1782 in sports

1782 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Boxing

Events

With Duggan Fearns inactive or retired, the Championship of England title remains vacant until 1787.^[1]

Cricket

Events

David Harris makes his known first-class debut

England

Most runs^[2] – William Bowra 144
Most wickets^[2] – Robert Clifford 24

References

↑ Cyber Boxing Zone – English bare-knuckle champions. Retrieved on 7 November 2009.
1 2 Note that scorecards created in the 18th 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

Sports by year to 1850

to 1600 1601 – 1725 1726 – 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850

to 1850 1851 – 1900 1901 – 1950 1951 – 2000 from 2001

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1782 in sports

Boxing

Cricket

Horse racing

References