• Source: 1872 in sports

1872 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.




American football


College championship

College football national championship – Princeton Tigers
Events

Five teams compete in the 1872 college football season: Columbia, Rutgers, Princeton, Stevens Tech and Yale.




Association football


International

30 November — Scotland v. England in Glasgow is the first–ever official football international. The match is a goalless draw.
England

16 March — inaugural FA Cup final. The Wanderers 1–0 Royal Engineers at Kennington Oval in London. The goal is scored by Morton Betts. In its way, this first final marks the beginning of major competitive football.
The FA rules that the ball must have a circumference of between 68 cm and 71 cm. It must be spherical and must consist of an India rubber bladder enclosed within a casing made of leather or another approved material. Also, the ball must weigh at least 396 grams but no more than 453 grams. The prescribed weight is interesting because leather balls will become notorious for gaining weight when wet: the weight can almost double if the ball gets really soaked.
Scotland

February — Rangers F.C. is formed in Glasgow by four friends. The team's first pitch is on common land at Flesher's Haugh, Glasgow Green.




Aussie Rules Football


Essendon Football Club was founded in Victoria, Australia.




Baseball


National championship

National Association of Professional Base Ball Players champion – Boston Red Stockings
Events

The National Association (NA) permits pitching with a wrist snap, practically legalising the New York Mutuals.
Multiple NABBP champions Eckford and Atlantic from Brooklyn, New York join the NA but neither will regain prominence.
The original Boston Red Stockings win the NA pennant, beginning a four-year run




Boxing


Events

No fights of note take place in 1872. American Champion Mike McCoole and his challengers are inactive.




Canadian Football


Montreal Football Club is founded on April 8th.




Cricket


Events

An experiment takes place at Lord's to study the effects of covering the pitch before the start of a match, the first time this is known to have been tried.
England

Most runs – W. G. Grace 1,485 @ 57.11 (HS 170*)
Most wickets – James Southerton 169 @ 13.07 (BB 8–20)




Golf


Major tournaments

British Open – Tom Morris junior




Horse racing


England

Grand National – Casse Tete
1,000 Guineas Stakes – Reine
2,000 Guineas Stakes – Prince Charlie
The Derby – Cremorne
The Oaks – Reine
St. Leger Stakes – Wenlock
Australia

Melbourne Cup – The Quack
Canada

Queen's Plate – Fearnaught
Ireland

Irish Grand National – Scots Grey
Irish Derby Stakes – Trickstress
USA

Belmont Stakes – Joe Daniels




Rowing


The Boat Race

23 March — Cambridge wins the 29th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race




Rugby football


Events

Wigan RLFC founded




References






Bibliography


Rowland Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970

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