1786 in sports

1786 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

• Tom Sueter of Hampshire is given out for hitting the ball twice, the first recorded instance of this type of dismissal.
• First-class debut of the great opening batsman Tom Walker, who is believed to have invented roundarm bowling.

England

• Most runs^[2] – Tom Walker 423
• Most wickets^[2] – Robert Clifford 23

Horse racing

England

• Epsom Derby – Noble
• Epsom Oaks – Yellow Filly
• St. Leger Stakes – Paragon
• The inaugural July Stakes is run at Newmarket Racecourse, the oldest race for two-year-olds still run in Great Britain.^[3]

References

1. Cyber Boxing Zone – English bare-knuckle champions. Retrieved on 7 November 2009.
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
3. • Abelson, Edward; John Tyrrel (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. p. 115. ISBN 1873626150.