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1899 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.




American football


College championship

College football national championship – Harvard Crimson
November 18 – On the final game of its season, the Harvard University college football team, having a record of 10 wins (nine by shutout) and no defeats, hosts its rival, Yale University (7-1-0) and plays to a scoreless tie before 35,000 fans. Although Harvard's 1899 streak of defeating every opponent is ended by the tie, the Crimson team will be selected retroactively (and recognized by the NCAA Record Book) as the 1899 mythical national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation.
Professional championships

Western Pennsylvania champions – Duquesne Country and Athletic Club
Events

The 1899 Sewanee Tigers football team goes undefeated, 12–0, including five road wins in six days over top teams.




Association football


England

The Football League – Aston Villa 45 points, Liverpool 43, Burnley 39, Everton 38, Notts County 37, Blackburn Rovers 36
FA Cup final – Sheffield United 4–1 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
Hungary

Ferencváros TC was founded in suburb of Budapest on May 3.
Italy

Foundation of A.C. Milan as the Milan Associazione Calcio (Milan Association Football).
The Netherlands

The first KNVB Cup of the Royal Dutch Football Association is won by RAP Amsterdam in extra time, 1 to 0, over HVV Den Haag.
Scotland

Scottish Football League – Rangers
Scottish Cup – Celtic 2–0 Rangers
Spain

29 November — FC Barcelona founded by a Swiss, Hans Gamper, who wants to establish football in the city.
Uruguay

Club Nacional of Montevideo was founded in Montevideo.




Athletics


USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Lawrence Brignolia won the third running of the Boston Marathon




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 – 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 their first men's basketball game against the Kansas City YMCA, losing 5–16. The Jayhawks were coached by the inventor of basketball James Naismith. Kansas quickly became one of the most prestigious college basketball programs in the nation.




Boxing


Lineal world champions

World Heavyweight Championship – Bob Fitzsimmons → James J. Jeffries
World Middleweight Championship – Tommy Ryan
World Welterweight Championship – "Mysterious" Billy Smith
World Lightweight Championship – George "Kid" Lavigne → Frank Erne
World Featherweight Championship – George Dixon
World Bantamweight Championship – Jimmy Barry → Barry retires undefeated → "Terrible" Terry McGovern → title vacant after McGovern moves up a weight




Canadian Football


The Dominion Championship was not held this year.
Ontario Rugby Football Union - Kingston Granites
Quebec Rugby Football Union - Ottawa College
Manitoba Rugby Football Union - St John's
Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union - University of Toronto




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 1–0, 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 – Surrey
Minor Counties Championship – Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire share the title
Most runs – K S Ranjitsinhji 3159 @ 63.18 (HS 197)
Most wickets – Albert Trott 239 @ 17.09 (BB 8–64)
Wisden Five Cricketers of the Season – Joe Darling, Clem Hill, Arthur Jones, Monty Noble, Robert Poore
Australia

Sheffield Shield – Victoria
Most runs – Victor Trumper 873 @ 62.35 (HS 292*)
Most wickets – Ernie Jones 45 @ 27.53 (BB 6–154)
India

Bombay Presidency – Europeans
South Africa

Currie Cup – not contested
West Indies

Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested




Cycling


Road racing

Bordeaux–Paris road race won by Constant Huret




Figure skating


World Figure Skating Championships

World Men's Champion – Gustav Hügel (Austria)




Golf


Major tournaments

British Open – Harry Vardon
U.S. Open – Willie Smith
Other tournaments

British Amateur – John Ball
US Amateur – H. M. Harriman




Horse racing


England

Grand National – Manifesto
1,000 Guineas Stakes – Sibola
2,000 Guineas Stakes – Flying Fox
The Derby – Flying Fox
The Oaks – Musa
St. Leger Stakes – Flying Fox
Australia

Melbourne Cup – Merriwee
Canada

Queen's Plate – Butter Scotch
Ireland

Irish Grand National – Princess Hilda
Irish Derby Stakes – Oppressor
USA

Kentucky Derby – Manuel
Preakness Stakes – Half Time
Belmont Stakes – Hindus




Ice hockey


Stanley Cup

15–18 February — Montreal Victorias wins its fifth Stanley Cup, defeating Winnipeg Victorias in a Cup challenge
4 March — Montreal Shamrocks wins the inaugural Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) championship and takes the Stanley Cup
14 March — Montreal Shamrocks successfully defends the title in a Cup challenge by Queen's College of Kingston, Ontario, winning 6–2.




Motor racing


Tour de France Trail

The Tour de France Trail is held 16–24 July over a distance of 2172.5 km. The winner is René 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.
In July, James Gordon Bennett Jr. establishes the Gordon Bennett Cup challenge series. It is run 1900–1905.
In October The Empire of Austria holds its first motor race, won in Vienna by Baron Theodor von Liebig.




Rowing


The Boat Race

25 March — Cambridge wins the 56th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race




Rugby league


England

Championship – not contested
Challenge Cup final – Oldham 19–9 Hunslet at Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester
Lancashire League Championship – Broughton Rangers
Yorkshire League Championship – 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 – Peder Østlund (Norway)




Tennis


Events

18 September — 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 – Reginald Doherty (GB) defeats Arthur Gore (GB) 1–6 4–6 6–3 6–3 6–3
Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Blanche Bingley Hillyard (GB) defeats Charlotte Cooper Sterry (GB) 6–2 6–3
France

French Men's Singles Championship – Paul Aymé (France) defeats Paul Lebreton (France): details unknown
French Women's Singles Championship – Françoise Masson (France) wins: details unknown
USA

American Men's Singles Championship – Malcolm Whitman (USA) defeats J. Parmly Paret (USA) 6–1 6–2 3–6 7–5
American Women's Singles Championship – Marion Jones (USA) defeats Maud Banks (USA) 6–1 6–1 7–5




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

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Serie A
• Selandia Baru
• FC Barcelona
• Olympique de Marseille
• Wout Weghorst
• Karl Aas
• Aston Villa F.C.
• Demba Ba
• Roy Makaay
• AC Milan
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