1830 in sports

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1830 in sports

American football Aquatic sports Association football Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Chess Climbing Combat sports Sumo Cricket 1829–30 1830 1830–31 Cycling Equestrianism Esports Golf Gymnastics Ice sports Modern pentathlon Motorsport Racquetball Sailing Skiing Rugby league‎ Rugby union Snooker 1829–30 1830–31 Squash Table tennis Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting

Leading English batsman Fuller Pilch

1830 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Boxing

Events

• Simon Byrne retains his English championship but no fights involving him are recorded in 1830. ^[1]

Cricket

Events

• No-balls are shown separately on the scorecard for the first time. ^[2]

England

• Most runs ^[3] – Fuller Pilch 235 @ 29.37 (HS 70*)
• Most wickets ^[4] – Jem Broadbridge 27 (BB 5–?)

Curling

• Establishment of the Orchard Lake Curling Club at Orchard Lake, Michigan; it is the first curling club in the United States and uses hickory block stones

Horse racing

England

• 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Charlotte West
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Augustus
• The Derby – Priam ^[5]
• The Oaks – Variation
• St. Leger Stakes – Birmingham

Rowing

Events

• 10 August — the Wingfield Sculls, amateur championship of the River Thames, is founded at the instigation of barrister Henry Colsell Wingfield and raced from Battersea to Hammersmith.

The Boat Race

• The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race is not held this year

References

1. Cyber Boxing Zone – Jem Ward. Retrieved on 6 November 2009.
2. Bowen, p.270.
3. CricketArchive – season summary (batting)
4. CricketArchive – season summary (bowling)
5. "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

Bibliography

• Rowland Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970