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1875 in sports
Years in sports
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Air sports American football Aquatic sports Association football Athletics Australian rules football Badminton Baseball Basketball Canadian football Chess Climbing Combat sports Sumo Cricket 1874–75 1875 1875–76 Cycling Dance sports Darts Equestrianism Esports Field hockey Flying disc Golf Gymnastics Handball Ice hockey Ice sports Korfball Lumberjack sports Mind sports Modern pentathlon Motorsport Orienteering Paralympic sports Precision sports Shooting Racquetball Roller sports Sailing Skiing Speedway Rugby league‎ Rugby union Snooker 1874–75 1875–76 Strength sports Weightlifting Squash Table tennis Tennis Triathlon Volleyball

1875 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

American football

College championship

College football national championship – Harvard Crimson

Events

13 November — first edition of "The Game", the annual contest between Yale Bulldogs and Harvard Crimson, is played under a modified set of rugby football rules known as "The Concessionary Rules". Yale loses 4–0, but finds that it prefers Harvard's adopted rugby style game.

Association football

England

FA Cup final – Royal Engineers 2–0 Old Etonians in a replay following a 1–1 draw (both games played at The Oval).
5 November — Blackburn Rovers founded at a meeting of enthusiasts in the St Leger Hotel, King William St, Blackburn.
Birmingham City founded as Small Heath Alliance by cricketers from Holy Trinity Church in the Bordesley Green area of Birmingham.
Introduction of crossbars.
Wing play develops and the practice of "middling" (i.e., crossing) the ball is found to be effective. Heading is also introduced, apparently by players in Sheffield. Billy Mosforth of Sheffield FC is noted for his "screw shot" which gives him the ability to "bend" the ball in flight.

Scotland

Scottish Cup final – Queen's Park 3–0 Renton at Hampden Park^[1]
Hibernian FC founded in Edinburgh by Irish immigrants who give the club the Roman name for Ireland.

Australia

A match is played between the inmates and staff of Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum and a visiting Australian Rules club. The rules used in the match state that the ball cannot be carried or handled.

Baseball

National championship

National Association of Professional Base Ball Players champion – Boston Red Stockings (fourth consecutive season)

Boxing

Events

No major bouts take place in 1875. Tom Allen retains the American Championship.^[2]

Cricket

Events

18 August — formation of Somerset County Cricket Club by a team of amateurs at a meeting in Sidmouth, Devonshire, immediately after a match against a local side.

England

Champion County^[3] – Nottinghamshire
Most runs – W. G. Grace 1,498 @ 32.56 (HS 152)
Most wickets – W. G. Grace 191 @ 12.94 (BB 9–48)

Golf

Major tournaments

British Open – Willie Park senior

Horse racing

Events

Inaugural running of the Kentucky Derby is won by Aristides

England

Grand National – Pathfinder
1,000 Guineas Stakes – Spinaway
2,000 Guineas Stakes – Camballo
The Derby – Galopin^[4]
The Oaks – Spinaway
St. Leger Stakes – Craig Millar

Australia

Melbourne Cup – Wollomai

Canada

Queen's Plate – Young Trumpeter

Ireland

Irish Grand National – Scots Grey
Irish Derby Stakes – Innishowen

USA

Ice hockey

Events

3 March — first organised and recorded indoor game of ice hockey is played at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal.

Rowing

The Boat Race

20 March — Oxford wins the 32nd Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Rugby football

Events

Barrow RLFC and Leinster Rugby are established in 1875

References

^ "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
^ Cyber Boxing Zone – Tom Allen. Retrieved on 12 November 2009.
^ A semi-official seasonal title proclaimed by media consensus prior to December 1889 when the official County Championship is constituted.
^ "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

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