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Events in world sport through the years 1731 to 1735. |
Events in world sport through the years 1731 to 1735. |
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==[[Boxing]]== |
==[[Boxing]]== |
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'''Events''' |
'''Events''' |
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* 6 May 1733 |
* 6 May 1733 – [[James Figg]] and [[Jack Broughton]] fought in a six-round exhibition match.<ref name="JF">{{cite web |url=http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/figg-james.htm |title=James Figg |publisher=Wayback Machine |access-date=9 March 2023 |archive-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122045243/http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/figg-james.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=June 2022}} |
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* 1734 |
* 1734 – Pipes was defeated twice by [[Jack Broughton]] (the "Father of Boxing"), but it is unclear if these were championship fights. Apparently, Broughton did not claim the title at that time.<ref name="CBZ">{{cite web |url=http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/barenuk.htm |title=The Bare Knuckle Heavyweight Champions of England |publisher=Wayback Machine |access-date=9 March 2023 |archive-date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026120651/http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/barenuk.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref name="TP">{{cite web |url=http://cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/pipes-tom.htm |title=Tom Pipes |publisher=Wayback Machine |access-date=9 March 2023 |archive-date=25 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525135935/http://cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/pipes-tom.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref name="JB">{{cite web |url=http://cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/broughton-jack.htm |title=Jack Broughton |publisher=Wayback Machine |access-date=9 March 2023 |archive-date=28 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328134029/http://cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/broughton-jack.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=June 2022}} |
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* 1734 |
* 1734 – George Taylor, another of Figg's students, defeated Bill Gretting in London.<ref name="GT">{{cite web |url=http://cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/taylor-george.htm |title=George Taylor |publisher=Wayback Machine |access-date=9 March 2023 |archive-date=25 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525141750/http://cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/taylor-george.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=June 2022}} |
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* 1734 |
* 1734 – Broughton defeated Bill Gretting twice, but it is unclear if it was a championship fight.<ref name="JB"/>{{Better source needed|date=June 2022}} |
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* 8 December 1734 – James Figg dies.<ref>{{cite ODNB|last=Gee | first=Tony | title=Figg, James (b. before 1700, d. 1734), prize-fighter | year=2004 |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-9417 | doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/9417 | isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 |access-date=26 June 2022}}</ref> His student George Taylor takes over his amphitheatre.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Birley |first1=Derek |title=Sport and the Making of Britain |publisher=Manchester University Press |year= 1993 |isbn=0-7190-3759-X|page=118}}</ref> |
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* 1736 — Broughton defeated Bill Gretting for the second time in two years, but it's unclear if this was a championship fight.<ref name="JB"/> |
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* 10 December 1734 – Taylor claimed the Championship of England title. He also built his own amphitheatre where he trained boxers and fought there on occasion.<ref name="GT"/>{{Better source needed|date=June 2022}}<ref name="CBZ"/>{{Better source needed|date=June 2022}} |
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* 7 December 1734 — Death of James Figg.<ref name="JF"/> |
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* 10 December 1734 — Taylor claimed the Championship of England title.<ref name="GT"/><ref name="CBZ"/> |
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==[[Cricket]]== |
==[[Cricket]]== |
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* [[London Cricket Club]], which played most of its home matches at the [[Artillery Ground]], was the dominant club in 1730s cricket, especially in 1732.<ref>Buckley, p. 8.</ref> |
* [[London Cricket Club]], which played most of its home matches at the [[Artillery Ground]], was the dominant club in 1730s cricket, especially in 1732.<ref>Buckley, p. 8.</ref> |
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* [[Frederick, Prince of Wales]], became a major patron of cricket from 1733.<ref>McCann, p. 14.</ref> |
* [[Frederick, Prince of Wales]], became a major patron of cricket from 1733.<ref>McCann, p. 14.</ref> |
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==[[Horse racing]]== |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==Sources== |
==Sources== |
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* {{cite book |last=Buckley |first=G. B. | |
* {{cite book |last=Buckley |first=G. B. |author-link=G. B. Buckley |title=Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket |year=1935 |publisher=Cotterell}} |
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* {{cite book |last=Maun |first=Ian | |
* {{cite book |last=Maun |first=Ian |author-link=Ian Maun |title=From Commons to Lord's, Volume One: 1700 to 1750 |year=2009 |publisher=Roger Heavens |isbn=978-1-900592-52-9}} |
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* {{cite book |last=McCann |first=Tim | |
* {{cite book |last=McCann |first=Tim |author-link=Timothy J. McCann |title=Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century |year=2004 |publisher=Sussex Record Society}} |
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* {{cite book |last=Waghorn |first=H. T. | |
* {{cite book |last=Waghorn |first=H. T. |author-link=H. T. Waghorn |title=The Dawn of Cricket |year=1906 |publisher=Electric Press}} |
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Latest revision as of 13:52, 29 October 2024
Events in world sport through the years 1731 to 1735.
Events
- 6 May 1733 – James Figg and Jack Broughton fought in a six-round exhibition match.[1][better source needed]
- 1734 – Pipes was defeated twice by Jack Broughton (the "Father of Boxing"), but it is unclear if these were championship fights. Apparently, Broughton did not claim the title at that time.[2][3][4][better source needed]
- 1734 – George Taylor, another of Figg's students, defeated Bill Gretting in London.[5][better source needed]
- 1734 – Broughton defeated Bill Gretting twice, but it is unclear if it was a championship fight.[4][better source needed]
- 8 December 1734 – James Figg dies.[6] His student George Taylor takes over his amphitheatre.[7]
- 10 December 1734 – Taylor claimed the Championship of England title. He also built his own amphitheatre where he trained boxers and fought there on occasion.[5][better source needed][2][better source needed]
Events
- Cricket became the first sport to enclose its venues and charge for admission. Ground enclosure is first recorded in 1731 when the playing area on Kennington Common was staked out and roped off. The same practice was in use at the Artillery Ground in 1732. Spectators at the Artillery Ground were being charged admission of two pence by the early 1740s but it remains unclear when charges were first introduced (probably in the 1730s).[8]
- London Cricket Club, which played most of its home matches at the Artillery Ground, was the dominant club in 1730s cricket, especially in 1732.[9]
- Frederick, Prince of Wales, became a major patron of cricket from 1733.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "James Figg". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "The Bare Knuckle Heavyweight Champions of England". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Tom Pipes". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "Jack Broughton". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "George Taylor". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Gee, Tony (2004). "Figg, James (b. before 1700, d. 1734), prize-fighter". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9417. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 26 June 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Birley, Derek (1993). Sport and the Making of Britain. Manchester University Press. p. 118. ISBN 0-7190-3759-X.
- ^ Waghorn, pp. 8–9.
- ^ Buckley, p. 8.
- ^ McCann, p. 14.
Sources
[edit]- Buckley, G. B. (1935). Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket. Cotterell.
- Maun, Ian (2009). From Commons to Lord's, Volume One: 1700 to 1750. Roger Heavens. ISBN 978-1-900592-52-9.
- McCann, Tim (2004). Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century. Sussex Record Society.
- Waghorn, H. T. (1906). The Dawn of Cricket. Electric Press.