1899 in sports

1899 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:	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902

1 American football
2 Association football
3 Australian rules football
4 Baseball
5 Boxing
6 Cricket
7 Cycling
8 Golf
9 Horse racing
10 Ice hockey
11 Motor racing
12 Rowing
13 Rugby league
14 Rugby union
15 Tennis
16 Yacht racing
17 References

American football

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 –
FA Cup final – Sheffield United 4 - 1 Derby County at Crystal Palace, London.

Scotland

Scottish Football League –
Scottish Cup final –

Germany

Foundation of Eintracht Frankfurt and SV Werder Bremen

Spain

29 November – FC Barcelona founded

Australian rules football

Fitzroy wins the 3rd VFL Premiership (Fitzroy 3.9 (27) d South Melbourne 3.8 (26))

Baseball

National League championship – Brooklyn Superbas. Brooklyn's team features many former Baltimore Orioles players including Ned Hanlon, Willie Keeler, Hughie Jennings and Joe Kelley.
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.

Boxing

Events

Lineal world champions^[1]

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 → McGovern vacates title → title vacant

Cricket

Events

Australia win The Ashes

Honours – England

County Championship – Surrey
Minor Counties Championship –
Most runs –
Most wickets –
Wisden –

Honours – Australia

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

Cycling

Bordeaux-Paris road race won by Constant Huret

Golf

Events

Great Britain

British Open – Harry Vardon
British Amateur – John Ball

USA

U.S. Open – Willie Smith
U.S. Amateur – H. M. Harriman

Horse racing

Steeplechases

Grand National – Manifesto

Flat races

Australia: Melbourne Cup – Merriwee
Canada: Queen's Plate – Butter Scotch
Ireland: Irish Derby Stakes – Oppressor
English Triple Crown Races:
1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Flying Fox
2. Epsom Derby – Flying Fox
3. St. Leger Stakes – Flying Fox
United States Triple Crown Races:
1. Kentucky Derby – Manuel
2. Preakness Stakes – Half Time
3. Belmont Stakes – Hindus

Ice hockey

15-18 February - Montreal Victorias win their fifth Stanley Cup, defeating the Winnipeg Victorias in a Cup challenge.
4 March - Montreal Shamrocks win the inaugural Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) championship and take over the Stanley Cup.
14 March - The Shamrocks successfully defend the Cup title in a Cup challenge of Queen's College of Kingston, Ontario, winning 6-2.

Motor racing

Rowing

Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race – Cambridge

Rugby league

Rugby union

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): scores unknown
French Women's Singles Championship – Françoise Masson wins: details unknown

USA

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

Yacht racing

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

^ "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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