1892 in sports
1892 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s |
| Years: | 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 |
Contents |
American football
- William "Pudge" Heffelfinger is paid $500 by the Allegheny Athletic Association to play in a game against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club, making Heffelfinger the first professional football player.
Association football
England
- The Football League – Sunderland 42 points, Preston North End 37, Bolton Wanderers 36, Aston Villa 30, Everton 28, Wolves 26
- FA Cup final – West Bromwich Albion 3 - 0 Aston Villa in the last final to be played at The Oval.
- 13 March – Liverpool FC is founded after Everton is split by a faction fight at board level over the proposed purchase of the freehold at Anfield. One faction, retaining the club's name and players, quits Anfield and moves across Stanley Park to establish a new home at Goodison Park. The other faction, which owns Anfield, decides to establish a new club there and this is called Liverpool FC. The new club joins the Lancashire League prior to the 1892–1893 season.
- With the demise of the rival Football Alliance, the Football League is able to expand by inviting former Alliance members to join it. Membership doubles from 14 to 28 clubs with divisions introduced for the first time in the 1892-93 season. The original Football League becomes the new First Division, expanded to 16 teams; and the new Second Division is formed with 12 teams, many of them former members of the Alliance.
- Darwen is relegated from the First Division; Newton Heath (Manchester United), Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday are elected to the First Division for 1892-93. Members of the new Second Division are Ardwick (Manchester City), Bootle (league members 1892-93), Burton United (1892-1907), Crewe Alexandra, Darwen, Grimsby Town, Lincoln City, Northwich Victoria (1892-94), Burslem Port Vale (1892-1907), Sheffield United, Small Heath (Birmingham City) and Walsall.
Scotland
- Scottish Football League – Dumbarton
- Scottish Cup final – Glasgow Celtic 5 - 1 Queen's Park at Ibrox Park
- The SFL is reduced back to 10 teams for 1892-93 after Cambuslang and Vale of Leven are expelled.
Germany
- 25 July – Hertha Berlin founded as one of the oldest clubs in Germany
Athletics (track and field)
- C. B. Fry equals the world record for the long jump of 23 ft. 5in – the record stands for 18 months.
Baseball
- The "National League and American Association" is the sole major league in baseball after incorporating four clubs from the former American Association into the expanded and restructured National League and buying out the four others.
- The National League plays a split season, Boston Beaneaters winning the first half, Cleveland Spiders winning the second. At the end of the season, Boston defeats Cleveland 5 - 0 in a championship series. The experiment will not be repeated but it will be adapted after two-month interruption of the 1981 season.
Basketball
- January – first official game of basketball played at a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts
Boxing
Events
- 7 September – James J. Corbett wins the World Heavyweight Championship with a 21st round knockout of John L. Sullivan in New Orleans. Sullivan is gradually worn down by Corbett's combination of elusive footwork and fast jabs. Corbett holds the title until 1897.
Lineal world champions[1]
- World Heavyweight Championship – John L. Sullivan → James J. Corbett
- World Middleweight Championship – Bob Fitzsimmons
- World Welterweight Championship – vacant → "Mysterious" Billy Smith
- World Lightweight Championship – Jack McAuliffe
- World Featherweight Championship – George Dixon
Cricket
Events
- The English cricket team in Australia in 1891–92 tours Australia and Ceylon. The team, captained by W G Grace, is organised by Lord Sheffield who later subscribes his Sheffield Shield to Australian domestic first-class cricket. 29 matches are played in total, of which 12 are won, two lost and 15 drawn. Eight of the games are first-class including three Tests versus Australia. Australia win the Test series 2-1 to claim The Ashes.
Honours – England
- County Championship – Surrey
- Most runs – Herbie Hewett 1407 @ 35.17 (HS 201)
- Most wickets – J T Hearne 163 @ 15.39 (BB 9-41)
- Wisden Five Batsmen of the Year – Herbie Hewett, Lionel Palairet, Walter Read, Stanley Scott, Andrew Stoddart
Honours – Australia
- Most runs – Jack Lyons 557 @ 55.70 (HS 145)
- Most wickets – George Giffen 50 @ 17.30 (BB 9-96)
Golf
Horse racing
- 11 May – African-American jockey Alonzo "Lonnie" Clayton, aged 15, becomes the youngest rider ever to win the Kentucky Derby
Steeplechases
- Grand National – Father O'Flynn
Flat races
- Australia: Melbourne Cup – Glenloth
- Canada: Queen's Plate – O'Donohue
- Ireland: Irish Derby Stakes – Roy Neil
- English Triple Crown Races:
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Bona Vista
- Epsom Derby – Sir Hugo
- St. Leger Stakes – La Fleche
- United States Triple Crown Races:
- Kentucky Derby – Azra
- Preakness Stakes – not run
- Belmont Stakes – Patron
Ice hockey
- Ottawa Hockey Club wins its third straight Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) title, defeating Toronto Osgoode Hall 10–4.
- Montreal Hockey Club defeats Ottawa 1–0 to win its fifth straight Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) title.
- At a celebration dinner to honour the Ottawa Hockey Club, Canadian Governor-General Lord Stanley announces his new trophy to be awarded to the ice hockey champions of Canada. Originally known as the "Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup", it beomes known as the Stanley Cup, the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Ice skating
- The International Skating Union, the world governing body for ice skating, is founded in the Netherlands.
Rowing
Rugby football
- The 1892 Home Nations Championship is the tenth series of the Home Nations Championship. Six matches are played between England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. England wins all its three games to take the title.
Tennis
England
- Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Wilfred Baddeley (GB) defeats Joshua Pim (Ireland) 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-2
- Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Lottie Dod (GB) defeats Blanche Bingley Hillyard (GB) 6-1 6-1
France
- French Men's Singles Championship – Jean Schopfer (France) defeats Fassitt: scores unknown
USA
- American Men's Singles Championship – Oliver Campbell defeats Fred Hovey 7-5 3-6 6-3 7-5
- American Women's Singles Championship – Mabel Cahill (GB) defeats Elisabeth Moore 5-7 6-3 6-4 4-6 6-2
References
- ^ "Cyber Boxing Zone". Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. http://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1245517290435089. Retrieved on 2009-06-20.
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