1857 in sports

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Contents 1 Baseball 2 Cricket 3 Football (soccer) 4 Horse racing 5 Rowing

[edit] Baseball

• In May, sixteen base ball clubs from modern New York City convene and revise the rules including replacement of 21 runs by 9 innings. The convention will be known as the first of the National Association of Base Ball Players although there is yet no annual commitment or formal organization.

[edit] Cricket

The North Down Cricket Club is founded in County Down, Ireland, United Kingdom. Most famous for two of its members: Thomas Andrews Jnr Designer of the Titanic and Edmund de Wind posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery at Grugies (France) in the 1st World War.

[edit] Football (soccer)

• 24 October - Sheffield F.C., the world's first football (soccer) club is founded.

[edit] Horse racing

• Grand National Steeplechase won by Emigrant, ridden by Charlie Boyce

[edit] Rowing

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford