1858 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Baseball [ edit ]

National championship

• National Association of Base Ball Players champion ? New York Mutuals

Events

• "All New York" and "All Brooklyn" Nines play three matches at the Fashion Race Course in Queens , with the All New York Nine winning the first and third. The series is a great leap forward for commercial baseball.

Boxing [ edit ]

Events

• 5 January ? Tom Sayers defeats Bill Benjamin in only three rounds at the Isle of Grain and now challenges Tom Paddock for the undisputed Championship of England. ^[1]
• 16 June ? Sayers and Paddock finally meet at Canvey Island where Sayers wins in 21 rounds to become the undisputed English champion. ^[1]
• 20 October ? John Morrissey at last defends the Championship of America at Long Point in Canada against John C. Heenan . Heenan breaks two knuckles early in the fight which ends after the 11th round with Heenan unable to continue. ^[2]

Cricket [ edit ]

Events

• John Jackson 's season tally of 102 known wickets is a new record and he is the first bowler credited with 100 in a first-class season

England

• Most runs ? William Caffyn 516 @ 21.50 (HS 102)
• Most wickets ? John Jackson 102 @ 11.03 (BB 9?27)

Football [ edit ]

Events

• Blackheath Rugby Club founded. It claims to be the world's oldest "open" rugby football club given that Liverpool FC (see 1857 in sports ) is no longer a single entity.
• Edinburgh Academicals RFC is founded and is the oldest football club (all codes) in Scotland.
• 21 October ? first written version of the Sheffield Rules is introduced at the first annual general meeting of Sheffield FC for use in its matches

Horse racing [ edit ]

England

• Grand National ? Little Charley
• 1,000 Guineas Stakes ? Governess
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes ? Fitz-Roland
• The Derby ? Beadsman ^[3]
• The Oaks ? Governess
• St. Leger Stakes ? Sunbeam

Rowing [ edit ]

The Boat Race

• 27 March ? Cambridge wins the 15th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Other

• 26 May ? Brown, Harvard, Trinity, and Yale boat clubs confer as the College Regatta Association but it never conducts a championship

References [ edit ]