1855 in sports

yearbox
in?=in sports
cp=18th century
c=19th century
cf=20th century

yp1=1852
yp2=1853
yp3=1854
year=1855
ya1=1856
ya2=1857
ya3=1858
dp3=1820s
dp2=1830s
dp1=1840s
d=1850s
da=0
dn1=1860s
dn2=1870s
dn3=1880s|

Baseball

*The established Knickerbockers, Gothams, and Eagles from New York (Manhattan) play three matches round robin in June. With the Empires, a local newcomer, they play five matches in September and October, a round robin less one match.
*A few clubs from outside New York (Manhattan) play their first matches in the fall. One from Brooklyn is the Atlantic Base Ball Club or simply "Atlantic", soon to be the first recurring winner or "dynasty".

Horse racing

* English flat (triple crown races)
** 2,000 Guineas - Lord of the Isles, ridden by Tom Aldcroft, trained by W Day, owner James Merry
** Epsom Derby - Wild Dayrell- ridden by Robert Sherwood, trained by Rickaby, owned by Francis Popham
** St. Leger Stakes - Saucebox, ridden by John Wells, owned and trained by Tom Parr
* National Hunt racing
** Grand National - Wanderer

Ice Hockey

*Perhaps this year, pucks are introduced to the game in Canada in place of balls

=Rowing=

*In July, the Harvard-Yale Regatta, a 1:38 win for Harvard on the Connecticut River in Springfield, Massachusetts -- [http://hcs.harvard.edu/~harvcrew/Website/History/HY/ "America's Oldest Intercollegiate Athletic Event"] With the first in 1852 and the third in 1859, the one-race "regatta" is an occasional rather than a traditional or an established event.