Sports year 1884

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The Australian national cricket team 1884

Events

Rugby / football

• January 5 to April 12 : Home Nations Championship 1884

• The Canadian Rugby Football Union , forerunner of the Canadian Football League , is founded.

tennis

Wimbledon 1884, ladies' program

• 5th to 19th July : Wimbledon Championships 1884

water sports

• April 7th : Cambridge wins the Boat Race against Oxford in the time of 21'39 ″.

• German swimming championships 1884

Winter sports

• Winter: The first Cresta races are held in Celerina .

Founding of clubs

• November 1 : On the initiative of Michael Cusack is Gaelic Athletic Association for the Preservation and Cultivation of National Pastimes founded. The Irish Sports Federation promotes and oversees Gaelic sports such as hurling , Gaelic football , Irish handball , camogie and rounders .

• The gymnastics club Stade Helvétique Marseille is founded.
• The Welsh football club Aberystwyth Town is founded.

Born

• January 16 : Frederick Dewhurst Yates , English chess player († 1932 )
• January 23 : Ralph DePalma , American racing driver († 1956 )
• January 23 : Richard Verderber , Austrian fencer († 1955 )

• 0February 1 : Hans Weymar , German football player († 1959 )
• 0February 8 : John Moore-Brabazon , British aviation pioneer and conservative politician and racing car driver († 1964 )
• 0February 8 : Willy Schmitter , German racing cyclist († 1905 )
• February 13 : Halfdan Bjølgerud , Norwegian high jumper († 1970 )
• February 17 : Reinier Beeuwkes , Dutch football player († 1963 )

• 0March 1 : Erich Cohn , German chess player († 1918 )
• 0March 6th : Molla Mallory , Norwegian-American tennis player († 1959 )
• March 17 : Ralph Rose , American athlete († 1913 )

• 0April 2 : Paul Duboc , French cyclist († 1941 )
• 0April 2 : Dolf Kessler , Dutch football player († 1945 )
• April 21 : Kees van Nieuwenhuizen , Dutch football player († 1981 )
• April 24th : Otto Froitzheim , German tennis player († 1962 )

• 0May 1 : Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe , British officer, politician and racing car driver († 1964 )
• May 19 : Julius Lichtenfels , German fencer († 1968 )
• May 19 : Frithiof Mårtensson , Swedish wrestler († 1956 )
• May 24 : Benjamin Markowitsch Blumenfeld , Russian chess player († 1947 )

• 0June 2 : Ferdinando Minoia , Italian racing car driver († 1940 )
• June 10 : Adalbert Friedrich , German football player († 1962 )
• June 15 : Rodney Heath , Australian tennis player († 1936 )

• 0July 5 : Luigi Forlano , Italian football player († 1916 )
• July 13 : Yrjö Saarela , Finnish wrestler and Olympic champion († 1951 )
• July 17th : Umberto Malvano , Italian football player, referee, official and engineer
• July 18 : Herman Jurgens , Dutch football player († 1964 )
• July 21 : Louis Grenville Abell , American rower († 1962 )
• July 25 : Ludowika Jakobsson , Finnish-German figure skater († 1968 )

• 0August 3 : Constant Feith , Dutch football player († 1958 )
• 0August 4th : Henri Cornet , French cyclist († 1941 )
• August 13 : Guus Lutjens , Dutch football player († 1974 )
• August 17 : Dario Resta , Italian-British racing car driver († 1924 )

• September 24th : Gustave Garrigou , French cyclist († 1963 )
• October 24 : Arthur Stellbrink , German racing cyclist († 1956 )
• October 28 : Fritz Theile , German cyclist († 1911 )

• 0November 4 : Claes Johansson , Swedish wrestler († 1949 )
• 0November 9 : Vincenz Duncker , German athlete († after 1908)
• November 28 : Anton Lens , Dutch football player († 1955 )
• November 30th : Yvan Goor , Belgian cyclist and motorcycle racer († 1958 )

• 0December 1 : Hans Eicke , German athlete († 1947 )
• 0December 2 : Paul Lizandier , French athlete († after 1909)
• December 12 : John Heijning , Dutch football player († 1947 )
• December 21 : Camillo Ugi , German football player († 1970 )

Died

• 0January 2nd : Daniel Harrwitz , German chess master (* 1823 )

• July 10 : Paul Morphy , American chess player (* 1837 )

See also

Portal: Sport  - Overview of Wikipedia content on sport

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