1746 to 1750 in sports

none Events in world sport through the years 1746 to 1750. Boxing Events 1746 — Jack Slack defeated several opponents in provincial rings until 1747.http://cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/slack-jack.htm Jack Slack Wayback Machine 21 March 2023 25 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220525133504/http://cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/slack-jack.htm liveJuly 2022 1746 or 1747 — Slack had a fight against Tom Aguer in a bout at New Buckingham, but the outcome is unknown.July 2022 February 1747 — Jack Broughton introduced mufflers (early boxing gloves), based on the ancient cestus, for use in sparring contests only; matches remained bare-knuckle.http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/1743.htm Broughton's Rules (1743) Wayback Machine 21 March 2023 28 March 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220328134029/http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/1743.htm liveJuly 2022 1748 — Jack Slack (who was known as the "Norfolk Butcher") sold his butcher shop to his brother and moved to London.July 2022 12 October 1748 — Slack defeated Ned Hunt in a 40 minute 8th round fight in London.July 2022 1749 — Slack opened a School of Boxing in Bristol.July 2022 1749 — Slack defeated John James in a 4 minute 1st round fight.July 2022 9 February 1749 — Slack defeated Sailor Field in a 1 hour 32 minute fight in London.July 2022 31 January 1750 — George Taylor defeated Jack Slack at London in 25 minute 17 round fight.http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/taylor-george.htm George Taylor Wayback Machine 21 March 2023 20 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220120205710/http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/taylor-george.htm liveJuly 2022 11 April 1750 — Broughton challenged for his title by Jack Slack. After 14 minutes and in the fourth round, Broughton was blinded by swelling around his eyes and could not continue. Slack became the new English champion until 1760 even though George Taylor reclaimed the title after Slack refused to fight him but after he had already beaten Broughton.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 4 June 2022 Chess Events 1749 — François-André Danican Philidor published Analyse du jeu des Échecs, one of the most famous books on chess theory, which becomes a standard manual. Philidor himself is regarded as the strongest European player to 1775.H. J. R. Murray Murray H. J. R. 1913 A History of Chess Oxford University Press 863 0-19-827403-3 Cricket Events 1745 to 1748 — single wicket cricket became increasingly popular and was the main form of cricket in England during this decade with lucrative contests taking place at the Artillery Ground in particular.https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1900/41/ Ashley-Cooper F. S. F. S. Ashley-Cooper At the Sign of the Wicket Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game Merritt & Hatcher Ltd London XIX 532 35–37 29 March 1900 ACShttps://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1900/57/ Ashley-Cooper F. S. F. S. Ashley-Cooper At the Sign of the Wicket Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game Merritt & Hatcher Ltd London XIX 533 51–53 12 April 1900 ACS Horse racing Events c.1750 — Formation of the Jockey Club to establish rules for British racing.July 2017 Hurling The Provinces of Leinster and Munster meet in two matches on Crumlin Commons in May 1748. Leinster win the first match, with Munster seeking a replay the week after, which is also won by Leinster after about an hour.Faulkner's Dublin Journal, 4Jun 1748Blythe Earnán P. 1963 The First Decade of the G.A.A. in Dublin https://www.jstor.org/stable/30103840 Dublin Historical Record 19 1 16–26 30103840 0012-6861 Two matches were claimed to have been held by Irishmen in Paris in 1750, the second at the request of Louis XVBergin John Kinsella Eoin 2015 Hurling matches in London (1733-1818) and New York (1781-2) [with index] https://www.jstor.org/stable/44471107 Archivium Hibernicum 68 139–167 44471107 0044-8745 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 1746