1726 to 1730 in sports

none Events in world sport through the years 1726 to 1730. Boxing Events 1726 – Jack Broughton begins fighting professional boxing matches in London venues. He defeated several opponents from 1726 to 1732 and became one of the favorites of James Figg.Gee Tony Broughton, John (c. 1703–1789), pugilist 2004 https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-3586 10.1093/ref:odnb/3586 978-0-19-861412-8 26 June 2022 6 June 1727 – James Figg and Gravesend pipe-maker Ned Sutton fight a much-publicised match attended by more than 1,000 spectators.Birley Derek Sport and the Making of Britain Manchester University Press 1993 0-7190-3759-X 109https://archive.org/details/fightsforchampio01hennuoft Fights for the championship : the men and their times Henning Fred W. J. Licensed Victuallers' Gazette 1902 London 9 May 1730 – James Figg and Ned Sutton fought in two exhibition bouts.http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/figg-james.htm James Figg Wayback Machine 20 March 2023 22 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220122045243/http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/figg-james.htm liveAugust 2023 Cricket 250px|thumb|right|The oldest surviving bat from 1729. Note its "hockey stick" shape, which is very different from modern-day bats. Events 1727 — Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond was involved in the creation of Articles of Agreement to establish the rules under which two matches were played, the first time that a set of rules is known to have been put in writing.McCann, pp. 6–7. 1728 — the earliest known instance of a county team (i.e., Kent) being acclaimed for its superiority over its rivals suggests the origin of the unofficial Champion County title.Waghorn, p. 7. 1729 — the earliest known innings victory was achieved and 1729 is the date of the oldest known cricket bat still in existence.Bowen, p. 263. References Sources Bowen Rowland Rowland Bowen Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development 1970 Eyre & Spottiswoode Buckley G. B. G. B. Buckley Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket 1935 Cotterell Maun Ian Ian Maun From Commons to Lord's, Volume One: 1700 to 1750 2009 Roger Heavens 978-1-900592-52-9 McCann Tim Timothy J. McCann Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century 2004 Sussex Record Society Waghorn H. T. H. T. Waghorn The Dawn of Cricket 1906 Electric Press 1726