1793 in sports
1793 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Boxing
Events
- "Big Ben" Brain retains his English championship but no fights involving him are recorded in 1793.[1]
Cricket
Events
- Surrey teams defeated All-England three times.
England
- Most runs[2] – Tom Walker 496 (HS 138)
- Most wickets[2] – Thomas Boxall 44
Horse racing
England
- Epsom Derby – Waxy
- Epsom Oaks – Caelia
- St Leger Stakes – Ninety-three
References
- ↑ Cyber Boxing Zone – Ben Brain. Retrieved on 6 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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