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Revision as of 21:45, 6 November 2009
1829 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Events
- 29 March — Jem Ward fails to take part in a scheduled bout with Simon Byrne and so is held to have forfeited the Championship of England, which falls to Byrne by default
Events
Honours – England
- Champion County – none proclaimed
- Most runs – 265 apiece by Jem Broadbridge @ 18.92 (HS 52) and William Searle @ 20.38 (HS 87)
- Most wickets – William Lillywhite 42 (BB 8–?)
Flat races
- English Triple Crown Races:
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Patron
- Epsom Derby – Frederick
- St. Leger Stakes – Rowton
- 10 June — the inaugural Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, held on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, is won by Oxford. The event is highly popular with contemporary newspaper reports claiming crowds of twenty thousand travelled to watch.[1]
References
- ^ History of the Boat Race. Retrieved on 19 September 2009.