1877 in sports

1877 in sports

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Baseball

*Star pitcher Jim Devlin and three other Louisville Grays are permanently expelled from the National League for arranging with gamblers to lose games. (Louisville finishes seven games behind Boston.)

Cricket

*Australia defeats England in the first Test match by 45 runs

Football (Australian rules football)

*Victorian Football Association is formed. This was initially the highest level of the sport, until surpassed in 1897 by the Australian Football League (then known as the Victorian Football League.)
*The initial premiers were Carlton FC.

Football

*March 24 FA Cup Wanderers F.C. beat Oxford University 2-1 (after extra time)

Golf

*British Open - Jamie Anderson

Horse Racing

*May 22 - Baden-Baden wins the Kentucky Derby

Lacrosse

*November - The first intercollegiate lacrosse game is held between New York University and Manhattan College


=Rowing=

*Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Dead Heat

Tennis

*First open tournament held at Wimbledon

Births

* January 4 — Otto Herschmann, Austrian swimmer (d. 1942)
* November 22 — Joan Gamper, Swiss-Catalan footballer and founder of FC Barcelona (d. 1930)


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