1857 in sports

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See also: 1856 in sports, other events of 1857, 1858 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Contents

1 Boat race 2 Football (soccer) 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Cricket:

Boat race

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

Football (soccer)

• Believed to be the founding date of Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest football club

Births

Deaths

Cricket:

The founding of North Down Cricket Club in County Down NI.  Most famous for two of its members: Thomas Andrews Jnr Designer of the Titanic and Edmund de Wind  posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery at Grugies (France) in the 1st World War.

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