Events in Sport
- Jan 14 Australian cricketer Joe Darling hits the 1st six in Tests (out of the ground)
- Mar 2 Chasing winning target of 275, Australian cricket batsman Joe Darling bashes 160 in 171 minutes with 30 fours to lead Australia to a 6-wicket 5th Test win over England in Sydney; complete 4-1 series rout
- Mar 25 60th Grand National: John Gourley wins aboard 25/1 shot Drogheda
- Apr 18 2nd Boston Marathon won by Canadian Ron McDonald in race record 2:42:00
- Apr 21 Phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat
- Apr 22 Baltimore James Hughes no-hits Boston Braves 8-0
- Apr 22 Cincinnati Red Theodore Breitenstein no-hits Pirates 11-0
- May 4 24th Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Plaudit wins in 2:09
- May 26 32nd Belmont: F Littlefield aboard Bowling Brook wins in 2:32
- Jun 9 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Harry Vardon of Jersey wins 2nd title by 1 stroke from dual champion Willie Park Jr
- Jun 11 23rd Preakness: Willie Simms riding Sly Fox wins in 1:49.75
- Jun 18 US Open Men's Golf, Myopia Hunt Club: Scotsman Fred Herd easily wins by 7 strokes from countryman Alex Smith; first 72-hole US Open
- Jun 18 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Defending champion Juliette Atkinson beats Marion Jones 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 for her third US singles title
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jun 27 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Charlotte Cooper beats Louisa Martin 6-4, 6-4 for her 3rd Wimbledon singles championship
Charlotte Cooper
- Jun 27 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Defending champion R.F. Doherty beats younger brother Laurence Doherty 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1
- Jul 5 Lizzie Arlington becomes first woman to play professional men's baseball when she pitches 9th inning for the Reading Coal Heavers against the Allentown Peanuts; allows 2 hits and walks a batter but preserves 5-0 win
- Jul 8 Phillies' Red Donahue no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
- Aug 22 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport, RI: Malcolm Whitman wins first of 3 straight US singles titles; beats Dwight F. Davis 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-1
- Dec 12 1st first-class cricket game between Australian states NSW and Tasmania
Birthdays in Sport
- Jan 15 Dutch Meyer, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (National C'ship 1935, 38; TCU), born in Ellinger, Texas (d. 1982)
- Jan 24 Cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (d. 1939)
- Feb 15 Allen Woodring, American runner (d. 1982)
- Feb 17 Tom Lowry, cricketer New Zealand cricketer (NZ batsman in seven Tests & their 1st Test captain), born in Fernhill, New Zealand (d. 1976)
- Feb 27 Allison Danzig, sports writer (Tennis Pictorial History)
- Feb 28 Zeki Rıza Sporel, Turkish soccer striker (16 caps; Fenerbahçe), born in Istanbul, Turkey (d. 1969)
- Mar 6 Jimmy Conzelman, American Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback, coach, team owner (Chicago Cardinals), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1970)
Curly Lambeau
Apr 9 Curly Lambeau, American Pro Football Hall of Fame halfback, coach (founder, first coach Green Bay Packers), born in Green Bay, Wisconsin (d. 1965)
Curly Lambeau
- Apr 15 Harry F. V. Edward, British 100m/200m runner (Olympic bronze 1920), born in Berlin (d. 1973)
- Apr 21 Steve Owen, American Pro Football Hall of Fame tackle (NY Giants) and coach (NFL C'ship 1927, 34, 38; NY Giants), born in Cleo Springs, Oklahoma (d. 1964)
- Apr 25 Fred Haney, American baseball player, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico (d. 1977)
- May 1 David Tobey, American Basketball Hall of Fame referee (1918-45; first game with a 3-man officiating crew), born in New York, New York (d. 1988)
- May 25 Gene Tunney, American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1926-30), born in NYC, New York (d. 1978)
- Jun 1 Curtis Stevens, American 2 man bobsled (Olympic gold 1932)
- Jun 9 Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (d. 1952)
- Jul 14 A. B. "Happy" Chandler, American politician and baseball commissioner (d. 1991)
- Jul 23 Red Dutton, Canadian ice hockey player (Calgary Tigers) and coach, born in Russell, Manitoba (d. 1987)
- Aug 4 Ernesto Maserati, Italian auto racer and engineer (director, chief engineer Maserati of Modena), born in Bologna, Italy (d. 1975)
- Aug 13 Jean Borotra, French tennis player (Wimbledon 1924, 26), born in Biarritz, France (d. 1994)
- Aug 25 Arthur Wood, English cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests, 11 dismissals), born in Bradford, England (d. 1973)
- Sep 9 Frank "Fordham Flash" Frisch, American baseball player (NL MVP 1931), born in NYC, New York
- Oct 15 Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian athlete and marathoner (Olympic gold 1928), born in Ouled Djellal, Algeria (d. 1951)
- Oct 21 Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wresler and Olympic medalist (d. 1960)
- Oct 30 Bill Terry, American baseball player, born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1989)
- Nov 12 Leon Štukelj, Slovene gymnast (d. 1999)
- Nov 13 Earl Sande, American jockey (Hall of Famer), born in Groton, South Dakota (d. 1968)
- Nov 30 Roy "Link" Lyman, NFL tackle (Chicago Bears)
- Dec 24 Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer, born in Montevideo, Uruguay (d. 1967)
Deaths in Sport
- Jun 18 George Ulyett, English cricket all-rounder (25 Tests; 949 runs, 50 wickets), dies from pneumonia at 46