1891 IN SPORTS

==Baseball==

★ Ted Breitenstein pitches a no-hitter in his first major league start on October 4.
==Basketball==

★ James Naismith invents basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts (December).
==Cricket==

★ County Cricket Championship - Surrey
==Football (soccer)==

★ September 28 - The CURCC (Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club) is founded by british railway workers in Montevideo, the team would later become the C.A. Peñarol.

Contents

England

Births

Deaths

England

★ 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.
==Rowing==

★ Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford
==Tennis==

★ First French Open held

Births

★ 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)

★ July 30 — Casey Stengel, U.S. baseball manager (d. 1975)

Deaths