1. Boxing

2. Cricket

3. Golf

4. Horse racing

5. References

6. Sources

Events in world sport through the years 1756 to 1760.

Boxing

• 1756 — Bill "The Nailer " Stevens defeated a number of unnamed opponents until 1759.^[1]
• 1757 — George Taylor defeated Tom Faulkner twice.^[2]
• 6 August 1758 — Faulkner defeated Taylor in the 26th round after 1 hour 15 minutes of a fight at St. Alban's. Faulkner claimed the title after the bout.^[2]
• 20 October 1759 — Jack Slack v Jack Moreton at Acton Wells. Slack won after 35 minutes.^[3]
• 19 February 1760 — Bill " The Nailer " Stevens defeated Jacob Taplin in 13 round fight lasting 30 minutes at Marylebone Basin.^[1]
• 17 June 1760 — Jack Slack was defeated by Bill "The Nailer" Stevens in the fourth round of a fight lasting 27 minutes; Slack retired from the ring soon afterwards to open a shop on Chandos Street, London. He lived there for the rest of his life.^[3]

Cricket

• 1756 — Hambledon, almost certainly a local parish organisation at this time, played three matches against the prominent Dartford Cricket Club.{{fact|date=July 2017}}
• 1757–1760 — Perhaps for the first time, cricket felt the full impact of a major war as it suffered a drain in manpower and investment during the Seven Years' War (to 1763); few first-class matches were recorded with none at all in 1760.{{fact|date=July 2017}}
• September 1759 — Three Dartford v Rest of England matches were played, a number of well-known names being involved; Dartford won the "series" 2–1.{{fact|date=July 2017}}
• c.1760 — It is about this time that pitched delivery bowling began; in turn, it necessitated the creation and deployment of the modern straight bat, replacing the old "hockey stick" type which could not cope with a ball that bounced.{{fact|date=July 2017}}

Golf

• 1758 — First codified Rules of Golf published by the St Andrews Golfers, later the Royal and Ancient Golf Club.{{fact|date=July 2017}}

Horse racing

• 1758 — The Society of Sportsmen of the Curragh, a precursor of the Irish Turf Club was formed.{{fact|date=July 2017}}

References

Sources

• {{cite book |last=Ashley-Cooper |first=F. S. |authorlink=F. S. Ashley-Cooper |title=At the Sign of the Wicket: Cricket 1742–1751 |year=1900 |publisher=Cricket magazine}}
• {{cite book |last=Buckley |first=G. B. |authorlink=G. B. Buckley |title=Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket |year=1935 |publisher=Cotterell |isbn=}}
• {{cite book |last=Maun |first=Ian |authorlink=Ian Maun |title=From Commons to Lord's, Volume Two: 1751 to 1770 |year=2011 |publisher=Martin Wilson |isbn=978 0 9569066 0 1}}

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