1891 in sports

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Years in sports:	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
Years:	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894

Contents 1 Baseball 2 Basketball 3 Cricket 4 Football (soccer) 4.1 England 5 Rowing 6 Tennis 7 Births 8 Deaths

[edit] Baseball

• Ted Breitenstein pitches a no-hitter in his first major league start on October 4.

[edit] Basketball

• James Naismith invents basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts (December).

[edit] Cricket

• County Cricket Championship - Surrey

[edit] Football (soccer)

[edit] England

• Football League - Everton win the 1890-91 title. The League expands from twelve to fourteen teams for 1891-92.
• FA Cup - Blackburn Rovers beat Notts County 3-1.

[edit] Rowing

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

[edit] Tennis

• First French Open held

[edit] Births

• February 22 — Theo Willems, Dutch archer (d. 1960)
• April 19 — Fred Fulton, American heavyweight boxer (d. 1973)
• April 30 — Pat O'Hara Wood, Australian tennis player (d. 1961)
• May 13 — Frank Beaurepaire, Australian freestyle swimmer (d. 1956)
• July 30 — Casey Stengel, U.S. baseball manager (d. 1975)

[edit] Deaths