1845 in sports

1845 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Years in sports: 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848
Centuries: 18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades: 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s
Years: 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848

Baseball

Events

Boxing

Events

  • 9 September — William "Bendigo" Thompson finally returns to the ring after recovery from his serious knee injury. He fights Ben Caunt at Stony Stratford for the Championship of England and is victorious after 93 rounds when Caunt is disqualified for going down without having been struck. Caunt denies the accusation and announces his retirement, leaving Bendigo as undisputed champion.[1]

Cricket

Events

England

Football

Events

  • Written version of Rugby School football rules which allow the ball to be carried and passed by hand. These rules are the earliest that are definitely known to have been written. They are a major step in the evolution of rugby league and rugby union; not to mention Australian rules football, American football, Gaelic football, etc. The Rugby School rules make a clear distinction between the "handling" game and the "dribbling" game. Dribbling is running with the ball at one's feet.
  • Although Eton College rules allow the ball to be touched and controlled by hand, they do not allow running with the ball in the hand or passing of the ball by hand. So, whereas Rugby School has effectively created the first "handling game" rules, Eton could have created the earliest rules of the "dribbling game".
  • Introduction of referees at Eton. Linesmen at the time are called umpires.

Horse racing

England

Rowing

The Boat Race

References

  1. Cyber Boxing Zone – Bendigo. Retrieved on 7 November 2009.
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