1896 in sports

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See also: 1895 in sports, other events of 1896, 1897 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Contents 1 Athletics (track and field) 2 Baseball 3 Cricket 4 Ice hockey 5 Ice skating 6 Football (soccer) 6.1 England 6.2 Netherlands 7 Rowing 8 General sporting events 9 Births 10 Deaths

[edit] Athletics (track and field)

• Olympic Games: see "General sporting events" below

[edit] Baseball

• The original Baltimore Orioles win their third and final championship.

[edit] Cricket

• The Ashes - England win 3 test series 2-1
• County Cricket Championship - Yorkshire

[edit] Ice hockey

• Winnipeg Victorias win their 1st Stanley Cup, defeating the Montreal Victorias, however, Montreal would reclaim the trophy by defeating Winnipeg in a rematch.

[edit] Ice skating

• First World Figure Skating Championships (open to men only) held in St. Petersburg

[edit] Football (soccer)

[edit] England

• First Division - Aston Villa win the 1895-96 title.
• FA Cup - The Wednesday beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1.

[edit] Netherlands

• Willem II Tilburg, a Dutch football club playing in Tilburg, is founded as Tilburgia on August 12.

[edit] Rowing

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

[edit] General sporting events

• 1896 Summer Olympics, the first modern Olympic Games, takes place in Athens, Greece
  • 13 nations compete in the Games, most from Greece, Germany and France.
  • April 6 - American James Connolly wins the triple jump, becoming the first Olympic champion in over 1,500 years.
  • Winners receive a silver medal and a crown of olive branches.
  • Greece wins the most medals (46), and the United States wins the most gold medals (11).

[edit] Births

• April 2 — Ivan Stedman, Australian freestyle and breaststroke swimmer
• May 2 — Norman Ross, American swimmer (d. 1953)

[edit] Deaths