1849 in sports
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1849 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s |
| Years: | 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 |
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[edit] Boxing
- 7 February – following years of inactivity, American champion Tom Hyer finally returns to the ring and fights Yankee Sullivan at Stillpond Creek in Maryland. Hyer wins in the 16th round. The fight should have taken place at Rock Point, Maryland, on 10 January but the police forced its cancellation.
[edit] Cricket
Events
- 23, 24 & 25 July – Yorkshire v Lancashire at Hyde Park Ground, Sheffield is the first match to involve a Lancashire county team and also, therefore, the first Roses match. Yorkshire win by 5 wickets.
Honours – England
- Champion County – Kent CCC
- Most runs – George Parr 529 @ 31.11 (HS 86*)
- Most wickets – William Hillyer 141 @ 13.20 (BB 8-?)
[edit] Horse racing
Steeplechases
Flat races
- English Triple Crown Races:
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Nunnykirk
- Epsom Derby – The Flying Dutchman
- St. Leger Stakes – The Flying Dutchman
[edit] Rowing
- 29 April – Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, last contested in 1846, is revived and is won by Cambridge
- 15 December – Oxford is awarded the tenth Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race following the disqualification of Cambridge. This is the first and last time that the race is contested twice in the same year.
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