1910 in sports

Jack Johnson defended his world title against former champion James J. Jeffries

1910 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

American football

College championship

• College football national champions – Harvard Crimson

Professional championship

• Ohio League champions – Shelby Blues and Shelby Tigers (shared)

Association football

Events

• Foundation of Corinthians

England

• The Football League – Aston Villa 53 points, Liverpool 48, Blackburn Rovers 45, Newcastle United 45, Manchester United 45, Sheffield United 42
• FA Cup final – Newcastle United 2–0 Barnsley at Crystal Palace, London (replay following 1–1 draw at Crystal Palace)
• Manchester United moves from its venue at Bank Street to its present home Old Trafford

Germany

• National Championship – Karlsruher FV (0–0) 1–0 Holstein Kiel at Köln
• Foundation of FC St. Pauli (15 May)

Norway

• Foundation of Bærum SK (26 March)

Scotland

• Scottish Football League – Celtic
• Scottish Cup final – Dundee 2–1 Clyde at Ibrox Park (2nd replay, following 2–2 and 0–0 draws)
• Ayr United formed following a merger between Ayr Parkhouse and Ayr FC

Australian rules football

VFL Premiership

• St. Kilda achieves the worst start by a team that did not suffer a winless season, losing its first seventeen games before a huge upset over Carlton. This has been equalled only by Fremantle in 2001.
• Collingwood wins the 14th VFL premiership, defeating Carlton 9.7 (61) to 6.11 (47) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

Bandy

Sweden

• Championship final – IFK Uppsala 2–0 IFK Stockholm

Baseball

World Series

• 17–23 October — Philadelphia Athletics (AL) defeats Chicago Cubs (NL) to win the 1910 World Series by 4 games to 1

Boxing

Events

• 22 February — Ad Wolgast outlasts Battling Nelson at Point Richmond, California, to win the World Lightweight Championship by a technical knockout after 40 rounds.
• 4 July — in boxing's first "fight of the century", Jack Johnson knocks out the "great white hope" James J. Jeffries in round 15 to retain his World Heavyweight Championship title.
• 15 October — World Middleweight Champion Stanley Ketchel is shot and killed at Conway, Missouri, by Walter Dipley, a jealous farm worker. Ketchel is rated by many boxing historians as the best middleweight ever. The title remains vacant until 1913.

Lineal world champions^[1]

• World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Johnson
• World Light Heavyweight Championship – vacant
• World Middleweight Championship – Stanley Ketchel → vacant
• World Welterweight Championship – vacant
• World Lightweight Championship – Battling Nelson → Ad Wolgast
• World Featherweight Championship – Abe Attell
• World Bantamweight Championship – Monte Attell

Canadian football

Grey Cup

• 26 November — 2nd Grey Cup – University of Toronto Varsity Blues 16–7 Hamilton Tigers

Cricket

England

• County Championship – Kent
• Minor Counties Championship – Norfolk
• Most runs – Johnny Tyldesley 2265 @ 46.22 (HS 158)
• Most wickets – Razor Smith 247 @ 13.05 (BB 8–13)
• Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Harry Foster, Alfred Hartley, Charlie Llewellyn, Razor Smith, Frank Woolley

Australia

• Sheffield Shield – South Australia
• Most runs – Harry Kortlang 656 @ 131.20 (HS 197)
• Most wickets – Jack Saunders 49 @ 17.32 (BB 6–35)

India

• Bombay Triangular – Europeans shared with Parsees

New Zealand

• Plunket Shield – Auckland

South Africa

• Currie Cup – not contested

West Indies

• Inter-Colonial Tournament – Trinidad and Tobago

Cycling

Tour de France

• Octave Lapize (France) wins the 8th Tour de France

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

• World Men's Champion – Ulrich Salchow (Sweden)
• World Women's Champion – Lily Kronberger (Hungary)
• World Pairs Champions – Anna Hübler and Heinrich Burger (Germany)

Golf

Major tournaments

• British Open – James Braid
• US Open – Alex Smith

Other tournaments

• British Amateur – John Ball
• US Amateur – William C. Fownes, Jr.

Horse racing

England

• Grand National – Jenkinstown
• 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Winkipop
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Neil Gow
• Epsom Derby – Lemberg
• Epsom Oaks – Rosedrop
• St. Leger Stakes – Swynford

Australia

• Melbourne Cup – Comedy King

Canada

• Queen's Plate – Parmer

Ireland

• Irish Grand National – Oniche
• Irish Derby Stakes – Aviator

USA

• Kentucky Derby – Donau
• Preakness Stakes – Layminster
• Belmont Stakes – Sweep

Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

• 15 March — Montreal Wanderers wins the NHA championship and the Stanley Cup. The club then defeats Berlin Dutchmen in a challenge.

Events

• 5 January — National Hockey Association (NHA) commences its inaugural season
• 15 January — Canadian Hockey Association disbands. Ottawa and Montreal Shamrocks join the NHA.
• March — Toronto St. Michael's Majors wins the Allan Cup
• December — NHA loses its Cobalt and Haileybury teams, but gains a Quebec team. The Montreal Canadiens are taken over by George Kennedy's Club Athletique Canadien after threatening legal action.

Motor racing

Grand Prix racing

• As in 1909, there is no Grand Prix racing in Europe

Vanderbilt Cup

• 1 October — 6th running of the Vanderbilt Cup at Long Island over 278.08 miles (12.640 miles x 22 laps) is won by Harry Grant (USA) driving an ALCO-6 in 4:15:58.

American Grand Prize

• 12 November — second running of the American Grand Prize takes place at Savannah, Georgia over 415.200 miles (17.300 miles x 24 laps) and is won by David Bruce-Brown (USA) driving a Benz GP in 5:53:05.35 at an average speed of 70.55 mph.

Rowing

The Boat Race

• 23 March — Oxford wins the 67th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Rugby league

England

• Championship – Oldham
• Challenge Cup final – Leeds 26–12 Hull at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield (replay, following 7–7 draw at Fartown)
• Lancashire League Championship – Oldham
• Yorkshire League Championship – Wakefield Trinity
• Lancashire Cup – Wigan 22–5 Leigh
• Yorkshire Cup – Huddersfield 21–0 Batley

Australia

• 17 September — the 1910 NSWRFL season culminates in a grand final between South Sydney and Newtown which is drawn 4–4. Newtown are crowned premiers by virtue of being minor premiers.

Rugby union

Five Nations Championship

• France joins the Home Nations Championship which is now called the Five Nations Championship
• 28th Five Nations Championship series is won by England

Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships

• Men's All-round Champion – Nikolay Strunnikov (Russia)

Tennis

Australia

• Australian Men's Singles Championship – Rodney Heath (Australia) defeats Horace Rice (Australia) 6–4 6–3 6–2

England

• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Anthony Wilding (New Zealand) defeats Arthur Gore (GB) 6–4 7–5 4–6 6–2
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers defeats Dora Boothby 6–2 6–2

France

• French Men's Singles Championship – Maurice Germot defeats François Blanchy: details unknown
• French Women's Singles Championship – Jeanne Matthey defeats Marguerite Broquedis: details unknown

USA

• American Men's Singles Championship – William Larned defeats Tom Bundy 6–1 5–7 6–0 6–8 6–1
• American Women's Singles Championship – Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman defeats Louise Hammond 6–4 6–2

Davis Cup

• 1910 International Lawn Tennis Challenge –  Australasia walkover  British Isles

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