1804 Alicia Thornton becomes first female jockey in England riding at Knavesmire in Yorkshire1895 US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Newport R.I.: Fred Hovey beats defending
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1877 American outlaw John Wesley Hardin, wanted for murder, is arrested by Texas Rangers on a train in Pensacola, Florida1883 US National Championship Men’s Tennis,
1883 Philadelphia Quakers make 27 errors against Providence Grays in 28-0 shutout defeat at Messer Street Grounds; wild pitches, walks, passed balls count as errors
1851 100 Guineas Cup is raced around Isle of Wight; US schooner ‘America’ beats British cutter ‘Aurora’ by 24 minutes; first competition for the America’s
1878 Surrey wicket-keeper Ted Pooley completes a then-1st class cricket record 8 stumpings in a County match against Kent at The Oval1899 US National Championship
1888 Longest US men’s single tennis tournament match Palmer Presbrey defeats T S Tailer, 19-21, 8-6, 6-1, 6-4, an 80 game 1st-round contest1900 Great Britain
1900 Start of first and only Olympic cricket match in Paris; GB beats France by 158 runs1903 Philadelphia Phillies suffer record 9th straight postponed game1909
1886 Carr Baker Neel & Samuel Neel win US Lawn Tennis Association doubles1914 Swiss track and road bicycle racer Oscar Egg sets new hour world
1904 Boston’s Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 6-01920 New York Yankees cancel game with Cleveland Indians in memory of Ray Chapman who dies after
1743 Champion of England titleholder Jack Broughton publishes ‘Rules of the Ring’ – earliest boxing code1883 Dutch soccer club FC Dordrecht is established in Dort