1830 in sports
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1830 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
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[edit] Boxing
Events
- Simon Byrne retains his English championship but no fights involving him are recorded in 1830.[1]
[edit] Cricket
Events
England
- Champion County[3] – Surrey
- Most runs[4] – Fuller Pilch 235 @ 29.37 (HS 70*)
- Most wickets[5] – Jem Broadbridge 27 (BB 5–?)
[edit] 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
[edit] Horse racing
England
- 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Charlotte West
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Augustus
- Epsom Derby – Priam
- Epsom Oaks – Variation
- St. Leger Stakes – Birmingham
[edit] 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
[edit] References
- ^ Cyber Boxing Zone – Jem Ward. Retrieved on 6 November 2009.
- ^ Bowen, p.270.
- ^ An unofficial seasonal title proclaimed by consensus of media and historians prior to December 1889 when the official County Championship was constituted.
- ^ CricketArchive – season summary (batting)
- ^ CricketArchive – season summary (bowling)
[edit] Bibliography
- Rowland Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970
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