1895 in sports

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See also: 1894 in sports, other events of 1895, 1896 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Auto racing

• First real autorace, from Paris to Bordeaux.

Boat race

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

Chess

• The Grand International Chess Congress was held in the summer at Hastings, England.

Cricket

• County Cricket Championship - Surrey

Football (soccer)

England

• First Division - Sunderland win the 1894-95 title.
• FA Cup - Aston Villa beat West Bromwich Albion 1-0.

Ice Hockey

• Montreal Victorias win their 1st Stanley Cup.

Events

• February 9 - W.G. Morgan invents volleyball.
• October 4 - first US Open golf tournament played,Horace Rawlings was its first champion.
• Twenty-one rugby union clubs in northern England split to form the Northern Rugby Union, forerunner of rugby league

Births

• February 2 — George Halas, American football coach (d. 1983)
• February 6 — Babe Ruth, American baseball player (d. 1948)
• May 11 — Jacques Brugnon, French tennis player (d. 1978)

Deaths

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