1778 in sports
Years in sports
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American football Aquatic sports Association football Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Canadian football Chess Climbing Combat sports Sumo Cricket 1777–78 1778 1778–79 Cycling Darts Equestrianism Esports Golf Gymnastics Ice sports Modern pentathlon Motorsport Racquetball Sailing Skiing Rugby league‎ Rugby union Shooting Snooker 1777–78 1778–79 Squash Table tennis Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting

1778 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Boxing

Events

June — Harry Sellers defeated Bill " The Nailer " Stevens in a 10-minute fight to retain the English Championship title.^[1]

Cricket

Events

Thomas Brett, the first great Hambledon bowler, retired from cricket.

England

Most runs^[2] – William Yalden 162
Most wickets^[2] – Lamborn 22

Horse racing

England

St Leger Stakes – Hollandoise

References

^ "Harry Sellers". Cyber Boxing Zone. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b Note that scorecards created in the 18th 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

Sports by year (until 1850)

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