1825 in sports
# 1825 in sports

1825 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

## Baseball

Events

* "A baseball club, numbering nearly fifty members, met every afternoon during the ball playing season" in Rochester, New York, wrote Thurlow Weed in 1883 (Life of Thurlow Weed, vol. 1)

## Boxing

Events

* 19 July — Jem Ward takes the English Championship when he defeats Tom Cannon in the tenth round at Warwick.

## Cricket

Events

* On Thursday 28 July, a schools match at Lord's between Harrow and Winchester having just concluded, the pavilion burns down overnight with the consequent loss of valuable scorecards, records and trophies
* Inter-county cricket is revived for the first time since 1796 with Sussex playing two matches each against Hampshire and Kent. Hampshire and Kent do not play each other.

England

* Most runs – Jem Broadbridge 552 (HS 135)
* Most wickets – Jem Broadbridge 31 (BB 6–?)

## Horse racing

England

* 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Tontine
* 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Enamel
* The Derby – Middleton
* The Oaks – Wings
* St. Leger Stakes – Memnon
