1881 in sports

1881 in sports

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Baseball

*Detroit replaces Cincinnati leaving Cleveland and Providence the southerly cities on the National League circuit. Four others lie on the northerly rail line from stalwart Chicago to stalwart Boston: Detroit, Buffalo, Troy, and Worcester.
*In autumn, for the first time, all eight National League clubs prepare to continue next season.

Football (Soccer)

*March 12 - Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut, becoming the world's first black international football player
*April 9 - FA Cup Final: Old Carthusians beat Old Etonians 3-0. This was the last final to be played between two Southern amateur sides.
*Moyola Park F.C. win the first Irish FA cup final

Golf

*British Open - Bob Ferguson

Gymnastics

*July 23 - The "Federation Internationale de Gymnastique", the world's oldest international sport federation, was founded.

Horse Racing

*May 17 - Hindoo wins the Kentucky Derby


=Rowing=

*Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

Tennis

*First U.S. National Singles Championship, precursor of the US Open won by Richard D. Sears

Yacht racing

*The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as "Mischief" defeats Canadian challenger "Atalanta", of the Bay of Quinte Yacht Club

Births

*March 28 – Martin Sheridan, Irish-born athlete from the US (d. 1918)
*May 14 – Ed Walsh, Hall of Fame Baseball pitcher (d. 1959)
*June 18 – Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian Olympic swimmer (d. 1956)
*August 5 – Louis Baillon, British field hockey player (d. 1965)
*August 18 – Gunnar Setterwall, Swedish tennis player (d. 1928)
*September 2 – Stanley Shoveller, British field hockey player (d. 1959)
*November 28 – Cecil Healy, Australian freestyle swimmer (d. 1918)
*December 20 – Branch Rickey, Baseball executive (d. 1965)
*December 29 – Jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champion (d. 1968)

Deaths


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