1784 in sports

1784 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

First known appearance of a team representing the White Conduit Club, forerunner of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)

England

Most runs^[2] – James Aylward 55
Most wickets^[2] – William Bullen 8

Horse racing

England

Epsom Derby – Serjeant
Epsom Oaks – Stella
St Leger Stakes – Omphale

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

Sports by year to 1850

to 1850
1851 – 1900
1901 – 1950
1951 – 2000
from 2001

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