1874 in sports
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1874 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
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[edit] American football
College championship
- College football national championship – Harvard Crimson, Princeton Tigers and Yale Bulldogs (shared)
Events
- Harvard Crimson plays McGill Redmen under rules taken from both association football and rugby football: it is hence arguably the first game of American football as a distinctive code
[edit] Association football
England
- FA Cup final – Oxford University 2–0 Royal Engineers at Kennington Oval, London. The Oval becomes the regular venue for the FA Cup Final with this game, after Lillie Bridge was used in 1873. All finals until 1892 are played at The Oval.
- March — Aston Villa founded by the Villa Cross Wesleyan Chapel near Aston Park in Birmingham.
- Bolton Wanderers founded as a Sunday School team at Christ Church, Blackburn Street, Bolton.
- The Football Association makes a rule change so that teams change ends at half time.
- The first shin pads are introduced.
Scotland
- 21 March — inaugural Scottish Cup final is won 2–0 by Queen's Park against Clydesdale at Hampden Park, Glasgow.
- Greenock Morton, Hamilton Academical and Hearts all founded.
[edit] Baseball
National championship
- National Association of Professional Base Ball Players champion – Boston Red Stockings (third consecutive season)
[edit] Boxing
Events
[edit] Cricket
Events
- W G Grace becomes the first player to perform the double in an English season. In 21 first-class matches, he scores 1664 runs and takes 140 wickets.
England
- Champion County[2] – Gloucestershire
- Most runs – W G Grace 1664 @ 52.00 (HS 179)
- Most wickets – W G Grace 140 @ 12.70 (BB 7–18)
[edit] Golf
Major tournaments
[edit] Horse racing
England
- Grand National – Reugny
- 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Apology
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Atlantic
- Epsom Derby – George Frederick
- Epsom Oaks – Apology
- St. Leger Stakes – Apology
Australia
- Melbourne Cup – Haricot
Canada
- Queen's Plate – The Swallow
Ireland
- Irish Grand National – Sailor
- Irish Derby Stakes – Ben Battle
USA
- Preakness Stakes – Culpepper
- Belmont Stakes – Saxon
[edit] Rowing
The Boat Race
- 28 March — Cambridge wins the 31st Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
[edit] Rugby football
Events
- Coventry RFC, Newport RFC and Swansea RFC are all established in 1874
[edit] References
- ^ Cyber Boxing Zone – Tom Allen. Retrieved on 12 November 2009.
- ^ An unofficial seasonal title proclaimed by consensus of media and historians prior to December 1889 when the official County Championship was constituted.
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