1882 in sports

1882 in sports

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Baseball

*The American Association opens in six southerly cities from St. Louis to Philadelphia, a new professional baseball league that will rival the NL.
*The National League completes two years with one circuit, eight northerly cities from Chicago to Boston.

Boxing

*Last bareknuckle heavyweight boxing championship fight takes place in Mississippi City

Cricket

*England tour Australia for a 4-Test series. Australia win 2-0.
*Australia tour England and play 1 Test. Australia wins by 7 runs. Sporting Times publishes obituary of English cricket, beginning legend of the Ashes. (The bails from a match between England and Australia are burnt to created The Ashes.)

Football (Soccer)

*FA Cup Old Etonians beat Blackburn Rovers 1-0
*Ireland make their international debut

Golf

*British Open - Bob Ferguson

Horse racing

*Seaman, ridden by Lord John Manners beats 11 rivals to win the Grand National
*May 16 - Kentucky Derby - Apollo
*Preakness - Vanguard
*Belmont Stakes - Forester

Lacrosse

*The first high school lacrosse teams are formed: Phillips Academy, Phillips Exeter Academy, and the Lawrenceville School.
*Seven colleges form the first Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (ILA), which was later replaced by the Intercollegiate Lacrosse League in 1905 (which was renamed the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association in 1929).


=Rowing=

*Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

Births

*January 24 — Ödön Bodor, Hungarian athlete (d. 1927)
*February 18 — Harvey Sutton, Australian athlete (d. 1963)
*March 15 — Jim Lightbody, American middle distance runner (d. 1953)
*April 29 — Tom Richards, Australian rugby union player (d. 1935)
*May 5 — Maurice Peeters, Dutch track cyclist (d. 1957)
*June 10 — Arie Vosbergen, Dutch track and field athlete (d. 1918)
*September 24 — Max Décugis, French tennis player (d. 1978)

Deaths


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