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in?=in sports
cp=18th century
c=19th century
cf=20th centuryyp1=1888
yp2=1889
yp3=1890
year=1891
ya1=1892
ya2=1893
ya3=1894
dp3=1860s
dp2=1870s
dp1=1880s
d=1890s
da=0
dn1=1900s
dn2=1910s
dn3=1920s|Baseball *
Ted Breitenstein pitches ano-hitter in his first major league start on October 4.Basketball *
James Naismith invents basketball inSpringfield, Massachusetts (December).Cricket *
County Cricket Championship - SurreyFootball (soccer) *
September 28 - TheCURCC (Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club) is founded by British railway workers in Montevideo, the team would later become theC.A. Peñarol .England
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Football League - Everton win the 1890-91 title. The League expands from twelve to fourteen teams for 1891-92.
*FA Cup - Blackburn Rovers beat Notts County 3-1.Golf *British Open -
Hugh Kirkaldy
*British Amateur -Johnny Laidlay Horse Racing *
May 13 -Kingman wins theKentucky Derby
=Rowing=*
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - OxfordTennis *First
French Open heldBirths
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February 22 —Theo Willems , Dutch archer (d.1960 )
*April 19 —Fred Fulton , American heavyweight boxer (d.1973 )
*April 28 —Isak Abrahamsen , Norwegian gymnast (d.1972 )
*April 30 —Pat O'Hara Wood , Australian tennis player (d.1961 )
*May 13 —Frank Beaurepaire , Australian freestyle swimmer (d.1956 )
*June 15 —Harry Hebner , American backstroke and freestyle swimmer (d.1968 )
*July 30 —Casey Stengel , U.S. baseball manager (d.1975 )
*November 16 —László Beleznai , Hungarian water polo player and freestyle swimmer (d.1953 )Deaths
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