1842 in sports

1842 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Boxing
Events
 * William "Bendigo" Thompson contemplates a comeback but no one will challenge Ben Caunt for his English Championship.

Cricket
Events England
 * 6 August — formation of the original Kent County Cricket Club in Canterbury (it will be reformed as the present club in 1859).
 * 25, 26 & 27 August — the new Kent CCC plays its inaugural first-class match v. All-England at the White Hart Ground, Bromley
 * Most runs – Nicholas Felix 406 @ 31.23 (HS 88)
 * Most wickets – William Hillyer 127 @ 13.42 (BB 8–?)

Horse racing
England
 * Grand National – Gaylad
 * 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Firebrand
 * 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Meteor
 * The Derby – Attila
 * The Oaks – Our Nell
 * St. Leger Stakes – Blue Bonnet

Rowing
The Boat Race Other events
 * 11 June — Oxford wins the 6th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
 * The first American collegiate rowing club is established at Yale University on the Thames River (Connecticut)