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1929 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.




American football


NFL championship – Green Bay Packers (12–0–1)
Rose Bowl (1928 season):
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets won 8–7 over the California Golden Bears to share the college football national championship
Notre Dame Fighting Irish – college football national championship
28 November – Ernie Nevers scores 6 rushing touchdowns for Chicago Cardinals against Chicago Bears




Association football


Ecuador

Emelec of Guayaquil officially founded on April 28.
England

The Football League – Sheffield Wednesday 52 points, Leicester City 51, Aston Villa 50, Sunderland 47, Liverpool 46, Derby County 46
FA Cup final – Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Portsmouth at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
Germany

National Championship – SpVgg Fürth 3–2 Hertha BSC at Nuremberg




Australian rules football


VFL Premiership

Collingwood achieves the only perfect home-and-away season in VFL/AFL history, but lose the second semi-final to Richmond 8.13 (61) to 18.15 (123)
Collingwood wins the 33rd VFL Premiership, beating Richmond 11.13 (79) to 7.8 (50) in the 1929 VFL Grand Final.
Brownlow Medal

The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Albert Collier (Collingwood)




Bandy


Sweden

Championship final – IF Göta 5-1 Västerås SK




Baseball


April 16 - New York Yankees become 1st team to use numbers on uniforms
World Series

8–14 October — Philadelphia Athletics (AL) defeat Chicago Cubs (NL) to win the 1929 World Series by 4 games to 1.




Basketball


ABL Championship

Cleveland Rosenblums over Fort Wayne Hoosiers (4–0)
Europe

Italian club Virtus Bologna, officially founded.
France

Limoges CSP, was founded in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, on November 13.




Boxing


Events

September — having successfully defended the World Light Heavyweight Championship this year against both Mickey Walker and James J. Braddock, Tommy Loughran relinquishes the title to fight as a heavyweight
Lineal world champions

World Heavyweight Championship – vacant
World Light Heavyweight Championship – Tommy Loughran → vacant
World Middleweight Championship – Mickey Walker
World Welterweight Championship – Joe Dundee → Jackie Fields
World Lightweight Championship – Sammy Mandell
World Featherweight Championship – Andre Routis → Bat Battalino
World Bantamweight Championship – vacant → "Panama" Al Brown
World Flyweight Championship – vacant




Canadian football


Grey Cup

17th Grey Cup – Hamilton Tigers 14–3 Regina Roughriders




Cricket


Events

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) organises the England tour of Australia in the 1928–29 season. England retains The Ashes, winning the first four Tests against Australia and losing the last for a 4–1 series victory. But, ominously for England, a young batsman called Don Bradman makes his Test debut for Australia.
England

County Championship – Nottinghamshire
Minor Counties Championship – Oxfordshire
Most runs – Frank Woolley 2804 @ 56.08 (HS 176)
Most wickets – Tich Freeman 267 @ 18.27 (BB 10–131)
Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Ted Bowley, K. S. Duleepsinhji, Tuppy Owen-Smith, Walter Robins, Bob Wyatt
Australia

Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
Most runs – Don Bradman 1690 @ 93.88 (HS 340*)
Most wickets – Clarrie Grimmett 71 @ 34.25 (BB 6–109)
India

Bombay Quadrangular – Parsees
New Zealand

Plunket Shield – Auckland
South Africa

Currie Cup – Western Province
West Indies

Inter-Colonial Tournament – British Guiana




Cycling


Tour de France

Maurice De Waele (Belgium) wins the 23rd Tour de France




Figure skating


World Figure Skating Championships

World Men's Champion – Gillis Grafström (Sweden)
World Women's Champion – Sonja Henie (Norway)
World Pairs Champions – Lilly Scholz and Otto Kaiser (Austria)




Golf


Major tournaments

British Open – Walter Hagen
US Open – Bobby Jones
USPGA Championship – Leo Diegel
Other tournaments

British Amateur – Cyril Tolley
US Amateur – Jimmy Johnston




Horse racing


England

Champion Hurdle – Royal Falcon
Cheltenham Gold Cup – Easter Hero
Grand National – Gregalach
1,000 Guineas Stakes – Taj Mah
2,000 Guineas Stakes – Mr Jinks
The Derby – Trigo
The Oaks – Pennycomequick
St. Leger Stakes – Trigo
Australia

Melbourne Cup – Nightmarch
Canada

King's Plate – Shorelint
France

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Ortello
Ireland

Irish Grand National – Alike
Irish Derby Stakes – Kopi
US

Kentucky Derby – Clyde Van Dusen
Preakness Stakes – Dr. Freeland
Belmont Stakes – Blue Larkspur




Ice hockey


Stanley Cup

28–29 March — Boston Bruins defeats New York Rangers by 2 games to 0 in the 1929 Stanley Cup Finals




Lacrosse


Events

The Intercollegiate Lacrosse League is renamed the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA).




Motorsport






Nordic skiing


FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

4th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1929 are held at Zakopane, Poland




Rowing


The Boat Race

23 March — Cambridge wins the 81st Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race




Rugby league


The Australia national rugby league team embarked on the 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.
England

Championship – Huddersfield
Challenge Cup final – Wigan 13–2 Dewsbury at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
Lancashire League Championship – Swinton
Yorkshire League Championship – Huddersfield
Lancashire County Cup – Wigan 5–4 Widnes
Yorkshire County Cup – Leeds 5–0 Featherstone Rovers
Australia

NSW Premiership – South Sydney 30–10 Newtown (grand final)




Rugby union


Five Nations Championship

42nd Five Nations Championship series is won by Scotland




Snooker


World Championship

3rd World Snooker Championship is won by Joe Davis who defeats Tom Dennis 19–14




Speed skating


Speed Skating World Championships

Men's All-round Champion – Clas Thunberg (Finland)




Tennis


Australia

Australian Men's Singles Championship – Colin Gregory (Great Britain) defeats Richard Schlesinger (Australia) 6–2 6–2 5–7 7–5
Australian Women's Singles Championship – Daphne Akhurst Cozens (Australia) defeats Louise Bickerton (Australia) 6–1 5–7 6–2
England

Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Henri Cochet (France) defeats Jean Borotra (France) 6–4 6–3 6–4
Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (US) defeats Helen Jacobs (US) 6–1 6–2
France

French Men's Singles Championship – René Lacoste (France) defeats Jean Borotra (France) 6–3 2–6 6–0 2–6 8–6
French Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (US) defeats Simonne Mathieu (France) 6–3 6–4
US

American Men's Singles Championship – Bill Tilden (US) defeats Francis Hunter (US) 3–6 6–3 4–6 6–2 6–4
American Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (US) defeats Phoebe Holcroft Watson (Great Britain) 6–4 6–2
Davis Cup

1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – France 3–2 United States at Stade Roland Garros (clay) Paris, France




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