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1842 in sports

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1842 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Contents

Boxing

Events

  • William "Bendigo" Thompson contemplates a comeback but no one will challenge Ben Caunt for his English Championship.

    • Cricket

    Events

  • 6 August — formation of the original Kent County Cricket Club in Canterbury (it will be reformed as the present club in 1859).
  • 25, 26 & 27 August — the new Kent CCC plays its inaugural first-class match v. All-England at the White Hart Ground, Bromley

    • England

  • Most runs – Nicholas Felix 406 @ 31.23 (HS 88)
  • Most wickets – William Hillyer 127 @ 13.42 (BB 8–?)

    • Horse racing

    England

  • Grand National – Gaylad
  • 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Firebrand
  • 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Meteor
  • Epsom Derby – Attila
  • Epsom Oaks – Our Nell
  • St. Leger Stakes – Blue Bonnet

    • Rowing

    The Boat Race

  • 11 June — Oxford wins the 6th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

    • Other events

  • The first American collegiate rowing club is established at Yale University on the Thames River (Connecticut)

    • References

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