1891 in sports

14 January — Bob Fitzsimmons knocks out Jack Nonpareil Dempsey in the 13th round at New Orleans to win the Middleweight Championship of the World. It is the first of three world titles that Fitzsimmons will hold during his career.^[1]

Lineal world champions^[2]

World Heavyweight Championship – John L. Sullivan
World Middleweight Championship – Jack Nonpareil Dempsey → Bob Fitzsimmons
World Welterweight Championship – title vacant
World Lightweight Championship – Jack McAuliffe
World Featherweight Championship – Young Griffo

Cricket

Events

Inaugural Inter-Colonial Tournament takes place in the West Indies involving Barbados, British Guiana and Trinidad & Tobago.

England

County Championship – Surrey
Most runs – William Gunn 1336 @ 41.75 (HS 169)
Most wickets – George Lohmann 177 @ 11.66 (BB 7–20)
Wisden Five Great Bowlers – William Attewell, J T Hearne, Frederick Martin, Arthur Mold, John Sharpe

Australia

Most runs – George Giffen 275 runs @ 91.66 (HS 237)
Most wickets – Jim Phillips 25 wickets @ 10.00 (BB 7–20)

South Africa

Currie Cup – Kimberley

West Indies

Inter-Colonial Tournament – Barbados

Golf

Major tournaments

British Open – Hugh Kirkaldy

Other tournaments

British Amateur – Johnny Laidlay

Horse racing

England

Grand National – Come Away
1,000 Guineas Stakes – Mimi
2,000 Guineas Stakes – Common
Epsom Derby – Common
Epsom Oaks – Mimi
St. Leger Stakes – Common

Australia

Melbourne Cup – Malvolio

Canada

Queen's Plate – Victorious

Ireland

Irish Grand National – Old Tom
Irish Derby Stakes – Narraghmore

USA

Kentucky Derby – Kingman
Preakness Stakes – not run
Belmont Stakes – Foxford

Ice hockey

Events

5 March — the Montreal Hockey Club defeats the Montreal Crescents 8–2 in a challenge to retain the 1891 AHAC season title.
7 March — the Ottawa Hockey Club defeats the Toronto St. George's 5–0 to win the inaugural Ontario Hockey Association championship.

Rowing

The Boat Race

21 March — Oxford wins the 48th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Rugby football

Home Nations Championship

The 9th series is won by Scotland with a 100% record against England, Ireland and Wales.

Other events

The 1891 British Lions tour to South Africa is the first British Isles tour of South Africa and only the second overseas tour conducted by a joint British team. Between 9 July and 7 September, the team plays 20 games, including three Tests against the South Africa national rugby union team. The British Isles wins all 20 matches including the three Tests. Although not named as such at the time, the tour is retrospectively recognised as a British Lions tour.

Tennis

Events

Inaugural French championship is held as the Championat de France International de Tennis. Initially, only the men's singles is contested; the women's singles will begin in 1897. Until 1924, the tournament is open only to tennis players who are licensed in France but, ironically, the inaugural tournament is won by an Englishman, H Briggs, who defeats French player P Baigneres in the final. Briggs is a British resident living in Paris.

England

Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Wilfred Baddeley (GB) defeats Joshua Pim (Ireland) 6–4 1–6 7–5 6–0
Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Lottie Dod (GB) defeats Blanche Bingley Hillyard (GB) 6–2 6–1

France

French Men's Singles Championship – H. Briggs (GB) defeats P. Baigneres 6–3 6–2

USA

American Men's Singles Championship – Oliver Campbell defeats Clarence Hobart 2–6 7–5 7–9 6–1 6–2
American Women's Singles Championship – Mabel Cahill (GB) defeats Ellen Roosevelt 6–4 6–1 4–6 6–3

References

^ Cyber Boxing Zone – Bob Fitzsimmons. Retrieved on 14 November 2009.
^ "Cyber Boxing Zone". Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2009-06-20. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[BS-1] Cyber Boxing Zone – Bob Fitzsimmons. Retrieved on 14 November 2009.

[2] "Cyber Boxing Zone". Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2009-06-20. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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