1778 in sports

1778 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Years in sports: 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781
Centuries: 17th century · 18th century · 19th century
Decades: 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s
Years: 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781

Boxing

Events

  • June — Harry Sellers defeated Bill " The Nailer " Stevens in a 10 minute fight to retain the English Championship title.[1]

Cricket

Events

England

Horse racing

England

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References

  1. "Harry Sellers". Cyber Boxing Zone. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. Note that scorecards created in the 18th 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


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