1891 in sports

1891 in sports

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Baseball

* Ted Breitenstein pitches a no-hitter in his first major league start on October 4.

Basketball

*James Naismith invents basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts (December).

Cricket

*County Cricket Championship - Surrey

Football (soccer)

*September 28 - The CURCC (Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club) is founded by British railway workers in Montevideo, the team would later become the C.A. Peñarol.

England

*Football League - Everton win the 1890-91 title. The League expands from twelve to fourteen teams for 1891-92.
*FA Cup - Blackburn Rovers beat Notts County 3-1.

Golf

*British Open - Hugh Kirkaldy
*British Amateur - Johnny Laidlay

Horse Racing

*May 13 - Kingman wins the Kentucky Derby


=Rowing=

*Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

Tennis

*First French Open held

Births

* February 22 — Theo Willems, Dutch archer (d. 1960)
* April 19 — Fred Fulton, American heavyweight boxer (d. 1973)
* April 28 — Isak Abrahamsen, Norwegian gymnast (d. 1972)
* April 30 — Pat O'Hara Wood, Australian tennis player (d. 1961)
* May 13 — Frank Beaurepaire, Australian freestyle swimmer (d. 1956)
* June 15 — Harry Hebner, American backstroke and freestyle swimmer (d. 1968)
* July 30 — Casey Stengel, U.S. baseball manager (d. 1975)
* November 16 — László Beleznai, Hungarian water polo player and freestyle swimmer (d. 1953)

Deaths


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