- 1879 in sports
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c=19th century
cf=20th centuryyp1=1876
yp2=1877
yp3=1878
year=1879
ya1=1880
ya2=1881
ya3=1882
dp3=1840s
dp2=1850s
dp1=1860s
d=1870s
da=0
dn1=1880s
dn2=1890s
dn3=1900s|Baseball *The
National League agrees that no one else will hire any of five players listed by each club, the firstreserve list s.Cricket *2 January-4 January,
Sydney - Only Test betweenAustralia andEngland . Australia win by 10wicket s.
*2 January,Sydney -Fred Spofforth ofAustralia claims the firsthat-trick inTest cricket at theSydney Cricket Ground .Football (Soccer)*
March 29 FA Cup - Old Etonians beat Clapham Rovers 1-0
*April 5 -James F. M. Prinsep of Clapham Rovers becomes England's youngest player, a record that stands for more than 123 years, until broken byWayne Rooney in2003 .Golf *British Open - Jamie Anderson
Horse racing *
May 20 -Lord Murphy wins theKentucky Derby Hurling *The Irish Hurling Union formalises the sport of Hurling for the first time.
Lacrosse *The U.S. Amateur Lacrosse Association is formed and they adopt the Canadian rules.
=Rowing=*
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - CambridgeBirths
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May 23 —Dezső Lauber , Hungarian all-round sportsman (d.1966 )
*June 3 —Vivian Woodward , English amateur football player (d.1954 )
*December 29 —Gerald Logan , British field hockey playerDeaths
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