1819 in sports

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

Years in sports:	1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s
Years:	1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822

Boxing

Events

• Tom Cribb retains his English championship but no fights involving him are recorded in 1819.[1]

Cricket

Events

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

England

• Most runs[2] – Thomas Beagley 170 (HS 75)
• Most wickets[2] – 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.

References

1. Cyber Boxing Zone – Tom Cribb Archived 2009-05-04 at WebCite. Retrieved on 6 November 2009.
2. Note that scorecards created in the first quarter of the 19th 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