1894 in sports

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Years in sports:	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
Years:	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897

Contents 1 Auto racing 2 Baseball 3 Cricket 4 Football (soccer) 4.1 England 5 Ice Hockey 6 Boat race 7 Births 8 Deaths

[edit] Auto racing

• First contest organised in Paris.

[edit] Baseball

• Baltimore wins the first of three championships following three by Boston
• Major League Baseball's highest scoring season, 1876-2005
  • The Boston Beaneaters set the current record for the most runs scored in a season (1220) and sets another standing record with seven players scoring 100 or more runs
  • The Philadelphia Phillies bat .349 for the season with all four outfielders above .400, but finish fourth despite the feat

[edit] Cricket

• County Cricket Championship - Surrey

[edit] Football (soccer)

[edit] England

• First Division - Aston Villa win the 1893-94 title.
• FA Cup - Notts County beat Bolton Wanderers 4-1.
• The Second Division is expanded from fifteen teams to sixteen for the 1894-95 season, bringing the total number of League clubs to 32.

[edit] Ice Hockey

• Montreal AAA wins their 2nd Stanley Cup in a row, defeating the Ottawa Capitals.

[edit] Boat race

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

[edit] Births

• January 12 — Georges Carpentier, French boxer (d. 1975)
• June 1 — Dušan Milošević, Serbian athlete and footballer (d. 1967)
• August 25 — Nick Winter, Australian athlete (d. 1955)
• October 5 — Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (d. 1948)

[edit] Deaths