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      • 1891 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.


      Athletics


      USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships


      American football


      College championship

      College football national championship – Yale Bulldogs
      Events

      Kansas defeats Missouri in the first Border War game 22-10 beginning one of the oldest and most fierce college football rivalries.


      Association football


      Argentina

      Argentine Primera Division founded
      Belgium

      Club Brugge KV founded
      England

      The Football League – Everton 29 points, Preston North End 27, Notts County 26, Wolves 26, Bolton Wanderers 25, Blackburn Rovers 24
      FA Cup final – Blackburn Rovers 3–1 Notts County at The Oval
      The Football League expands from twelve to fourteen teams for the 1891–92 season: Stoke FC, having been expelled in 1890, is restored; Darwen is elected.
      Scotland

      The Scottish Football League's inaugural season is completed with a shared title
      Scottish Football League – Dumbarton and Rangers: title shared
      Scottish Cup final – Heart of Midlothian 1–0 Dumbarton at Hampden Park
      Uruguay

      28 September — foundation of the Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club (CURCC) by British railway workers in Montevideo; it later becomes C.A. Peñarol


      Australian Rules Football


      Victorian Football Association premiers - Essendon
      SANFL premiers - Norwood
      WAFL premiers - Rovers


      Baseball


      National championship

      National League v. American Association – series not held
      The National League winners are the Boston Beaneaters who decline to play against the American Association winners, the Boston Reds
      Events

      The American Association folds after the season ends


      Basketball


      Events

      James Naismith of Springfield, Massachusetts invents basketball


      Boxing


      Events

      14 January — Bob Fitzsimmons knocks out Jack Nonpareil Dempsey in the 13th round at New Orleans to win the Middleweight Championship of the World. It is the first of three world titles that Fitzsimmons will hold during his career.
      Lineal world champions

      World Heavyweight Championship – John L. Sullivan
      World Middleweight Championship – Jack Nonpareil Dempsey → Bob Fitzsimmons
      World Welterweight Championship – title vacant
      World Lightweight Championship – Jack McAuliffe
      World Featherweight Championship – Young Griffo


      Canadian Football


      The Canadian Rugby Union (CRU) is formed as the new governing body of the sport. It lasts until the birth of the CFL in 1958.
      McGill defeats Bishop's College 38-8 in an exhibition match in Montreal.
      Quebec Rugby Football Union champions - Montreal.
      Ontario Rugby Football Union champions - Osgoode Hall.
      Northwest Championship - Moosomin.
      Dominion Championship - Osgoode Hall defeats Montreal 21-10.


      Cricket


      Events

      Inaugural Inter-Colonial Tournament takes place in the West Indies involving Barbados, British Guiana and Trinidad & Tobago.
      England

      County Championship – Surrey
      Most runs – William Gunn 1336 @ 41.75 (HS 169)
      Most wickets – George Lohmann 177 @ 11.66 (BB 7–20)
      Wisden Five Great Bowlers – William Attewell, J T Hearne, Frederick Martin, Arthur Mold, John Sharpe
      Australia

      Most runs – George Giffen 275 runs @ 91.66 (HS 237)
      Most wickets – Jim Phillips 25 wickets @ 10.00 (BB 7–20)
      South Africa

      Currie Cup – Kimberley
      West Indies

      Inter-Colonial Tournament – Barbados


      Golf


      Major tournaments

      British Open – Hugh Kirkaldy
      Other tournaments

      British Amateur – Johnny Laidlay


      Horse racing


      England

      Grand National – Come Away
      1,000 Guineas Stakes – Mimi
      2,000 Guineas Stakes – Common
      The Derby – Common
      The Oaks – Mimi
      St. Leger Stakes – Common
      Australia

      Melbourne Cup – Malvolio
      Canada

      Queen's Plate – Victorious
      Ireland

      Irish Grand National – Old Tom
      Irish Derby Stakes – Narraghmore
      USA

      Kentucky Derby – Kingman
      Preakness Stakes – not run
      Belmont Stakes – Foxford


      Ice hockey


      Events

      5 March — the Montreal Hockey Club defeats the Montreal Crescents 8–2 in a challenge to retain the 1891 AHAC season title.
      7 March — the Ottawa Hockey Club defeats the Toronto St. George's 5–0 to win the inaugural Ontario Hockey Association championship.
      Sweden

      DjurgĂĄrdens IF Hockey was founded in Stockholm


      Rowing


      The Boat Race

      21 March — Oxford wins the 48th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race


      Rugby football


      Home Nations Championship

      The 9th series is won by Scotland with a 100% record against England, Ireland and Wales.
      Other events

      The 1891 British Lions tour to South Africa is the first British Isles tour of South Africa and only the second overseas tour conducted by a joint British team. Between 9 July and 7 September, the team plays 20 games, including three Tests against the South Africa national rugby union team. The British Isles wins all 20 matches including the three Tests. Although not named as such at the time, the tour is retrospectively recognised as a British Lions tour.


      Tennis


      Events

      Inaugural French championship is held as the Championat de France International de Tennis. Initially, only the men's singles is contested; the women's singles will begin in 1897. Until 1924, the tournament is open only to tennis players who are licensed in France but, ironically, the inaugural tournament is won by an Englishman, H Briggs, who defeats French player P Baigneres in the final. Briggs is a British resident living in Paris.
      England

      Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Wilfred Baddeley (GB) defeats Joshua Pim (Ireland) 6–4 1–6 7–5 6–0
      Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Lottie Dod (GB) defeats Blanche Bingley Hillyard (GB) 6–2 6–1
      France

      French Men's Singles Championship – H. Briggs (GB) defeats P. Baigneres (France) 6–3 6–2
      USA

      American Men's Singles Championship – Oliver Campbell (USA) defeats Clarence Hobart (USA) 2–6 7–5 7–9 6–1 6–2
      American Women's Singles Championship – Mabel Cahill (GB) defeats Ellen Roosevelt (USA) 6–4 6–1 4–6 6–3


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