title: 1812 in sports
text: # 1812 in sports
  
  1812 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
  
  ## Boxing
  
  Events
  
  * Tom Cribb retains his English championship. His only known fight at this time is against "Symonds, the Jew" at Cripplegate in London.
  
  ## Cricket
  
  Events
  
  * Only one first-class match is recorded as the Napoleonic War takes its toll of cricket's manpower and investment.
  
  England
  
  * Most runs – Lord Frederick Beauclerk 87
  * Most wickets – Thomas Howard 8
  
  ## Horse racing
  
  England
  
  * 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Cwrw
  * The Derby – Octavius
  * The Oaks – Manuella
  * St. Leger Stakes – Otterington
  