1782 in sports
1782 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
- David Harris makes his known first-class debut
England
- Most runs[2] – William Bowra 144
- Most wickets[2] – Robert Clifford 24
Horse racing
England
- Epsom Derby – Assassin
- Epsom Oaks – Ceres
- St Leger Stakes – Imperatrix
References
- ↑ Cyber Boxing Zone – English bare-knuckle champions. Retrieved on 7 November 2009.
- 1 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
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