• Source: 1874 in sports

The following events occurred in world sport in the year 1874.




American football


College championship

College football national championship – Yale Bulldogs
Events

Harvard Crimson plays McGill Redmen under rules taken from both association football and rugby football: it is hence arguably the first game of American football as a distinctive code




Association football


England

FA Cup final – Oxford University 2–0 Royal Engineers at Kennington Oval, London. The Oval becomes the regular venue for the FA Cup Final with this game, after Lillie Bridge was used in 1873. All finals until 1892 are played at The Oval.
March — Aston Villa founded by the Villa Cross Wesleyan Chapel near Aston Park in Birmingham.
Bolton Wanderers founded as a Sunday School team at Christ Church, Blackburn Street, Bolton.
The Football Association makes a rule change so that teams change ends at half time.
The first shin pads are introduced.
Scotland

21 March — inaugural Scottish Cup final is won 2–0 by Queen's Park against Clydesdale at Hampden Park, Glasgow.
Hearts, Greenock Morton and Hamilton Academical all founded.




Baseball


National championship

National Association of Professional Base Ball Players champion – Boston Red Stockings (third consecutive season)




Boxing


Events

No major bouts take place in 1874. Tom Allen retains the American Championship.




Cricket


Events

W. G. Grace becomes the first player to perform the double in an English season. In 21 first-class matches, he scores 1664 runs and takes 140 wickets.
England

Champion County – Gloucestershire
Most runs – W. G. Grace 1664 @ 52.00 (HS 179)
Most wickets – W. G. Grace 140 @ 12.70 (BB 7–18)




Golf


Major tournaments

British Open – Mungo Park




Horse racing


England

Grand National – Reugny
1,000 Guineas Stakes – Apology
2,000 Guineas Stakes – Atlantic
The Derby – George Frederick
The Oaks – Apology
St. Leger Stakes – Apology
Australia

Melbourne Cup – Haricot
Canada

Queen's Plate – The Swallow
Ireland

Irish Grand National – Sailor
Irish Derby Stakes – Ben Battle
USA

Preakness Stakes – Culpepper
Belmont Stakes – Saxon




Ice hockey


Events

The Montreal Victorias hockey club, members of the Victoria Skating Club, begin play of ice hockey at the Victoria Skating Rink, leading to the first organized indoor game in 1875. The club does not formally exist until several years later, in 1877 or 1881.




Rowing


The Boat Race

28 March — Cambridge wins the 31st Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race




Rugby football


Events

Coventry RFC, Newport RFC and Swansea RFC are all established in 1874




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