaynor were very visible, and his countenance showed they troubled him much in the freedom of his action. Still he was cheerful and ready. Sharpe missed a left-hander at the body, and Gaynor retorted with a sharp cutting hit over the Bishop’s right eye, which brought forth the claret instantly. (Cheers, and “first blood” for Gaynor.)
10.—Gaynor in the exchanges got in two more hits on the cheek, drawing more of the crimson; a short rally; both down.
11.—Both men slipped from the moist state of the ground. The Bishop rushed to a close, and threw Gaynor cleverly.
12.—Sharpe a little piping, but gay, lost no time in getting to work; after an exchange he got his man firmly, and threw him a heavy back fall.
13.—Gaynor came up laughing, delivered a slight facer, closed, and threw the Bishop cleverly. (“Bravo!” from Tom’s friends.)