1818 in sports
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1818 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Contents
Boxing
Events
Cricket
Events
- Leading English player George Osbaldeston strikes his name from the MCC members list in anger. He later repents and tries to restore himself but his application is blocked by his enemy, Lord Frederick Beauclerk. Osbaldeston can no longer play at Lord's and that effectively ends his first-class career.
England
- Most runs[2] – Billy Beldham 103 (HS 49)
- Most wickets[2] – Thomas Howard 14 (BB 5–?)
Horse racing
England
- 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Corinne
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Interpreter
- Epsom Derby – Sam
- Epsom Oaks – Corinne
- St. Leger Stakes – Reveller
Rowing
Events
- Leander Club is founded by the merger of The Star and Arrow boat clubs in London
References
- ↑ Cyber Boxing Zone – Tom Cribb. Retrieved on 6 November 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note that scorecards created in the first quarter of the 19th century are not necessarily accurate or complete; therefore any summary of runs, wickets or catches can only represent the known totals and the missing data prevents effective computation of averages
