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1846 in sports

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1846 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Contents

Baseball

Events

  • 19 June — first match certainly played under the Knickerbocker rules at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey.

    • Boxing

    Events

  • William Thompson retains the Championships of England but there is no record of any fights involving him in 1846.

    • Cricket

    Events

  • 25 & 26 May — the earliest-known first-class match at The Oval was Surrey Club v. MCC
  • 25 & 26 June — the new Surrey County Cricket Club played its inaugural first-class match v. Kent County Cricket Club at The Oval, winning by 10 wickets
  • Foundation of the travelling All-England Eleven (AEE) by William Clarke. Making good use of the developing railway network, the team plays its first matches at Sheffield, Manchester and Leeds.

    • England

  • Most runs – Thomas Box 413 @ 20.65 (HS 79)
  • Most wickets – William Hillyer 152 @ 6.83 (BB 7–?)

    • Horse racing

    England

  • Grand National – Pioneer
  • 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Mendicant
  • 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Sir Tatton Sykes
  • Epsom Derby – Pyrrhus the First
  • Epsom Oaks – Mendicant
  • St. Leger Stakes – Sir Tatton Sykes

    • Rowing

    The Boat Race

  • 3 April — Cambridge wins the 8th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

    • References

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