1873 in sports
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1873 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s |
| Years: | 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 |
Contents |
[edit] American football
- 19 October – representatives of Yale, Columbia, Princeton and Rutgers meet at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City to codify the first set of intercollegiate football rules.
[edit] Association football
England
- FA Cup final – The Wanderers 2 – 0 Oxford University at Lillie Bridge in London
Scotland
- 13 March – formation of the Scottish Football Association (SFA). Queen’s Park and Third Lanark are among the original members.
- The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the Scottish Cup, is launched by the Scottish Football Association as a knockout cup competition ahead of the 1873-74 season.
[edit] Australian Rules Football
- St Kilda Football Club established.
[edit] Baseball
- National Association of Professional Base Ball Players champion – Boston Red Stockings (second consecutive season)
[edit] Boxing
- 23 September – Tom Allen becomes the undisputed Heavyweight Champion of America when he defeats Mike McCoole in the 7th round at "Chateau Island" near St. Louis, Missouri.
- 29 October – McCoole is arrested and later convicted for shooting another pugilist called Patsy Mavery at St. Louis. This ends his career.
- 18 November – Allen defends his title against Ben Hogan at Pacific City, Iowa. In the third round, Hogan claims a foul but is refused by the referee. A riot erupts and the bout is forced to end, being declared a draw. Allen retains the American Championship but does not fight again until 1876.
[edit] Canadian football
- Toronto Argonauts founded by the Argonaut Rowing Club
[edit] Cricket
Events
- Player qualification rules are introduced with players having to decide at the start of a season whether they will play for their county of birth or their county of residence. Until now, it has been quite common for a player to play for two counties during the course of a single season.
Honours – England
- Champion County – Gloucestershire shares the title with Nottinghamshire
- Most runs – W G Grace 1805 @ 72.20 (HS 192*)
- Most wickets – James Southerton 148 @ 13.96 (BB 8-113)
[edit] Golf
[edit] Horse racing
- Inaugural running of the Preakness Stakes won by Survivor
Steeplechases
- Grand National – Disturbance
Flat races
- Australia: Melbourne Cup – Don Juan
- Canada: Queen's Plate – Mignonette
- Ireland: Irish Derby Stakes – Kyrle Daly
- English Triple Crown Races:
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Gang Forward
- Epsom Derby – Doncaster
- St. Leger Stakes – Marie Stuart
- United States Triple Crown Races:
- Preakness Stakes – Survivor
- Belmont Stakes – Springbok
[edit] Rowing
[edit] Rugby football
- 3 March – formation of the Scottish Rugby Football Union in a meeting held at Glasgow Academy, Elmbank Stret, Glasgow. Eight clubs are represented at the foundation: Glasgow Academicals; Edinburgh Academical Football Club; West of Scotland F.C.; University of St Andrews Rugby Football Club; Royal High School FP; Merchistonians; Edinburgh University and Glasgow University.
- Gloucester RFC, Halifax RLFC, Hawick RFC, Salford RLFC, St Helens RLFC, Wakefield Trinity RLFC and Widnes RLFC all established in 1873.
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