1819 in sports
# 1819 in sports

1819 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

## Boxing

Events

* Tom Cribb retains his English championship but no fights involving him are recorded in 1819.

## Cricket

Events

* 7 September — death of Lumpy Stevens, arguably the greatest bowler of the 18th century

England

* Most runs – Thomas Beagley 170 (HS 75)
* Most wickets – Thomas Howard 23 (BB 5–?)

## Horse racing

England

* 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Catgut
* 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Antar
* The Derby – Tiresias
* The Oaks – Shoveler
* St. Leger Stakes – Antonio

## Artistic gymnastics

Germany

* The parallel bars (in German Barren) were invented by German Friedrich Ludwig Jahn in Berlin.
