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A cigarette trading card depicting John L. Sullivan and produced in 1886

1886 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Contents

[edit] American football

College championship

[edit] Association football

England

  • FA Cup finalBlackburn Rovers 2–0 West Bromwich Albion at The Oval; replay after 0–0 draw at The Oval. This is Blackburn's third successive victory and the final is the first to feature two extant members of The Football League.
  • Arsenal FC founded as Dial Square FC by munitions workers from the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich in south east London. Dial Square is the name of one of their workshops. At the end of the year, the players hold a pub meeting and change the club's name to Royal Arsenal. Five years later, the name is changed to Woolwich Arsenal. The club's present name will be adopted in 1914 after the move to Islington.
  • 10 May — The Football Association approves a proposal made by N. Lane Jackson, an Old Corinthian, that players be given a cap for every international match in which they take part.

Scotland

Switzerland

International

[edit] Baseball

National championship

Events

  • The Sporting News established in St. Louis. It becomes the dominant American publication covering baseball, so much so that it acquires the nickname "The Bible of Baseball".

[edit] Boxing

Events

Lineal world champions[4]

[edit] Cricket

Events

  • Somerset does not play against any other first-class counties and drops out of the County Championship until 1891.
  • Hampshire ceases to be a first-class county after years of difficult circumstances and poor results. They do play matches against Surrey and Sussex in 1886 but these matches are not recognised as first-class. Hampshire will not recover first-class status until the beginning of the 1895 season when they will be readmitted to the County Championship.

Honours – England

Honours – Australia

[edit] Field hockey

Events

[edit] Golf

Major tournaments

Other tournaments

[edit] Horse racing

England

Australia

Canada

Ireland

USA

[edit] Ice hockey

Events

[edit] Rowing

The Boat Race

[edit] Rugby football

Home Nations Championship

  • The 4th series is shared by Scotland and England who win two matches each.

[edit] Tennis

England

USA

[edit] Yacht racing

America's Cup

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cyber Boxing Zone – Jack McAuliffe. Retrieved on 13 November 2009.
  2. ^ Cyber Boxing Zone – Jack Nonpareil Dempsey. Retrieved on 13 November 2009.
  3. ^ Cyber Boxing Zone – John L Sullivan. Retrieved on 13 November 2009.
  4. ^ "Cyber Boxing Zone". Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. http://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1245517290435089. Retrieved 2009-06-17. 
  5. ^ An unofficial seasonal title proclaimed by consensus of media and historians prior to December 1889 when the official County Championship was constituted.





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