1891 in sports
1891 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
College championship
Events
- Kansas defeats Missouri in the first Border War game 22-10 beginning one of the oldest and most fierce college football rivalries.
England
Scotland
Uruguay
National championship
Events
Events
Events
Lineal world champions[2]
Events
England
Australia
South Africa
West Indies
Major tournaments
Other tournaments
England
Australia
Canada
Ireland
USA
The Boat Race
Home Nations Championship
Other events
- The 1891 British Lions tour to South Africa is the first British Isles tour of South Africa and only the second overseas tour conducted by a joint British team. Between 9 July and 7 September, the team plays 20 games, including three Tests against the South Africa national rugby union team. The British Isles wins all 20 matches including the three Tests. Although not named as such at the time, the tour is retrospectively recognised as a British Lions tour.
Events
- Inaugural French championship is held as the Championat de France International de Tennis. Initially, only the men's singles is contested; the women's singles will begin in 1897. Until 1924, the tournament is open only to tennis players who are licensed in France but, ironically, the inaugural tournament is won by an Englishman, H Briggs, who defeats French player P Baigneres in the final. Briggs is a British resident living in Paris.
England
France
USA
References
Sports by year 1851 – 1900
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to 1850 • 1851 – 1900 • 1901 – 1950 • 1951 – 2000 • from 2001
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