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1830 in sports

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1830 in sports

1830 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Contents

Boxing

Events

  • Simon Byrne retains his English championship but no fights involving him are recorded in 1830.

    • Cricket

    Events

  • No balls are shown separately on the scorecard for the first time.

    • England

  • Most runs – Fuller Pilch 235 @ 29.37 (HS 70*)
  • Most wickets – Jem Broadbridge 27 (BB 5–?)

    • Curling

  • Establishment of the Orchard Lake Curling Club at Orchard Lake, Michigan; it is the first curling club in the United States and uses hickory block stones

    • Horse racing

    England

  • 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Charlotte West
  • 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Augustus
  • Epsom Derby – Priam
  • Epsom Oaks – Variation
  • St. Leger Stakes – Birmingham

    • Rowing

    Events

  • 10 August — the Wingfield Sculls, amateur championship of the River Thames, is founded at the instigation of barrister Henry Colsell Wingfield and raced from Battersea to Hammersmith.

    • The Boat Race

  • The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race is not held this year

    • References

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