- 1872 in sports
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in?=in sports
cp=18th century
c=19th century
cf=20th centuryyp1=1869
yp2=1870
yp3=1871
year=1872
ya1=1873
ya2=1874
ya3=1875
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dp2=1850s
dp1=1860s
d=1870s
da=0
dn1=1880s
dn2=1890s
dn3=1900s|Baseball *The National Association (NA) permits
pitching with a wrist snap, practically legalizing the Mutual of New York (NA).
*MultipleNABBP champions Eckford and Atlantic fromBrooklyn, New York join the NA but neither will regain prominence.
*The originalBoston Red Stockings win the NA pennant, beginning a four-year runFootball
*
March 16 - In the inauguralFA Cup final, Wanderers beat Royal Engineers 1–0 at theKennington Oval
*November 30 - The first international match is played: Scotland and England draw 0-0
*Kettering Town football club are founded.Golf *British Open -
Tom Morris, Jr.
=Rowing=*
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - CambridgeBirths
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January 11 —Wilfred Baddeley , British tennis player (d.1929 )
*January 26 —Arthur Blake , American athlete (d.1944 )
*April 25 —C. B. Fry , England cricketer and rugby international, long jump champion
*August 18 —Adolf Schmal , Austrian fencer and cyclist (d.1919 )
*October 14 —Momcsilló Tapavicza , Hungarian tennis player, weightlifter and wrestler (d.1949 )
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