1910 in sports
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1910 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s |
| Years: | 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 |
Contents |
[edit] Association football
[edit] Brazil
- Corinthians founded
[edit] England
- First Division – Aston Villa win the 1909-10 title.
- FA Cup – Newcastle United beat Barnsley 2–0 in a replay. The first match finished 1–1 (aet).
[edit] Scotland
- Ayr United formed following a merger between Ayr Parkhouse and Ayr FC.
[edit] Australian rules football
- Victorian Football League - Collingwood wins the 14th VFL Premiership (Collingwood 9.7 (61) d Carlton 6.11 (47))
[edit] Baseball
- World Series - Philadelphia Athletics defeat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1
[edit] Boxing
- July 4 - in boxing's first "match of the century", Jack Johnson knocks out the "great white hope" James J. Jeffries in round 15 to retain his heavyweight title.
[edit] Golf
- June 17-20 - U.S. Open - Alex Smith
- June 21-24 - British Open - James Braid
- British Amateur - John Ball
- U.S. Amateur - William C. Fownes, Jr.
[edit] Horse racing
- May 10 - Donau wins the Kentucky Derby
- June 1 - Lemburg wins the Epsom Derby
[edit] Ice hockey
- January 5 - The National Hockey Association (NHA) starts its inaugural season.
- January 15 - The Canadian Hockey Association disbands. Ottawa and Montreal Shamrocks join the NHA.
- March 15 - Montreal Wanderers win the NHA championship and the Stanley Cup. The club then defeats the Berlin Dutchmen in a challenge. It is the fifth season in a row that the Wanderers have won the Cup outright or won a Cup challenge.
- March - The Toronto St. Michael's Majors win the Allan Cup.
- December - The NHA loses Cobalt and Haileybury teams, gains a Quebec team. The Montreal Canadiens are taken over by George Kennedy's Club Athletique Canadien after threatening legal action.
[edit] Rugby league
- New South Wales Rugby League championship final is a 4-4 draw between Newtown Jets and South Sydney Rabbitohs; Jets secure the title via a superior record during the regular season (i.e., having gained 23 competition points to 22)
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