Events in Sport
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 13 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Wilfred Baddeley beats Wilberforce Eaves 4-6, 2-6, 8-6, 6-2, 6-3 for his third Wimbledon singles title
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 15 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Charlotte Cooper beats Helen Jackson 7-5, 8-6 for her first of 5 Wimbledon singles titles
- Jul 16 Lancashire batsman Archie MacLaren scores the first-ever quadruple-hundred (424) in first-class cricket against Somerset at Taunton
Birthdays in Sport
Deaths in Sport
- Jul 9 Jack Simpson, Scottish golfer (British Open 1884), dies of typhoid fever at 35