1926 in sports

1926 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

American football

Frankford Yellow Jackets win the National Football League championship with a league record of 14–1–1
Rose Bowl (1925 season):
- The Alabama Crimson Tide won 20-19 over the Washington Huskies to share the college football national championship

Association football

England

The Football League – Huddersfield Town 57 points, Arsenal 52, Sunderland 48, Bury 47, Sheffield United 46, Aston Villa 44
FA Cup final – Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Manchester City at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
Huddersfield Town is the first team to win the League championship title three times in succession.

Germany

National Championship – SpVgg Fürth 4–1 Hertha BSC at Frankfurt

Greece

Formation of the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF)

Athletics

Sweden

the Second Women's World Games, Gothenburg

Australian rules football

VFL Premiership

Melbourne wins the 30th VFL Premiership: Melbourne 17.17 (119) d Collingwood 9.8 (62) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

Brownlow Medal

The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Ivor Warne-Smith (Melbourne)

Bandy

Sweden

Championship final – Västerås SK 1-0 IK Sirius

Baseball

World Series

2–10 October — St. Louis Cardinals (NL) defeats New York Yankees (AL) to win the 1926 World Series by 4 games to 3

Negro League Baseball

Rube Foster, founder of the Negro National League (NNL) and owner and manager of the Chicago American Giants, suffers a nervous breakdown and has to be confined to an asylum. His protégé Dave Malarcher takes over as manager and leads the team to the NNL pennant.
The Chicago American Giants (NNL) defeat the Bacharach Giants of Atlantic City, New Jersey (ECL), 5 games to 3, in the Negro League World Series.
Mule Suttles of the St. Louis Stars hits a Negro League record 27 home runs. His .498 batting average and 21 triples are also records.

Basketball

ABL Championship

Cleveland Rosenblums win three games to none over the Brooklyn Arcadians

Boxing

Events

23 September — Gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey over 10 rounds in Philadelphia to win the World Heavyweight Championship
Tiger Flowers twice defeats Harry Greb for the World Middleweight Championship but then loses it to former World Welterweight Champion Mickey Walker who holds it until 1931

Lineal world champions^[1]

World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Dempsey → Gene Tunney
World Light Heavyweight Championship – Paul Berlenbach → Jack Delaney
World Middleweight Championship – Harry Greb → Tiger Flowers → Mickey Walker
World Welterweight Championship – Mickey Walker → Pete Latzo
World Lightweight Championship – Rocky Kansas → Sammy Mandell
World Featherweight Championship – Louis "Kid" Kaplan → vacant
World Bantamweight Championship – Charley Phil Rosenberg
World Flyweight Championship – vacant

Canadian football

Grey Cup

14th Grey Cup – Ottawa Senators 10–7 Toronto Varsity Blues

Cricket

Events

31 May — India, New Zealand and West Indies are elected as Full Members of the Imperial Cricket Conference, increasing the number of nations playing Test cricket from three to six.
England regains The Ashes from Australia by winning the five-match Test series 1–0. After the first four Tests are drawn, England wins the final match at The Oval by 289 runs.

England

County Championship – Lancashire
Minor Counties Championship – Durham
Most runs – Jack Hobbs 2949 @ 77.60 (HS 316*)
Most wickets – Charlie Parker 213 @ 18.40 (BB 8–73)
Wisden Cricketers of the Year – George Geary, Harold Larwood, Jack Mercer, Bert Oldfield, Bill Woodfull

Australia

Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
Most runs – Arthur Richardson 904 @ 50.22 (HS 227)
Most wickets – Clarrie Grimmett 59 @ 30.40 (BB 6–76)
Victoria score 1,107 against New South Wales at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in December 1926 - still the largest innings total in first-class cricket.^[2]

India

Bombay Quadrangular – Hindus

New Zealand

Plunket Shield – Wellington

South Africa

Currie Cup – Transvaal

West Indies

Inter-Colonial Tournament – Trinidad and Tobago

Cycling

Tour de France

Lucien Buysse (Belgium) wins the 20th Tour de France

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

World Women's Champion – Herma Szabo (Austria)
World Men's Champion – Willi Böckel (Austria)
World Pairs Champions – Andreé Joly-Brunet and Pierre Brunet (France)

Golf

Events

Bobby Jones becomes the first golfer to win the British and US Open titles in the same year.

