Sports-related events of 1859
Overview of the events of 1859 in sports
Cricket: the first English touring team pictured on board ship at Liverpool: standing at left Robert Carpenter, William Caffyn, Tom Lockyer; middle row John Wisden, H. H. Stephenson, George Parr, James Grundy, Julius Caesar, Thomas Hayward, John Jackson; front row Alfred Diver, John Lillywhite
1859 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.