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| 1829 |
| | Oxford and Cambridge compete against each other in the first university boat race, held at Henley | |
| | Boat Race souvenir, printed cloth 1876 Richmond Local Studies
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| 1838 |
| | Brunel's Great Western, a wooden paddle-steamer, arives in New York the day after the Sirius, with the record for an Atlantic crossing already reduced to 15 days | |
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| 1838 |
| | The London Prize Ring rules disallow kicking, gouging, head-butting and biting in the sport of boxing | |
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| 1845 |
| | New Yorker Alexander Cartwright devises the set of rules that become the basis of the modern game of baseball | |
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| 1864 |
| | The Marylebone Cricket Club, arbiter of cricket, finally rules that overarm bowling is legitimate | |
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| 1867 |
| | The world's first croquet tournament takes place in Evesham and is won by Walter Jones-Whitmore | |
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| 1867 |
| | The Queensberry rules, named after the Marquess of Queensberry, introduce padded gloves in boxing, and rounds of three minutes | |
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| 1869 |
| | Cincinnati, Ohio, fielding the first baseball team in which every member is a hired professional, wins every match of the year | |
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| 1870 |
| | The all-round English cricketer W.G. Grace begins a 28-year career as captain of Gloucestershire | |
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| 1871 |
| | Civil War veterans in the USA establish the National Rifle Association to promote marksmanship | |
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