Major tournaments

Other tournaments

British Amateur – Jess Sweetser
US Amateur – George Von Elm

Horse racing

Events

19 April – Willie Watkinson, the Grand National-winning jockey, dies three weeks after his victory in a fall at Bogside, Scotland

England

Cheltenham Gold Cup – Koko
Grand National – Jack Horner
1,000 Guineas Stakes – Pillion
2,000 Guineas Stakes – Colorado
Epsom Derby – Coronach
Epsom Oaks – Short Story
St. Leger Stakes – Coronach

Australia

Melbourne Cup – Spearfelt

Canada

Queen's Plate – Haplite

France

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Biribi

Ireland

Irish Grand National – Amberwave
Irish Derby Stakes – Embargo

USA

Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

30 March to 6 April — Montreal Maroons defeats Victoria Cougars in the 1926 Stanley Cup Finals by 3 games to 1

Events

Allan Cup – University of Toronto defeats Port Arthur Bearcats
Memorial Cup – Calgary Canadians defeats Queen's University
The professional Western Hockey League folds; most players are sold for $300,000 to the National Hockey League (NHL).
December — new expansion teams debut in the NHL: Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Cougars and New York Rangers

Lacrosse

Events

Rosabelle Sinclair establishes the United States' first women's lacrosse team at Bryn Mawr School

Motor racing

Grand Prix racing

27 June — the 12th French Grand Prix, organised by the Automobile Club de France (ACF), is run at Miramas over 500.00 km (5.00 km x 100 laps). The winner is Jules Goux (France) driving a Bugatti T39A in 4:38:43.8. The race is retrospectively referred to as the XX Grand Prix de l´ACF.
18 July — the 1st Spanish Grand Prix is run at Circuito Lasarte over 798.75 km (17.75 km x 45 laps). The winner is Jules Goux (France) driving a Bugatti T39A in 6:51:52. The race is given the honorary designation of European Grand Prix.
7 August — the 1st British Grand Prix is run at Brooklands over 463.10 km (4.210 km x 110 laps). The winner is Robert Sénéchal/Louis Wagner (both of France) driving a Delage 15-S8 in 4:00:56.
5 September — the 6th Italian Grand Prix is run at Autodromo Nazionale Monza over 600.00 km (10.00 km x 60 laps). The winner is Louis Charavel (aka "Sabipa") of France driving a Bugatti T39A in 4:20:29. The race is officially titled the VI Gran Premio d'Italia.

Indianapolis 500

31 May — 14th running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is won by Frank Lockhart in a Stutz–Miller122.

Le Mans 24 hours

The 4th Le Mans 24 hours race is won by Robert Bloch (France) and André Rossignol (France) driving a Lorraine-Dietrich B3-6 over 147 laps and 2552.414 km.

Nordic skiing

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

2nd FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1926 are held at Lahti, Finland

Rowing

The Boat Race

27 March — Cambridge wins the 78th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Rugby league

England

Championship – Wigan
Challenge Cup final – Swinton 9–3 Oldham at Athletic Grounds, Rochdale
Lancashire League Championship – Wigan
Yorkshire League Championship – Hull Kingston Rovers
Lancashire Cup – Swinton 15–11 Wigan
Yorkshire Cup – Dewsbury 2–0 Huddersfield

Australia

NSW Premiership – South Sydney 11–5 University (grand final)

Rugby union

Five Nations Championship

39th Five Nations Championship series is shared by Ireland and Scotland

Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships

Men's All-round Champion – Ivar Ballangrud (Norway)

Tennis

Australia

Australian Men's Singles Championship – John Hawkes (Australia) defeats James Willard (Australia) 6–1 6–3 6–1
Australian Women's Singles Championship – Daphne Akhurst Cozens (Australia) defeats Esna Boyd Robertson (Australia) 6–1 6–3

England

Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Jean Borotra (France) defeats Howard Kinsey (USA) 8–6 6–1 6–3
Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Kitty McKane Godfree (Great Britain) defeats Lilí de Álvarez (Spain) 6–2 4–6 6–3

France

French Men's Singles Championship – Henri Cochet (France) defeats René Lacoste (France) 6–2 6–4 6–3
French Women's Singles Championship – Suzanne Lenglen (France) defeats Mary Browne (USA) 6–1 6–0

USA

American Men's Singles Championship – René Lacoste (France) defeats Jean Borotra (France) 6–4 6–0 6–4
American Women's Singles Championship – Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (Norway) defeats Elizabeth Ryan (USA) 4–6 6–4 9–7

Davis Cup

1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – United States 4–1 France at Germantown Cricket Club (grass) Philadelphia, United States

References

↑ Cyber Boxing Zone
↑ Sengupta, Arunabha. "When Australian legend Bill Ponsford scored a triple; Victoria amassed 1,107 against New South Wales". http://www.cricketcountry.com''. Retrieved 19 January 2015.