1910 in sports

22 February — Ad Wolgast outlasts Battling Nelson at Point Richmond, California, to win the World Lightweight Championship by a technical knockout after 40 rounds.
4 July — in boxing's first "fight of the century", Jack Johnson knocks out the "great white hope" James J. Jeffries in round 15 to retain his World Heavyweight Championship title.
15 October — World Middleweight Champion Stanley Ketchel is shot and killed at Conway, Missouri, by Walter Dipley, a jealous farm worker. Ketchel is rated by many boxing historians as the best middleweight ever. The title remains vacant until 1913.

Lineal world champions^[1]

World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Johnson
World Light Heavyweight Championship – vacant
World Middleweight Championship – Stanley Ketchel → vacant
World Welterweight Championship – vacant
World Lightweight Championship – Battling Nelson → Ad Wolgast
World Featherweight Championship – Abe Attell
World Bantamweight Championship – Monte Attell

Canadian football

Grey Cup

26 November — 2nd Grey Cup – University of Toronto Varsity Blues 16–7 Hamilton Tigers

Cricket

England

County Championship – Kent
Minor Counties Championship – Norfolk
Most runs – Johnny Tyldesley 2265 @ 46.22 (HS 158)
Most wickets – Razor Smith 247 @ 13.05 (BB 8–13)
Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Harry Foster, Alfred Hartley, Charlie Llewellyn, Razor Smith, Frank Woolley

Australia

Sheffield Shield – South Australia
Most runs – Harry Kortlang 656 @ 131.20 (HS 197)
Most wickets – Jack Saunders 49 @ 17.32 (BB 6–35)

India

Bombay Triangular – Europeans shared with Parsees

New Zealand

Plunket Shield – Auckland

South Africa

Currie Cup – not contested

West Indies

Inter-Colonial Tournament – Trinidad and Tobago

Cycling

Tour de France

Octave Lapize (France) wins the 8th Tour de France

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

World Men's Champion – Ulrich Salchow (Sweden)
World Women's Champion – Lily Kronberger (Hungary)
World Pairs Champions – Anna Hübler and Heinrich Burger (Germany)

Golf

Major tournaments

British Open – James Braid
US Open – Alex Smith

Other tournaments

British Amateur – John Ball
US Amateur – William C. Fownes, Jr.

Horse racing

England

Grand National – Jenkinstown
1,000 Guineas Stakes – Winkipop
2,000 Guineas Stakes – Neil Gow
Epsom Derby – Lemburg
Epsom Oaks – Rosedrop
St. Leger Stakes – Swynford

Australia

Melbourne Cup – Comedy King

Canada

Queen's Plate – Parmer

Ireland

Irish Grand National – Oniche
Irish Derby Stakes – Aviator

USA

Kentucky Derby – Donau
Preakness Stakes – Layminster
Belmont Stakes – Sweep

Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

15 March — Montreal Wanderers wins the NHA championship and the Stanley Cup. The club then defeats Berlin Dutchmen in a challenge. It is the fifth season in a row that Montreal Wanderers has won the Cup outright or won a Cup challenge.

Events

5 January — National Hockey Association (NHA) commences its inaugural season
15 January — Canadian Hockey Association disbands. Ottawa and Montreal Shamrocks join the NHA.
March — Toronto St. Michael's Majors wins the Allan Cup
December — NHA loses its Cobalt and Haileybury teams, but gains a Quebec team. The Montreal Canadiens are taken over by George Kennedy's Club Athletique Canadien after threatening legal action.

Motor racing

Grand Prix racing

As in 1909, there is no Grand Prix racing in Europe

Vanderbilt Cup

1 October — 6th running of the Vanderbilt Cup at Long Island over 278.08 miles (12.640 miles x 22 laps) is won by Harry Grant (USA) driving an ALCO-6 in 4:15:58.

American Grand Prize

12 November — second running of the American Grand Prize takes place at Savannah, Georgia over 415.200 miles (17.300 miles x 24 laps) and is won by David Bruce-Brown (USA) driving a Benz GP in 5:53:05.35 at an average speed of 70.55 mph.

Rowing

The Boat Race

23 March — Oxford wins the 67th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Rugby league

England

Championship – Oldham
Challenge Cup final – Leeds 26–12 Hull at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield (replay, following 7–7 draw at Fartown)
Lancashire League Championship – Oldham
Yorkshire League Championship – Wakefield Trinity
Lancashire Cup – Wigan 22–5 Leigh
Yorkshire Cup – Huddersfield 21–0 Batley

Australia

17 September — the 1910 NSWRFL season culminates in a grand final between South Sydney and Newtown which is drawn 4–4. Newtown are crowned premiers by virtue of being minor premiers.

Rugby union

Five Nations Championship

France joins the Home Nations Championship which is now called the Five Nations Championship
28th Five Nations Championship series is won by England

Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships

Men's All-round Champion – Nikolay Strunnikov (Russia)

Tennis

Australia

Australian Men's Singles Championship – Rodney Heath (Australia) defeats Horace Rice (Australia) 6–4 6–3 6–2

England

Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Anthony Wilding (New Zealand) defeats Arthur Gore (GB) 6–4 7–5 4–6 6–2
Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers defeats Dora Boothby 6–2 6–2

France

French Men's Singles Championship – Maurice Germot defeats François Blanchy: details unknown
French Women's Singles Championship – Jeanne Matthey defeats Marguerite Broquedis: details unknown

USA

American Men's Singles Championship – William Larned defeats Tom Bundy 6–1 5–7 6–0 6–8 6–1
American Women's Singles Championship – Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman defeats Louise Hammond 6–4 6–2

Davis Cup

1910 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – Australasia walkover British Isles

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