1779 in sports
1779 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Events
- 25 September — Duggan Fearns defeats Harry Sellers at Slough by a first round knockout to claim the Championship of England title. This is the only fight in which Fearns is known to have been involved and little is known of him except that he was born c.1754 in Ireland. He never defends his title, which remains vacant until 1787.[1]
Events
England
Events
England
References
- ^ Cyber Boxing Zone – Duggan Fearns. Retrieved on 7 November 2009.
- ^ An unofficial seasonal title proclaimed by consensus of media and historians prior to December 1889 when the official County Championship was constituted.
- ^ a b 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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to 1850 • 1851 – 1900 • 1901 – 1950 • 1951 – 2000 • from 2001
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