“1786 in sports”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

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1786 in sports

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Boxing
Cricket
Horse racing
References

1786 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Boxing

Events

11 January — Tom Johnson defeated Bill Lowe at Barnet in the first round after four minutes.^[1]
11 February — Tom Johnson defeated Jack Towers at Barnet in a 15-minute fight.^[1]
31 October — "Big" Ben Brain defeated "The Fighting Grenadier" John Boone at Long Fields in a 30 to 40 minute fight, depending on the source.^[2]

Cricket

Events

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

England

Most runs^[3] – Tom Walker 423
Most wickets^[3] – Robert Clifford 23

Horse racing

England

The Derby – Noble
The Oaks – Yellow Filly
St Leger Stakes – Paragon
The inaugural July Stakes was run at Newmarket Racecourse and is the oldest race for two-year-olds still run in Great Britain.^[4]

References

1. ^¹Cyber Boxing Zone - Tom Johnson. Retrieved on 20 October 2017.
2. ^ Cyber Boxing Zone - Ben Brain. Retrieved on 20 January 2018.
3. ^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
4. ^{{cite book |last=Abelson |first=Edward |author2=John Tyrrel |title=The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records |publisher=Breedon Books |year=1993 |isbn=1873626150 |pages=115}}

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