Table of contents

1 Baseball 2 Boat race 3 Football (Soccer) 4 Events 5 Births 6 Deaths

Baseball

• First World Series contested - Providence NL defeats New York AA, 3 games to none.

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Cambridge

• FA Cup - Blackburn Rovers beat Queen's Park (Glasgow) 2-1

• Cresta Run constructed for skeleton
• Canadian Rugby Football Union, forerunner of the Canadian Football League established
• Gaelic Athletic Association founded to promote hurling and Gaelic football

Deaths