# Is this the earliest recorded scorecard of any organised sports match **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 27, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-earliest-recorded-scorecard-of-any-organised-sports-match/679846 "2014-01-27T15:24:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-earliest-recorded-scorecard-of-any-organised-sports-match/679846/1 "2014-01-27T15:24:41Z")
I avoided the game room since its IMO really a GQ issue. Its not really complete but [this d](http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/532814.html)oes give us some information about when, where and who played in the match and who won and in some detail. A cricket match played in summer of 1772 in London. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-earliest-recorded-scorecard-of-any-organised-sports-match/679846/2 "2014-01-27T15:29:46Z")
I would be highly surprised if there were not records of athletic events from classical times. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-earliest-recorded-scorecard-of-any-organised-sports-match/679846/3 "2014-01-27T15:29:51Z")
Questions on sports go in the Game Room, even if factual. Exceptions might be if the question is, say, more about physics or physiology than sports itself. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-earliest-recorded-scorecard-of-any-organised-sports-match/679846/4 "2014-01-27T15:49:15Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I would be highly surprised if there were not records of athletic events from classical times. [Like 776 BC.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koroibos_of_Elis) ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-earliest-recorded-scorecard-of-any-organised-sports-match/679846/5 "2014-01-27T16:14:21Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > I avoided the game room since its IMO really a GQ issue. > > Its not really complete but [this d](http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/532814.html)oes give us some information about when, where and who played in the match and who won and in some detail. > > A cricket match played in summer of 1772 in London. It’s a fake…England scoring a low run total and losing? yeah, like \*that’s \*going to happen! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-earliest-recorded-scorecard-of-any-organised-sports-match/679846/6 "2014-01-27T20:09:30Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > It’s a fake…England scoring a low run total and losing? yeah, like \*that’s \*going to happen! 😃 Seriously, weren’t cricket run totals very low back then for some reason? In the Eton-Harrow match of 1805, they managed three innings in one day; Eton scored 122 in its innings, and Harrow 55 and 65 in its two. Was there a time where you had to run out every hit (like in baseball)? ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-earliest-recorded-scorecard-of-any-organised-sports-match/679846/7 "2014-01-27T20:22:02Z")
Playing on an unrolled pitch with underarm bowling with a bat that looked more like a hockey stick or club probably made it hard to get boundaries. I imagine the game looked more [like kilikiti](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q1y-rbvRL8)than modern cricket. Check out the awesome catch at the start of that video - no boundaries there I guess. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-earliest-recorded-scorecard-of-any-organised-sports-match/679846/8 "2014-01-27T21:00:29Z")
When I saw the thread title, I assumed that the OP was talking about records of the ancient Olympic games. [This site](http://www.fhw.gr/olympics/ancient/en/db.html) allows you to look up victors by Olympiad or by sport.