1896 in sports

1896 in sports

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Athletics (track and field)

*Olympic Games: see "General sporting events" below

Baseball

*The original Baltimore Orioles win their third and final championship.

Cricket

*The Ashes - England win 3 test series 2-1
*County Cricket Championship - Yorkshire

Golf

*June - British Open - Harry Vardon wins his first of six British Opens.
*July 18 - U.S. Open - James Foulis wins the second playing of the Open.
*British Amateur - Freddie Tait
*U.S. Amateur - H. J. Whigham

Horse Racing

*May 6 - Ben Brush wins the Kentucky Derby

Ice hockey

*Winnipeg Victorias win their 1st Stanley Cup, defeating the Montreal Victorias, however, Montreal would reclaim the trophy by defeating Winnipeg in a rematch.

Ice skating

* First World Figure Skating Championships (open to men only) held in Saint Petersburg

Football (soccer)

England

*First Division - Aston Villa win the 1895-96 title.
*FA Cup - The Wednesday beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1.

Netherlands

* Willem II Tilburg, a Dutch football club playing in Tilburg, is founded as "Tilburgia" on August 12.

cotland

* The Scottish Football League 1895-96 title is won by Celtic.
* The Scottish Cup is won by Hearts, who beat Hibernian 3-1.


=Rowing=

*Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

Rugby league

*Challenge Cup instituted - Batley beat St Helens 10-3 in the final.

General sporting events

*1896 Summer Olympics, the first modern Olympic Games, takes place in Athens, Greece
**13 nations compete in the Games, most from Greece, Germany and France.
**April 6 - American James Connolly wins the triple jump, becoming the first Olympic champion in over 1,500 years.
**Winners receive a silver medal and a crown of olive branches.
**Greece wins the most medals (46), and the United States wins the most gold medals (11).

Births

* January 2 — Piet Ikelaar, Dutch track cyclist (d. 1992)
* January 18 — Ville Ritola, Finnish athlete (d. 1982)
* April 2 — Oscar van Rappard, Dutch athlete and football (soccer) player (d. 1962)
* April 27 — Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player (d. 1963)
* May 2 — Norman Ross, American swimmer (d. 1953)
*August 13 — Walter Price, Welsh footballer
*October 25 — Nils Backlund, Swedish water polo player (d. 1964)


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