1893 in sports

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Contents 1 Basketball 2 Baseball 3 Cricket 4 Football (American) 5 Football (soccer) 5.1 Argentina 5.2 England 6 Ice hockey 7 Ice skating 8 Rowing 9 Yacht racing 10 Births 11 Deaths

[edit] Basketball

• April 8 - First college basketball game took place in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania when Geneva College defeated the New Brighton YMCA

[edit] Baseball

• The pitcher's rubber replaces the box and the effective distance from home plate increases from 55 feet to 60 feet, 6 inches.

[edit] Cricket

• County Cricket Championship - Yorkshire

[edit] Football (American)

• February 22 - The University of Alabama and Auburn University meet at Lakeview Baseball Park in Birmingham for the first Iron Bowl.

[edit] Football (soccer)

[edit] Argentina

• Foundation of the Argentine Football Association on February 21.

[edit] England

• First Division - Sunderland win the 1892-93 title.
• FA Cup - Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Everton 1-0.
• The Second Division is expanded from twelve to fifteen teams for the 1893-94 season. Liverpool, Newcastle United and Woolwich Arsenal are all admitted to the Football League.

[edit] Ice hockey

• Stanley Cup first awarded - to Montreal AAA

[edit] Ice skating

• First World Championships in speed skating (open to men only) directly under the auspices of the ISU held in Amsterdam

[edit] Rowing

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

[edit] Yacht racing

• The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Vigilant defeats British challenger Valkyrie II, of the Royal Yacht Squadron, 3 races to 0

[edit] Births

• April 17 — Marguerite Broquedis, French tennis player (d. 1983)
• August 15 — Jack Hatfield, British swimmer and water polo player (d. 1965)
• October 12 — George Hodgson, Canadian swimmer (d. 1983)

[edit] Deaths

• October 10 — Lip Pike (48), American baseball player (b. 1845)