1893 in sports

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See also: 1892 in sports, other events of 1893, 1894 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Contents 1 Basketball 2 Boat race 3 Cricket 4 American football 5 Football (soccer) 5.1 Argentina 5.2 England 6 Ice hockey 7 Ice skating 8 Births 9 Deaths

Basketball

• April 8 - First college basketball game took place in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania when Geneva College defeated the New Brighton YMCA

Boat race

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

Cricket

• County Cricket Championship - Yorkshire

American football

• February 22 - The University of Alabama and Auburn University meet at Lakeview Baseball Park in Birmingham for the first Iron Bowl.

Football (soccer)

Argentina

• Foundation of the Argentine Football Association on February 21.

England

• First Division - Sunderland win the 1892-93 title.
• FA Cup - Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Everton 1-0.
• The Second Division is expanded from twelve to fifteen teams for the 1893-94 season. Liverpool, Newcastle United and Woolwich Arsenal are all admitted to the Football League.

Ice hockey

• Stanley Cup first awarded - to Montreal AAA

Ice skating

• First World Championships in speed skating (open to men only) directly under the auspices of the ISU held in Amsterdam

Births

• August 15 — Jack Hatfield, British swimmer and water polo player (d. 1965)

Deaths

• October 10 — Lip Pike (48), American baseball player (b. 1845)fr:1893 en sport

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