11 February —
Tom Johnson retained his English championship with a victory over Michael Ryan at
Rickmansworth in 12 round 33 minute fight.[1]
September —
Tom Johnson was scheduled to fight "Big" Ben Brain but it was not held because Brain was ill.[1]
22 October or 22 November, depending on source —
Tom Johnson retained his English championship with a victory over
Isaac Perrins at
Banbury in the 62nd round of a fight lasting one hour 15 minutes.[1]
23 October — "Big" Ben Brain defeated Jack Jacombs at
Banbury in a 1-hour 25 minute to 1 hour 26 minute 36th round fight.[2]
18 December — "Big" Ben Brain defeated Tom Tring in a 19-minute 12th round fight at
Dartford.[2]
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abNote that scorecards created in the 18th century are not necessarily accurate or complete; therefore any summary of runs, wickets or catches can only represent the known totals and the missing data prevents effective computation of averages