1900 in sports
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1900 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s |
| Years: | 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 |
Contents |
[edit] American football
[edit] Association football
England
- The Football League –
- FA Cup final – Bury 4 - 0 Southampton at Crystal Palace, London.
Scotland
Germany
- German Football Association founded in Leipzig
Olympic Games
- Upton Park FC (Great Britain)
- Club Française (France)
- Université de Bruxelles (Belgium)
[edit] Australian rules football
[edit] Baseball
- National League championship – Brooklyn Superbas
- The National League contracts from twelve to eight clubs in a circuit of eight cities that will persist through 1952.
- The Western League takes the name "American League" and moves teams into Chicago and Cleveland. The Chicago White Stockings win the pennant in this one season under the new name and the old minor league status.
[edit] Boxing
Events
Lineal world champions[1]
- World Heavyweight Championship – James J. Jeffries
- World Middleweight Championship – Tommy Ryan
- World Welterweight Championship – "Mysterious" Billy Smith → William "Matty" Matthews → Eddie Connolly → James "Rube" Ferns → William "Matty" Matthews
- World Lightweight Championship – Frank Erne
- World Featherweight Championship – George Dixon → "Terrible" Terry McGovern
- World Bantamweight Championship – title vacant
[edit] Cricket
Events
Honours – England
- County Championship –
- Minor Counties Championship –
- Most runs –
- Most wickets –
- Wisden –
Honours – Australia
- Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
- Most runs – Victor Trumper 721 @ 72.10 (HS 208)
- Most wickets – Monty Noble 37 @ 20.64 (BB 6-91)
[edit] Golf
Events
Great Britain
USA
[edit] Horse racing
Steeplechases
- Grand National – Ambush II
Flat races
- Australia: Melbourne Cup – Clean Sweep
- Canada: Queen's Plate – Dalmoor
- Ireland: Irish Derby Stakes – Gallinaria
- English Triple Crown Races:
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Diamond Jubilee
- Epsom Derby – Diamond Jubilee
- St. Leger Stakes – Diamond Jubilee
- United States Triple Crown Races:
- Kentucky Derby – Lieut. Gibson
- Preakness Stakes – Jean Bereaud
- Belmont Stakes – Ildrim
[edit] Ice hockey
- 12–16 February - Montreal Shamrocks successfully defend their Stanley Cup title, defeating Winnipeg Victorias in a best-of-three series 2–1.
- 5-7 March - Montreal Shamrocks defeat the Halifax Crescents in a Cup challenge best-of-three series 2–0.
- 10 March - Montreal Shamrocks win the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) championship for the second-straight year with a regular season record of 7–1.
[edit] Motor racing
- Gordon Bennett Trophy (Paris to Lyon) won by Fernand Charron (France) driving a Panhard
- Paris-Toulouse-Paris race won by Alfred Levegh (France) driving a Mors
[edit] Olympics
- 1900 Summer Olympics takes place in Paris
- The Olympic status of the games was very underplayed - many competitors did not realise that they had participated in the modern Olympics.
- Women took part in the modern Olympics for the first time. The first sportswomen to compete in the games were Mme. Brohy and Mlle. Ohnier of France in croquet. The first female champion was Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain in tennis.
- France wins the most medals (100), and the most gold medals (25).
[edit] Rowing
[edit] Rugby league
[edit] Rugby union
[edit] Tennis
Events
- 9 February – Davis Cup competition is established, the inaugural competition being called the International Lawn Tennis Challenge and involving only Great Britain and the USA. USA wins 3 - 0 at Longwood Cricket Club in Boston, Massachusetts.
England
- Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Reginald Doherty (GB) defeats Sydney Smith (GB) 6-8 6-3 6-1 6-2
- Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Blanche Bingley Hillyard (GB) defeats Charlotte Cooper Sterry (GB) 4-6 6-4 6-4
France
- French Men's Singles Championship – Paul Aymé (France) defeats Alain Prévost (France): scores unknown
- French Women's Singles Championship – Y Prévost wins: details unknown
USA
- American Men's Singles Championship – Malcolm Whitman defeats William Larned 6-4 1-6 6-2 6-2
- American Women's Singles Championship – Myrtle McAteer defeats Edith Parker 6-2 6-2 6-0
[edit] References
- ^ "Cyber Boxing Zone". Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. http://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1245517290435089. Retrieved on 2009-06-20.
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