Football (Soccer) FA Cup - Preston North End F.C beat Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C 3-0 Events July 8 - During the last championship bare-knuckle boxing match, John L. Sullivan defeats Jake Kilrain after 75 rounds. Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Cambridge Cricket - The major English county cricket sides meet to agree a way of deciding an order of ranking for the next season; the County Cricket Championship is born. Births Deaths
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