1815 in sports

Sports-related events of 1815

Overview of the events of 1815 in sports

Years in sports

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1815 in sports

* Air sports
* American football
* Aquatic sports
* Association football
* Athletics
* Australian rules football
* Badminton
* Baseball
* Basketball
* Canadian football
* Chess
* Climbing
* Combat sports
* Sumo
* Cricket
* 1814–15
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* 1815–16
* Cycling
* Dance sports
* Darts
* Equestrianism
* Esports
* Field hockey
* Flying disc
* Golf
* Gymnastics
* Handball
* Ice hockey
* Ice sports
* Korfball
* Lumberjack sports
* Mind sports
* Modern pentathlon
* Motorsport
* Orienteering
* Paralympic sports
* Precision sports
* Shooting
* Racquetball
* Roller sports
* Sailing
* Skiing
* Speedway
* Rugby league‎
* Rugby union
* Snooker
* 1814–15
* 1815–16
* Strength sports
* Weightlifting
* Squash
* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball

1815 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

## Boxing

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Events

* Tom Cribb retains his English championship but no fights involving him are recorded in 1815.[1]

## Cricket

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Events

* The earliest known first-class centuries at the new Lord's Cricket Ground are scored in the Middlesex v Epsom match on 24 & 25 August by Felix Ladbroke and Frederick Woodbridge who score 116 and 107 respectively for Epsom.[2]

England

* Most runs[3] – William Lambert 172 (HS 50)
* Most wickets[3] – Henry Bentley 15 (BB 4–?)

## Horse racing

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England

* 1,000 Guineas Stakes – filly by Selim
* 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Tigris
* The Derby – Whisker[4]
* The Oaks – Minuet
* St. Leger Stakes – Filho da Puta

## References

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1. ^ Cyber Boxing Zone – Tom Cribb Archived 2009-05-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 18 October 2009.
2. ^ CricketArchive – match scorecard. Retrieved on 18 October 2009.
3. ^ a b Note that scorecards created in the first quarter of the 19th 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. ^ "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

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