1829 in sports
1829 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
| Years in sports: | 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s |
| Years: | 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 |
Boxing
Events
- 29 March — Jem Ward fails to take part in a scheduled bout with Simon Byrne and so is held to have forfeited the Championship of England, which falls to Byrne by default.[1]
Cricket
Events
- The earliest known reference to cricket in Worcestershire occurs in 1829.[2]
England
- Most runs – 265 apiece by Jem Broadbridge @ 18.92 (HS 52) and William Searle @ 20.38 (HS 87)
- Most wickets – William Lillywhite 42 (BB 8–?)
Horse racing
England
- 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Young Mouse
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Patron
- The Derby – Frederick
- The Oaks – Green Mantle
- St. Leger Stakes – Rowton
Rowing
The Boat Race
- 10 February — Cambridge University Boat Club resolves to challenge Oxford University Boat Club to race "each in an eight-oared boat during the ensuing Easter vacation."[3]
- 10 June — The first Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race is held on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire and won by Oxford. The event is highly popular with contemporary newspaper reports claiming crowds of twenty thousand travelled to watch. The Boat Race will subsequently be contested upstream in London and local racing will foster the Henley Royal Regatta.[4]
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References
- Cyber Boxing Zone – Jem Ward. Retrieved on 6 November 2009.
- Bowen, p.270.
- "Foundations of The Boat Race". About the Race. The BNY Mellon Boat Race (theboatrace.org). Retrieved 2013-05-10.
- "Boat Race History". 2009. The Xchanging Boat Race (theboatrace.org). Archived 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
Bibliography
- Rowland Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970
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