title: 1803 in sports
text: # 1803 in sports
  
  1803 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
  
  ## Boxing
  
  Events
  
  * English champion Jem Belcher loses an eye following an injury sustained in a fives match. He retires from boxing but returns later.
  
  ## Cricket
  
  Events
  
  * Thomas Howard makes his debut in first-class cricket.
  
  England
  
  * Most runs – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 284 (HS 74)
  * Most wickets – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 12
  
  ## Horse racing
  
  England
  
  * The Derby – Ditto
  * The Oaks – Theophania
  * St Leger Stakes – Remembrancer
  