1891 in sports explained
1891 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Athletics
American football
College championship
Events
- Kansas defeats Missouri in the first Border War game 22-10 beginning one of the oldest and most fierce college football rivalries.
Association football
Argentina
Belgium
England
Scotland
Uruguay
Baseball
National championship
Events
Basketball
Events
Boxing
Events
Lineal world champions[5]
Cricket
Events
England
Australia
South Africa
West Indies
Golf
Major tournaments
Other tournaments
Horse racing
England
Australia
Canada
Ireland
USA
Ice hockey
Events
Sweden
Rowing
The Boat Race
Rugby football
Home Nations Championship
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
France
USA
Notes and References
- Book: Gupta . Shantanu . Sharma . Nikhil . India's Football Dream . 4 February 2019 . SAGE Publications India . 978-93-5328-306-3 . 29 . en.
- Web site: Club facts: Club Brugge . UEFA.com . 5 February 2021 . en . 1 July 2019.
- Web site: Scottish Cup Past Winners Scottish Cup Scottish FA . www.scottishfa.co.uk . 5 February 2021.
- http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/fitz.htm Cyber Boxing Zone – Bob Fitzsimmons
- Web site: Cyber Boxing Zone . https://web.archive.org/web/20090614133802/http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/pastchp.htm . 2009-06-14 . live . 2009-06-20 .
- Web site: Bobby Beasley: Quixotic jockey and trainer . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bobby-beasley-quixotic-jockey-and-trainer-770436.html . 2022-05-01 . subscription . live . The Independent . 5 February 2021 . en . 23 October 2011.
- Web site: Epsom Derby History, Winners, & Facts Britannica . www.britannica.com . 29 December 2021 . en.
- Web site: Stockholm history filled with stars, passionate fans . NHL.com . 15 February 2021.