title: 1827 in sports
text: # 1827 in sports
  
  1827 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
  
  ## Boxing
  
  Events
  
  * 2 January — Peter Crawley defeats Jem Ward in 11 rounds at Royston to win the English Championship.
  * 4 January — Crawley announces his retirement from boxing and refuses a return bout with Ward, who thereupon reclaims the title.
  
  ## Cricket
  
  Events
  
  * In an effort to resolve the roundarm bowling controversy, MCC agrees to the staging of three trial matches between Sussex and All-England. No firm conclusions are drawn in the immediate aftermath of the trials and it will be many years before roundarm is formally legalised.
  * 4 June — Cambridge University versus Oxford University at Lord's is the inaugural University Match. It will become an annual fixture in 1838.
  
  England
  
  * Most runs – Tom Marsden 308 @ 25.66 (HS 65*)
  * Most wickets – William Ashby 29 (BB 8–?)
  
  ## Horse racing
  
  England
  
  * 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Arab
  * 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Turcoman
  * The Derby – Mameluke
  * The Oaks – Gulnare
  * St. Leger Stakes – Matilda
  