1822 in sports
| Years in sports: | 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s |
| Years: | 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 |
1822 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Boxing
Events
- 18 May — Tom Cribb announces his retirement and relinquishes his English Championship title. He nominates his protégé Tom Spring as his successor.[1] Spring offers to fight anyone in England but there are no immediate volunteers.
Cricket
Events
- The roundarm controversy comes to a head when, in the MCC v Kent match at Lord's, John Willes of Kent opens the bowling and is no-balled for using a roundarm action, a style he has attempted to introduce since 1807. Willes promptly withdraws from the match and refuses to play again in any important fixture.
England
- Most runs[2] – E. H. Budd 354 (HS 87)
- Most wickets[2] – John Sparks 27 (BB 5–?)
Horse racing
England
- 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Whizgig
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Pastille
- The Derby – Moses
- The Oaks – Pastille
- St. Leger Stakes – Theodore
References
- ^ Cyber Boxing Zone – Tom Cribb Archived 2009-05-04 at WebCite. Retrieved on 6 November 2009.
- ^ a b Note that scorecards created in the first quarter of the 19th 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