1786 in sports
1786 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Events
- With Duggan Fearns inactive or retired, the Championship of England title remains vacant until 1787.[1]
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[2] – Tom Walker 423
- Most wickets[2] – Robert Clifford 23
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.[3]
References
- ^ Cyber Boxing Zone – English bare-knuckle champions. Retrieved on 7 November 2009.
- ^ a b Note that scorecards created in the 18th century are not necessarily accurate or complete; therefore any summary of runs, wickets or catches can only represent the known totals and the missing data prevents effective computation of averages
- ^ * Abelson, Edward; John Tyrrel (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. p. 115. ISBN 1873626150.
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