1830 in sports

1830 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Boxing
Events
 * Simon Byrne retains his English championship but no fights involving him are recorded in 1830.

Cricket
Events England
 * No-balls are shown separately on the scorecard for the first time.
 * Most runs – Fuller Pilch 235 @ 29.37 (HS 70*)
 * Most wickets – Jem Broadbridge 27 (BB 5–?)

Curling

 * Establishment of the Orchard Lake Curling Club at Orchard Lake, Michigan; it is the first curling club in the United States and uses hickory block stones

Horse racing
England
 * 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Charlotte West
 * 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Augustus
 * The Derby – Priam
 * The Oaks – Variation
 * St. Leger Stakes – Birmingham

Rowing
Events The Boat Race
 * 10 August — the Wingfield Sculls, amateur championship of the River Thames, is founded at the instigation of barrister Henry Colsell Wingfield and raced from Battersea to Hammersmith.
 * The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race is not held this year