1892 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Rugby footballEngland plays Scotland for the Calcutta Cup in 1892

American football edit

College championship

Non-college amateur championships

Events

Association football edit

Bohemia

England

Germany

Nederland

Scotland

Athletics edit

Events

Baseball edit

National championship

  • The "National League and American Association" is the sole major league in baseball after incorporating four clubs from the former American Association into the expanded and restructured National League and buying out the four others.
  • The National League plays a split season, Boston Beaneaters winning the first half, Cleveland Spiders winning the second. At the end of the season, Boston defeats Cleveland 5–0 in a championship series. The experiment will not be repeated but it will be adapted after two-month interruption of the 1981 season.

Basketball edit

Events

  • January 15 – James Naismith's rules for basketball are published for the first time in the Springfield YMCA International Training School's newspaper, in an article titled "A New Game." They said it was called "Basketball."
  • March 11 – First basketball game played in public, between students and faculty at the Springfield YMCA.[4] The final score was 5–1 in favor of the students, with the only goal for the faculty being scored by Amos Alonzo Stagg.[4] A crowd of 200 spectators watched the game.[4]
 
James J. Corbett, known as "Gentleman Jim"

Boxing edit

Events

Lineal world champions[6]

Cricket edit

Events

England

Australia

South Africa

West Indies

Golf edit

Major tournaments

Other tournaments

Horse racing edit

Events

England

Australia

Canada

Ireland

USA

Ice hockey edit

Ice skating edit

Events

Rowing edit

The Boat Race

Rugby football edit

Home Nations Championship

Tennis edit

England

France

USA

References edit

  1. ^ "Good Night". The Washington Post. 18 November 2006.
  2. ^ Names, Larry D (1987). "The Myth". In Scott, Greg (ed.). The History of the Green Bay Packers: The Lambeau Years. Vol. 1. Angel Press of WI. pp. 24–25. ISBN 0-939995-00-X.
  3. ^ Breuer, Christoph; Hoekman, Remco; Nagel, Siegfried; Werff, Harold van der (8 December 2016). Sport Clubs in Europe: A Cross-National Comparative Perspective. Springer. p. 72. ISBN 978-3-319-17635-2.
  4. ^ a b c "Basket Football Game". Springfield Republican. Springfield, Massachusetts. March 12, 1892. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  5. ^ Cyber Boxing Zone – James J Corbett. Retrieved on 14 November 2009.
  6. ^ "Cyber Boxing Zone". Archived from the original on 2009-06-14. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
  7. ^ "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 29 December 2021.