1830 in sports
# 1830 in sports

1830 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

## Boxing

Events

* Simon Byrne retains his English championship but no fights involving him are recorded in 1830.

## Cricket

Events

* No-balls are shown separately on the scorecard for the first time.

England

* Most runs – Fuller Pilch 235 @ 29.37 (HS 70*)
* Most wickets – Jem Broadbridge 27 (BB 5–?)

## Curling

* Establishment of the Orchard Lake Curling Club at Orchard Lake, Michigan; it is the first curling club in the United States and uses hickory block stones

## Horse racing

England

* 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Charlotte West
* 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Augustus
* The Derby – Priam
* The Oaks – Variation
* St. Leger Stakes – Birmingham

## Rowing

Events

* 10 August — the Wingfield Sculls, amateur championship of the River Thames, is founded at the instigation of barrister Henry Colsell Wingfield and raced from Battersea to Hammersmith.

The Boat Race

* The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race is not held this year
