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==[[Boxing]]== |
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* 20 May — [[Tom Spring]] is finally able to defend his English Championship title when he receives a challenge from Bill Neat. The two meet on Hinckley Downs and the fight ends in the eighth round when Neat is forced to retire, having sustained a broken arm in the sixth round. |
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==[[Cricket]]== |
==[[Cricket]]== |
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'''Events''' |
'''Events''' |
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'''Honours |
'''Honours – England''' |
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* [[Champion County]] |
* [[Champion County]] – ''no inter-county matches held '' |
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* Most runs |
* Most runs – [[William Ward (cricketer)|William Ward]] 328 @ 32.80 (HS 120) |
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* Most wickets |
* Most wickets – [[William Ashby]] 23 (BB 6–?) |
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==[[Football]]== |
==[[Football]]== |
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'''Flat races''' |
'''Flat races''' |
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* [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|English Triple Crown Races]]: |
* [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|English Triple Crown Races]]: |
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*# [[2,000 Guineas Stakes]] |
*# [[2,000 Guineas Stakes]] – Nicolo |
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*# [[Epsom Derby]] |
*# [[Epsom Derby]] – Emilius |
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*# [[St. Leger Stakes]] |
*# [[St. Leger Stakes]] – Barefoot |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 08:09, 19 September 2009
1823 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
- 20 May — Tom Spring is finally able to defend his English Championship title when he receives a challenge from Bill Neat. The two meet on Hinckley Downs and the fight ends in the eighth round when Neat is forced to retire, having sustained a broken arm in the sixth round.
Events
Honours – England
- Champion County – no inter-county matches held
- Most runs – William Ward 328 @ 32.80 (HS 120)
- Most wickets – William Ashby 23 (BB 6–?)
- The traditional date of the William Webb Ellis legend. He is the Rugby School pupil who, it is said, "with a fine disregard for the rules of football, took the ball in his hands and ran with it". Even if the tale is true, the game will have been a version of folk football with rules that had been verbally agreed by the Rugby School pupils. Such rules are always open to challenge and it may be that an incident like this did occur with the result that a "dribbling" game became primarily a handling game.
Flat races
- English Triple Crown Races:
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Nicolo
- Epsom Derby – Emilius
- St. Leger Stakes – Barefoot
References