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1786 in sports

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1786 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Contents

Boxing

Events

  • With Duggan Fearns inactive or retired, the Championship of England title remains vacant until 1787.

    • Cricket

    Events

  • Tom Sueter of Hampshire is given out for hitting the ball twice, the first recorded instance of this type of dismissal.
  • First-class debut of the noted opening batsman Tom Walker, who is believed to have invented roundarm bowling.

    • England

  • Most runs – Tom Walker 423
  • Most wickets – Robert Clifford 23

    • Horse racing

    England

  • Epsom Derby – Noble
  • Epsom Oaks – Yellow Filly
  • St Leger Stakes – Paragon
  • The inaugural July Stakes is run at Newmarket Racecourse, the oldest race for two-year-olds still run in Great Britain.

    • References

    1786 in sports Wikipedia
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