- 1884 in sports
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in?=in sports
cp=18th century
c=19th century
cf=20th centuryyp1=1881
yp2=1882
yp3=1883
year=1884
ya1=1885
ya2=1886
ya3=1887
dp3=1850s
dp2=1860s
dp1=1870s
d=1880s
da=0
dn1=1890s
dn2=1900s
dn3=1910s|Baseball *
World Series the First - Providence NL defeats New York AA, 3 games to none.
*Ned Williamson hits 27home run s for the Chicago White Stockings, establishing a record that will last for 35 years. He nearly doubles the record of 14 set the season before byHarry Stovey .*The
Canadian Rugby Football Union , forerunner of theCanadian Football League is established.Football (Soccer)*
FA Cup -Blackburn Rovers beat Queen's Park (Glasgow) 2-1
*Leicester City football club formed.Golf *British Open -
Jack Simpson Horse Racing *
May 16 -Buchanan wins theKentucky Derby
=Rowing=*
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - CambridgeEvents
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Cresta Run constructed for skeleton
*Gaelic Athletic Association founded to promotehurling andGaelic football Births
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February 8 —Reginald Baker , Australian athlete, sports promoter and film actor (d.1953 )
*February 29 —Frederick Grace , English lightweight boxer (d.1964 )
*June 2 —Ferdinando Minoia , Italian champion racing driver (d.1940 )
*August 3 —Georges Boillot , Grand Prix motor racing driver (d.1916 )
*August 4 —Henri Cornet , French cycling champion (d.1941 )
*August 4 —Jacobus Hoogveld , Dutch athlete (d.1948 )
*December 31 —Edgar Page , British field hockey player (d.1956 )No date
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Candy Jim Taylor — player and manager in Negro League baseballDeaths
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