1899 in sports
1899 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
American football
College championship
Professional championships
Events
- The 1899 Sewanee Tigers football team goes undefeated, 12β0, including five road wins in six days over top teams.
Association football
England
- The Football League β Aston Villa 45 points, Liverpool 43, Burnley 39, Everton 38, Notts County 37, Blackburn Rovers 36
- FA Cup final β Sheffield United 4β1 Derby County at Crystal Palace, London.
France
- Foundation of Olympique de Marseille
- Lyon Olympique Universitaire, as predecessor for Olympique Lyonnais, officially founded.
Germany
- Foundation of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Eintracht Frankfurt and SV Werder Bremen
Italy
- Foundation of A.C. Milan as the Milan Associazione Calcio (Milan Association Football).
Scotland
- Scottish Football League β Rangers
- Scottish Cup β Celtic 2β0 Rangers
Spain
- 29 November β FC Barcelona founded by a Swiss, Hans Gamper, who wants to establish football in the city.
Athletics
- Lawrence Brignolia won the third running of the Boston Marathon[1]
Australian rules football
VFL Premiership
- Fitzroy wins the 3rd VFL Premiership: Fitzroy 3.9 (27) d South Melbourne 3.8 (26) at Junction Oval
Baseball
National championship
- National League championship β Brooklyn Superbas. Brooklyn's team features many former Baltimore Orioles players including Ned Hanlon, Willie Keeler, Hughie Jennings and Joe Kelley.
Events
- Cleveland Spiders finish last in the twelve-team NL and establish an all-time major league record with 134 losses in a season, 84 games behind the pennant winner and 35 games out of 11th place. The team plays 113 games on the road, losing a record 102. They are dropped during the off-season when the National League contracts from twelve to eight teams.
Basketball
Events
- Kansas played against the Kansas City YMCA, losing 5β16, in the first game of the programs prestigious history. The Jayhawks were coached by the inventor of basketball James Naismith.
Boxing
Lineal world champions[2]
- World Heavyweight Championship β Bob Fitzsimmons β James J. Jeffries
- World Middleweight Championship β Tommy Ryan
- World Welterweight Championship β "Mysterious" Billy Smith
- World Lightweight Championship β George "Kid" Lavigne β Frank Erne
- World Featherweight Championship β George Dixon
- World Bantamweight Championship β Jimmy Barry β Barry retires undefeated β "Terrible" Terry McGovern β title vacant after McGovern moves up a weight
Cricket
Events
- Four of the five Test matches in the 1899 Ashes series are drawn. Australia wins the Second Test at Lord's to take the series 1β0, their first series win in England since the original Ashes match in 1882.
- W G Grace makes his final appearance for England in Test cricket in the First Test at Trent Bridge. In the same match, Wilfred Rhodes makes his Test debut.
- Worcestershire becomes the fifteenth team in the County Championship, debuting with an 11-run loss to Yorkshire despite earning a 78-run lead on first innings. They eventually finished twelfth with two wins in 12 games.
- W G Grace plays his last first-class game for Gloucestershire, having fallen out with them over his involvement with London County.
- K S Ranjitsinhji becomes the first batsman to score 3000 runs in a season.
England
- County Championship β Surrey
- Minor Counties Championship β Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire share the title
- Most runs β K S Ranjitsinhji 3159 @ 63.18 (HS 197)
- Most wickets β Albert Trott 239 @ 17.09 (BB 8β64)
- Wisden Five Cricketers of the Season β Joe Darling, Clem Hill, Arthur Jones, Monty Noble, Robert Poore
Australia
- Sheffield Shield β Victoria
- Most runs β Victor Trumper 873 @ 62.35 (HS 292*)
- Most wickets β Ernie Jones 45 @ 27.53 (BB 6β154)
India
South Africa
- Currie Cup β not contested
West Indies
- Inter-Colonial Tournament β not contested
Cycling
Road racing
- BordeauxβParis road race won by Constant Huret
Figure skating
World Figure Skating Championships
- World Men's Champion β Gustav HΓΌgel (Austria)
Golf
Major tournaments
Other tournaments
- British Amateur β John Ball
- US Amateur β H. M. Harriman
Horse racing
England
- Grand National β Manifesto
- 1,000 Guineas Stakes β Sibola
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes β Flying Fox
- Epsom Derby β Flying Fox
- Epsom Oaks β Musa
- St. Leger Stakes β Flying Fox
Australia
- Melbourne Cup β Merriwee
Canada
- Queen's Plate β Butter Scotch
Ireland
- Irish Grand National β Princess Hilda
- Irish Derby Stakes β Oppressor
USA
- Kentucky Derby β Manuel
- Preakness Stakes β Half Time
- Belmont Stakes β Hindus
Ice hockey
Stanley Cup
- 15β18 February β Montreal Victorias wins its fifth Stanley Cup, defeating Winnipeg Victorias in a Cup challenge
- 4 March β Montreal Shamrocks wins the inaugural Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) championship and takes the Stanley Cup
- 14 March β Montreal Shamrocks successfully defends the title in a Cup challenge by Queen's College of Kingston, Ontario, winning 6β2.
Motor racing
Tour de France Trail
- The Tour de France Trail is held 16β24 July over a distance of 2172.5 km. The winner is RenΓ© De Knyff driving a Panhard-Levassor in a time of 44:43:39. The race is sometimes referred to in retrospect as the IV Grand Prix de l'A.C.F.[3]
- In July, James Gordon Bennett Jr. establishes the Gordon Bennett Cup challenge series.[4] It is run 1900-1905.[5]
Rowing
The Boat Race
- 25 March β Cambridge wins the 56th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
Rugby league
England
- Championship β not contested
- Challenge Cup final β Oldham 19β9 Hunslet at Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester
- Lancashire League Championship β Broughton Rangers
- Yorkshire League Championship β Batley
Rugby union
Home Nations Championship
- 17th Home Nations Championship series is won by Ireland
Speed skating
Speed Skating World Championships
- Men's All-round Champion β Peder Γstlund (Norway)
Tennis
Events
- 18 September β Cincinnati Open starts. Today, it is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States still played in its original city, and is now known as the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters & Women's Open. The first singles champions are Nat Emerson and Myrtle McAteer.
England
- Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship β Reginald Doherty (GB) defeats Arthur Gore (GB) 1β6 4β6 6β3 6β3 6β3
- Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship β Blanche Bingley Hillyard (GB) defeats Charlotte Cooper Sterry (GB) 6β2 6β3
France
- French Men's Singles Championship β Paul AymΓ© defeats Paul Lebreton: details unknown
- French Women's Singles Championship β FranΓ§oise Masson wins: details unknown
USA
- American Men's Singles Championship β Malcolm Whitman defeats J. Parmly Paret 6β1 6β2 3β6 7β5
- American Women's Singles Championship β Marion Jones defeats Maud Banks 6β1 6β1 7β5
Yacht racing
America's Cup
- The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Columbia defeats British challenger Shamrock, of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club, 3 races to 0
References
- β Boston Athletic Association (2011). "Boston Marathon History: 1897-1900". www.baa.org. Boston: Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- β "Cyber Boxing Zone". Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
- β 1899 Grand Prix and Paris Races. Retrieved on 7 September 2009.
- β Grand Prix History online (retrieved 11 June 2017)
- β Grand Prix History online (retrieved 11 June 2017)
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