1840s in sports

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See also: 1830s in sports, 1850 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Table of contents

1 Boat race
2 Cricket
3 Golf
4 Births
5 Deaths

Boat race

Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Cambridge (1840, 41, 45, 46, 49)
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford (1842, 49)

Cricket

First international cricket match played, between United States and Canada (1844)

Golf

The first golf club, the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers formed (1844)

Births

October 14, 1842 - Joe Start, Major League Baseball player
May 25, 1845 - Lip Pike, Major League Baseball player
July 18, 1848 - W. G. Grace England cricketer

Deaths