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1780 in sports

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Boxing
Cricket
Horse racing
References

1780 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Boxing

Events

It was probably during this year that Harry Sellers reclaimed the vacant English Championship but he is not known to have defended it before 1785.^[1]

Cricket

Events

Duke & Son of Penshurst made the first-ever six-seam cricket ball.

England

Most runs^[2] – Joseph Miller and James Aylward 142
Most wickets^[2] – Lumpy Stevens 18

Horse racing

Events

Inaugural running of The Derby, sometimes called the Epsom Derby for differentiation purposes, on Epsom Downs. The third-oldest of the five British Classic Races, the race is named after its founder, the 12th Earl of Derby.^[3]

England

The Derby – Diomed
The Oaks – Tetotum
St Leger Stakes – Ruler

References

1. ^Cyber Boxing Zone - Harry Sellers. Retrieved on 20 October 2017.
2. ^¹Note 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. ^{{cite book |title=The Punter's Friend |last1=Waterman |first1=Jack |year= 1999 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=Harpenden, Herts, UK |isbn=1852916001}}

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