1855 in sports

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See also: 1854 in sports, Sports clubs established in 1855, other events of 1855, 1856 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Contents 1 Baseball 2 Horse racing 3 Ice Hockey 4 Rowing

[edit] Baseball

• The established Knickerbockers, Gothams, and Eagles from New York (Manhattan) play three matches round robin in June. With the Empires, a local newcomer, they play five matches in September and October, a round robin less one match.
• A few clubs from outside New York (Manhattan) play their first matches in the fall. One from Brooklyn is the Atlantic Base Ball Club or simply "Atlantic", soon to be the first recurring winner or "dynasty".

[edit] Horse racing

• English flat (triple crown races)
  • Two Thousand Guineas - Lord of the Isles, ridden by Tom Aldcroft, trained by W Day, owner James Merry
  • Epsom Derby - Wild Dayrell- ridden by Robert Sherwood, trained by Rickaby, owned by Francis Popham
  • St. Leger Stakes - Saucebox, ridden by John Wells, owned and trained by Tom Parr
• National Hunt racing
  • Grand National - Wanderer

[edit] Ice Hockey

• Perhaps this year, pucks are introduced to the game in Canada in place of balls

[edit] Rowing

• In July, the Harvard-Yale Regatta, a 1:38 win for Harvard on the Connecticut River in Springfield, Massachusetts --"America's Oldest Intercollegiate Athletic Event" With the first in 1852 and the third in 1859, the one-race "regatta" is an occasional rather than a traditional or an established event.