1822 in sports

1822 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Boxing

Events

• 18 May — Tom Cribb announces his retirement and relinquishes his English Championship title. He nominates his protégé Tom Spring as his successor.[1] Spring offers to fight anyone in England but there are no immediate volunteers.

Cricket

Events

• The roundarm controversy comes to a head when, in the MCC v Kent match at Lord's, John Willes of Kent opens the bowling and is no-balled for using a roundarm action, a style he has attempted to introduce since 1807. Willes promptly withdraws from the match and refuses to play again in any important fixture.

England

• Most runs[2] – E. H. Budd 354 (HS 87)
• Most wickets[2] – John Sparks 27 (BB 5–?)

Horse racing

England

• 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Whizgig
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Pastille
• The Derby – Moses[3]
• The Oaks – Pastille
• St. Leger Stakes – Theodore

References

1. Cyber Boxing Zone – Tom Cribb Archived 2009-05-08 at the Wayback Machine. 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
3. "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.