1879 in sports

1879 in sports

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Baseball

*The National League agrees that no one else will hire any of five players listed by each club, the first reserve lists.

Cricket

*2 January-4 January, Sydney - Only Test between Australia and England. Australia win by 10 wickets.
*2 January, Sydney - Fred Spofforth of Australia claims the first hat-trick in Test cricket at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Football (Soccer)

*March 29 FA Cup - Old Etonians beat Clapham Rovers 1-0
*April 5 - James F. M. Prinsep of Clapham Rovers becomes England's youngest player, a record that stands for more than 123 years, until broken by Wayne Rooney in 2003.

Golf

*British Open - Jamie Anderson

Horse racing

*May 20 - Lord Murphy wins the Kentucky Derby

Hurling

*The Irish Hurling Union formalises the sport of Hurling for the first time.

Lacrosse

*The U.S. Amateur Lacrosse Association is formed and they adopt the Canadian rules.


=Rowing=

*Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Cambridge

Births

*May 23 — Dezső Lauber, Hungarian all-round sportsman (d. 1966)
*June 3 — Vivian Woodward, English amateur football player (d. 1954)
*December 29 — Gerald Logan, British field hockey player

Deaths


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