1810 in sports

1801 to 1810 in sports describes the period's events in world sport.

Sport in England is seriously disrupted during the period of the Napoleonic Wars.

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.

Boxing

• First English champions of the 19th century are Jem Belcher (1800–05), Hen Pearce aka "The Game Chicken" (1805–07), John Gully (1807–08) and Tom Cribb (1808–22). 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

Cricket

1801 Events

• William Lambert makes his debut in first-class cricket.

Honours – England

• Champion County – no inter-county matches held
• Most runs – Robert Robinson 141 @ 28.20 (HS 55)
• Most wickets – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 13

1802 Events

• E H Budd makes his debut in first-class cricket.

Honours – England

• Champion County – no inter-county matches held
• Most runs – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 106 @ 26.50 (HS 54)
• Most wickets – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 7

1803 Events

• Thomas Howard makes his debut in first-class cricket.

Honours – England

• Champion County – no inter-county matches held
• Most runs – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 284 @ 35.50 (HS 74)
• Most wickets – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 12

1804 Events

Honours – England

• Champion County – no inter-county matches held
• Most runs – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 258 @ 32.25 (HS 94)
• Most wickets – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 17

1805 Events

• Lord Frederick Beauclerk is the first batsman known to have scored two first-class centuries in the same season

Honours – England

• Champion County – no inter-county matches held
• Most runs – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 468 @ 58.50 (HS 129*)
• Most wickets – William Lambert 20

1806 Events

• The first two Gentlemen v Players matches take place but the fixture does not occur again until 1819.

Honours – England

• Champion County – no inter-county matches held
• Most runs – William Lambert 276 @ 23.00 (HS 64)
• Most wickets – Thomas Howard 21

1807 Events

• John Willes of Kent first tries to revive the idea of "straight-armed" (i.e., roundarm) bowling, which originated with Tom Walker in the 1790s.

Honours – England

• Champion County – no inter-county matches held
• Most runs – William Lambert 355 @ 39.44 (HS 110)
• Most wickets – John Wells 24

1808 Events

• George Osbaldeston makes his debut in first-class cricket.

Honours – England

• Champion County – no inter-county matches held
• Most runs – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 379 @ 37.90 (HS 100)
• Most wickets – Thomas Howard and Lord Frederick Beauclerk 16 apiece

1809 Events

• It is about this time that the no ball rule is first applied re the bowler's foot being over the crease. It would be applied to throwing in 1816.
• Lord's Old Ground, home of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), has become the accepted venue for all great matches and it is the ambition of every aspiring cricketer to play there. But Lord's is already losing its rural character as London expands and begins to surround it. The landlord, Mr Portman, feels able to increase the rent and so Thomas Lord decides to seek another venue. The lease on the "Old Ground" is due to expire on Lady Day in 1810 but Lord moves fast and, by May 1809, has secured a lease on another plot of land, part of the St John's Wood estate which belongs to the Eyre family. He opens this "Middle Ground" in time for the 1809 season but MCC at first refuses to relocate and continues at the Old Ground until the winter of 1810-11 when Lord stages a fait accompli by literally seizing "his turf" which is dug up and moved to the Middle Ground.
• John Sherman makes his debut in first-class cricket. His career continues to 1852 and is the joint-longest on record, equalled only by W G Grace.

Honours – England

• Champion County – no inter-county matches held
• Most runs – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 464 @ 33.14 (HS 114)
• Most wickets – Thomas Howard 35

1810 Events

• The impact of the Napoleonic War has been felt by cricket since 1797, when inter-county matches simply ceased, and there has been a steady decline in both number and quality of major matches during the first decade of the 19th century until they became few and far between after 1810. Nevertheless, the impact of this war has been less severe than that of the Seven Years War because of the existence this time of MCC and other well-organised clubs like Brighton and Montpelier. These clubs manage to co-ordinate cricket activities during the war emergency and, as it were, keep the game going.
• William Ward makes his debut in first-class cricket.

Honours – England

• Champion County – no inter-county matches held
• Most runs – William Lambert 396 @ 39.60 (HS 132*)
• Most wickets – William Lambert 31

Horse racing

• 1809 — inaugural 2,000 Guineas Stakes won by Wizard

Flat races

• Great Britain: Classic Races
• 1801
  1. Epsom Derby – Eleanor
  2. Epsom Oaks – Eleanor
  3. St. Leger Stakes – Quiz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 1809
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Wizard
  2. Epsom Derby – Pope
  3. Epsom Oaks – Maid of Orleans
  4. St. Leger Stakes – Ashton

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

Lacrosse

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