1731 to 1735 in sports
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Events in world sport through the years 1731 to 1735.
Boxing
Events
- 6 May 1733 – better source needed]
- 1734 – Pipes was defeated twice by better source needed]
- 1734 – George Taylor, another of Figg's students, defeated Bill Gretting in London.better source needed]
- 1734 – Broughton defeated Bill Gretting twice, but it is unclear if it was a championship fight.better source needed]
- 8 December 1734 – James Figg dies.[6] His student George Taylor takes over his amphitheatre.[7]
- 10 December 1734 – Taylor claimed the Championship of England title. He also built his own amphitheatre where he trained boxers and fought there on occasion.better source needed]
Cricket
Events
- Cricket became the first sport to enclose its venues and charge for admission. Ground enclosure is first recorded in 1731 when the playing area on Kennington Common was staked out and roped off. The same practice was in use at the Artillery Ground in 1732. Spectators at the Artillery Ground were being charged admission of two pence by the early 1740s but it remains unclear when charges were first introduced (probably in the 1730s).[8]
- London Cricket Club, which played most of its home matches at the Artillery Ground, was the dominant club in 1730s cricket, especially in 1732.[9]
- Frederick, Prince of Wales, became a major patron of cricket from 1733.[10]
Horse racing
Events
References
- ^ "James Figg". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "The Bare Knuckle Heavyweight Champions of England". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Tom Pipes". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "Jack Broughton". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "George Taylor". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
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- ISBN 0-7190-3759-X.
- ^ Waghorn, pp. 8–9.
- ^ Buckley, p. 8.
- ^ McCann, p. 14.
Sources
- Buckley, G. B. (1935). Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket. Cotterell.
- ISBN 978-1-900592-52-9.
- McCann, Tim (2004). Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century. Sussex Record Society.
- Waghorn, H. T. (1906). The Dawn of Cricket. Electric Press.
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