1899 in sports

Cleveland Spiders finish last in the twelve-team NL and establish an all-time major league record with 134 losses in a season, 84 games behind the pennant winner and 35 games out of 11th place. The team plays 113 games on the road, losing a record 102. They are dropped during the off-season when the National League contracts from twelve to eight teams.

Basketball

Events

Kansas begins playing basketball coached by the inventor of basketball James Naismith, and eventually becomes one of the most prestigious college basketball programs in the country.

Boxing

Lineal world champions^[2]

World Heavyweight Championship – Bob Fitzsimmons → James J. Jeffries
World Middleweight Championship – Tommy Ryan
World Welterweight Championship – "Mysterious" Billy Smith
World Lightweight Championship – George "Kid" Lavigne → Frank Erne
World Featherweight Championship – George Dixon
World Bantamweight Championship – Jimmy Barry → Barry retires undefeated → "Terrible" Terry McGovern → title vacant after McGovern moves up a weight

Cricket

Events

Four of the five Test matches in the 1899 Ashes series are drawn. Australia wins the Second Test at Lord's to take the series 1–0, their first series win in England since the original Ashes match in 1882.
W G Grace makes his final appearance for England in Test cricket in the First Test at Trent Bridge. In the same match, Wilfred Rhodes makes his Test debut.
Worcestershire becomes the fifteenth team in the County Championship, debuting with an 11-run loss to Yorkshire despite earning a 78-run lead on first innings. They eventually finished twelfth with two wins in 12 games.
W G Grace plays his last first-class game for Gloucestershire, having fallen out with them over his involvement with London County.
K S Ranjitsinhji becomes the first batsman to score 3000 runs in a season.

England

County Championship – Surrey
Minor Counties Championship – Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire share the title
Most runs – K S Ranjitsinhji 3159 @ 63.18 (HS 197)
Most wickets – Albert Trott 239 @ 17.09 (BB 8–64)
Wisden Five Cricketers of the Season – Joe Darling, Clem Hill, Arthur Jones, Monty Noble, Robert Poore

Australia

Sheffield Shield – Victoria
Most runs – Victor Trumper 873 @ 62.35 (HS 292*)
Most wickets – Ernie Jones 45 @ 27.53 (BB 6–154)

India

Bombay Presidency – Europeans

South Africa

Currie Cup – not contested

West Indies

Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested

Cycling

Road racing

Bordeaux–Paris road race won by Constant Huret

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

World Men's Champion – Gustav Hügel (Austria)

Golf

Major tournaments

British Open – Harry Vardon
U.S. Open – Willie Smith

Other tournaments

British Amateur – John Ball
US Amateur – H. M. Harriman

Horse racing

England

Grand National – Manifesto
1,000 Guineas Stakes – Sibola
2,000 Guineas Stakes – Flying Fox
Epsom Derby – Flying Fox
Epsom Oaks – Musa
St. Leger Stakes – Flying Fox

Australia

Melbourne Cup – Merriwee

Canada

Queen's Plate – Butter Scotch

Ireland

Irish Grand National – Princess Hilda
Irish Derby Stakes – Oppressor

USA

Kentucky Derby – Manuel
Preakness Stakes – Half Time
Belmont Stakes – Hindus

Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

15–18 February — Montreal Victorias wins its fifth Stanley Cup, defeating Winnipeg Victorias in a Cup challenge
4 March — Montreal Shamrocks wins the inaugural Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) championship and takes the Stanley Cup
14 March — Montreal Shamrocks successfully defends the title in a Cup challenge by Queen's College of Kingston, Ontario, winning 6–2.

Motor racing

Tour de France Trail

The Tour de France Trail is held 16–24 July over a distance of 2172.5 km. The winner is René De Knyff driving a Panhard-Levassor in a time of 44:43:39. The race is sometimes referred to in retrospect as the IV Grand Prix de l'A.C.F.^[3]

Rowing

The Boat Race

25 March — Cambridge wins the 56th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Rugby league

England

Championship – not contested
Challenge Cup final – Oldham 19–9 Hunslet at Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester
Lancashire League Championship – Broughton Rangers
Yorkshire League Championship – Batley

Rugby union

Home Nations Championship

17th Home Nations Championship series is won by Ireland

Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships

Men's All-round Champion – Peder Østlund (Norway)

Tennis

Events

18 September — Cincinnati Open starts. Today, it is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States still played in its original city, and is now known as the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters & Women's Open. The first singles champions are Nat Emerson and Myrtle McAteer.

England

Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Reginald Doherty (GB) defeats Arthur Gore (GB) 1–6 4–6 6–3 6–3 6–3
Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Blanche Bingley Hillyard (GB) defeats Charlotte Cooper Sterry (GB) 6–2 6–3

France

French Men's Singles Championship – Paul Aymé defeats Paul Lebreton: details unknown
French Women's Singles Championship – Françoise Masson wins: details unknown

USA

American Men's Singles Championship – Malcolm Whitman defeats J. Parmly Paret 6–1 6–2 3–6 7–5
American Women's Singles Championship – Marion Jones defeats Maud Banks 6–1 6–1 7–5

Yacht racing

America's Cup

The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Columbia defeats British challenger Shamrock, of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club, 3 races to 0

References

↑ Boston Athletic Association (2011). "Boston Marathon History: 1897-1900". www.baa.org. Boston: Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
↑ "Cyber Boxing Zone". Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
↑ 1899 Grand Prix and Paris Races. Retrieved on 7 September 2009.

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