1810 in sports

1801 to 1815 in sports describes the period's events in world sport.

Sport in England was seriously disrupted during the period of the Napoleonic Wars. Cricket as the leading team sport was particularly impacted through loss of both revenue and manpower. In 1813, the Nottingham Review commented: The manly and athletic game at cricket for which the boys of Sherwood have been so long and so justly famed, it was thought, had fallen into disuse, if not disgrace....

Bandy

• English bandy is played in the Fens of East Anglia where large expanses of ice form on flooded meadows or shallow washes in cold winters and skating is a tradition. The first recorded games of bandy take place in the Fens during the great frost of 1813–14, but it is probable that the game has been played there in the previous century. Bury Fen bandy club from Bluntisham-cum-Earith, near St Ives, is the most successful team, remaining unbeaten until 1890–91.

Boxing

• First English champions of the 19th century are Jem Belcher (1800-1805), Hen Pearce aka "The Game Chicken" (1805-1807), John Gully (1807-1808) and Tom Cribb (1808-1822). Pearce, Gully and Cribb all retired as the champion.
• 1805 (8 October) – Tom Cribb narrowly defeats ex-slave Bill Richmond
• 1809 Tom Cribb becomes the British Champion
• 1810 (December) – English champion Tom Cribb defeats American Tom Molineaux in the 39th round for the title Champion of England
• 1811 (28 September) – Cribb defeats Molineaux in the 11th round of the highly anticipated return

Cricket

• In the 1806 season, the first two Gentlemen v Players matches are held but the fixture does not occur again until 1819. It becomes an annual fixture from 1829 until 1962.
• Thomas Lord relocates his ground twice in five years, moving from Lord's Old Ground to Lord's Middle Ground in 1809 and then to the present Lord's Cricket Ground in 1814.
• William Lambert, who makes his first-class debut in 1801, is the leading English player during the Napoleonic period. The great all-rounder Jem Broadbridge makes his debut in 1814.

Horse racing

English Triple Crown Races

• 1801
  1. Epsom Derby – Eleanor
  2. St. Leger Stakes – Quiz

• 1802
  1. Epsom Derby – Tyrant
  2. St. Leger Stakes – Orville

• 1803
  1. Epsom Derby – Ditto
  2. St. Leger Stakes – Remembrancer

• 1804
  1. Epsom Derby – Hannibal
  2. St. Leger Stakes – Sancho

• 1805
  1. Epsom Derby – Cardinal Beaufort
  2. St. Leger Stakes – Staveley

• 1806
  1. Epsom Derby – Paris
  2. St. Leger Stakes – Fyldener

• 1807
  1. Epsom Derby – Election
  2. St. Leger Stakes – Paulina

• 1808
  1. Epsom Derby – Pan
  2. St. Leger Stakes – Petronius

• 1809
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Wizard
  2. Epsom Derby – Pope
  3. St. Leger Stakes – Ashton

• 1810
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes –
  2. Epsom Derby – Whalebone
  3. St. Leger Stakes – Octavian

• 1811
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes –
  2. Epsom Derby – Phantom
  3. St. Leger Stakes – Soothsayer

• 1812
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes –
  2. Epsom Derby – Octavius
  3. St. Leger Stakes – Ottrington

• 1813
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes –
  2. Epsom Derby – Smolensko
  3. St. Leger Stakes – Altisidora

• 1814
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes –
  2. Epsom Derby – Blücher
  3. St. Leger Stakes – William

• 1815
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes –
  2. Epsom Derby – Whisker
  3. St. Leger Stakes – Filho da Puta

The two "Guineas" classics are introduced in 1809 and 1814:

• 1809 – inaugural 2,000 Guineas Stakes won by Wizard
• 1814 – inaugural 1,000 Guineas Stakes won by Charlotte

Lacrosse

• Early 19th century – Europeans in Canada begin playing lacrosse.