1857 in sports
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See also: 1856 in sports, other events of 1857, 1858 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
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Boat race
- Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford
Football (soccer)
- Believed to be the founding date of Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest football (soccer) club and one of the oldest football clubs in the world.
Births
Deaths
Cricket:
The founding of North Down Cricket Club in County Down NI. Most famous for two of its members: Thomas Andrews Jnr Designer of the Titanic and Edmund de Wind posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery at Grugies (France) in the 1st World War.
