1879 in sports
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See also: 1878 in sports, other events of 1879, 1880 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
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Boat race
- Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Cambridge
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Cricket
- 2 January-4 January, Sydney - Only Test between Australia and England. Australia win by 10 wickets.
- 2 January, Sydney - Fred Spofforth of Australia claims the first hat-trick in test cricket at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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Football (Soccer)
- March 29 FA Cup - Old Etonians beat Clapham Rovers 1-0
- April 5 - James F. M. Prinsep of Clapham Rovers becomes England's youngest player, a record that stands for more than 123 years, until broken by Wayne Rooney in 2003.
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Hurling
- The Irish Hurling Union formalises the sport of Hurling for the first time.
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Births
- May 23 — Dezső Lauber, Hungarian all-round sportsman (d. 1966)
- June 3 — Vivian Woodward, English amateur football player (d. 1954)
- December 29 — Gerald Logan, British field hockey player
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