- 1890 in sports
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in?=in sports
cp=18th century
c=19th century
cf=20th centuryyp1=1887
yp2=1888
yp3=1889
year=1890
ya1=1891
ya2=1892
ya3=1893
dp3=1860s
dp2=1870s
dp1=1880s
d=1890s
da=0
dn1=1900s
dn2=1910s
dn3=1920s|Baseball *The Players League, initiated by the ballplayer union, competes with the
National League and American Association. Most of the established players are solid and theirs is the strongest league but it survives for only one season. Boston wins and many recognize it as the strongest team.
*World Series - Louisville AA ties Brooklyn NL, 3 games to 3Cricket *
County Cricket Championship - SurreyFootball (soccer) England
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Football League - Preston North End win the 1889-90 title.
*FA Cup - Blackburn Rovers beat The Wednesday 6-1.France
*The
Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques , the principal governing offootball in France until 1919, is formed.Golf *British Open - John Ball
*British Amateur - John BallHorse Racing *
May 14 -Kentucky Derby -Riley
*Preakness -Montague
*Belmont Stakes - BurlingtonLacrosse The first ever
women's lacrosse game is played at theSt Leonards School inScotland .Tennis * Wimbledon
* Men'sWilloughby Hamilton
* Women'sLena Rice Births
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April 20 —Dragutin Tomašević , Serbian athlete and gymnast (d.1915 )
*June 21 -W. J. A. Davies , Welsh rugby player (d.1967 )
*August 24 —Duke Kahanamoku , American swimmer and surfer (d.1968 )
*"date unknown" - Jack Anthony, Welsh jockey (d.1954 )Deaths
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